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15th Solo and Small Firm Conference: The Solo/Small Advantage

Being a solo or small firm legal practitioner gives you an advantage; you can be more responsive, agile and creative. How do you parlay those skills into success? We show you how. From client service and running your business to marketing, technology, practice management and more, our presenters give you the practical tips and information that will help you leverage your firm to its full potential. Added to the mix is our popular exhibit hall, held virtually this year, which showcases products and services that will help you to succeed. Be sure to take advantage of our virtual InfoXchange where you can access information about a variety of services and information that benefit solo and small firm practitioners.

Sponsors

Platinum Sponsors

Dye & Durham

Dye & Durham

Dye & Durham provides legal professionals with a suite of market-leading software solutions designed to increase operational efficiencies for firms of all sizes. Thousands of law firms across Canada choose Dye & Durham for real estate conveyancing, billing and accounting, access to public records, corporate registration services and more.

Learn more at dyedurham.com

LexisNexis

LexisNexis

LexisNexis is the industry leading standard for legal information and workflow tools for Canadian lawyers. Whether your firm caters to walk-in traffic, online inquiries, corporate clients, or in-house counsel, LexisNexis helps you stay relevant, competitive, and profitable.

Read LexisNexis's digital leaflet

Learn more at www.lexisnexis.ca

Gold Sponsors

Lawyers Financial

Lawyers Financial

Our insurance and investment products are tailor-made for Canada’s legal community at exclusive prices not available to the general public. As a not-for-profit organization, we measure success in satisfied clients, not dollars.

Read Lawyers Financial's digital leaflet

Learn more at https://www.lawyersfinancial.ca

TitlePLUS

TitlePLUS

TitlePLUS® title insurance, available through lawyers, provides peace of mind by offering the most comprehensive coverage generally available in the market today.

Read TitlePLUS's digital leaflet

Learn more at www.titleplus.ca

Silver Sponsors

Clio

Clio

Clio is the world’s leading cloud-based legal software platform that prides itself in simplifying operations, growing businesses, and allowing legal professionals like you to work remotely from anywhere. Let Clio focus on the business side of running your firm while you spend more time doing what you do best — practicing law.

Read Clio's digital leaflet

Learn more at www.clio.com

CosmoLex

CosmoLex

CosmoLex is cloud-based law practice management software that integrates trust & business accounting, docketing, invoicing, email & document management, and tasks & calendaring, in a single application.

Learn more at www.cosmolex.ca

eState Planner

eState Planner

eState Planner provides you with the expertise and tools you need to build your client's estate plan and create their Will and Power of Attorney documents, all while delivering an amazing client experience.

Read eState Planner's digital leaflet

Learn more at www.e-stateplanner.com

Exhibitors

Clerks on Demand™

Clerks on Demand™

Clerks On Demand™ provides quality clerking services to the legal community across Canada. Clerks On Demand™ is your fast and flexible support team. Whether you’re looking for corporate services, due diligence support or a clerk to come to your office, we are here to help.

Learn more at www.clerksondemand.ca

Clio

Clio

Clio is the world’s leading cloud-based legal software platform that prides itself in simplifying operations, growing businesses, and allowing legal professionals like you to work remotely from anywhere. Let Clio focus on the business side of running your firm while you spend more time doing what you do best — practicing law.

Read Clio's digital leaflet

Learn more at www.clio.com

CosmoLex

CosmoLex

CosmoLex is cloud-based law practice management software that integrates trust & business accounting, docketing, invoicing, email & document management, and tasks & calendaring, in a single application.

Learn more at www.cosmolex.ca

Dye & Durham

Dye & Durham

Dye & Durham provides legal professionals with a suite of market-leading software solutions designed to increase operational efficiencies for firms of all sizes. Thousands of law firms across Canada choose Dye & Durham for real estate conveyancing, billing and accounting, access to public records, corporate registration services and more.

Learn more at https://dyedurham.com/

e-State Planner

e-State Planner

e-State Planner provides you with the expertise and tools you need to build your client's estate plan and create their Will and Power of Attorney documents, all while delivering an amazing client experience.

Read eState Planner's digital leaflet

Learn more at www.e-stateplanner.com

Lawyers Financial

Lawyers Financial

Our insurance and investment products are tailor-made for Canada’s legal community at exclusive prices not available to the general public. As a not-for-profit organization, we measure success in satisfied clients, not dollars.

Read Lawyers Financial's digital leaflet

Learn more at https://www.lawyersfinancial.ca

LexisNexis

LexisNexis

LexisNexis is the industry leading standard for legal information and workflow tools for Canadian lawyers. Whether your firm caters to walk-in traffic, online inquiries, corporate clients, or in-house counsel, LexisNexis helps you stay relevant, competitive, and profitable.

Read LexisNexis's digital leaflet

Learn more at www.lexisnexis.ca

Soluno

Soluno

Soluno is a powerful cloud-based time, billing, and accounting solution designed for law firms of all sizes.

Read Soluno's digital leaflet

Learn more at www.soluno.legal

TELUS

TELUS

TELUS is Canada’s most innovative communications company, committed to leveraging our world-leading technology to enable remarkable human outcomes in our all-connected world. A cornerstone of the TELUS team’s award-winning culture of caring is our passionate social purpose to bridge digital and socio-economic divides. In support of our heartfelt philosophy to give where we live, TELUS has contributed more than $1.2 billion in value – through philanthropy and volunteerism – since 2000. For more information about TELUS, please visit telus.com.

Learn more at www.telus.com/en/qc/business

The Advocates’ Society

The Advocates’ Society

As our world and our profession continue to navigate the new normal, having a strong, inclusive advocacy community to support your career development, be the voice of advocates in the justice sector and keep you connected with your peers at the bar is more important than ever. New for 2021, Solo & Small firm members benefit from additional savings on TAS CPD, so there is no better time to be part of The Advocates’ Society.

Learn more at www.advocates.ca

TVA | The Legal Outsourcing Network®

TVA | The Legal Outsourcing Network®

Taran Virtual Associates is The Legal Outsourcing Network®. For over 20 years our clients have outsourced their legal research, drafting, court appearances, examinations for discovery, mediations and trials to our network of over 90 Canadian contract lawyers on demand. Join the ranks of over 1,200 clients who profit from our experience and rates. Let TVA help you navigate the new virtual reality of your legal practice. Virtual is our middle name.

Read Taran Virtual Associates' digital leaflet

Learn more at virtualassociates.ca

Wolf Law Chambers

Wolf Law Chambers

Wolf Law Chambers is a full-service office space crafted specifically for legal professionals by legal professionals. Wolf Law Chambers provides an elegant workspace to allow legal professionals to grow their business and network while maintaining their independence. We offer spacious and fully furnished private offices, secretarial workstations, and boardrooms, along with a full range of administrative and support services found in established law firms so you can focus on your legal practice. Wolf Law Chambers is the industry leading standard offering full-service office space for small and medium firms in Mississauga, Oakville and Downtown Toronto.

Learn more at wolflawchambers.ca

The InfoXchange

The Coach and Advisor Network (CAN)

The Coach and Advisor Network (CAN)

The Coach and Advisor Network (CAN) provides lawyers and paralegals with access to shorter-term, outcome-oriented relationships with Coaches and Advisors drawn from the professions. Coaches support the implementation of best practices and Advisors assist with substantive and procedural law inquiries on client files.

Learn more at lso.ca/can

The Great Library

The Great Library

The Great Library serves the legal information needs of Law Society licensees and other legal researchers by facilitating access to an extensive collection of print and electronic resources, and by providing legal research assistance and instruction.

Learn more at lso.ca/great-library

The Law Society Referral Service (LSRS)

The Law Society Referral Service (LSRS)

The Law Society Referral Service (LSRS) fills an important community need by connecting people looking for legal assistance with a lawyer or paralegal. If you're looking for a lawyer referral service or paralegal referral service, LSRS can help. For anything from dealing with a traffic ticket to buying your first home, you can find a legal representative with LSRS.

Learn more at lsrs.lso.ca

LAWPRO

LAWPRO

LAWPRO provides professional liability insurance in Ontario and title insurance across Canada. It also insures law firms under its optional excess insurance. Through its practicePRO program, LAWPRO provides risk management, claims prevention and law practice resources.

Learn more at www.lawpro.ca

The Practice Management Helpline (PMH)

The Practice Management Helpline (PMH)

The Practice Management Helpline (PMH) is a confidential telephone service that answers licensee questions about the Rules of Professional Conduct, the Paralegal Rules of Conduct, select Law Society by-laws, and other professionalism and practice management topics.

Learn more at lso.ca/pmh

Practice Review

Practice Review

The Practice Review program provides focused Practice Reviews, Practice Management Reviews and Re-entry Reviews. The process for each type of review is the same. The only difference lies in the method of selection. The reviews are remedial and consultative, as they involve the lawyer, the Reviewer and Practice Review staff every step of the way.

Learn more at lso.ca/practice-review

Ryerson's Law Practice Program (LPP)

Ryerson's Law Practice Program (LPP)

Ryerson's Law Practice Program (LPP) is the first of its kind in Ontario. Innovative, rigorous and demanding, the eight-month LPP is an approved pathway to lawyer licensing in Ontario (equivalent to articling), offering simulated, virtual training with a hands-on work term.

Learn more at lpp.ryerson.ca

Spot Audit

Spot Audit

Spot Audit supports and promotes high quality law firm record keeping by answering questions and providing guidance regarding private mortgages, trust and general record keeping requirements, and By-Law 9 and providing onsite support and ensuring compliance with LSO requirements by conducting audits.

Learn more at lso.ca/spot-audit

The Member Assistance Program

The Member Assistance Program

The Member Assistance Program is a confidential, no cost support program for lawyers, law students, paralegals, paralegal students and their immediate family members. Services available include counselling, peer support, online wellness courses and other EAP services.

Learn more at www.myassistplan.com
Phone number: 1-855-403-8922

Networking Event

Networking Event – 4:40 p.m. – 6:00 p.m., sponsored by PCLaw | Time Matters™

Don’t miss the chance to connect with other Solo attendees, get tips on working from home, engage in a calming meditation, exchange outrageous Zoom experiences, and more!

Here are some of the topics for you to choose from:

  • Back to the Future-Pandemic related changes and tech innovations to your practice that you intend to keep
    Megan Cornell, Founder, CEO & LawyerMomentum Business Law Professional Corporation
  • Too Close for Comfort- Practice hacks for busy practitioners working from the confines of home
    Juda Strawczynski, Director, practicePRO, Lawyers’ Professional Indemnity Company (LawPRO®)
  • Is there anyone out there? Networking and marketing- generating new business in a socially distanced world
    Heather Suttie, Legal Marketing & Business Development Consultant, HEATHER SUTTIE & ASSOCIATES
  • Photography tips and tricks
    Phil Brown, Counsel, Practice Supports and Resources, Law Society of Ontario
  • Pets Show & Tell
    Andrea Bosnjak, Program Coordinator, Law Society of Ontario
  • Meditation and Mindfulness
    Monica Goyal, Caravel Law PC
  • I’m Ready for my Close-up Outrageous stories from the world of zoom and zoom fatigue
  • Open for conversation – by Geographical Area – See people from ex. Northwestern and North Eastern Ontario (Kenora to Parry Sound)
  • Open for conversation-Lockdown: See people from Eastern and Central Eastern Ontario (L’Original to Pembroke to Newmarket to Bracebridge)
  • Open for Conversation- See people from Central West (Owen Sound to Milton to Brampton)
  • Open for Conversation- See people from Toronto
  • Open for Conversation- See people from Central South (Windsor to Stratford to Goderich)
PCLaw | Time Matters™

PCLaw | Time Matters™

PCLaw | Time Matters™ offers practice management solutions used by thousands of legal professionals worldwide. We help law firms enhance their productivity and profitability, which allows them to help more people around the world.

Learn more at pclawtimematters.ca