Colin Lachance on Clubhouse

Bio

Legal info / tech wanderer, instigator and collaborator. Filler of whiteboards.

Founder (2020 - )/Executive Director: Legal Innovation Data Institute (LIDI.ca), a non-profit pursuing advancement in legal NLP, and balancing privacy interests and open courts.

Co-founder (2016- ) and CEO of Compass.law, a Canadian publisher of primary law

Dabble in startup and market advisory in legal space.

Formerly General Manager for North America of vLex.com and former CEO of Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII.org)

🤓Fastcase 50 legal innovator (2013)
🤓American Bar Association Legal Rebel (2014)
🤓Canadian Lawyer Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers (2014)

Inactive lawyer. Now i just pay the fees but don’t practice. My field was telecom and internet policy, with a little bit of broadcasting and copyright. Nothing that was ever useful to my family.

Stints as phone company lobbyist and product marketing director.