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2 months ago | 
slaw.ca | Jordan Furlong |Susannah Tredwell |Catherine Morris |Kari D. Boyle
The 2025 Edition of the “Report on the State of the US Legal Market,” from the Thomson Reuters Institute and the Center on Ethics and the Legal Profession at Georgetown Law, is a pleasantly comfortable variation on this longstanding publication’s familiar theme of “Large American law firms make astonishing amounts of money but would still benefit from running even slightly like actual businesses.” Receiving a new version of this report and its consistent message every January is a welcome new...
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
slaw.ca | Judith Gaskell |Michael Litchfield |Melanie Neufeld |Kari D. Boyle
I am still recovering from our U.S. election which seemed to last forever and is not completely finished yet. As a retired federal employee, I worry about the safety and security of my colleagues back in DC. We were required to be nonpartisan and were unable to contribute to candidates or do any electioneering. The incoming administration seems to be ready to target and fire federal employees.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
slaw.ca | Michael Litchfield |Melanie Neufeld |Kari D. Boyle |John Willinsky
The Canadian Judicial Council (CJC) has released its “Guidelines for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Canadian Courts” (CJC Guidelines), which represent a significant step towards integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into the Canadian justice system. This article evaluates the CJC Guidelines, analyzing their strengths, weaknesses, and potential implications.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
slaw.ca | Michael Litchfield |Melanie Neufeld |Kari D. Boyle |John Willinsky
Several times each month, we are pleased to republish a recent book review from the Canadian Law Library Review (CLLR). CLLR is the official journal of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL/ACBD), and its reviews cover both practice-oriented and academic publications related to the law. Indigenous Justice: True Cases by Judges, Lawyers, and Law Enforcement Professionals. Edited by Lorene Shyba & Raymond Yakeleya. Calgary: Durvile & UpRoute Books, 2023. xi, 275 p. Includes index.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
slaw.ca | Michael Litchfield |Melanie Neufeld |Kari D. Boyle |John Willinsky
November 12, 2024The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario: Access to Justice DeniedReposted with permission.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
slaw.ca | Michael Litchfield |Melanie Neufeld |Kari D. Boyle |John Willinsky
IntroductionIn June of 2022, the Government of Canada tabled Bill C-27, the Digital Charter Implementation Act,[1] making it one of the earlier countries in the world to commence work on a national level Artificial Intelligence (AI) regulatory framework. Unfortunately, due to a complex array of factors—including criticisms of its scope, legislative delays and political instability—the bill now faces a significant risk of failure.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
slaw.ca | Michael Litchfield |Melanie Neufeld |Kari D. Boyle |John Willinsky
Each month, we tell you which three English-language cases and French-language cases have been the most viewed* on CanLII in the previous month and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. For this past month, the three most-consulted English-language decisions were: Subar v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2022 FC 340 (également disponible en français ici)[1] The Applicant is a 68-year old citizen of Israel, who first visited Canada in 1989.
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Nov 12, 2024 | 
slaw.ca | Melanie Neufeld |Kari D. Boyle |John Willinsky |Heather Suttie
In November, I’m presenting to law students about plain language and the importance of good communication. As always when preparing for a presentation, my first consideration is ‘who is my audience’ and ‘how best can I deliver my message to this audience’. In this circumstance, who my audience is and the impact on their communications has become the message. The majority of these students will be in their mid to late 20s: Millennials on the upper end and Generation Z on the lower end.
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Nov 11, 2024 | 
slaw.ca | Kari D. Boyle |John Willinsky |Heather Suttie |Canadian Association
Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible. This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. Hull & Hull Blog 2. SOQUIJ | Le Blogue 3. Administrative Law Matters 4. Canadian Securities Law 5.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
slaw.ca | Kari D. Boyle |John Willinsky |Heather Suttie |Canadian Association
Professor John Lande has just published a terrific article “Theory and Practice of Mediation Representation”. He has also posted a summary here. Professor Lande acknowledges that there is much more written about how to mediate (as mediator) than how to represent clients in mediation (as counsel).
