The Board of Directors of the Canadian Centre for Court Technology (CCCT) today announced the appointment of Dominic Jaar as Chief Executive Officer.

The Co-Chairs of the Board, Allan Seckel, Deputy Attorney General of British Columbia and Justice Frances Kiteley, Ontario Superior Court of Justice indicated that the board was fortunate to have secured the services of Mr Jaar whose education and experience will serve the centre well in achieving its mandate.

The mandate for the CCCT is:

1) Bringing the justice sector stakeholders together, including deputy ministers, lawyers, senior court administrators, judges and representatives of the public, to create an atmosphere favourable to technological innovation and excellence in our court systems to enhance access to justice.
2) Supporting the effective transfer and sharing of information between courts and other elements of the justice system.
3) Providing the tools and activities needed to exchange information and share knowledge about successful and unsuccessful experiments in fields of justice information technology.
4) Playing an active role in identifying and promoting best practices in relation to court technology and technology-related policies.

Dominic Jaar is a legal technology expert and the president of Ledjit Consulting Inc., a law firm specializing in information management, e-discovery and law practice management. Prior to founding Ledjit Consulting Inc., Mr Jaar was legal counsel, litigation, for Bell Canada after working as a commercial litigator at Borden Ladner Gervais.

A bilingual Quebec Bar member, Dominic graduated from Laval University after studying at Western University (Common Law) and Aix-Marseille III (International and European Law).

Initially Mr. Jaar will serve on a part-time basis while he continues to operate his firm, Ledjit Consulting Inc. The Board is confident that with this appointment, CCCT now has the leadership to build on its existing strengths and develop in the new directions that will ensure future sustainability and growth.

More information on the Canadian Centre for Court Technology can be found at: www.ccct-cctj.ca

CCCT wishes to thank the Law Foundation of British Columbia for its financial support which enabled the Board to achieve this important milestone.

Contact:
Huguette G. Thomson
Interim Executive Director
Canadian Centre for Court Technology
Osgoode Hall
130 Queen St. W.
Toronto, ON
M5H 2N5
T. (416) 326-1029 F. (416) 326-9955
Huguette.Thomson@ontario.ca

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this morning, I was awaken by a friend’s SMS: « Good looking, page 7 La Presse Business Section ». After looking at my neighbors’ balcony to find the newspaper, I went online where I found this article written by René Lewandowski, the guy behind Droit-inc, following an entreview I had given him a couple of weeks before.

The article entitled “Quand le droit se marie à la techno” [When law and IT unite] offers an overview of the services offerred by Ledjit and the increasing needs of enterprises and law firms in the domains of information management and e-discovery.

As stated in the article [our translation]:

Ledjit offers consulting services in four domains: information management, law and IT, e-discovery and law practice management. A good niche, particularly in Québec where, generally, jurists have learned to integrate technologies in their practices less than elsewhere. Its clients are mainly entreprises legal departments and major law firms.

All lawyers, not only litigators, should learn how to use new technologies and how electronic documents work.

We were not aware of La Presse readership up until today: our inboxes (email and vocal) were filled three times in one day! Thanks René!

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