The Lawtrepreneur Briefing

What do you do if a fellow legal professional says something offensive or objectionable to a witness? What actions do you take especially if the witness is adverse in interest to your client?

These are the questions Romesh struggled with first-hand after hearing a lawyer appear to ask a witness if he can speak English because his name was foreign. Romesh explores the impact objectionable comments make not only on the target of those comments but witnesses to the comment and the struggles he personally experienced trying to make decisions in response to those comments.

You'll likely disagree with the decisions Romesh made. But given that there's no rule book for responding to these types of comments, Romesh is using this episode as an opportunity to learn what others would have done in response to this situation. #crowdsource

In this second conversation with, Colin LaChance, the interim General Manager of the global legal intelligence company, VLex North America, Colin talks about why the future of legal research will no longer depend on one's ability to use “and”, “but” and “quotation marks”, how artificial intelligence removes human error and why the majority of the legal profession will most likely react to social change rather than influence change.

You can find Colin on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinlachance/

Learn more about vLex here: http://lawtrp.link/vlex

This week, I talk to Colin LaChance, the interim General Manager of the global legal intelligence company, VLex. 

Profiled by the American Bar Journal as a "Legal Rebel" and the Canadian Lawyer Magazine as among the "Top 25 Most Influential" in 2014, Colin served as CEO of the Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII) from 2011 to 2015.

With Colin's journey in the legal profession being a model of the versatility of a law degree, Colin shares his insights into the one essential competency law schools simply do not teach law students, why your early experience in legal practice will heavily influence the future of your career and why law students and lawyers should always be conscious of their identities outside of the legal profession. .

After listening to this episode, you'll understand why Colin’s insights are so important for law students and junior lawyers to rely on when establishing a foundation for the future of their career. 

You can find Colin on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinlachance/

Continuing Romesh's conversation with Toufic, listen in as Toufic dishes on The worries he has about the future of the legal professionEasy practices law firms can implement to collect more revenue and increase client loyalty, What weddings in Tajikistan can teach us about running a law firm.For more about Toufic, check out his LinkedIn Profile.

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Commercial lawyer, Toufic Adlouni, the founder of Renno & Co, talks with Romesh about the choices immigrant lawyers face when building their legal careers (and their law firms) Why patience is critical to career growthThe values Toufic sees as influential in building a successful legal career.  Learn more about Toufic: http://lawtrp.link/TouficAdlouni

Building on last week's episode, Sean Bernstein talks about MinuteBox and the role that virtual minute books play in increasing the value that law firms provide to clients and the convenience these services provide to clients.

For more information about MinuteBox, go to: https://www.minutebox.com

In this first of two interviews, Sean Bernstein, founder of MinuteBox and organizer of the 2019 Legal Innovation Summit, talks about why being disconnected from your phones and the internet and being in a whole new place enables you to approach issues from a whole new perspective.

In this episode, Romesh talks about the absence of podcasts since April (hint: he's not that special), what he learned at the Legal Innovation Summit in Toronto and what you can expect in future episodes.

In this episode, Romesh provides some  thoughts on why the legal profession is not designed to adapt to quick social and communal change by examining the lessons that can be learnt from the way the Ancient Greeks and Ancient Romans practiced law. Learn more: lawtrp.link/pod

In this inaugural episode of the Lawtrepreneur Briefing, Romesh Hettiarachchi provides a brief introduction to himself, his motivations behind producing the Lawtrepreneur Briefing & what you can expect in future episodes.

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