Implementing Innovation I: Technology and Billing Models 2025

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Strategies and tools to improve efficiency and increase profitability

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Last Kick at the Can Series 2025
Monday, December 1, 2025
Monday, December 15, 2025

(Original webinar date: February 11, 2025)

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Who should attend: Lawyers, legal professionals, law firm managers, and administrators

Learning level: All levels

In today's fast-evolving legal landscape, technology and innovative billing practices are reshaping how lawyers deliver value to their clients. This course will explore how lawyers are using technology to enhance efficiency and reimagining traditional billing models to improve their bottom line.

The agenda will include:

AI in Legal Practice: Live demonstrations showcasing how lawyers are using artificial intelligence for research, document drafting, client interactions, and more
Value-based Billing: Two experienced lawyers share their journeys of transitioning from billable hours to value-based billing, offering tips and lessons learned

The day will conclude with an interactive discussion forum for exchanging ideas, sharing experiences, and discussing common challenges.

This course is the first half of the two-part online series, Implementing Innovation in Legal Practice, designed for lawyers and legal professionals interested in exploring how innovation can transform their legal practice. The second half of this course will focus on People-Centered Management Strategies. Whether you register for Day 1, Day 2, or both, you will gain fresh perspectives and practical tools to enhance your practice.

Law Society of BC CPD Hours: 3.5 hours (this course will contain a minimum of 2 hours pertaining to professional responsibility and ethics, client care and relations, and/or practice management)

Course Chair
Erin Brandt — PortaLaw Corporation, Vancouver

*Last Kick at the Can 2025*
Rebroadcast	$339
Rebroadcast Articled Student	$169

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Registration includes an electronic copy of the reference materials.

CLEBC Program Lawyer*
Genevieve Chang
gchang@cle.bc.ca
*non-practising

Course Chair
Erin Brandt — PortaLaw Corporation, Vancouver

About the Course Chair
Erin (she/her) is an employment lawyer and co-founder of PortaLaw. Erin is passionate about helping people create meaningful employment relationships and assisting to resolve conflict where those relationships break down. Erin is excited by new ideas that increase the value clients receive from legal services and enthusiastic about new technologies that help clients access legal services. She channels this passion and enthusiasm into solving workplace problems for both employers and employees and helping people find joy at work.

Faculty
Chilwin Cheng — Ascendion Law, Vancouver
Digby R. Leigh — Digby Leigh & Company, North Vancouver
Allison Morrell — Knowledge and Legal Operations Lawyer, Dentons Canada LLP, Vancouver
Erica Toews — Erica Toews Legal Research, North Vancouver
Vanessa Vendrasco-Aere — Operations Manager/Project Manager, eDiscovery Services, Triage Data Solutions Inc., Vancouver

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Course Introduction and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:05)

Genevieve Chang — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Erin Brandt — PortaLaw Corporation, Vancouver

Using AI in Legal Practice—Demonstrations (9:05 – 10:20)

using AI in legal research
using AI in fact discovery
using AI to ideate in litigation analysis

Chilwin Cheng — Ascendion Law, Vancouver
Allison Morrell — Knowledge and Legal Operations Lawyer, Dentons Canada LLP, Vancouver
Erica Toews — Erica Toews Legal Research, North Vancouver
Vanessa Vendrasco-Aere — Operations Manager/Project Manager, eDiscovery Services, Triage Data Solutions Inc., Vancouver

BREAK (10:20 – 10:30)

Stories from the Field—Implementing Value-based Billing (10:30 – 11:45)

reasons for moving away from the billable hour
supporting data and technology
strategies for implementation
key takeaways

Erin Brandt — PortaLaw Corporation, Vancouver

Digby R. Leigh — Digby Leigh & Company, North Vancouver

Q & A and Discussion Forum (11:45 – 12:30)

an interactive forum for exchanging ideas, sharing experiences, and discussing common challenges related to integrating technology and new pricing strategies into their practices

Erin Brandt — PortaLaw Corporation, Vancouver
Chilwin Cheng — Ascendion Law, Vancouver
Digby R. Leigh — Digby Leigh & Company, North Vancouver
Allison Morrell — Knowledge and Legal Operations Lawyer, Dentons Canada LLP, Vancouver
Erica Toews — Erica Toews Legal Research, North Vancouver
Vanessa Vendrasco-Aere — Operations Manager/Project Manager, eDiscovery Services, Triage Data Solutions Inc., Vancouver

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