Her Story: Obstacles Faced By Women in the Legal Profession
Meet Teresa Beck and Claire Gibson, two successful and experienced litigators who are deeply involved in the ABA Litigation Section’s Woman Advocate Committee and its two books featuring essays from...
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Artificial Intelligence May Not Disrupt The Legal Profession For A While
Ever since ChatGPT roared onto the scene over a year ago, everyone has been talking about how the world will change due to advances in artificial intelligence. Many commentators have singled out the...
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As LSAT becomes more accessible; some hope legal profession will too
Lawyers who run courses to prepare for the Law School Admissions Test (LSAT) say they hope changes to the test will make law school more accessible to people with disabilities. In August, 2024, the...
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Nunavut’s legal profession pays tribute to retiring chief justice
Lawyers and judges say Neil Sharkey showed kindness, integrity, fairness and wisdom throughout lengthy career As a young lawyer, when Neil Sharkey would run past the Baffin Correctional Centre as part...
View ArticleB.C. lawyers gearing up for fight over Legal Professions Act
B.C.’s proposed Legal Professions Act cuts into lawyers’ lucrative turf and reduces their control over their own oversight. But the complaints go beyond that. With no fewer than nine experts listed as...
View ArticleSouth Korea’s legal profession lags on gender equality, IBA report finds
Women make up less than a third of South Korean lawyers, putting it behind countries including Chile, Spain and Nigeria, according to a new report from the International Bar Association in...
View ArticleB.C. government is attacking the public, not just lawyers
The socialist attack on the legal profession I have witnessed over many years has been deliberate, incremental, persistent and sneaky — and it’s extremely dangerous for the health of our just society....
View ArticleB.C. introduces legislation on legal profession reform; law society, bar...
Law360 Canada (April 11, 2024, 2:19 PM EDT) — The B.C. government has unveiled long-promised legislation to bring lawyers, paralegals and notaries under the umbrella of one regulator. But the...
View ArticleUsing Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Civil Litigation
A paradigm shift in legal practice is occurring now. The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force, particularly in civil litigation. No longer is AI the stuff...
View ArticleNootbaar Institute Founder Robert Cochran Releases New Book Examining...
Robert Cochran, professor emeritus and founder of Pepperdine’s Herbert and Elinor Nootbaar Institute on Law, Religion, and Ethics and co-founder of the Global Justice Program and the Union Rescue...
View ArticleCanadian lawyers need to replace resilience with real change
Overall, it’s not a bad haul for a small law school in the middle of the Prairies. But now that I am close to the end of my time as a law dean – June 30th is the day I turn into a pumpkin – I find...
View ArticleNational – Embracing interdisciplinary legal practices
Clients look for law firms that are committed to understanding their business and how legal services fit into and add to it. This is particularly true when the relationship evolves into an ongoing...
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AI Washing: Navigating The Legal Maze In The Age Of Smart Tech
In the rapidly evolving world of technology and artificial intelligence (AI), the phenomenon of “AI washing” has emerged as a crucial concern, especially in light of recent regulatory actions by the...
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Rethinking Legal Terminology: From ‘Nonlawyer’ to ‘Allied Legal Professionals’
In the wake of the recent Petition for the American Bar Association (ABA) to Cease Using the Term “Nonlawyer,” an important conversation has been sparked regarding the language we use to describe the...
View ArticleJudge Samantha P. Jessner Receives 2024 Liberty Achievement Award
Thomson Reuters presented Judge Samantha P. Jessner with the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Section (TIPS) Liberty Achievement Award on May 1. Thomson Reuters has...
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Reviving civility: path to well-being in legal profession
Listen to this article The first in a series of commentaries about the role civility plays in lawyer well-being. Civility in the legal profession faces unprecedented challenges in today’s landscape of...
View ArticleLocal lawyer joins King’s Counsel
Lawyer A.J. Fox at Fox Wakefield is believed to be the first female lawyer in Lloydminster to receive a prestigious King’s Counsel (KC) designation. Fox will also receive her Masters degree in...
View ArticleB.C. embeds mental health stigma in legal regulation
Bill 21 makes unwarranted assumptions, creates false and stigmatizing connections between lawyers experiencing health conditions and their competency. A commentary by the first vice‑president of the...
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Destroying Law Society of B.C. doesn’t advance access to justice
Breadcrumb Trail Links Opinion Op-Ed Opinion: Proposed legislation undercuts the voice of the elected members of the bar who presently govern the profession and places power in the hands of a “single...
View ArticleHot and emerging practice areas
Elder law and labor law are among the hottest legal specialties; litigation is in high demand. Litigation is hot right now — ghost pepper caliente with 1 million Scoville heat units (SHU). For the...
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