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Occupy Ties to former Bay Street Lawyer

The Occupy movement comes from all aspects of Canadian society, including those with close family ties to the wealthy elite.  Jennifer Yang of the Toronto Star provides this backgrounder on Antonin Yvon Mongeau, He chose…


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Agenda: Access to Justice

Justice Gloria Epstein, Dean Lorne Sossin, Matt Cohen, Judith McCormick, and OBA President Lee Akazaki on The Agenda with Steve Paikin:



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Clinical Legal Education

In the Conference on Canadian Clinical Legal Education conducted by Western Law Professor and Director of Community Legal Services, Douglas Ferguson, that took place on 22nd and 23rd of October 2010, the emphasis was on…




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Lawyers Top Kilimanjaro

Here’s a follow-up from our podcast interview with Christopher Bredt of Borden, Ladner, Gervais LLP, who climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro with other lawyers from his firm for charity. Sean Weir, BLG’s National Managing Partner referred to…





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Vancouver 2010 and Civil Liberties

The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association and Pivot Legal Society are looking for volunteers for Legal Observer teams during the Olympics. They’ll be having training sessions (in fact, their training manual is already online (PDF)):…