We previously mentioned some of the articling reforms under consideration in Ontario.
The Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) is holding a townhall meeting on the articling requirements of the licensing process.
Details below.
Honourable Associate Chief Judge Murray Sinclair speaks about his personal challenges while working in the criminal justice system.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LoXRW8_R9o
The largest Canadian Constitutional class-action suit in currently under scrutiny.
Background
Following M. v. H (1999), the Canada Pension Plan (1985) (CPP) was amended in 2000 to include survivor benefits for same-sex couples to comply with equality provisions under s. 15 of the Charter,
Section 15.
Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right […]
Although we’ve discussed briefly boundaries that bloggers often cross, in addition to libel and slander, lawyers are not immune from offensive behaviour either.
ABC Nightline covered a story of a 24 year-old Boston lawyer who was not satisfied with a job offer they had received. A flame war ensued.
But strangely enough one of the […]
Starting out our legal career many students wonder what areas of law will experience the greatest growth, because demand often translates into stable work.
We asked some of our contacts what they thought, and this is what they had to say:
Look at Socio-Economic Trends
Mikio Miyawaki, Partner and Chair of the M&A Practice Group at Bond, Schoeneck […]
CLC Report
Tomorrow is International Women’s Day, and in commemoration the Canadian Labour Congress released a report on gender equity in the workforce with some surprising findings,
Strikingly, the pay gap has grown rather than narrowed even as women have become more highly educated than men, and even as most women have decided to have fewer children, […]
Presentation to Toronto Wiki Tuesdays by Connie Cosby about use of wikis in law firms and the adoption of wikis by lawyers.
Presented February 12, 2008:
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Resources
Rosen Law Firm
Cornell Law’s Wiki
Connie Crosby’s Wiki
KM Space
Law Firm Intranet
Wikis for the Legal Profession
Legal Wikis
Wikis […]
That’s what Mitch Kowalski of the Financial Post is calling it.
JD Supra allows users (normally lawyers) to create profiles and upload, not movies, but legal documents and articles.
The intent is to provide a geographic specific database of lawyers that specialize in certain areas of law that can be a resource to the media and […]
We asked some of our contacts the following questions:
When doing your client intakes, how do you deal with a client that is distraught and troubled over their situation?
Is it appropriate to to counsel them emotionally to the point where you can receive coherent responses to your questions, and defer detailed interviewing to a subsequent session?
Or […]
by Rashmi Bhat (from the February Issue of Nexus, Western Law’s Student Newspaper)
Escalating billable hour requirements are a serious concern in Canada and the U.S. They arguably have a disproportionate effect on minorities, particularly women, who remain under-represented in the legal profession.
Can vulnerable bottom-of-the-legal-profession-totem-pole law students really urge firms to move toward transactional […]
A panel of experts spoke at the University of Western Ontario on careers in labour law on Feb. 14, 2008.
As law students progress through their second semester of school, they invariably worry about obtaining a summer job after their first year.
Andre Bacchus, former Acting Director of the Career Development Office at Osgoode Hall Law School, provided some tips for first year law students. Mr. Bacchus is the Assistant Director of Professional Development Heenan […]
The Wall Street Journal blog interviewed Kirsten Wolf, what they describe as a law-school “naysayer.”
They asked her how she liked law school, and although she liked the intellectual aspects of it, she disliked the competition for jobs.
They also inquired about the much obsessed over grades. Despite being a B+ student, she didn’t get the […]
Casual Practice
Christina Binkley has commented on how the casual workplace has affected legal practice.
But she claims once they go casual, it’s difficult to get them to dress up again.
According to her,
…in lawyering, half the battle is the posturing. Many experienced lawyers see their wardrobe as a tool to win the trust of clients, juries […]
We often hear the expression “Kangaroo Court” in popular media. But it’s also used in law, all the way up to the Supreme Court of the U.S. Williams v. United States defined the concept of a Kangaroo Court as,
…where police take matters in their own hands, seize victims, beat and pound them until they confess, […]
