To foster renewed outreach and engagement, the Commission has created a podcast called Obiter. Van Praagh says it explores the evolving nature of law and justice, and was given that name because ...

A growing number of law school grads and seasoned lawyers see their J.D. as a passport to a world of career possibilities ...

In a decision some say fails to account for the lived realities of sex workers, the Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed a constitutional challenge of Canada’s sex work laws. At issue in R v ...

If Prime Minister Mark Carney's election was meant to be a rejection of authoritarian trends south of the Canadian border, things are not off to a good start. That’s Robert Diab’s conclusion given ...

Si les Canadiens ont élu Mark Carney comme premier ministre dans un rejet des tendances autoritaires au sud de la frontière, voilà que les choses commencent bien mal. C’est ce que conclut Robert Diab ...

In a pair of decisions, the Supreme Court of Canada clarified the sentencing rules in serious youth criminal justice cases and made it harder to have them punished as adults. The Youth Criminal ...

Dans deux décisions, la Cour suprême du Canada a clarifié les règles de détermination de la peine pour les adolescents dans des affaires de justice pénale graves, ce qui a rendu plus difficile ...

The practice Small and solo Still bracing for the boomer exit The first baby boomers hit 65 in 2011, but there’s been no mass exodus from the legal profession. What’s keeping so many soldiering on — ...

Les avantages et les risques de rester Les juristes autonomes peuvent choisir à quel moment ils prendront leur retraite. Bien que certains cabinets établissent un âge de la retraite obligatoire des ...

In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court of Canada has found that for trials held during the COVID-19 pandemic, it was acceptable for judges to consent to judge-only trials over the objections of ...