Canada

Exploring paths to leadership: Dominique Hussey, Vice Chair of Bennett Jones, illuminates her secrets of success

Dominique Hussey, Vice Chair and Managing Partner of the Toronto office at Bennett Jones, had career aspirations to make partner, but they never included firm…

Transforming Womens Leadership September 11, 2020

Infographic: Canadian legal market beginning to navigate the post-pandemic legal future

As we were entering 2020, Canada looked like a growth market for the legal profession with the country’s largest corporate clients were saying they expected…

Legal Executive Institute June 16, 2020

Amid pandemic, Canadian legal industry responding to client pressures, new report shows

The new 2020 State of the Legal Market in Canada report details how a strong legal market with growing international demand has begun responding to…

Legal Executive Institute June 09, 2020

Forum Magazine: Canadian GCs Forge Innovative Paths

In Canadian Lawyer magazine’s fifth annual Innovatio Awards, the general counsel and the legal departments for Canadian companies Toronto-Dominion Bank and Points International Ltd. were…

Jennifer Brown June 12, 2019

Survey of Canadian Corporate Counsel Finds Risk Management, Outside Counsel Partnerships Most-Concerning Issues

Many in-house counsel who participated in Canadian Lawyer magazine’s "2018 Corporate Counsel Survey" cited risk management as the top issue facing legal departments in the past…

Legal Executive Institute February 22, 2019

Taking on Big Law: Small Law Firms & Solo Practitioners Are Competing in the Big Leagues

Today, there seems to be a renaissance in small law firm space, says a new article in Canadian Lawyer magazine. The article, by columnist Jim…

Legal Executive Institute January 18, 2019

Taking Control of Workflow: Resolver In-House Team Develops New App to Handle Matter Requests

Like many solo legal officers in-house, Peter Nguyen is inundated with requests to review agreements and oversee work coming from the team he works with…

Jennifer Brown November 27, 2018

New Podcast: The Pricing & Procurement of Legal Services with Nancey Watson (Part 2)

In the second in new series of podcasts on the Legal Executive Institute, we continue our examination of the procurement and pricing of legal services,…

Legal Executive Institute October 25, 2018

Forum Magazine: Siemens Canada Teams with a Law Firm to Test-Drive AI

Richard Brait and Kathy Orysiuk are always looking for new ways to deliver greater value in-house at Siemens Canada, part of the German global manufacturing…

Jennifer Brown October 15, 2018

Forum Magazine: Legal Technology and Innovation from a European Perspective: Interview with Bucerius Law School’s Markus Hartung

Markus Hartung is a lawyer and mediator, and he directs the Bucerius Center on the Legal Profession at Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany. Bucerius…

David Curle October 03, 2018

View from Canada: The Silent, Hidden Struggle in our Profession

As I sit here on my way to Montreal, I see that Sept. 10 is national suicide prevention day. It occurred to me that in…

Fernando Garcia September 20, 2018

Canadian In-House Spotlight: Litigation Transforming In-House Legal Departments

Insurance companies and other corporate legal departments in Canada are beefing up their in-house litigation teams with an eye to gaining greater control in defending…

Jennifer Brown May 17, 2018