{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 200: Future 50 Series \u2013 Innovator in Residence \u2013 A leap forward in legal AI from the Ontario Bar Association!","description":"In this session, we spoke with Colin Lachance, the Innovator in Residence at the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) and the Principal of law firm coaching and consulting business, PGYA Consulting. Colin has spent most of his career in the legal industry. He\u2019s worked in publishing, consulting, and legaltech development just to name a few. In all that he has done, and it\u2019s a lot, there\u2019s been a consistent theme \u2013 he\u2019s comfortable with challenging the status quo and doing things differently. He\u2019s been named one of the \u201cTop 25 Most Influential Lawyers\u201d by Canadian Lawyer Magazine, a \u201cLegal Rebel\u201d by the ABA Journal and is a member of the Fastcase 50 class of legal innovators and visionaries. Colin\u2019s amazing background both qualifies and recommends him for his role as Innovator in Residence at the OBA. It\u2019s a unique role for legal member organisations. It was launched in 2018. Each innovator is appointed for 12 months and pursues a different focus area, always with a change agenda. Colin\u2019s focus area could not be more topical\u2026it\u2019s legal AI. His action plan is ambitious, critical, timely and compelling. It comprises a multi-pronged approach to supporting the digital literacy of OBA\u2019s members at scale. His work will impact the 16,000 lawyers OBA represents and influence many, many more. It includes tech demos, weekly information sessions, establishing an interactive learning platform and\u2026he is just getting started! We spoke about all of this as well as the global and local context that led to Colin\u2019s appointment i.e., how GenAI has become an enabler for significant change in the legal world; how the pace, depth and breadth of that change is reinventing legal practice; and how it is incumbent on us all to embrace that change.  Don\u2019t miss this spotlight, it\u2019s going to excite and inspire you! If you would prefer to watch rather than listen to this podcast, you\u2019ll find the video\u202fhere. About the Future 50 Series In the Future 50 Series we\u2019re chatting with legalpreneurs who, through their ideas and actions, are challenging and transforming legal BAU all around the world. If you would like to recommend people for this Series, please contact us at: CLI@collaw.edu.au. ","author_name":"The Legalpreneurs Sandbox","author_url":"http:\/\/tlpsb.libsyn.com\/website","html":"