• ‘Artificial Intelligence and Legal Education: American Developments,” International Bar Association Academic Forum 2025, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, November 7, 2025 [invited speaker]
• ‘Lawyering Inside and Outside the ‘sandbox’: Canadian and International Trends,” International Bar Association Annual Conference, Toronto ON, November 5, 2025 [Organizer, Chair and commentator]
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: The Good, The Bad, and the Obnoxious,” International Bar Association Annual Conference, Toronto ON, November 4, 2025 [invited speaker/panelist]
• ‘Law Firm Mergers: New Perspectives, Cross-Border and Multidisciplinary Complications and Solutions,” International Bar Association Annual Conference, Toronto ON, November 3, 2025 [Co-Chair and commentator]
• ‘Navigating Ethical Dilemmas: Federal Government Attorneys’ Obligations to Their Clients and the Judicial System,” District of Columbia Bar, online, October 17, 2025 [invited speaker/panelist]
• ‘360 Degree Management – Exploring the Decanal Interface with Different Constituencies and Stakeholders at State, Private, Religious and Independent Law Schools,” 14th Annual Promoting Diversity in Law School Leadership Workshop, Seattle University School of Law, Seattle, WA September 26, 2025 [invited speaker/panelist]
• "Transformation, Impact and Opportunities: Leadership Lessons from Trailblazing California Law School Deans", California Lawyers Association Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, September 13, 2025 [invited speaker/panelist]
• “AI in Practice: Lessons from BigLaw and Boutiques,” Chapman University Fowler School of Law Faculty Retreat, Orange CA, August 12, 2025 [organizer and moderator]
• ‘Faculty Appointments Workshop: Best Practices for Faculty Hiring”, American Association of Law Schools, virtual/online, July 31, 2025, [organizer/moderator]
• ‘Ethical Conundrums in Cross-Border Legal Practice,” 71st Annual Natural Resources and Energy Law Institute, Whistler, British Columbia, July 17, 2025 [invited speaker and paper]
• ‘Lawyers in the Crosshairs: How the Enforcement of Anti-Money Laundering Laws against Lawyers and the Expanding Scope of Regulations and Updated Ethical Obligations raise Risks for the Profession,” American Bar Association Section of International Law Annual Conference, New York, NY, May 1, 2025 [invited panelist]
• “Diversity and Equity in Higher Education Leadership,” Attallah College of Educational Studies (Master’s in Leadership Course), Chapman University, Orange, CA, April 23, 2025 [invited lecture]
• “AI for Trusted Advisors,” Chapman University Endowment Council, Orange CA, November 22, 2024 [invited panelist]
• “Where Does Zealous Advocacy Give Way to the Public Interest? Richard Sandler in Conversation (Witness to a Prosecution: The Myth of Michael Milken), George Bush Conference Center, Chapman University Argyros School of Business, October 30, 2024 [discussant]
• ‘AI, the Digital Space, and Regulating the Legal Profession: A Journey Down the Rabbit Hole?” International Bar Association Annual Conference, Mexico City, MX, September 18, 2024 [Co-Chair and commentator]
• “Adjacent Businesses, regulatory barriers, and virtual nomads,” International Bar Association Annual Conference, Mexico City, MX, September 16, 2024 [Chair and Commentator]
• “Appraising unconscious bias: gender, ethnicity, race, sexual orientation and gender diversity and neurodiversity globally,” International Bar Association Annual Conference, Mexico City, MX, September 16, 2024 [invited panelist/speaker]
• ‘Lawyers as Gatekeepers: ABA Resolution 100, Anti-Money Laundering and Lawyer Ethics in the US,” International Legal Ethics Conference 2024, University of Amsterdam Law School, Amsterdam NL, July 19, 2024 [invited paper]
• ‘Considering the Impact of Digitalization on the Evolution of Regulation of Multi-jurisdictional Practice.’ International Legal Ethics Conference 2024, University of Amsterdam Law School, Amsterdam NL, July 18, 2024 [invited workshop presenter]
• “The Role of Lawyers as Ethical Gatekeepers and Related Issues,” Chatham House (London) Global Economic and Finance Programme, July 4, 2024 [invited roundtable participant/commentator]
• “Ethics, Civility and Lawyering in the Age of Generative AI,” J Reuben Clark Law Society of Orange County, Irvine CA, January 18, 2024 [invited keynote address]
• “The Future of the Legal Profession: Values, Civility and Ethics in the Law,” California Lawyers Foundation Association , online, January 17, 2024 [invited panelist]
• ‘SPPI Showcase: Law as a Lifelong and Rewarding Profession,” International Bar Association Annual Conference, Paris, France, November 2, 2023 [invited panelist]
• “Legal Profession Trends in 2023: et voila !” International Bar Association Annual Conference, Paris, France, October 30, 2023, [Panel Organizer/Speaker/Chair]
• ‘Ethical Issues and Emerging Issues of Innovation” Legal Innovation and Digital Law Conference, University of Alberta Faculty of Law, Edmonton AB, February 10, 2023 [invited speaker]
• ‘Legaltech and the Future of Legal Practice” International Bar Association Annual Conference, Miami FL, October 31-November 4, 2022 [Chair and invited panelist]
• “Looking Back, Looking Forward: Stories from an Incidental Activist,” PRISME Conference 2022, Toronto ON, June 18, 2022 [invited keynote address]
• "Schools and Sandboxes -- The Future of the Legal Profession," Future of Law Summit (Goodlawyer), virtual, November 3, 2021 [invited panelist]
• “Non-Lawyer Investment and Developments in Arizona,” National Legal Innovators Roundtable (Canada), virtual, September 23, 2021 [invited speaker]
• "Sandboxes and Legal Services Regulation -- The New Playground for Non-Lawyers" The Future of Lawyer
Regulation in Comparative Perspective, International Bar Association Alternative and New Law Business Structures Committee, virtual, June 28, 2021 [invited moderator and panelist]
• "How Can Lawyers Better Serve Startups?" University of Alberta Faculty of Law Legal Innovation Conference, virtual, January 29, 2021
• "The Practice of Evolving Models of Legal Services and their Impact on the Rule of Law in 2020 and Beyond," International Bar Association Annual Meeting, Miami/Virtual, November 12, 2020 [invited panelist]
• "Reversing Presumptions and Changing Minds: Rethinking Regulation of Legal Services for the 21st Century," Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers (US) Mid-Year Conference, Austin TX, February
15, 2020 [invited speaker and panelist]
• "IOLTA and the Re-Regulation of the Delivery of Legal Services," American Bar Association Midyear Meeting, Austin TX, February 13, 2020 [invited speaker and panelist]
• "Re-Regulation Roundtable," American Bar Association Midyear IOLTA Meeting, Austin TX, February 13, 2020 [invited panelist]
• "Ethics and Artificial Intelligence in Legal Services," Northwestern University School of Law/McCormick School of Engineering, Evanston IL, November 18, 2019
• “Legal Disruptors and the Future of Lawyer Regulation” International Bar Association Annual Meeting, Seoul South Korea, September 26, 2019 [invited panelist]
• “Corporate Lawyers and the Rule of Law,” Business Law Refresher, Legal Education Society of Alberta, Lake Louise, Alberta, May 6, 2018 [invited paper and panel presentation]
• “Quaecumque Vera: Whatsoever Things Are True,” Opening Remarks, Christian Legal Fellowship National Student Conference, Edmonton, Alberta, March 1, 2018
• “Play Nice! Ethics and Civility” CBA West Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 18, 2017 [invited keynote speaker]
• “Robots, Lawyers and the Future of Legal Education in North America,” Learning Commons Panel, Law Society of Alberta Bencher Retreat, Jasper, Alberta, June 7, 2017 [invited speaker/panelist]
• Robots vs. Lawyers: Legal Education and Technological Change – A North American Survey,” Law Society of England and Wales International Marketplace Conference, London, England, October 6, 2016 [speaker and panelist]
• “Opening Address: The Future of Regulation in the Age of Uber,” Energy Regulatory Forum, Calgary, Alberta, May 26, 2016 [keynote speaker]
• “Future Forward: Change, Transformation and the Mid-Career Lawyer,” ABA Section of International Law Annual Conference, New York, NY, April 14, 2016 [speaker and panelist]
• “Regulating in the Age of Uber – What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know About Regulating Professions in the 21st Century?” Canadian Network of Agencies for Regulation National Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, November 4, 2015 [Keynote address]
• “Securities Regulators and Lawyer Conduct: SOX 307 and SEC Lawyer Discipline After Enron,” Fordham Center for Ethics and Fordham Law Review annual Ethics Symposium, “Lawyering in the Regulatory State, New York, NY, October 16, 2015 [invited paper and presentation]
• “Revisiting Lawyers, Ethics and Enron: Fraud and the Ethics of Professionals – Lessons from Enron, Hollinger and General Motors,” Institute of Internal Auditors and Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Edmonton Chapters, Edmonton Fraud Conference, Edmonton, AB, March 4, 2015 [keynote address]
• “The Future of Legal Services Delivery” Government of Alberta Justice Legal Services Division Retreat, Edmonton, AB, February 9, 2015 [keynote address]
• “Lawyering in the Future: Where are we headed?” Alberta Law Conference (Law Society of Alberta and Canadian Bar Association – Alberta), Edmonton, AB, January 29, 2015 [keynote address]
• “Changing the Conversation: Alternative Business Structures,” Roundtable Workshop Consultation, Alberta Law Conference (Law Society of Alberta and Canadian Bar Association – Alberta), Edmonton, AB, January 29, 2015 [respondent/commentator]
• “Alternative Business Structures, Access to Justice and the Future of Legal Services Delivery in Canada,”Legal Forum, Royal Glenora Club, Edmonton AB, November 20, 2014 [invited lecture]
• “Never Mind the Death of ‘Big Law’: Access to Justice, Alternative Business Structures and the Future of the Small Law Firm,” Distinguishing Visitor in Ethics, Miller-Becker Center for Professional Responsibility Access to Justice Lecture Series, University of Akron Law School, Akron, OH, November 7, 2014
• “Judicial Specialization,” National Judicial Institute of Canada (Conference for Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta Justices) Red Deer, AB, October 31, 2014 [invited research expert presentation and commentator]
• “Ethics and Civility in the Practice of Law,” Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, Edmonton, AB, September 26, 2014 [speaker and panelist]
• “What About Alternative Business Structures? Canadian Bar Association Inaugural National Ethics Forum, “Legal Services: Is the Legal Profession Dead?” Toronto ON, June 2, 2014 [speaker and panelist]
• “Alternative Business Structures,” County and District Law Presidents’ Association of Ontario Annual Conference, London, ON, May 16, 2014 [keynote address and panelist]
• “Alternative Business Structures – The US Experience”, Law Society of Alberta/Prairie Law Societies Joint Meeting, Calgary, AB, April 6, 2014
• “Core Values Redux: The American Bar Association’s Ethics20/20 Commission and the Tortured Tale of Alternative Business Structures”, University of Washington School of Law Faculty Colloquium, Seattle, WA, November 14, 2013
• “Core Values Redux: The American Bar Association’s Ethics20/20 Commission and the Tortured Tale of Alternative Business Structures”, Fordham Law Review and Stein Center for Ethics Annual Ethics Symposium, “The Legal Profession’s Monopoly on the Practice of Law,” New York, NY, October 18, 2013
• “Ethics at the World Bank: In Conversation with Paul Cadario, Distinguished Senior Fellow in Global Innovation, University of Toronto”, Ethics at Noon Series, Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, CA, October 9, 2013 [moderator]
• “Survey of the ABS Landscape in England and Wales, Australia, the U.S. and Canada,” Law Society of Upper Canada Symposium on Alternative Business Structures for Delivery of Legal Services, Toronto, ON, October 4, 2013 [speaker/panelist and workshop facilitator]
• “The New Ethical Terrain for Global Legal Services,” ABA CLE Centre Showcase Program, American Bar Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, August 9, 2013 [invited speaker/panelist]
• “Accountants, Prudential and Privilege,” ABA National Conference on Professional Responsibility Scholarship Roundtable, San Antonio TX, May 30, 2013
• “Transnational Securities Enforcement after Morrison,” University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law Global Center for Business and Development Conference, “Transnational Securities and Regulatory Litigation in the Aftermath of Morrison v. National Australia Bank,” Sacramento, CA, March,1, 2013 [moderator]
• “Point-Counter Point: The practice of law is a profession/The practice of law is a business,” The Law is a Business, North Carolina Bar Association Foundation, Raleigh-Durham, NC, December 7, 2012 [keynote speaker]
• “Alternative Futures: Alternative Legal Practice Structures and the Future of Legal Services Delivery,” Future of Law Conference, 100th Anniversary Celebration, University of Saskatchewan College of Law, Saskatoon, SK, November 2, 2012 [invited plenary address]
• “Core Values, Alternative Business Structures, and Ethics 20/20,” The Wisconsin Law Foundation Fellows 2012Annual Meeting/Recognition Dinner, Milwaukee, WI, October 2, 2012 [invited keynote speaker]
• “ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20 and the Future of the Legal Profession,” Mart Vogel Lecture on Legal Ethics and Professionalism, State Bar Association of North Dakota 113th Annual Meeting, Grand Forks, ND, June 15, 2012 [plenary keynote and panelist]
• “Ethical Dimensions of the Affordable Care Act/Health and Human Services Contraception Controversy,” 7th Annual Fall Ethics Symposium– Ethics in Biology and Medicine, California State University (Sacramento), Sacramento, CA, October 29, 2012 [moderator]
• “Alternative Legal Practice Structures, Alternative Business Structures, and the Future of Legal Services Delivery,” Association of American Law Schools Annual Meeting, Concurrent Session—Innovation in Delivering Legal and Law-Related Services, Washington, DC, January 5, 2012 [invited speaker/panelist]
• “Judicial Ethics for Water Law Adjudicators: Implicit Bias and the Unrepresented Litigant,” Dividing the Waters, National Judicial College 2011 National Education Conference, Reno, NV, October 12, 2011 [invited speaker]
• “The ABCs of ABS: Core Values, Alternative Business Structures and New Directions for the Delivery of Legal Services,” Michigan State Law Review Symposium, “Lawyers as Conservators: Will 21 Century Business, Regulatory and Educational Challenges Destroy the Lawyer’s Role as Guardian of Legal Institutions and the Rule of Law?”, Lansing, MI, September 9, 2011[invited speaker]
• “Ten Ethical Commandments for Corporate Counsel,” Canadian Corporate Counsel Association Annual Conference, Halifax, NS, Canada, August 16, 2011 [speaker and moderator]
• “Whose Privilege Is It? Canadian Bar Association Council Annual Meeting, Halifax, NS, Canada, August 14, 2011
• “An Introduction to Ethics 20/20 and Alternative Business Structures,” ABA Young Lawyers’ Division Assembly, ABA Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 5, 2011
• “Ethics 20/20, Alternative Business Structures and New Technologies,” ABA Young Lawyers’ Division Webinar, July 26, 2011
• “In the Public Interest: Approaches to Regulating the Market for Legal Services” Law Society of British Columbia Bencher Retreat, Whistler, BC, Canada, June 17, 2011 [invited plenary address]
• “ABA Ethics20/20 – Alternative Business Structures,” ABA National Conference on Professional Responsibility, ABA Commission Roundtable, Memphis, TN, June 3, 2011 [panelist]
• “The ABA Ethics20/20 Commission and Alternative Business Structures: An Introduction,” American Bar Association General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Division Spring Meeting, St. Louis, MO, May 13, 2011 [invited panelist]
• “The ABA Ethics 20/20 Commission: Technology and Alternative Business Structures,” American Bar Association Young Lawyers’ Division Council, Las Vegas, NV, May 12, 2011 [invited speaker]
• “Teaching Ethics and Promoting Professionalism: What Canadians and Americans Can Learn From Each Other,” U.S. National Institute for Teaching Ethics and Professionalism, Spring 2011Workshop, Minneapolis MN, April 29, 2011[plenary address]
• “Core Values and Professionalism in the Legal Profession: Whose Core Values?” Plenary Address, International Institute of Law Association Chief Executives, Vancouver, Canada, September 30, 2010 [conference keynote address]
• “Conflicts of Interest and Imputation – Core Values in Comparative Perspective” ABA Center for Professional Responsibility Panel, Fourth International Legal Ethics Conference: The Legal Profession in Times of Turbulence, Stanford Law School, July 16, 2010 [invited panelist]
• “SEC Actions Against Lawyers: Trends and Implications,” American Bar Association National Conference on Professional Responsibility, Seattle, WA, June 2010 [invited panelist and paper]
• “Cooperation, Co-Option or Coercion? The FATF Lawyer Guidance and Regulation of the Legal Profession”, American Association of Law Schools Annual Conference, Section on Professional Responsibility, New Orleans, LA, January 2010 [invited panelist and paper/selected through competitive call for papers]
• “Multidisciplinary Practice Redux: Globalization, Core Values and Reviving the MDP Debate in America” The Economic Downturn and the Future of the Legal Profession, Fordham Law Review/Louis Stein Center on Law and Ethics Symposium, October 2009 [invited presentation and paper]
• “Securities Regulators and Lawyer Discipline in North America: Cautionary Tales,” Lawyers without Borders, The Inaugural Miller-Becker Professional Responsibility Institute Symposium, Akron, Ohio, October 2009 [invited presentation and paper]
• “SEC Prosecutions of Lawyers Post-Enron: Stock Option Backdating and other Cautionary Tales”, University of British Columbia National Center for Business Law Speakers’ Series, Calgary, Alberta, May 1, 2009 [invited presentation]
• “Theoretical Approaches to Legal Ethics Scholarship – Legal Ethics Through a Law and Society Lens,” University of Toronto Center for the Legal Profession, Faculty of Law Ethics and Professionalism Week, Toronto, November 2008 [invited presentation]
• “Holding Lawyers Accountable for Client Behavior,” American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility, 34 National Conference on Professional Responsibility, Boston, May 2008 [invited presentation and panelist]
• “Corporate Governance: Accountants, Lawyers and Ethics in a Corporate Setting,” Stanford LL.M. Corporate Governance Seminar, Stanford Law School, April 2007 [invited presentation]
• “Lawyers, Privilege and the Challenge of Accountability,” International Congress on Ethics, Ottawa, February 2007 [invited paper and presentation]
• “Everything I Needed to Know About Legal Ethics That I Never Learned in Law School” Georgia State University and the State Bar of Georgia Commission on Professionalism, Atlanta, Georgia, September 23-25, 2005 [invited discussant]
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