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w w w . C A N A D I A N L a w y e r m a g . c o m A U G U S T 2 0 1 8 27 Sukesh Kamra National director, knowledge management, Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP Toronto Sukesh Kamra is the national director of knowledge management at Norton Rose Fulbright. He received the 2017 International Legal Technology Association's knowledge management professional of the year award. Also in 2017, Kamra became a fellow of the College of Law Practice Management and was given that group's InnovAction award in 2016. He won the 2018 Knowledge Management Leadership Award presented by the International HRD Con- gress. Co-designer and implementer from the first Global Search for Experience & Knowl- edge Platform, Kamra has built advanced forms of technology-based applications (decision- tree applications and social collaborative environments) leading to an organizational cultural shift in law. He has fostered a pragmatic approach in support of the firm's revenue genera- tion that integrates the work of his team of knowledge management and library professionals into a national knowledge management action plan with benchmarks and milestones linked to the aggressive goals of the firm's business plan. Hadiya Roderique Lawyer, writer, PhD student, podcast host Toronto After leaving private practice in 2012, Hadiya Roderique has focused on many other pursuits. Her article Black on Bay Street in the Globe and Mail caused waves in the legal profession. In addition to pursuing her PhD in organizational behaviour and human resources management and instructing at the Rotman School of Manage- ment, Roderique has completed two journalism fellowships, one at The Walrus and the other at the National Post. She is also a co-host of the Canadaland Commons podcast, where she discusses contemporary Canadian political issues. Roderique is vice president and chairwoman of the competition committee for Ultimate Canada, the governing body for Canadian Ultimate frisbee. Paul Schabas Partner, Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP Toronto Having just completed his tenure as the elected president of the Law Society of Ontario, Treasurer Paul Schabas is also a litigation partner at Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP and one of Canada's leading media lawyers, frequently representing Canadian and international media. Under his leadership, the LSO made changes in improving the equality and diversity of the profession and reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, access to justice and lawyer licensing processes. Schabas was responsible for the LSO name change after 220 years, the action plan to identify barriers and improve access to justice and public protection, the creation of the SPOT team in response to the #MeToo movement and the first steps to improve equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives to avoid discrimination from all sides against lawyers and clients. He presided over the Challenges Faced By Racialized Licensees Working Group, out of which came the statement of principles and the controversy that surrounded it. His leadership has resulted in a review panel to approach conflict resolution in a sensitive manner and the establishment of the Legal Aid Working Group to explore how to increase access to justice. WHAT VOTERS HAD TO SAY: "Black on Bay Street is now mandatory reading for every racialized lawyer. It has changed everything." "Inspirational." WHAT VOTERS HAD TO SAY: "As a leader of the legal community in Ontario, he has put his mark on the importance of inclusion, fairness and progressive aspects of the practice of law." "A true advocate and fighter." WHAT VOTERS HAD TO SAY: "Sukesh truly understands the change the legal professional has undertaken and he is making tremen- dous progress for big law to adapt. He is our Richard Susskind." "Sukesh is the definition of changemaker in legal technology!"

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