Hello Somebody!

 

I am Ryan Fritsch, a lawyer in Toronto, Canada.

 

I lead law reform projects for the Law Commission of Ontario related to AI in Criminal Justice and Consumer Protection in the Digital Marketplace.

 

I am also a PhD candidate at Osgoode Hall Law School researching the data brokering industry (what is data brokering anyway?). I am motivated to tell this story in the Canadian context. I want to explore governance options that account for Canadian law: privacy law, consumer protection law, copyright law, AI law, human rights, and public interest public utility data.

 

I also really enjoy teaching. Most recently I developed and led a new course at Osgoode Hall Law School on Approaches to Law Reform in the Jan-April 2025 semester.

 

Always happy to chat, send me a holler!

Contact

 

email: rejfritsch@gmail.com
linkedin: ryanfritsch
bluesky: @upsideofdown
lintree: @rfritsch

Recent Media & Events

 

• University of Windsor, Faculty of Law, "AI and Access to Justice" (March 19, 2025)

• University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, "AI, Criminal Law, and the Legal Profession" (February 27, 2025)

• University of Windsor, Faculty of Law, "Consumer Protection in the Digital Marketplace" (February 7, 2025) (online)

• Criminal Lawyers Association, For the Defence Magazine, "Getting Ahead of Future Law: The LCO AI in Criminal Justice Project" (December 2024)

• University of Toronto Faculty of Law, "Legal Ethics in the Age of AI" (November 19, 2024).

• Conference Board of Canada, Corporate Ethics Management Council Roundtable, “Risk & Compliance in the Age of AI” (Toronto, November 11, 2024)

• 2nd Annual Forum on AI and the Law, panel discussion with Teresa Scassa, Carole Piovesan, and Brent J. Arnold (October 9 2024)

• Law360, “Ontario AI legislation is in need of significant amendment, law commission says” (July 15 2024)

• Law360, “Ontario needs updated consumer protection rules to deal with digital marketplace: law commission” (May 21 2024)

• Law Times, “Law Commission of Ontario report calls for modernizing consumer protection for digital marketplace” (May 15 2024)

• Advocates Society, Panel Discussion, “Artificial Intelligence for Litigators: AI in Court” (May 14 2024)

• Lancaster House, Toronto Human Rights and Accommodation Conference: Current practices, emerging trends, Panel Discussion, “AI and Human Rights in the Workplace” (April 19 2024)

• University of Windsor Faculty of Law, “Artificial Intelligence and Access to Justice” (March 8, 2024)

• National Conference, Advancing Indigenous Policy and Practice: Supporting the Journey Home When Seriously Ill, Panel Discussion, “Decolonizing Indigenous Health Care Law” (February 7, 2024)

• Legislature of Ontario, Standing Committee on Justice Policy, Submissions to the Committee on Bill 142, the Consumer Protection Act 2023 (November 21, 2023)

 

 

Select Publications

 

• Law Commission of Ontario, Series Editor, AI in Criminal Justice Project , and author of series papers Introduction and Summary (with Nye Thomas) and Use of AI by Law Enforcement (April 2025)

• Criminal Lawyers Association, "AI in Ontario's Criminal Justice System" (with Susie Lindsay) For the Defence Magazine (December 2024)

• Law Commission of Ontario, Consumer Protection in the Digital Marketplace Public Engagement Paper (June 2023) and Final Report (May 2024)
• Law Commission of Ontario, The Last Stages of Life for First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Peoples: Preliminary Recommendations for Law Reform (May 2023)
• Canadian Bar Association National Magazine, “Will legal AI products of the future be accessible to Canadians?” (April 18 2023)
• “Background: The State of AI in Canadian Criminal Litigation” being Chapter 2 in Litigating Artificial Intelligence (Presser, Chan & Beatson, eds.) (Emond Publishing, May 2021)