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Pursuing interests outside of our primary legal job can enhance our well-being and sharing these interests with others can help our sense of connection, another dimension of well-being. Whether your interest is music, knitting, gardening, animals, volunteering or something you’ve turned into an actual business, we’d love to chat with you about it.

The Attorney Well-Being Committee invites our members to join us for an interactive discussion about “Hobbies and Side-Gigs”. The discussion will be led by committee members Jean Chung and Justin Fong. All attendees will be entered into a raffle for a $25 gift card and the attendee with the most interesting hobby or side-gig (as determined by the attendees) will win a $25 gift card!

 

ACCBC and Bennett Jones LLP Present:

Canada's New Forced Labour Reporting Law

ACC British Columbia and Bennett Jones LLP invite you to join us for an in-person discussion on supply chain transparency and what the public reporting requirements in Canada's new Forced Labour Reporting Law mean for businesses. 

The new law creates a compliance imperative by introducing a mandatory mechanism that will facilitate public and stakeholder scrutiny of the forced labour track records of Canadian government institutions and many private sector businesses. 

With the first reports due in May 2024, companies need to act now to enhance their due diligence and proactively identify and mitigate the risk of forced labour or child labour in their supply chains.

Bennett Jones LLP Presenters:

Sabrina A. Bandali – Partner 

Sharon Singh – Partner, Co-Head Aboriginal Law

 

Event Date: Wednesday June 21, 2023

Event Time: 4:30 - 7:00 PM

Event Location: Bennett Jones LLP Vancouver Office

2500 Park Place, 666 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 2X8 (Parking is available at Park Place). 

AGENDA:

4:30 pm     Arrival & Registration

4:45 pm     ACC Welcome & Presentation

5:45 pm     Q & A

6:00 pm     Social & Networking - Light Refreshments will be                       served after the substantive program 

7:00 pm     Event concludes

This event is open to both ACC members and non-members.

Attendance at this event will qualify for up to 2 hours of CPD credits from the Law Society of BC

 

Program: 5:00 - 6:00 pm | Networking Reception: 6:00 - 6:30 pm

In this session we will:   

  • Provide clarity on where corporate initiatives and regulations regarding ESG and diversity currently stand 
  • Explore how companies can more effectively address impermissible bias and historical injustice while navigating emerging developments around discrimination and harassment claims 
  • Discuss how companies' use of their corporate cultures in the context of creating greater belonging among team members can provide stronger compliance and long-term value  

(1 Elimination of Bias credit)

Speakers:
Sarah Fortt, Partner, Latham & Watkins

Once thought of as the stuff of amateurish virtual games, futuristic movies and imaginary science fiction, engaging in business in a virtual world or a metaverse is close enough to mainstream reality to mandate that we consider its consequences. Described as a shared, online, three-dimensional space where people can live, work, interact and connect virtually, these platforms have integrated into many mainstream uses. ChatGpt and other AI tools have taken the world by storm, from being banned and then reinstated in Italy for data privacy reasons to the loss of IP when used as a development tool. The widespread use of any of these tools demands that you review your policies and global frameworks with enough flexibility to capture what's coming next

Join us for a 60 minute session where we will walk through hypothetical examples and have an interactive discussion about how to adapt your legal frameworks to these new realities of doing business. For example…

  • Are you reviewing your strategy for IP registration and protection in a global, virtual world — including if and where you register your trademarks?
  • Are you restricting access to ChatGpt within your organization or are you integrating it into your business model?
  • How do you plan to manage the collection of personal data, in either a virtual world or an AI training set, and can it be monetized?
  • What do you foresee as your key revenue drivers/business model in a virtual environment? Have you considered which IP you may license for NFTs and the terms of such licenses?
  • With increased network security requirements by regulators, expanding vectors of attack and the heightened sophistication of cyberattacks, have you revisited your cybersecurity policy and data incident procedures recently?
  • Have you created specific terms and conditions to govern interactions with business customers and individual consumers using your products/services?

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Pay equity and transparency continue to be a hot topic and challenge in California.  The State has continued to expand its pay disclosure and pay reporting requirements and we do not expect this trend to change anytime soon.  This program will examine developments in recent state laws, federal pay equity initiatives, and agency enforcement. We will also look at the increased focus on pay equity issues on ESG activism.

In the current economic climate, today’s law department faces no small number of challenges. The annual State of the Corporate Law Department Report from Thomson Reuters has seen a shift in Legal Department priorities over the last few years, with compliance & regulatory requirements rising to the top, followed closely by risk management, data privacy & cost control. What’s more - 65% of corporate law departments are experiencing increasing matter volumes, while 59% are dealing with flat if not decreasing budgets. In an environment where you’re constantly being asked to do more with less, how do you prioritize while also driving the greatest value for your organization?

t’s hard to know how to best manage and what tools are available to help lighten the load. Join Thomson Reuters on Tuesday, June 13th for a 1-hour presentation & roundtable discussion to learn about:

  • Data driven insights around the shifting key challenges law departments are facing across the country
  • Roundtable discussion with your peers on actionable best practices including, how to shift outside counsel spend to realize cost savings while not sacrificing quality, how to sustainably bring more work in-house, and how to partner legal with legal ops to measure and track the value of efficiency changes
  • How product solutions can transform legal teams’ ability to optimize workflows by connecting technology, intelligence, and automation

ACC Southern California is excited to offer members the opportunity to participate in a 4-week Introduction to Golf Clinic for first-time golfers! Join us and fellow members who are also brand new to the sport to learn the basics and get out on the course in 4 weeks. (June 3rd,  10th, 11th and 24th) No equipment/gear is necessary. This is a fun, low-key program designed to encourage more newcomer participation in ACC Golf events and support attorney well-being. 

 Participants will also be provided opportunities for driving range meet-ups and other cohort events. 

 Participation cost is $30 per member for all 4 sessions. Open to all members who are first time golfers on a first come first served basis. 

Please register soon to hold your spot. 

Program: 4:00 - 5:00 pm | Networking Reception: 5:00 - 6:30 pm

Please join Paul Plevin Quarles and ACC San Diego for an interactive panel discussion addressing the ways in which in-house counsel can be a strategic partner to promote DEI initiatives and broad leadership across all business units of the company and engaged beyond the legal work. During this program, our panel of San Diego in-house generals counsel will provide insight on how they have created pathways for success to attract and retain diverse legal professionals in rewarding careers in San Diego, and also how they have proactively aligned with company executives to support DEI while adding value to the business units. 

At the conclusion of this program, attendees will come away with real-world examples that they may choose to integrate into their in-house legal department processes.

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