Webinar, Panel 4 | Value Extraction from Data Collection: Will We Be Needing Lawyers in the Digital Era? (1:-09:58)

Panel Four | Value Extraction from Data Collection: Will We Be Needing Lawyers in the Digital Era?
Wednesday, October 16, 2019  Ι  2:50 – 4:00 pm

Language: Alain Lavoie (in French), Eric Lavallée (in French), Benjamin Alarie (in English)

Accreditation: Accredited in provinces where CLE requirements for lawyers are mandatory (1 hr). / Formation dont l’admissibilité a été confirmée par le Barreau du Québec aux fins de la formation continue obligatoire, pour une durée de 1 h.

The information aggregated through AI learning systems allows companies to develop algorithms that could assist in decision-making. The panel will discuss how these systems extract expert information through raw data, transferring the valuable expert knowledge into AI systems, without paying for the expert information. Such a discussion is critical for a profession that is valued for its knowledge, expertise and ability to consolidate information. Will law firms or government legal services require fewer lawyers, articling students and associates to draft contracts, legislation or regulations?

Chair

  • The Honourable Justice Peter Willcock, Court of Appeal for British Columbia

Speakers

  • Mr. Alain Lavoie, President and Co-Founder, Irosoft
  • Mr. Eric Lavallée, Partner, head of Legal Lab on Artificial Intelligence, Lavery Lawyers, Sherbrooke
  • Professor Benjamin Alarie, Osler Chair in Business Law, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto; Co-Founder and CEO, Blue J Legal

2019 Annual Conference on “The Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Social Media on Legal Institutions”