When lawyers go on strike
Can lawyers go on strike? You’d think no, not if they have their own practices. But effectively that’s what many defence lawyers in Ontario are up to these days. Maybe they don’t make as many…
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Law profs throw their weight behind Legal Aid boycott
Here is the story from the Globe. On one side, we have a potential boost for access to justice at the cost of a definite short-term harm to the rights of the accused. On the other, it’s…
“Some Words for Law Students’ Parents”
Thy son or daughter wouldst a lawyer be, And so thou worriest for thy progeny. The road is fraught, and hardy folk have failed, And o’er the grading curve too few prevail. Thou fearest the…