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- Monday’s Mix April 7, 2025Each 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. Canadian Class Actions […]
- CanLII’s Support for the Rule of Law April 7, 2025The Rule of Law is like the oxygen in the air: we don’t notice it until we are having trouble breathing. Today, we watch as Americans struggle to breathe as the Rule of Law is under threat. It is time for all Canadian legal organizations to take stock and reinforce our protections of the Rule […]
- Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ April 6, 2025Every 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 Québec Department of Justice and collects, analyzes, enriches, and disseminates legal information in Québec. PÉNAL (DROIT) : La Cour rejette […]
- Dealing With Rule-Breakers: Banishment’s Lure and Its Limits April 4, 2025When a stranger breaks the rules in a scary way, it is always tempting to banish them. This old-fashioned word might suggest disgraced medieval nobles driven from of their kingdoms. But banishment occurs whenever a person is cast out from what used to be their home or social group. A few examples of modern-day banishment: […]
- Teaching Civility and Professionalism in Canadian Law Schools Under the FLSC National Requirement: Knowledge, Skill, or Something Else? April 3, 2025Civility and its importance are contested in the Canadian legal profession and the Canadian legal academy. [1] Moreover, civility and the broader concept of professionalism have a shameful history as exclusionary concepts with significant negative impact on the ability of members of equity-seeking groups to join the legal profession and succeed in the practice of […]