Legal Research 2023


Course Date: October 17, 2023

Full Course Materials
Total: 5h 26min
Total Ethics: 1h 56min
Course Agenda ▼
Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)
 
Raymond Lee — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver 
Julia Lawn — Nathanson Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver
Megan Vis-Dunbar — British Columbia Law Institute & Canadian Centre for Elder Law, Vancouver
 
Can the Chatbot Write My Factum? AI and Legal Research (9:10 – 10:40)
 
The Honourable Mr. Justice David M. Masuhara — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Professor Abdi Aidid — University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, Toronto
Sarah Sutherland — Principal Consultant, Parallax Information Consulting and former President and CEO of CanLII, Vancouver
 
BREAK (10:40 – 10:55)
 
Indigenous Legal Research and the Role of Emerging Technologies (10:55 – 11:55)
 
Nigel Baker-Grenier — White Raven Law Corporation|XUUYA GAADA KILYAHDA, Surrey
Professor Robert YEL?ÁTTE Clifford — Peter A. Allard School of Law, UBC, Vancouver (presenting remotely)
 
Lunch and Keynote Address: AI and the Law: Promises and Pitfalls (11:55 – 1:00)
 
Professor Abdi Aidid — University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, Toronto
 
BREAK (1:00 – 1:05)
 
View from the Court (1:05 – 1:35)
 
The Honourable Mr. Justice Geoffrey B. Gomery — Supreme Court of BC, Vancouver
Registrar Timothy Outerbridge — BC Court of Appeal, Vancouver
 
Navigating the Intersection of Law and AI: The Essential Role of Law Librarians (1:35 – 2:25)
 
Clare Asquith Finegan — Client Services Librarian, Courthouse Libraries BC, New Westminister
Beth Galbraith — Library Administrator, Clark Wilson LLP, Vancouver
Natalie Rocheleau — Client Services Librarian, Courthouse Libraries BC, Vancouver
 
BREAK (2:25 – 2:40)
 
Automating and Innovating: Enhancing Your Legal Research with Process Design and AI (2:40 – 3:30)
 
Allyse M. Cruise — Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver
Allison Morrell — Allen/McMillan Litigation Counsel, Vancouver
 
Concluding Remarks (3:30 – 3:40)
 
Julia Lawn — Nathanson Schachter & Thompson LLP, Vancouver
Megan Vis-Dunbar — British Columbia Law Institute & Canadian Centre for Elder Law, Vancouver