Legal Design

Using Design Thinking to Solve Real-World Problems: My Experience Teaching Design Thinking to the OLG’s Governance, Legal & Compliance Group

This Fall, I had the incredible opportunity to lecture at a three-part Innovation Masterclass workshop with Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG), introducing a group of Legal, Compliance, Governance and AML professionals to design thinking. As someone who practices legal design and applies these principles in compliance and the law, my goal was to show […]

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Guest Blog for the ADR Institute of Ontario: (Re)Designing the Mediation – Combining Service Design and the Law

Service design considers the ‘user’ in the process, like Starbucks. Designing your mediation practice to consider users, relationships and experiences can create a good service that markets itself. Through this article, we explore the intersection of design and the law.

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From Game Rooms to Courtrooms: How Virtual Reality (VR) Is Changing the Legal Landscape

Our latest SLAW article explores the use of Virtual Reality (VR) as a courtroom visual aid, emphasizing its potential to enhance understanding. Highlighting Resol-VR’s successful collaboration in creating a VR reenactment of a traffic accident, the article discusses the positive impact and future potential of VR in the Canadian legal system.

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Legal Design and Regulatory Compliance with the Lawyers Design School – Our Good Morning/Afternoon Chat (depending on your time zone)

How luck am I? I got to start off my morning speaking with Legal Design great, Hannele Korhonen. Even though it was the morning in Ontario (the afternoon for Hannele in Finland), our discussion about Legal Design and how it can be effectively used in regulatory Compliance was anything but a “snoozefest”.   Check out

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Compliance Training Video For Firms (Animated) – CSA’s Amendments to Older and Vulnerable Clients

In July 2021, the CSA published Notice of Amendments to NI 31-103 and the Companion Policy entitled Registration Requirements, Exemptions and Ongoing Registrant Obligations to Enhance Protection of Older and Vulnerable Clients. These amendments were adopted by IIROC and the MFDA (jointly CIRO). This is an excerpt from a 30+ minute Compliance Training video created

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"Suit"ability - Get it?

Compliance Training Video For Firms (Illustrated) – CSA’s Client Focused Reforms on Know-Your-Client, Know-Your-Product and Suitability

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CSA’s Client Focused Reforms on Suitability, Know-Your-Client, Know-Your-Product – How these Regulatory Obligations “Fit” Together.

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