We’re seeing a more diverse and talented class of law students every year. The failure of #Biglaw to hire and promote them is an internal failing. #cdnlegalforum

The final panel of #cdnlegalforum is looking at recruiting / retaining talent in legal roles. Given the massive abandonment of the legal industry by baby boomers after decimating the careers of GenX lawyers, there’s a race to hire Millennials and GenZ to prop up firms.

Loving the dark humor brought forth by @L_Charbonneau in her #cdnlegalforum keynote. “People don’t like it when you reduce their role to a line in a spreadsheet, worse a spreadsheet written in India.”

Another bonus to speaking at the #cdnlegalforum is chatting with @nrusse. I always learn a lot about BC’s legal community from him.

.@L_Charbonneau is giving a keynote presentation on her role in innovating at HSBC as a legal professional. #cdnlegalforum

Interesting takeaway from the legal department panel. These in-house are expecting law firms to vet technology and implement it. The GCs worry about doing that themselves. #cdnlegalforum

I only go to outside counsel when the issue is highly specialized or needs bodies to get it done in a strict timeframe. In either case, I’m willing to spend money to solve this problem. - Robert Piasentin at Sierra Systems. #cdnlegalforum

Ramneek Padda, senior litigation counsel for @TELUS, has strong #socksoflegalconferences game. #cdnlegalforum. He also looks for outside counsel to come to an engagement with fee arrangements ready to negotiate.

The future of legal departments follows the future of law firms. This may have been the wrong order now that I think about it. #cdnlegalforum

We’re going to be regulating law firms in the future, not just lawyers. - @Steve_McKoen, Bencher with the @LawSocietyofBC. #cdnlegalforum

Both @KingLill and Linda Lucas have mentioned that a hub and spoke model is the future of law firms. Will law firm regulation allow this type of change? #cdnlegalforum

We believe there’s 5-8 years to future proof our law firm. We’re moving everything to cloud computing as step 1. It’s more secure, cheaper to implement, & flexible to today’s & our future’s needs. - Linda Lucas, CEO of Rooer Greyell. #cdnlegalforum...

Feedback from @Steve_McKoen for @ClosingFolders. ‘Let me use the tool to share and collaborate on closing agendas with opposing counsel WITHIN the tool. Right now we have to recreate this data after the negotiation rather than during.’ #cdnlegalforum

How do you automate bespoke advice? That is the demand from clients and challenge for law firms. - @MarshallPawar #cdnlegalforum

#AI will be replacing the blunt-force trauma approach to training new lawyers. Why read due diligence docs for 3 years when an AI can do it in 30 seconds. - Steve Mckoen of @BlakesLaw #cdnlegalforum

Clients are expecting a new level of transparency - @matthewdpeters Clients expect law firms to disaggregate when it makes sense. - @cswansburg #cdnlegalforum

The future of law firms is not about technology but capitalization. True innovation will happen in the bookkeeping, not the daily tech. - Michael Walker of @MillerThomson #cdnlegalforum

Lawyers operate under a social license. I don’t think we take this license seriously enough or how quickly we can lose it. - @matthewdpeters #cdnlegalforum

It falls to the legal professionals to be the ethical backbone of business. That is where the divide between lawyers as business people and professionals becomes most apparent. - Karim Almani of @hootsuite #cdnlegalforum

We were talking about innovation in Toronto six years ago. London was talking about it a decade ago. Vancouver is just starting to research innovation in law. - @matthewdpeters #cdnlegalforum

Corrine Zimmerman cites @computational and quotes @mmdestefano as she looks at how the structure of the legal sector changing. #cdnlegalforum

Interesting to hear to about legal issues facing Canadian #AI companies considering Chinese investment and markets. Has the U.S. recent move to limit export of AI tech forcing these companies to choose one market over the other? #cdnlegalforum

Attending the #cdnlegalforum today, the inaugural meeting brought together by @cdnlglforum.