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 ...

It’s hard to keep up with the pace of change/disruption in the United States these days, but much of it is the culmination of a longer trend of an attack on due process rights that is clearly set out ...

Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a Québec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the ...

Earlier in March of this year, the Law Society of Ontario (“LSO”) removed its CEO following receipt of a report into the circumstances of a dramatic increase in her salary . Subsequently, members of ...

Just lately, commentators have criticized Prime Minister Mark Carney for activities he has been engaged in since taking over the leadership of the Liberal Party and thus the prime ministership. These ...

The Federation of Law Societies of Canada (the “Federation”) is a national association of 14 Canadian law societies. One of the Federations roles is to approve Canadian law schools. To be approved a ...

Gary P. Rodrigues is a publishing industry consultant, advising both private sector and government, and a columnist for slaw.ca, Canada's online legal magazine. He has had extensive experience at the ...

Noel Courage, B.Sc. (Biochem.), LL.B. is a partner in Bereskin & Parr LLP. His practice focuses on the patenting and licensing of chemical, biotechnological and ...

Lawyers should “encourage public respect for and try to improve the administration of justice,” according to our code of professional conduct. The “try to improve” part is fairly straightforward. When ...

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 ...