On Wednesday, March 8, 2023, the LCO, in partnership with University of Ottawa Centre for Law, Technology, and Society, presented The ChatGPT Lawyer: Opportunities and Risks of Generative AI for the Legal Profession. In this one-hour webinar, LCO Executive Director Nye Thomas moderated the session and LCO Counsel Ryan Fritsch explained the impact of generative [...]
On March 8th, 2023, join the Law Commission of Ontario and the uOttawa Centre for Law, Technology and Society for a 60-minute panel discussion about ChatGPT, generative AI, access to justice, and the legal profession. This online discussion is free of charge. For further event information and to register, please see here.
The Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) seeks a full-time Policy Counsel for a one-year contract that may be extended. The deadline to apply is Wednesday, March 1, 2023. Applications should be submitted as a single PDF to the attention of Nye Thomas, Executive Director, Law Commission of Ontario at: LawCommission@lco-cdo.org. The full job posting is [...]
Counsel Ramani Nadarajah and Project Head of the LCO's Environmental Accountability project will join other Ontario legal professionals as a speaker in the Ontario Bar Association’s upcoming legal conference on Municipal, Planning, and Environmental Law on February 10, 2023. Counsel Ramani will discuss the LCO's Consultation Paper on Environmental Bill of Rights reform. For registration and [...]
Counsel Susie Lindsay has been featured in the CBC article: Want a job? You'll have to convince our AI bot first. The article discusses AI in the job hiring process and Counsel Susie Lindsay discusses how AI has an impact on candidates. Click here to read the article.
The LCO is extending the deadline for written submissions for its Environmental Accountability project to Friday, January 13th, 2023. The LCO wants to consult with a broad array of stakeholders, including legal and environmental experts, government and justice system leaders, industry representatives, indigenous communities, and individual Ontarians interested in environmental issues. A complete list of [...]
The LCO is pleased to release its new Strategic Plan. The Plan commits the LCO to new projects, to improving engagement, to increasing our impact, and to LCO growth and renewal. The P
