The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice [http://cfcj-fcjc.org/] is a non-profit, independent organization dedicated to bringing together the public, the courts, the legal profession and government in order to promote a civil justice system that is accessible, effective, fair and efficient. · email · columns

Hubert David worked in the information technology and telecommunications field for more than six years, after obtaining his law degree. In 2005 he became Project and Activity Coordinator for the Young Bar Association of Montreal. Hubert joined the Éducaloi team in June 2005, responsible for information technology and logistics. He has been a member of the board of the Public Legal Education Association of Canada since 2010.

Hubert David fait une incursion dans le monde de l’informatique et des télécommunications pendant plus de 6 ans, après ses études en droit. Il fait un retour dans le monde juridique en 2005, à titre de coordonnateur aux activités et aux projets pour l’Association du Jeune Barreau de Montréal. Hubert est responsable des technologies au sein de l'équipe d'Éducaloi depuis juin 2005. Il est membre du conseil d’administration de l’Association canadienne des organismes d’éducation et d’information juridique depuis 2010.

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The Colin Lachance Colin Lachance was named President and CEO of the Canadian Legal Information Institute in April of 2011. A lawyer by training, his career before CanLII was largely focused on communications law and policy. Following a few years in the marketing and government relations ends of the telecommunications industry, Colin started part-time studies towards an LL.M. at the University of Ottawa in a vain attempt to up his nerd-cred among telecom lawyers. To his surprise and delight, grad school opened him up to very different possibilities and ultimately a career change that brought him to CanLII. He now hopes to complete his LL.M. in 2012 with a new focus on open access to legal information.. · email · columns

Jamie Maclaren is a practising lawyer and the Executive Director of the Access Pro Bono Society of BC. He has served as a Director of the Vancouver-based Community Legal Assistance Society, and as the Executive Director of both the UBC Law Students' Legal Advice Program (LSLAP) and Pro Bono Law of BC. Jamie volunteers as a supervising lawyer for LSLAP, conducts legal seminars for people overcoming homelessness and addiction through the Salvation Army, and provides pro bono legal advice in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. He also provides pro bono legal representation at all levels of court to several indigent clients each year. · email · columns

Lewis Parle is the Programme Director of Independent Academic Research Studies (IARS); a youth-led social policy think-tank in London, England, with an interest in law and policy reform in the fields of criminal justice, human rights, restorative justice and public legal education. Lewis also works for Matrix Chambers in its Legal Information Team on its Legal Aid Link project. In addition to being a member of the bar, he has a strong interest in history, having completed a Masters in Historical Research before studying law. · email · columns

Michael Posluns is currently working on his thesis for his second Masters Degree, this time an LLM. He directed the Parliamentary Liaison Office of the National Indian Brotherhood / Assembly of First Nations through four administrations and ran a consulting business doing similar work for some years after that. In 1990 he wrote a Master's thesis on the bureaucratic efforts to undermine the Commons Special Committee on Indian Self-Government, and later wrote a doctoral dissertation on the testimony of First Nations lea ders before a succession of joint Senate-Commons Committees on the Constitution during the decade before patriation, part of which was published in 2006 under the title Speaking with Authority: The Emergence of the Vocabulary of First Nations Self-Government (Routledge). · email · columns

Edward Prutschi is a Toronto-based criminal defence lawyer and partner in the law firm of Adler Bytensky Prutschi. Mr. Prutschi appears regularly in all levels of courts across the Province on trials and appeals for a wide range of criminal offences. He is frequently sought out by media to comment on the criminal law issues of the day. · email · columns

Dianne Saxe is listed as one of Canada’s best environmental lawyers in numerous rating services, including every edition of Lexpert’s Guide to the 500 Leading Lawyers in Canada, and is one of the world’s top 25 environmental lawyers, according to Best of the Best. She is a Certified Specialist in Environmental Law, the only practitioner with a Ph.D. in environmental law, and Canada’s leading author on environmental law, with 34 years of experience in all areas of environmental law and litigation. · email · columns

Ruth Thompson is the Director of the Program of Legal Studies for Native People (PLSNP) at the University of Saskatchewan. She holds a B.A. (Honours) from the University of Regina, an LL.B. from the University of Saskatchewan, and an LL.M. from Dalhousie University. She has been involved with the Program of Legal Studies for Native People, in both teaching and administrative roles, since 1982. She developed a skills-based curriculum for the Program of Legal Studies for Native People between 1985 and 1989 which had a significant impact on the Program’s success rate. She revised the PLSNP’s substantive course content in 1993-94 to encourage law schools to give students credit for the program. · email · columns

Bob Berring holds the Walter Perry Johnson Chair in Law at Berkeley Law School, Boalt Hall, University of California. He has been at Berkeley since 1982. From 1982-2004 he served as Law Librarian at Berkeley. He served has served as Interim Dean of the Law School and as Dean of the former School of Library and Information Studies at Berkeley. Berring publishes in the areas of legal research, legal information and Chinese Law and Contracts. He has authored texts, videos and DVDs on legal research training and in 2006 was named as the most influential author of the previous 50 years by the Academic Law Library Section of the American Association of Law Libraries. · email · columns

Ruth Bird is the Bodleian Law Librarian at the University of Oxford. She has worked in law firm and academic libraries for over twenty years, in two countries, moving from the modern antipodes to the more traditional old world. So her advice is – we are all the same under the skin. Globalisation applies as much to what we do in law libraries as it does to global companies – we all face similar challenges, just with different accents. · email · columns

Lyonette "Lyo" Louis-Jacques is Foreign and International Law Librarian and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School D'Angelo Law Library. She is co-founder, with Mila Rush, of the INT-LAW e-forum for discussion and sharing of information concerning foreign, comparative, and international legal (FCIL) resources. Lyo is an active member of the FCIL and Computing Services special interest sections of the American Association of Law Libraries. She's co-editor of the Chicago Association of Law Libraries Bulletin's TechBuzz column focusing on the use of new and emerging technologies in law libraries. · email · columns

Louis Mirando has been Chief Law Librarian at Osgoode since March, 2008. Prior to joining Osgoode, Louis was Director, Library Services at Torys LLP, Toronto and New York, for 15 years. He has been Acting Library Manager at the Toronto law firm Aird & Berlis LLP, and Reference Librarian at the University of Toronto’s Bora Laskin Law Library. · email · columns

Joan Rataic-Lang has held the dual role of Executive Director and Library Manager at the Toronto Lawyers Association since July, 2010. Previous to that was Library Manager at Aird & Berlis, Gowlings and most recently, Osler Hoskin and Harcourt. Immediately upon graduation with her McGill M.L.I.S. Joan worked in library automation and has also spent time in education and executive search. · email · columns

Robert Richards, JD, MSLIS, MA, is a Ph.D. student in the Pennsylvania State University Department of Communication Arts and Sciences. He studies legal information and communication systems, and particularly nonlawyers’ understanding of law and participation in lawmaking. As well as holding other online roles, he is editor in chief of the VoxPopuLII blog, published by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School. · email · columns

Karen Sawatzky graduated from Queen's University with a B.A. in Political Studies, and from Red River College with a Diploma in Library and Information Technology. Karen is a member of CALL, SLA and several local library associations. She has worked at many different types of libraries, from university to school to research, and has been a law librarian since 2006, currently at Tapper Cuddy LLP. · email · columns

Susannah Tredwell is the Library Manager at Lawson Lundell LLP in Vancouver. She previously worked as a librarian at Simon Fraser University's Gerontology Research Centre and an engineering firm in Vancouver. · email · columns

Heather Colman is a Knowledge Management Specialist at Hicks Morley, responsible for developing leading edge technology solutions and processes for managing intellectual capital and work product. Heather has expertise in law firm information management, document management, Web 2.0 and social networking tools that help improve collaboration, knowledge sharing and information retrieval. Heather works closely with the IT and Marketing groups at Hicks Morley, is a member of the firm’s Growth & Development Committee, and participates in firm wide Knowledge Management initiatives. Heather has a Masters Degree in Library and Information Science and a Masters Certificate in Project Management. · email · columns

Mark Hunter is the Marketing and Business Relations Manager for Minden Gross LLP where he applies strategic marketing and operations expertise to guide and support all of the firm's marketing and business development initiatives. Mark has experience in B2B and B2C environments, including a large national Canadian law firm, luxury auto manufacturer and a global high tech organization. In his current role he is focused on coaching lawyers in effective client communication, building a practice through relationship management, and helping lawyers develop a clear style and vision of their roles. Mark is also on the Board of Directors of The Law Office Management Association (TLOMA) which is a not-for-profit. · email · columns

Doug Jasinski, LL.B., is the Agency Principal of Skunkworks Creative Group Inc. A former trial lawyer, Doug works at the intersection of marketing, law and technology. His clients range from sole practitioners to 600+ lawyer firms, as well as other legal stakeholders including law libraries, courts, and expert witnesses. Doug is a frequent speaker on marketing and technology topics on behalf of the Canadian Bar Association, the Pacific Legal Technology Conference, the Legal Marketing Association and other organizations serving the legal community. · email · columns

Steve Matthews is the founder of Stem Legal Web Enterprises, a company that helps law firms build online profile and increase web-driven business. His work at Stem includes search engine marketing (SEO), audience profiling, and content development strategies. He also helps firms leverage the social web, including law blogs, content syndication, social networking, and business market conversations. Steve’s involvement online dates back to the early 1990’s and includes 12 years of in-house law firm experience. He has been an editorial board member for the ABA’s Law Practice Magazine, and is currently the magazine’s legalweb2.0 column editor. Steve is also a Past-President of the Vancouver Association of Law Libraries, and former Chair of the BCLMA Knowledge Management (KM) subsection. · email · columns

Margaret McCaffery is president of Canterbury Communications, a Toronto marketing/communications agency specializing in professional services firms. An award-winning consultant, she has advised over 15 law firms, from very large (350 partners) to very small (six partners). She has built marketing departments in large firms and provided marketing strategy and services on an outsourced basis to small firms. Margaret is on the Board of the Legal Marketing Association, Toronto
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Allison C. Shields, Esq. is the Founder and President of Legal Ease Consulting, Inc., which helps lawyers create productive, profitable and enjoyable law practices through practice management and business development coaching and consulting. She is a former practicing lawyer, law firm manager, and Administrative Partner. Allison also serves as a frequent lecturer and presenter and has published numerous articles on practice management and business development/marketing issues. She is also the author of the Legal Ease Blog at www.LegalEaseConsulting.com, one of the ABA Journal’s 2009 Blawg 100, and winner of a 2009 Blawggie award. · email · columns

Susan Van Dyke works with managing partners, lawyers and marketing professionals in firms of all sizes to improve the profile of firms and lawyers; and she manages communications projects that involve mergers, branding, media relations, advertising and websites. She also advises on business development plans, including their development and execution. Susan recently completed two terms as president of the Legal Marketing Association's Vancouver Chapter and is the only Canadian to serve on its international board. She and a colleague helped develop wide-spread, positive changes to the marketing rules of the Law Society of British Columbia during her presidency (2008, 2009). · email · columns

Eric Appleby is the President of Maritime Law Book Ltd. He graduated from McGill University with a B.Com in 1952, obtained his LL.B. from the University of Toronto in 1955, and was admitted to the New Brunswick bar in 1962. He practiced until 1974, when he became a full-time publisher of law reports. · email · columns

Sean Hocking is the author and creator of the fortnightly newsletter, Law Librarians News, publishing since 2002. He is also owner and co-founder and writer for the website http://www.practicesource.com. Hocking's erstwhile career in legal bookselling and publishing started in bookshops in the late 80's in Australia; subsequently he worked in the London publishing industry in the mid 90's. After that he founded Excata, an Australian legal news and book selling company that was eventually sold to LexisNexis Australia. Sean currently lives in Hong Kong where he runs his own record label on the side. · email · columns

Lexum is a legal technologies firm offering products and services to the many producers and users of legal information. Lexum is largely known as the designer and operator of CanLII website, of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, which is now the main source of online Canadian legal information. · email · columns

Robert McKay, trained as a lawyer, is a director of Dunedin Academic Press and a consultant in the legal, professional and reference publishing sectors in the United Kingdom. He has had extensive experience at the executive level with a number of publishers over the years, including CCH Information, ABG Professional Information, Tolley Professional Information, and Sweet and Maxwell. · email · columns

Susan Munro has been the Director of Publications for Continuing Legal Education British Columbia (CLEBC) since 2003. She obtained her BA from UBC, her LL.B. from Osgoode Hall, and was called to the B.C. Bar in 1985. She articled with a large Vancouver firm, worked as an assistant to an MP in Ottawa, and as assistant to a solicitor in Oxford, England. She’s worked with CLEBC since 1988, first as the Practice Material Editor for PLTC, then for many years as a legal editor, developing and editing a wide variety of publications. She was the original legal editor for many of CLEBC’s core practice manuals, such as the BC Mortgages Practice Manual, BC PPSA Practice Manual, the BC Company Law Practice Manual, and the Civil Trial Handbook. · email · columns

Gary P. Rodrigues
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John Willinsky is on the faculty of the Stanford University School of Education. Until 2007 he was the Pacific Press Professor of Literacy and Technology and Distinguished University Scholar in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia (UBC). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. He retains a partial appointment at UBC where he directs the Public Knowledge Project, which is researching systems that hold promise for improving the scholarly and public quality of academic research. · email · columns

Jason Wilson is Vice President of Jones McClure Publishing, one of the few remaining "Indies" left in the United States. For over 15 years, he has been writing substantive law and procedure manuals for practitioners. In 2009, he began chronicling his thoughts about the legal publishing industry after noticing a dearth of online commentary from executives in the field. Rumor has it he actually practiced law as a trial and appellate attorney before all this publishing nonsense started. · email · columns

John Davis joined the faculty of Osgoode Hall Law School in 2000, and teaches Intensive Legal Research and Writing. He was the Law Librarian at Osgoode from 2000 to 2005. From 1987 to 2000, he was an Associate Professor and the Law Librarian at the University of Victoria. From 1981 to 1987, he was the reference librarian and a sessional lecturer at the University of Manitoba. He also practised law for a time in Cayuga, Ontario. His pre-law studies were in computer science. · email · columns

John D. Gregory is an Ontario lawyer called in 1977, with a special interest in what happens to the law when you take the paper away. He works in civil justice law reform at the Ministry of the Attorney General, but his Slawian opinions are not necessarily those of the Ministry. · email · columns

Nils Jensen is a senior litigator with the British Columbia Prosecution Service in Victoria BC. His innovative use of courtroom technology has gained him a reputation as a leader in the field. Mr. Jensen has conducted numerous high tech trials before judges and juries in cases ranging from impaired driving to major frauds and murder. As a result of his valuable experiences, he has been asked to speak on courtroom technology at conferences in Canada and the U.S. Leading the award-winning expansion of the videoconference network, now used widely in British Columbia courts and correctional centers, Mr. Jensen was also the driving force behind the ground-breaking adjudication system used to resolve municipal bylaw disputes. · email · columns

Simon Lewis, LL.B. is a director of Sinch Software Pty Ltd, a supplier of litigation, knowledge management and corporate legal department management tools and services based in Sydney, Australia. His 25+ years in legal IT included publishing two newsletters, a software directory, and presenting hands-on courses emphasising the potential of IT for the lawyers themselves. · email · columns

Sharon D. Nelson, Esq. graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 1978 and has been in private practice ever since. Her primary practice area is electronic evidence law. Ms. Nelson is the past President of the Fairfax Bar Association, a Director of the Fairfax Law Foundation, and past chair of the American Bar Association’s TECHSHOW Board. She is the former chair of the ABA Law Practice Management Publications Board and currently serves on the Governing Council of the ABA's Law Practice Management Section. · email · columns

Ben M. Schorr is a technologist and Chief Executive Officer for Roland Schorr & Tower, a professional consulting firm headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii with offices in Los Angeles, California. In that capacity he consults with a wide variety of organizations including many law firms. He is frequently sought as a writer, teacher and speaker for groups as diverse as the Hawaii Visitor and Convention Bureau and the American Bar Association. More than 13 years ago Microsoft named him as an MVP in their Outlook product group and he has been supporting Outlook, Exchange and most recently OneNote ever since. Prior to co-founding Roland Schorr, Schorr was the Director of Information Services for Damon Key Leong Kupchak Hastert, a large Honolulu law firm, for almost 8 years. · email · columns

John W. Simek is the Vice President of Sensei Enterprises, Inc. He is an EnCase Certified Examiner (EnCE) and a nationally known testifying expert in the area of computer forensics. Mr. Simek holds a degree in engineering from the United States Merchant Marine Academy and an MBA in finance from Saint Joseph’s University. · email · columns

Ron Usher has practiced law in private practice in Vernon and Vancouver, British Columbia, in addition to working as in-house counsel to a Victoria computer software company. Currently Ron is with Bell Alliance, a Vancouver-based real estate and wills & estates law firm. For over eight years Ron worked for the Law Society of British Columbia as a staff lawyer focusing on real estate and technology issues. In this capacity he dealt with matters such as Title Insurance, the Electronic Filing and Registration initiative at the Land Title Office, the implementation of Digital Signatures, the Western Law Societies Conveyancing Protocol, Electronic Funds Transfer, and related E-commerce issues. He has spoken throughout Canada and the U.S.A. on topics ranging from e- filing, real estate fraud and computer technology to the role of the legal profession in society. · email · columns

David Whelan works on information projects for the Law Society of Upper Canada and manages its Great Library. Both a lawyer and librarian, he writes and speaks on law, information, and technology topics. David was formerly with the American Bar Association Legal Technology Resource Center and Cincinnati Law Library Association. · email · columns

Richard Austin practices corporate and commercial law at Austin Technology Law with a focus on information technology and business process outsourcing, applications development and systems implementation projects. Prior to returning to private practice, Richard was General Counsel at EDS Canada for 18 years where he headed a team of lawyers and contract professionals with responsibility for the legal aspects of EDS' business in Canada. Richard’s responsibilities at EDS Canada included providing strategic advice on and negotiating IT and business process outsourcing transactions with public and private sector entities. · email · columns

Gavin Birer is the founder and president of Legalwise Outsourcing Inc. Legalwise was founded in 2006 and is the first Canadian offshore legal outsourcing business. Legalwise provides legal outsourcing services to law firms and legal departments, using its lawyers in India. Services include: document review, due diligence, litigation support and coding, legal research, and contract drafting and review. Gavin is admitted as an attorney of the Supreme Court of South Africa and is admitted to the Ontario Bar. · email · columns

Joan Chambers has been practising law since 1991 and is a Partner at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP in the Business Group. She practises in the area of complex commercial transactions, including alternative service delivery and business process outsourcings, technology- based transactions, technology-based outsourcings, commercial transactions(mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures), China-based transactions (including market entry strategies, establishment of various forms of Foreign Invested Enterprises, and relatedtransactional advice and negotiations), gaming regulatory matters, venture capital investments, general corporate/commercial and business law, and not-for-profit organizations. · email · columns

Joan often co-writes with a colleague, Debra Finlay, another of our columnists.

Sue Cheung has been practising in the area of information technology and outsourcing law for over 10 years. She has acted as an in-house counsel for global information technology supplier and financial institutions. She is a member of the Bars of Ontario, New York, and England and Wales. · email · columns

Debra Finlay has been practising law since 1994 and is a partner at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP in the Business Group. She practises in the area of complex commercial transactions, including alternative service delivery and business process outsourcings, technology- based transactions, corporate transactions (mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, amalgamations, and joint ventures) general corporate/commercial business law, e-commerce transactions and franchising. · email · columns

Michel Généreux joined Heenan Blaikie as partner in 2009 to enhance the firm’s capability in sophisticated IT work. He has extensive experience negotiating large systems integration, outsourcing, licensing and other complex commercial IT transactions. Michel also regularly assists clients in relation to governmental procurement. Over the years, Michel has had the opportunity to work with both leading international vendors and buyers of technology solutions, as well as with a variety of up-and-coming technology companies. Prior to joining Heenan Blaikie, Michel was a partner at another leading Canadian firm. He also practiced in technology in Boston in the late 90s. Michel is a graduate of McGill Law School and he is licensed to practice law in both Quebec and Massachusetts. · email · columns

James Kosa is an Associate at Deeth Williams Wall LLP where he practices in the areas of information technology and intellectual property law. James’s particular areas of expertise include the protection and exploitation of computer and software technology, IT and IP licensing, and dispute resolution. He regularly advises on software and systems licensing, outsourcing and development agreements, and assists clients with e-commerce, privacy and open source issues as well. James also regularly advises on domain name issues and copyright rights and remedies, and drafts and prosecutes patents in a wide range of technologies. · email · columns

Daniel Logan is the head of the Business and Technology Sourcing Practice Group at Torys LLP. His practice focuses on corporate/commercial law, with particular emphasis on technology and outsourcing matters. He advises on private company acquisitions involving technology, outsourcings, systems development and systems integration arrangements; strategic alliance and joint venture arrangements; technology manufacturing and hardware transactions; technology licensing and distribution arrangements; and e-commerce transactions. · email · columns

Wesley Ng is a partner at Stikeman Elliott in Toronto, where he focuses on information technology, e-commerce, and biotechnology transactions as well as privacy related matters. He has been responsible for the technology portions of acquisitions and outsourcing arrangements in numerous industries, including financial services, insurance, telecommunications, postal services, optical and wireless manufacturing and design, health care, municipal services, biotechnology and software development and maintenance. He has extensive experience advising both service providers and service recipients on outsourcing and technology transactions. · email · columns

Jordan Furlong is a partner with Edge International, providing consulting services to law firms on strategic planning and tactical matters. He's also a Senior Consultant with Stem Legal and principal of its Media Strategy consulting service. Finally, he's an award-winning blogger who chronicles the extraordinary changes underway in the practice of law at Law21: Dispatches from a Legal Profession on the Brink. Formerly editor-in-chief of the CBA's National magazine and a graduate of Queen's Law School, he lives in Ottawa with his wife and two children. · email · columns

Steven B. Levy is a business leader, author, project manager, seminar leader, and technologist who helps law firms and law departments deliver increased value to clients. He headed the legal technology department at Microsoft for many years, driving innovation and efficiency into one of the world's largest corporate law departments. He has spent 35 years leading businesses, managing projects, developing software solutions, and consulting in a variety of fields. · email · columns

The Legal Profession Assistance Conference (LPAC) has the unique function within the Canadian Bar Association of providing continuing education, support and expertise to the Provincial Lawyer Assistance Programs across Canada. The Provincial Lawyer Assistance Programs provide professional support and assistance to lawyers, judges and law students across Canada including confidential counselling, advisory and information services as well as personal support and peer group volunteers. · email · columns

Michael Litchfield is a lawyer and management consultant and is the Managing Director of Thinklab Consulting Inc. Michael’s work is focused on the delivery of strategic management and project management services to clients of all sizes from professional associations to solo practitioners. In addition to his management consulting practice Michael is also an instructor at the University of Victoria Faculty of Law and regularly speaks on topics related to law and management. · email & middot; columns

Brian Maude practiced law in Calgary, Alberta before coming back to Moncton in 1999. He founded MaudeLaw in 2003. Brian has given the Landlord & Tenant law section of the New Brunswick Bar Admission Course for a number of years, has spoken on advocacy at the Université de Moncton Faculty of Law, taught Commercial Law at Mount Allison University in Sackville, New Brunswick, and given seminars on technology for the Canadian Bar Association. Brian was appointed an Adjudicator of the Small Claims Court of New Brunswick in September 2007. He is a Past President of the Moncton Area Lawyers Association, served as Vice-Chair of the New Brunswick Appeal Board on Teacher Certification from 2002 to 2005 and currently chairs the Law Practice Management and Technology section of the New Brunswick branch of the Canadian Bar Association. · email · columns

Patrick McKenna is an internationally recognized authority on law practice management. Since 1983, he has worked with the top management of premier law firms around the globe to discuss, challenge and escalate their thinking on how to manage and compete effectively. He currently serves as co-Chairman of the Managing Partner Leadership Advisory Board (the LAB), a forum for new firm leaders to pose questions about their burning issues. One of the profession's foremost experts on firm leadership, his book (co-authored with David Maister), First Among Equals: How to Manage a Group of Professionals, (The Free Press) topped business bestseller lists in the United States, Canada and Australia; has been translated into nine languages; is currently in its sixth printing; and received an award for being one of the best business books of 2002. · email · columns

Mike Mooy is the National Marketing Director for the Canadian Bar Insurance Association (CBIA) and CBA Financial Services (CBAF) where he has worked exclusively with the unique financial protection needs of lawyers for over 12 years. Mike provides expert advice on a broad range of insurance and financial related topics and has over 23 years of industry experience. · email · columns

Darryl Mountain is a Canadian lawyer based in Sydney, Australia with an interest in disruptive innovations in law. Darryl is a member of the e-Lawyering Task Force of the American Bar Association, which examines and responds to the ways in which the practice of law is changing in the Internet age. He has written a number of popular journal articles on legal technology topics. He continues to work on projects involving legal document assembly and virtual law practice. He is on Twitter @darrylmountain. · email · columns

Linda K. Robertson practiced law for 24 years primarily as a General Counsel and then Senior Vice President Law & Human Resources at a large corporation in Vancouver. She left the practice of law in 2002 and trained as an Executive Coach in the United States and now brings her extensive experience in law, management and human resources to coaching lawyers and working with law firms and legal departments on associate development and partnership issues. She has a long involvement in issues involving women lawyers. · email · columns

Christelle Vaval is completing her Business Law master’s degree at the University of Montreal following the completion of her LL.B. at the University of Quebec in Montreal and her certification by the Quebec Bar. With a strong interest in Intellectual Property and New Information Technology, she plans to continue researching in those areas of law. · email · columns

Allison Wolf, President of Shift Works Strategic, is a certified executive coach with a focus on helping legal professionals reach their fullest potential. Allison has supported her clients in achieving success in a number of areas including: developing powerful rainmaking skills, launching profitable new practice areas and revitalising burned-out practices. Allison has helped clients with successful transitions to new law firms, new practice areas and new careers. · email · columns