Canadian Lawyer

w w w . C A N A D I A N L a w y e r m a g . c o m S E P T E M B E R 2 0 1 6 3 E D I T O R ' S D E S K @canlawmag tim.wilbur@tr.com Director/Group Publisher: Karen Lorimer karen.lorimer@tr.com Managing Editor: Tim Wilbur tim.wilbur@tr.com Associate Editor: Yamri Taddese yamri.taddese@tr.com Copy Editor: Patricia Cancilla Art Director: Bill Hunter Production Co-ordinator: Catherine Giles catherine.giles@tr.com Contributors: donalee Moulton, Pascal Elie, Geoff Ellwand, Jean Sorensen, Marg. Bruineman, Jim Middlemiss, Janet Guttsman, Shannon Kari, Mark Cardwell Canadian Lawyer is published 11 times a year by Thomson Reuters Canada Ltd. All rights reserved. Contents may not be reprinted without written permission. The opinions expressed in articles are not necessarily those of the publisher. Information presented is compiled from sources believed to be accurate, however, the publisher assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions. Canadian Lawyer disclaims any warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or currency of the contents of this publication and disclaims all liability in respect of the results of any action taken or not taken in reliance upon information in this publication. Advertising Sales Representatives Steffanie Munroe Tel: 416-298-5077 E-mail: steffanie.munroe@tr.com Kimberlee Pascoe Tel: (416) 649-8875 E-mail: kimberlee.pascoe@tr.com Grace So Tel: (416) 609-5838 E-mail: grace.so@tr.com Canadian Lawyer Thomson Reuters Canada Ltd. One Corporate Plaza, 2075 Kennedy Rd., Toronto, ON. M1T 3V4 Tel: (416) 298-5141 Fax: (416) 649-7870 E-mail: cl.editor@tr.com Web: www.canadianlawyermag.com Linkedin: linkd.in/179bx8t Twitter: @canlawmag Publications Mail Agreement #40766500 ISSN 0703-2129 © 2016 HST Registration #R121349799 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESS TO: CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT One Corporate Plaza 2075 Kennedy RD., Toronto, ON. M1T 3V4 RETOURNER TOUTE CORRESPONDANCE NE POUVANT ÊTRE LIVRÉE AU CANADA AU SERVICE DES PUBLICATIONS One Corporate Plaza, 2075 Kennedy Rd., Toronto, ON. M1T 3V4 Circulation/Address Changes/ Subscriptions Keith Fulford Tel: (416) 649-9585 Fax: (416) 649-7870 E-mail: keith.fulford@tr.com Subscription rates: Canada1 year print and digital $99 plus HST, 1 year digital only $99. Outside Canada 1 year print & digital $99 USD, 1 year digital only $99. For all circulation inquiries and address changes send a copy of your mailing label or labels along with your request in writing to Canadian Lawyer, One Corporate Plaza, 2075 Kennedy Rd., Toronto, ON. M1T 3V4 Indexed in the Canadian Periodical Index have been in legal journalism for more than 10 years, but I am very excited to begin a new phase in my career at the helm of Canadian Lawyer. From my van- tage point, there has never been a more exciting time to cover the legal profes- sion. Many of the disruptive changes hitting the profession now were only just getting started when I was first covering the law. In fact, 10 years ago, the other business I was in — media — looked a lot like the legal profession does now. Business models in the media had been upended by Craigslist and Google. Journalists were regularly bemoaning the "good old days" when traditional media was making a lot of money and career paths were clear. It seemed like it could be a temporary change and then things would settle down. No one in the media speaks like that anymore. Change is constant and expected, not spoken of as a new phenomenon. In the law, things are a few years behind. No one denies that things are changing quickly anymore, but some still seem to think it is temporary. Things will settle down soon. But what if they don't? A better way to deal with change than bemoaning it is to dig deeper and find the constant. In the media, journalists have accepted that their business is not about newspapers or magazines or television broadcasts. It is not about the medium. It is about reaching audiences where they are and engaging them, whether through a web site, social media channel, podcast or YouTube, or even the printed page. The media is still selling content and eyeballs, just in new places. Journalists know they must strive to continually get better at reaching their audience, not retreat to their trad- itional formats. In law, lawyers are there to synthesize information and provide strategic advice. But how that is done cannot stay the same. Lawyers need to harness changes in technology to analyze information in new ways, and better understand how humans make decisions to give better strategic advice. As Jason Moyse and Aron Solomon argue in their column, robots won't replace lawyers, but they should be allowed to help serve the public better (see page 18). Much of the synthesis of information, they argue, can and should be done by robots. This doesn't mean lawyers are replaced by robots, it means information is better pre- sented to clients. Strategic advice is also ripe for change. Lawyers strategize with their clients about how to present their case in front of a judge or other decision-maker. Jim Middlemiss, in his Back Page column (see page 46), profiles a company that developed software to mine court judgments and break down litigators' track records. What could be better material for strategic advice than that? One other constant that both media and the law share is even more important than any of these things — ethics. Journalists are expected to provide balance and truth in their work. Lawyers, likewise, are expected to uphold the values of our legal system — justice, fairness, the rule of law. I am excited to observe, write about and investigate how these things will change and yet hopefully stay the same. Change is constant By Tim Wilbur CORRECTION In last month's issue, it was reported in "Embracing a time for change" that Valerie Conrad was from the Yukon. She in fact lives in the N.W.T. Canadian Lawyer apologizes for the error. I

• Cover