25 mai

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 03:50
  CPSR Wraps It Up - John Gregory Slaw
  The Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (known as CPSR) has decided to wind up, having pushed for responsible – and notably peaceful – uses of information technology for over 30 years. As they say in their notice, back in 1981 there was no one else with their message. (...) -- Justice Issues, Miscellaneous, Technology: Internet

24 mai

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 18:09
  Judicial Copying in Reasons for Judgment Isn't Wrong of Itself - David Cheifetz Slaw
  -- Justice Issues, Practice of Law, Substantive Law: Judicial Decisions
• 13:00
  The Friday Fillip: Good Noise - Simon Fodden Slaw
  Noise. Some like it, some don't. I go back and forth myself, donning a pair of noise-cancelling earphones when I have to fly but keeping the radio tuned to a classical station when I'm working. But, unlike a lot of people, I don't plug into music when I'm wandering out and (...) -- The Friday Fillip
• 12:00
  The Professional Business Plan - Mark Hunter Slaw
  Many professionals find developing a business plan a daunting and somewhat scary thing to do. In law, so much of what a professional does is taught and yet one of the most important parts of practice – finding and keeping clients – is not. Lawyers like things that are definable and (...) -- Legal Marketing

23 mai

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 20:03
  Handbook for Police and Crown Prosecutors on Criminal Harassment - Michel-Adrien Sheppard Slaw
  -- Justice Issues, Practice of Law
• 15:00
  Discontinuance of the Printed Edition of the Canada Gazette - Yosie Saint-Cyr Slaw
  Division 27 of Part 4 of the federal Jobs, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act (legislation to implement Budget 2012 measures), which received royal assent on June 29, 2012, will repeal section 13 of the Statutory Instruments Act on April 1, 2014, and remove the requirement to deliver and sell (...) -- Legal Information, Legal Information: Libraries & Research, Legal Information: Publishing, Substantive Law, Substantive Law: Legislation, Technology, access to the Internet, Budget 2012 measures, Canada Gazette, deliver and sell printed copies, electronic publishing, electronic versions, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act, Industry Canada statistics, Jobs, Printed Edition, sustainable development
• 13:00
  Thursday Thinkpiece: Gavigan on Criminal Law on the Aboriginal Plains - Administrator Slaw
  Each Thursday we present a significant excerpt, usually from a recently published book or journal article. In every case the proper permissions have been obtained. If you are a publisher who would like to participate in this feature, please let us know via the site's contact form. Hunger, (...) -- Thursday Thinkpiece
• 12:00
  Beware of Obviosities: Can the Obvious Ever Be a Settled Question? - Michael Posluns Slaw
  A long time ago – sometime back in the last millennium, as a I recall – Michael Enright, the C.B.C. host and motorcycle rider – during yet another debate on gun control, said of the bill then before Parliament, “I should think it would be an obviosity.” Besides any (...) -- Justice Issues
• 02:12
  Let's Not Hate on Rob Ford for the Wrong Reasons Part 2 - Karin Galldin & Leslie Robertson Slaw
  A few months ago we blogged about Rob Ford when he was removed from office and we asked all the haters to hold back from castigating the mayor for the wrong reason. Back in November we were disappointed to see so many people making fun of Ford for his weight and appearance. Well, we still hate (...) -- Justice Issues, Practice of Law

22 mai

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 19:00
  Practicing Courage - Karen Dyck Slaw
  -- Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Practice Management, Reading, competence, courage, vulnerability
• 18:00
  Motherhood and the Road to Partnership - Linda K. Robertson Slaw
  On Mother's Day, I sat down to write this blog – and reflected on the extra challenges that women associates still face in making it to partner. This is despite the fact that most law firms have generous maternity leave policies. From the firm's perspective, their greatest challenge in (...) -- Practice of Law
• 15:26
  There Is Secure, Then There Is Secure - David Canton Slaw
  -- Technology: Internet
• 12:00
  Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII - Administrator Slaw
  -- Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII
• 12:00
  The Price of Open and Free - Colin Lachance Slaw
  On May 1st, a Texas law student uploaded the specs for 3D printing of a single-shot pistol to the web – specs that were downloaded over 100,000 times before the U.S. State Department asked that he remove them from his site. That same day, May 9th, U.S. President Barack Obama issued an (...) -- Legal Information
• 11:30
  Couchiching Roundtable on the Future of Legal Education - Simon Fodden Slaw
  We learn from the redoubtable Howard Knopf that the Couchiching Institute is having one of its celebrated roundtables in Ottawa on May 27 with Ottawa U law dean Bruce Feldthusen on The Future of Legal Education. As the announcement says: This comes at crucial time, when enrolments in American (...) -- Announcements

21 mai

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 20:23
  Flexibility With eBooks - Shaunna Mireau Slaw
  I appreciate the ability to borrow eBooks from my public library with a tap on an app. I am not currently able to make it as easy as that for my law firm library users who wish to review legal texts with mobile devices. Times are changing though and law firms are buying eBooks. At the Canadian (...) -- Legal Information: Libraries & Research, Technology
• 15:46
  Community – It's Where You Grow - CBA Futures Slaw
  They say it takes a community to raise a child – to watch out for it, to teach and shape him or her, and to give wise counsel. Could it be that a community is also what it takes to put the legal profession in a position to flourish? Slaw.ca founder Simon Fodden, in a background paper (...) -- Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Future of Practice, Practice of Law: Marketing, Practice of Law: Practice Management
• 13:00
  Third Time IS a Charm – Ryan Manilla Passes the Good Character Requirement - Matt Maurer Slaw
  -- Practice of Law
• 12:00
  Tips Tuesday - Administrator Slaw
  -- Tips Tuesday
• 12:00
  Point and Touch - John N. Davis Slaw
  Touchscreens have made a difference. Until fairly recently, the assumption could normally be made that people would provide input to their machines using a keyboard or a mouse. But not now. The people have spoken: we want touchscreens. Touchscreens more than justify the disruption they have (...) -- Legal Technology

20 mai

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 15:00
  Avoid the Unintentional Expansion of Retainers - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  Here's the scenario: A lawyer is retained to assist a client with a tort claim and an accident benefits claim. The client, meanwhile, has been informed that the long-term disability (LTD) benefits provided by her employer's group plan are about to be terminated. In an effort to forestall the (...) -- Reading: Recommended
• 12:00
  Monday's Mix - Administrator Slaw
  -- Monday’s Mix

19 mai

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 18:20
  2013 LawTechCamp - Omar Ha-Redeye Slaw
  Technology is the game-changer in the legal field, and yet most lawyers are not very technologically inclined. LawTechCamp seeks to change that, bringing together non-lawyers from the tech sector and the lawyers who are eager to identify the opportunities of the future. Now in it's third (...) -- Education & Training: CLE/PD, Practice of Law: Future of Practice
• 12:00
  Summaries Sunday: Maritime Law Book - Administrator Slaw
  -- Summaries Sunday

17 mai

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 13:00
  Virtual Conference Going: A Mixed Blessing - Judith Gaskell Slaw
  -- Legal Information
• 13:00
  Friday Fillip: I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream - Simon Fodden Slaw
  For fun, most of the time — as anyone who lives near a school playground will know. That blast of raw sound, bigger than a shout, less prissy than a sung note, pours energy out of us in a way that demands the world take notice. And it can feel good, as all that pent up breath sweeps out (...) -- The Friday Fillip

16 mai

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 13:00
  The Perfect Storm of Open Access - John Willinsky Slaw
  A colleague writes of what seems like the perfect storm of open access hitting the students with whom she works… My students and I publish in the journal Evolution: Education and Outreach published by Springer. Great outlet for our work. But, they just went open access (good).The cost to (...) -- Legal Publishing
• 18:29
  Justice Canada 2013 Victims of Crime Research Digest - Michel-Adrien Sheppard Slaw
  -- Justice Issues
• 16:39
  "Keeping Them Honest" - Mitch Kowalski Slaw
  I have a habit of kicking the hornets' nest when it comes to airing my views on legal services and the legal profession. So let me give it another go. I believe that legal services can be delivered in a more efficient, convenient and cost-effective manner than they're currently being (...) -- Justice Issues, Miscellaneous, Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Practice Management
• 15:00
  Bills to Enact Pooled Registered Pension Plans - Yosie Saint-Cyr Slaw
  As anticipated, since the federal Pooled Registered Pension Plans Act came into force December 14, 2012, several provinces have followed suit and tabled legislation to implement the new kind of portable deferred income plan, which is designed to provide retirement income to workers and (...) -- Substantive Law, Substantive Law: Legislation, employer-sponsored retirement pension plan, Pooled Registered Pension Plans, portable deferred income plan, Retirement, Voluntary Retirement Savings Plan
• 13:00
  Thursday Thinkpiece: Hunter on the International Criminal Court Case Matrix - Administrator Slaw
  Each Thursday we present a significant excerpt, usually from a recently published book or journal article. In every case the proper permissions have been obtained. If you are a publisher who would like to participate in this feature, please let us know via the site's contact form. (...) -- Thursday Thinkpiece

15 mai

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 18:00
  As Goes Access to Law School, So Goes Access to Justice – Part I - Jamie Maclaren Slaw
  [The memosphere strikes again! Between submission and publication of this column, Omar Ha-Redeye posted a very informed and insightful Slaw entry entitled, "Access to Justice Starts With Legal Tuition". Playing Bell to my Meucci (that reads rather strangely), Omar covers much of the same (...) -- Justice Issues
• 16:01
  Better [And/or] Faster [And/or] Cheaper - CBA Futures Slaw
  Western Union. IBM. Kodak. All are examples of well-established, successful businesses that failed to seize perfect opportunities to evolve to meet changing market conditions and paid the price. How much bigger would Western Union have been if it had bought the patent for the telephone when (...) -- Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Future of Practice, Practice of Law: Marketing, Practice of Law: Practice Management
• 15:30
  Canaries in a Coal Mine? - Karen Dyck Slaw
  Much is made about women leaving the practice of law. For the most part, I find the concerns somewhat overstated, and the emphasis misplaced on gender issues when this is much more likely a signal that what firms are doing isn't working for a significant proportion of the profession. (A notable (...) -- Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Future of Practice, women lawyers
• 15:20
  3D Printer Revolution - David Canton Slaw
  -- Technology
• 13:00
  Patentable Subject Matter – New Notices From Canadian Patent Office, Anticipated Issues for the Court? - Paula Bremner Slaw
  The Canadian Intellectual Property Office (“CIPO”) has recently published two notices for patent examiners relating to patent interpretation[i], and in particular computer-related/business method type patents. These notices were released following a 2011 Federal Court of Appeal (...) -- Intellectual Property
• 12:00
  Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII - Administrator Slaw
  -- Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII
• 09:59
  Verifying That Emails Are Received - John Gregory Slaw
  When does the law require you to follow up an email to see if it was received? Is that a matter of prudence only, i.e. if you really have to know, you had better follow up? Are you liable for negligence for not following up, in important cases, or all cases, if the message was not received? A (...) -- Technology: Internet, ulc_ecomm_list

14 mai

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 18:01
  Small Change for Law Reform - Sandra Petersson Slaw
  When was the last time you got a great deal for less than 25 cents? If you're looking for excellent value for money, consider the work of law reform agencies. Law reform publications are a great resource for legal research. Michel-Adrien Sheppard regularly posts updates on Slaw on the work of (...) -- Legal Information: Libraries & Research, Miscellaneous
• 17:13
  Smart Organizations - Shaunna Mireau Slaw
  A tweet this morning from Heather Colman alerted me to the Building Smarter Organizations event happening today in Toronto. If you are like me, and you are not in Toronto attending this event, you can still participate through the web. There is a Linked In Group and a #smartorg twitter (...) -- Education & Training, Technology: Office Technology
• 13:00
  Mediating at a Distance: Will We Embrace the Challenge of Technology? - Kari D. Boyle Slaw
  In his new book “Tomorrow's Lawyer”, Richard Susskind claims that there are at least 13 “disruptive technologies” in law. A “disruptive technology” is one that fundamentally challenges and changes the functioning of a firm or sector (as opposed to supporting (...) -- Dispute Resolution
• 12:00
  Tips Tuesday - Administrator Slaw
  -- Tips Tuesday

13 mai

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 23:13
  Spring Clean Your Practice! - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  Nora Rock, corporate writer & policy anylist at LAWPRO, has some good advice for lawyers now that the weather is getting warmer. While this article was initially aimed at Ontario lawyers, all lawyers in Canada could stand to do some 'spring cleaning' We had flurries last night (...) -- Reading: Recommended
• 19:51
  Rescission for Mistake - John O'Sullivan Slaw
  -- Substantive Law: Judicial Decisions
• 15:48
  Law by the Numbers - CBA Futures Slaw
  It takes a special kind of mind to love statistics, but only the wilfully obtuse ignore them. Prior to the 2008 recession the statistics for the legal profession could borrow the Olympic Games' motto – Faster, Higher, Stronger. Nearly five years later, higher numbers of law grads and (...) -- Practice of Law: Future of Practice, Practice of Law: Practice Management
• 13:00
  Hacking Back: The Next Big Thing? I: Criminal Considerations - John Gregory Slaw
  The more interconnected the world becomes, the more people (businesses, governments) are exposed to harm generated online. “Cyberthreats”have become a leading source of worry for many knowledgeable people. The Internet is a dangerous place. Hacking that was once the domain of geeks (...) -- Legal Technology
• 12:00
  Monday's Mix - Administrator Slaw
  -- Monday’s Mix
• 02:54
  Battle Over Anonymous Reviewers Wages on in Virginia - Omar Ha-Redeye Slaw
  -- Substantive Law: Foreign Law

12 mai

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 13:00
  Summaries Sunday: Supreme Advocacy - Administrator Slaw
  -- Summaries Sunday
• 12:00
  Summaries Sunday: Maritime Law Book - Administrator Slaw
  -- Summaries Sunday

10 mai

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 18:00
  Wake Up! Speak Up! Shake Up! - Susan Munro Slaw
  Jordan Furlong published another great column recently about how the word the word "disruption" is being used to describe many changes in legal practice and technology. He points out that the word is most often used to describe legal process innovation. The comment boards lit up with (...) -- Legal Publishing
• 13:00
  The “W” Word - Legal Profession Assistance Conference Slaw
  I billed 2,400 hours last year because I have the perfect work-life balance. Since its adoption into mainstream North American vocabulary in 1986, the term “work-life balance” has caused hypertension in and the impression of decreased work-ethic by senior lawyers and firm managers. (...) -- Practice of Law
• 13:00
  The Friday Fillip: Slate's Vault - Simon Fodden Slaw
  Microsoft has done some good things. Even as an Apple fan boy I can say that. One such Good Thing is Slate magazine, founded in 1996 (and a strong influence in my naming of Slaw, as it happens) under the auspices of Microsoft's MSN. In 2004 Slate passed into the hands of the Washington (...) -- The Friday Fillip
• 04:29
  Service of Initial Official Documents by Email? - John Gregory Slaw
  Do you know of any means by which prosecutorial documents – like a notice of compliance or notice of laying of charges – can be delivered electronically? If a regulator, for example, wanted to require one of its regulated bodies to appear at a hearing, how can it ensure that the (...) -- Practice of Law, Technology: Internet
• 02:09
  Canadian Association of Law Libraries 2013 Conference – It's All About Redesigning to Stay Relevant - Michel-Adrien Sheppard Slaw
  -- Legal Information: Information Management, Technology

9 mai

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 16:06
  LSUC's Pickle - Mitch Kowalski Slaw
  The Law Society of Upper Canada (“LSUC”) held its annual general meeting last night. The meeting garnered more attention than it otherwise might have due to the mysterious last minute pulling of a motion that was received on March 28, 2013. This motion dealt with a study to enlarge (...) -- Justice Issues, Miscellaneous, Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Future of Practice, Practice of Law: Practice Management
• 13:00
  Thursday Thinkpiece: Harper on the Crisis in the Legal Profession - Administrator Slaw
  Each Thursday we present a significant excerpt, usually from a recently published book or journal article. In every case the proper permissions have been obtained. If you are a publisher who would like to participate in this feature, please let us know via the site's contact form. The (...) -- Thursday Thinkpiece
• 13:00
  Keep the Change - Bob Berring Slaw
  Though my column focuses on legal information, in the United States legal education is intimately bound up with the trends in legal information. LEXIS and WESTLAW maintain a stranglehold on the marketplace by heavy investment in law school training. By putting boots on the ground in the form of (...) -- Legal Information

8 mai

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 22:00
  Macfarlane Study on Self-Represented Litigants Released - Simon Fodden Slaw
  The National Self Represented Litigants Project headed by University of Windsor prof Julie Macfarlane has released its report, "Identifying and Meeting the Needs of Self-Represented Litigants.". There is also available an executive summary of the report. The Project interviewed 283 (...) -- Justice Issues, Practice of Law
• 17:14
  Wearable Computing – Legal Issues? - David Canton Slaw
  -- Technology
• 16:19
  Non-Lawyers Are People Too - Karen Dyck Slaw
  I did a quick and unscientific bit of research a couple of days ago, comparing use of the terms non-lawyer and non-doctor in the Twitter-verse. It seems that for the most part (on that day, at least), recent tweets referencing “non-doctor” were focused on the television serial, (...) -- Justice Issues, access to justice, Language
• 13:00
  Closing Canada's International Human Rights Implementation Gap - Alex Neve Slaw
  Canada is far from perfect when it comes to its domestic human rights record. Obviously the scale and gravity of concerns do not compare with tragedies unfolding in countries like Syria or the Democratic Republic of Congo, the threat to survival faced by so many of Colombia's Indigenous nations (...) -- Justice Issues
• 12:00
  Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII - Administrator Slaw
  -- Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII

7 mai

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 15:32
  CALL Live – Stress at Work - Shaunna Mireau Slaw
  Dr. Sonia Lupien, a neuroscientist, shared 60 minutes on understanding the beast of stress. Her premise is that if you understand someone, you can deal with it. I understand stress from the user perspective. Like using a computer, I didn't know what the silicon in the chips was for. Dr. (...) -- Education & Training: CLE/PD
• 10:00
  Law Is Code - David Bilinsky Slaw
  ♫ There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand There's a Law, there's an Arm, there's a Hand… ♫ Words, music and lyrics by Leonard Cohen. Lawrence Lessig wrote a very famous book called Code is Law (now in version 2 simply called Code v2). In (...) -- Practice of Law: Future of Practice
• 13:00
  I Gotta Tell Ya, It's Complicated! Candour Owed to Clients1 - Malcolm Mercer Slaw
  In R. v. Neil, Justice Binnie stated that the duty of candour was an aspect of the duty of loyalty. As Justice Binnie put it, an aspect of the duty of loyalty is a duty of candour with the client on matters relevant to the retainer The fiduciary duty of candour was the basis for the earlier (...) -- Legal Ethics
• 12:58
  Buying Time in the Civil Justice System Part 2 - Matt Maurer Slaw
  My last post discussed how parties are able to essentially “buy time” in our civil justice system. By simply refusing to carry out the next procedural step, defendants can relatively easily grind a proceeding to a halt for a year. The cost sanctions against first offenders on (...) -- Practice of Law
• 12:00
  Tips Tuesday - Administrator Slaw
  -- Tips Tuesday
• 00:32
  UBC Press Wins Hugh Lawford Award at CALL/ACBD 2013 - Connie Crosby Slaw
  -- Announcements, Legal Information: Publishing, Awards, callacbd2013, legal publishing

6 mai

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 22:08
  Don't Miss Family Law Issues When Drafting Wills! - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  We at LAWPRO have occasionally cautioned lawyers who specialize in one area of law about the dangers of dabbling in another, unfamiliar area. As a refreshing twist on that general advice, we're reminding lawyers that while dabbling can be dangerous, KNOWING the law in another area is never a (...) -- Reading: Recommended
• 16:57
  Six Buzzwords in Search of a Context - CBA Futures Slaw
  Globalization. Technology. Economy. Unbundling. Alternative billing. Offshoring. A CBA-commissioned survey of the state of the research into the future of the legal profession suggests that while these words come up again and again in the thousands of pages of text devoted to the subject, that (...) -- Justice Issues, Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Future of Practice, Practice of Law: Marketing, Practice of Law: Practice Management
• 13:00
  “Be the Change You Want to See in the World.” - Paula Black Slaw
  "Be the change you want to see in the world." Gandhi's words could be women lawyers' "call to arms." Over the past few months, the conversations regarding the challenges that working women face have been loud… but maybe not so clear. Articles like… Atlantic (...) -- Legal Marketing
• 12:00
  Monday's Mix - Administrator Slaw
  -- Monday’s Mix

5 mai

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 21:50
  Access to Justice Starts With Legal Tuition - Omar Ha-Redeye Slaw
  -- Education & Training: Law Schools
• 13:00
  Summaries Sunday: Maritime Law Book - Administrator Slaw
  -- Summaries Sunday

3 mai

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 13:00
  Vroom, Vroom Law - Simon Lewis Slaw
  In the late 1980's and early 1990's, I put around two thousand lawyers through a hands-on computer course on how they could use a PC themselves. For a few years, one lawyer returned annually. Turns out that his motivation was to re-assure himself that his colleagues were still luddites when it (...) -- Legal Technology
• 13:00
  The Friday Fillip: Many Wrongs Make Right - Simon Fodden Slaw
  I'm sure I've confessed here before to being what others might call a "prescriptivist" where English usage is concerned. (I'm actually all for freedom of choice; it's just that I would prefer it to be an informed choice.) But I have a healthy respect for the power (...) -- The Friday Fillip

2 mai

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 17:43
  April 2013 Issue of Connected Bulletin on Courts and Social Media - Michel-Adrien Sheppard Slaw
  -- Technology
• 16:39
  A Response to the CBA Legal Futures Initiative - Mitch Kowalski Slaw
  -- Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Future of Practice, Practice of Law: Practice Management
• 15:00
  Canada's Human Rights Record Being Challenged at the United Nations - Yosie Saint-Cyr Slaw
  Since 2009, and most recently last December at the United Nations Sixty-seventh General Assembly Plenary, various countries—particularly Iran and North Korea—have raised various challenges to Canada's human rights record. However, on April 30, 2013, it was reported that members of (...) -- Justice Issues, Miscellaneous, Aboriginal peoples, access to social services, asylum seekers and refugees, Canada's Human Rights Record, discrimination against minorities and vulnerable groups, peer review, Policies and programs, rights of the child, United Nations, Universal Periodic Review process, violence against indigenous women
• 13:00
  Thursday Thinkpiece: Ginsburg on the Future of National Constitutions - Administrator Slaw
  Each Thursday we present a significant excerpt, usually from a recently published book or journal article. In every case the proper permissions have been obtained. If you are a publisher who would like to participate in this feature, please let us know via the site's contact form. THE (...) -- Thursday Thinkpiece
• 13:00
  “Get Your Head Out of the Boat” - Steven B. Levy Slaw
  I used to race our sailboat, a 35-footer (11 meters) that required a crew of about nine to be competitive. When I helmed, or steered the boat, I would sometimes drag down our performance with three common mistakes: Not good enough as a sailor Tried to do too much Didn't get my head out of the (...) -- Practice of Law
• 04:54
  Living on the Edge at the Equal Justice Summit - Kim Nayyer Slaw
  -- Education & Training: CLE/PD, Justice Issues

1er mai

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 23:28
  On May Day and Mat Leaves - Karin Galldin & Leslie Robertson Slaw
  -- Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Future of Practice, Practice of Law: Practice Management
• 21:38
  Deloitte TMT Predictions - David Canton Slaw
  -- Technology
• 20:49
  New CanLII - Shaunna Mireau Slaw
  CanLII is testing a new search interface! Check out beta.CanLII.org. The CanLII Blog reports: CanLII is proud to present a new search interface designed to unify the functionalities of its search engine under a single form that is at once easier and more powerful to use. This beta site allows (...) -- Legal Information, Technology
• 17:10
  New Fork, Old Road - Karen Dyck Slaw
  When we come to a new fork in an old road we continue to follow the route with which we are familiar, even though wholly different, even better avenues might open up before us. George Manuel Yesterday, the Canadian Bar Association invited us to join a conversation about the future of law. (...) -- Practice of Law: Future of Practice, Canadian Legal Profession, CBA Futures
• 13:00
  Post-Graduate Degrees for Professional Publishing: A Way Forward? - Robert McKay Slaw
  One of the most stimulating and pleasing roles I have, is to be involved with very small numbers of students on Kingston University's Publishing Masters' degree, as a supervisor of dissertations and on the advisory board for the course. There are a number of such courses in the UK, including (...) -- Legal Publishing
• 12:00
  Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII - Administrator Slaw
  -- Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII
• 01:22
  Should You Mentor? - Sandra Petersson Slaw
  -- Education & Training

30 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 17:22
  Link Rot in Court Decisions – Still a Problem - Shaunna Mireau Slaw
  Back in 2009, I did a quick check on link rot in Canadian decisions on CanLII. Today I repeated my quick investigation of link rot in Canadian judicial decisions. To gather decisions with URLs I simply searched for the text "http://" in CanLII. I limited my results for 2012 decisions, (...) -- Legal Information: Information Management
• 15:09
  Social Networking From an Employment Law Perspective – a CCCA Spring Conference Panel - Connie Crosby Slaw
  -- Practice of Law: Practice Management, Substantive Law, Technology: Internet, #CCCA_Spring, Employment Law
• 15:00
  What Do Clients Want? - CBA Futures Slaw
  -- Justice Issues, Practice of Law: Future of Practice
• 13:30
  Facing Injustice: Implications of Ordering N.S. to Remove Her Niqab - Guest Blogger Slaw
  On September 11, 2008 N.S., a sexual assault complainant sat in a court room in Ontario and struggled to explain to a judge why she shouldn't have to remove her niqab, face veil, while she testified. “My face” she insisted, “is not going to show any signs of – it is not (...) -- Justice Issues, Substantive Law: Judicial Decisions
• 13:00
  Tips Tuesday - Administrator Slaw
  -- Tips Tuesday
• 13:00
  Immigration Reforms : “Good for Canada” or Bad for Democracy? - Nathalie Des Rosiers Slaw
  In January 2012, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced that his government would reshape the immigration system to make it “good for Canada”. This begged the questions whether the immigration had been “bad for Canada” (...) -- Justice Issues

29 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 19:33
  Email Pro Tip #5: Triage Your Mail on the Go - Jack Newton Slaw
  I receive between 100 and 1,000 business-related e-mails per day. Out of necessity, over the last few years I've developed a numbers of systems that help me manage my inbox effectively. This is the third in a series of posts describing the systems I utilize to stay on top of my inbox. (...) --
• 18:44
  Which Am I? Both, Among Others - Wendy Reynolds Slaw
  -- Miscellaneous
• 15:00
  The Lender Client: Not Just a Third Wheel in a Purchase Transaction - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  It isn't uncommon for real estate lawyers to be retained to act for both the purchaser of a property and the mortgage lender that is financing the purchase. However, a review of lender claims against lawyers for negligence suggests a misconception by some lawyers who believe that their only (...) -- Reading: Recommended
• 13:00
  Literacy and Access to Administrative Justice - Ian Mackenzie Slaw
  Last week the Canadian Bar Association held a summit on access to justice in Vancouver. I spoke on active adjudication as a tool to enhance access to justice. My co-presenter, Darin Thompson, spoke about online dispute resolution. In preparing for my presentation, I was reflecting on the skills (...) -- Dispute Resolution
• 13:00
  Monday's Mix - Administrator Slaw
  -- Monday’s Mix

28 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 22:32
  The Legal Basis for Omar Khadr's War Crimes Appeal - Omar Ha-Redeye Slaw
  -- Substantive Law: Foreign Law
• 19:07
  An Interview With Norway's Director of Corrections - Simon Fodden Slaw
  In light of what's been happening to Canada's correctional system, it's disconcerting to listen to today's CBC Sunday Edition interview by Michael Enright of Marianne Vollan, who is the Director General of Correctional Services of Norway. Disconcerting because she lays out a (...) -- Justice Issues, Miscellaneous
• 13:00
  Summaries Sunday: OnPoint Legal Research - Administrator Slaw
  -- Summaries Sunday

26 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 23:06
  The Supreme Court Speaks – or Doesn't – on L'affaire Laskin - Simon Chester Slaw
  -- Miscellaneous, Substantive Law: Judicial Decisions
• 20:41
  Read - Mark Lewis Slaw
  Another year of classes and exams has come to an end, which puts me in a reflective frame of mind; recently a topic that has been turning over in my mind is curriculum reform, which is a hot button topic on this Blog and at many law schools across this country and North America in general. As I (...) -- Education & Training: Law Schools
• 16:44
  Nathalie Des Rosiers, Sarah Sutherland Join Slaw - Administrator Slaw
  -- Administration of Slaw
• 13:00
  The Friday Fillip: An Old Squeeze - Simon Fodden Slaw
  One hoary definition of a gentleman is: a man who can play the accordion — but doesn't. Now, thanks to the magic of a Friday fillip, here's your chance to lose that straitening status of gentlewoman or gentleman. What's that you say? You can't play the accordion? But (...) -- The Friday Fillip
• 13:00
  Zero Is an Answer - Susannah Tredwell Slaw
  A computer trainer I know well tells me that there was much discussion in his company as to whether they should charge for searches that returned no results. After great debate it was concluded that zero hits was a legitimate search result, and, as such, the company should charge for it. I (...) -- Legal Information

25 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 20:03
  New Pew Internet Section on Digital Libraries - Steven Matthews Slaw
  -- Technology: Internet
• 18:52
  AALL Spectrum's 13th Annual Issue on Law Library Architecture - Michel-Adrien Sheppard Slaw
  -- Legal Information: Libraries & Research
• 16:36
  The Legal Circle of Life - Mitch Kowalski Slaw
  I was honoured to be a part of panel discussion at the recent Georgetown Law Center Symposium “The Shrinking Pyramid: Implications for Law Practice the Legal Profession.” Several thoughts occurred to me while attending this event; one of which I'll share with you now. There was (...) -- Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Future of Practice, Practice of Law: Practice Management
• 15:00
  Slaw Milestone: Ten Thousand Posts - Simon Fodden Slaw
  With this entry Slaw goes past an impressive milestone: our bloggers and columnists have given our readers ten thousand posts since Slaw began very nearly eight years ago. In that time we've acquired thousands of readers from Canada and around the globe and our complement has grown from (...) -- Administration of Slaw
• 15:00
  Canada to Start New Biometric Screening Program on Temporary Residents - Yosie Saint-Cyr Slaw
  Beginning September 2, 2013, foreign nationals applying for Canadian visas from countries such as Haiti, Jamaica, Saudi Arabia, Albania, Afghanistan, Sudan, Syria, Columbia, Burma, Egypt, Yemen and Pakistan, will undergo mandatory fingerprinting and digital photo collection at new visa (...) -- Substantive Law, Substantive Law: Foreign Law, Substantive Law: Legislation, biometric, civil liberties, immigration, Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, National security, Privacy Law, Security, Temporary Residents
• 13:00
  25 Tips From the Best in Legal Marketing - Susan Van Dyke Slaw
  More than 1200 legal marketing professionals gathered in Las Vegas for the industry's largest conference earlier this month. This where marketers with a shared obsession for business development and client retention, sharpen their skills. Here are the best nuggets from the sessions I attended: (...) -- Legal Marketing
• 13:00
  Thursday Thinkpiece: LaViolette on Sex, Gender and Refugee Determination - Administrator Slaw
  Each Thursday we present a significant excerpt, usually from a recently published book or journal article. In every case the proper permissions have been obtained. If you are a publisher who would like to participate in this feature, please let us know via the site's contact form. Sexual (...) -- Thursday Thinkpiece
• 00:42
  Orphan Works and Digital Libraries via CopyrightX - Kim Nayyer Slaw
  -- Legal Information: Libraries & Research, Substantive Law, Technology: Internet

24 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 22:28
  Removing Barriers to Accessibility - Karen Dyck Slaw
  -- Substantive Law: Legislation, Accessibility, Accessibility Standards, Equality, Human Rights
• 21:33
  Legislating Queer and Non-Traditional Families - Karin Galldin & Leslie Robertson Slaw
  Recently a precedent setting family law case involving a sperm donor claiming to be a parent of a child born to lesbian mothers was settled out of court. Not unlike many non-traditional families the women in this northern Ontario case conceived a child by way of donor sperm, but precedent (...) -- Justice Issues, Substantive Law: Legislation
• 16:20
  Access to Justice Reports Released - Simon Chester Slaw
  Earlier this month, Kirk Makin of the Globe and Mail scooped an announcement of a major set of Reports on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters, an inititaitive that started with the Chief Justice's challenge to the Canadian Bar Association last summer. The four Reports from (...) -- Justice Issues, Legal Information, Practice of Law: Future of Practice, Reading: Recommended, Technology: Internet
• 15:46
  What's in a Name? - David Canton Slaw
  -- Miscellaneous
• 15:17
  Action Committee on Access to Justice Reports Released - Simon Fodden Slaw
  Slaw has just received word that the national Action Committee on Access to Justice in Civil and Family Matters has placed four working group reports online. The Committee, established by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Beverley McLachlin, and chaired by Supreme Court Justice Thomas (...) -- Justice Issues
• 14:22
  Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII - Administrator Slaw
  Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and which French-language case have been the most viewed on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. For the week of April 16 – 23: R. v. Duncan 2013 ONCJ 160 5. At heart, Mr. Duncan's case was (...) -- Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII
• 13:00
  Grey Law on Grey Books - Alan Macek Slaw
  -- Intellectual Property

23 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 17:22
  LESA Supports Its Volunteers - Shaunna Mireau Slaw
  The Legal Education Society of Alberta is recognizing the more that 600 people in Alberta, mostly lawyers, who volunteer their time to support legal education in our province. How are they doing that? By sharing a full day seminar with volunteers about a topic that is potentially useful to (...) -- Education & Training: CLE/PD
• 15:07
  Bill S-7, the Combating Terrorism Act - Simon Fodden Slaw
  Slaw readers might like to take a look at Senate bill S-7, the Combating Terrorism Act, now before the House for third reading, a bill that proposes to abridge our civil liberties to a degree. As is often the case with bills the main purpose of which is to amend existing legislation, the text (...) -- Justice Issues, Substantive Law: Legislation
• 13:00
  Fishing Justice in Yemen and the Limited Value of Grand Design - Sam Muller Slaw
  Sunday morning 3:30 a.m. and my head finally hits a cushion. I have just done an Amsterdam – Istanbul – Sana'a in 11 hours. By Tuesday evening I have been totally submerged in Yemen, even though I do not speak Arabic. To compensate, I have become very sensitive to all other forms of (...) -- Practice of Law
• 13:00
  Tips Tuesday - Administrator Slaw
  -- Tips Tuesday
• 12:59
  Buying Time in the Civil Justice System - Matt Maurer Slaw
  My clients, at least those who are not familiar with our civil justice system, expect a quick resolution of their case. They are often quite surprised to learn that a regular lawsuit will likely take years to run its course. What really shocks my clients though is how badly a lawsuit can become (...) -- Practice of Law

22 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 18:22
  Bringing Lean Six Sigma Process Improvement Disciplines Into Legal Services: A CCCA Spring Conference Workshop - Connie Crosby Slaw
  -- Practice of Law: Future of Practice, Practice of Law: Practice Management, #CCCA_Spring, legal project management, process improvement, Six Sigma
• 15:01
  On-Line Dispute Resolution - John O'Sullivan Slaw
  Part two of B.C.'s white paper on Justice reform commits to the appointment this year of a chair for the Civil Resolution Tribunal, and commits to invest in the technology needed to launch Canada's first "on line" tribunal. The Tribunal is to serve as an alternative to court (...) -- Practice of Law: Future of Practice
• 15:00
  Be the Messenger (And Don't Get Shot) - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  The #1 cause of claims against Ontario lawyers practising in most areas of law is problems with lawyer-client communication. Considering lawyers' reputation for verbosity, this statistic seems counterintuitive, at least until you consider that some things are easier and more fun to talk about (...) -- Reading: Recommended
• 13:00
  The “Human Excellence” of Judging - Alice Woolley Slaw
  The decision by Justice O'Donnell in R. v. Duncan (on SLAW here) has gained some notoriety in the legal community ((Katie Daubs, "Legal Decision with literary flourish and dry wit making the round…", Toronto Star, March 29, 2013) and was the subject of a SLAW post by Simon (...) -- Legal Ethics
• 13:00
  Monday's Mix - Administrator Slaw
  -- Monday’s Mix

21 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 21:35
  Opening Legal Education to the Public Through Technology - Omar Ha-Redeye Slaw
  As much as I enjoy discussing how technology can improve and enhance legal practice, I firmly believe this technological transition has to begin before – in the law schools. Despite, or perhaps in spite of generational differences, the vast majority of legal graduates are technologically (...) -- Education & Training: CLE/PD, Education & Training: Law Schools
• 13:00
  Summaries Sunday: Maritime Law Book - Administrator Slaw
  Summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book. Every Sunday we present a precis of the latest summaries, a fuller version of which can be found on MLB-Slaw Selected Case Summaries at cases.slaw.ca. This week's summaries concern: Discharge of juror (...) -- Summaries Sunday

19 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 13:00
  Plain English Please! - Eric Appleby Slaw
  The plain English movement has been going on for a long time. The first law reports in England, The Year Books (1260 to 1535), were all in the French language. Legal texts were published in England in the French language in the 16th century. But French was not the language of the people and it (...) -- Legal Publishing
• 13:00
  Friday Fillip: All the Way Down - Simon Fodden Slaw
  One of my favourite quips fell from the misanthropic mouth of Brother Theodore ("philosopher, metaphysician, and podiatrist"): "I have gazed into the abyss, and the abyss has gazed into me . . . and neither of us liked what we saw.” This turn on Nietzsche's apothegm (...) -- The Friday Fillip
• 00:54
  Canadian Association of Law Libraries: Could Federal Budget Affect Access to Legislative Information? - Michel-Adrien Sheppard Slaw
  Legal researchers and law librarians have long worried about the lack of a coherent strategy in Canada to ensure the digital preservation and archiving of legal and governmental information. A case in point is Louis Mirando's Slaw.ca post of Feb. 15th , 2013 on Library Budgets and (...) -- Legal Information, Technology: Internet

18 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 18:43
  What Kind of Pope Is Your Managing Partner? - Mitch Kowalski Slaw
  Last month, the world was transfixed by the selection of a new pope for the Catholic church. Prior to the selection of Pope Francis, there was a great deal of discussion about what type of pope would the best choice as the church is running through some fairly turbulent times. There were those (...) -- Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Future of Practice, Practice of Law: Practice Management
• 15:00
  Consolidating Labour Legislation: Proposed Saskatchewan Employment Act - Yosie Saint-Cyr Slaw
  On December 4, 2012, the Saskatchewan government tabled Bill No. 85, An Act respecting Employment Standards, Occupational Health and Safety, Labour Relations and Related Matters and making consequential amendments to certain Acts (hereinafter referred to as the Saskatchewan Employment Act) in (...) -- Substantive Law, Substantive Law: Legislation, Consolidating Labour Legislation, Employment Law, Labour Law, Saskatchewan, Saskatchewan Employment Act
• 13:00
  Status Seekers - David Whelan Slaw
  Lawyers rely on an invisible infrastructure to power their law firms. Once those wires leave your computer and hit the wall, you cede control to others. Even if you haven't shifted any part of your practice to the cloud, you may have file or e-mail servers inside your firm that are managed by (...) -- Legal Technology
• 13:00
  Thursday Thinkpiece: Torrance on the International Finance Corporation - Administrator Slaw
  Each Thursday we present a significant excerpt, usually from a recently published book or journal article. In every case the proper permissions have been obtained. If you are a publisher who would like to participate in this feature, please let us know via the site's contact form. IFC (...) -- Thursday Thinkpiece
• 05:56
  Culture Wants to Be Free* - Kim Nayyer Slaw
  Prof. Larry Lessig gave a superb talk, "Free Culture," this evening at Harvard Law School. The talk is one of a series of special events Harvard Law professor and Berkman Center for Internet & Society director Terry Fisher organized for his 2013 Copyright course, in which I'm (...) -- Substantive Law: Legislation, Technology: Internet

17 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 22:43
  Adapting to Change: How Legal Departments Evolve With the Businesses They Serve, a CCCA Keynote - Connie Crosby Slaw
  -- Practice of Law: Practice Management, #CCCA_Spring
• 16:53
  ABA Techshow's "60 Sites in 6 Minutes" Slowed Down - Simon Fodden Slaw
  Each year the ABA Techshow offers a fun feature that has the audience bombarded by the URLs of dozens and dozens of interesting sites delivered at a relentless rapid pace by a tag team of IT experts. You can access the YouTube video used in that presentation. But in case you find it hard to (...) -- Miscellaneous, Technology
• 15:25
  Perspective Is an Important Element of Privacy - David Canton Slaw
  One thing I find consistent about privacy issues is an inconsistency in approach and viewpoint. What is and is not deemed acceptable seems to change dramatically based on several factors, including geographic location (which I suppose is really more of a cultural issue than a geographic one), (...) -- Miscellaneous, Technology
• 15:17
  The CBA on the Future of the Legal Profession - Guest Blogger Slaw
  For generations, Canada provided refuge and opportunities for individuals seeking a home where they could build a good life. Our strong legal system remains the foundation on which that home was built, offering protections to those who faced persecution for reasons such as the colour of their (...) -- Practice of Law: Future of Practice
• 13:52
  A Plea for More PLEI - Karen Dyck Slaw
  Law Day is being celebrated across the country this week to mark the 31st anniversary of the signing of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms on April 17, 1982. The Canadian Bar Association introduced Law Day one year later and has since been promoting events to mark it across the country. In (...) -- Justice Issues, access to justice, Law Day, public legal education, public legal education and information
• 13:00
  Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII - Administrator Slaw
  Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and which French-language case have been the most viewed on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. For the week of April 9 – 16: R. v. Duncan 2013 ONCJ 160 5. At heart, Mr. Duncan's case was (...) -- Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII
• 13:00
  Steal This Book! - Louis Mirando Slaw
  -- Legal Information

16 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 22:58
  Using Archives Collections for Legal Research - Shaunna Mireau Slaw
  I had to visit the Provincial Archives of Alberta today. I was looking for an Order of the Planning Board from 1981. Why? Because there was a reference to the document on the title for some land. This is not the first trip I have made to the Archives. I have visted the archives to find (...) -- Legal Information: Information Management
• 17:16
  Cyber Security and Cyber Espionage: A CCCA Panel - Connie Crosby Slaw
  -- Technology, Technology: Internet
• 16:36
  Adjustments to Slaw's Design – Check Out the New Plus Sign - Simon Fodden Slaw
  Since our new design was implemented in December of last year, I've received lots of compliments — and a few expressions of particular concern from columnists. Their difficulty is that it was hard to see a list of all of the recent columns (as opposed to the daily blog posts) when (...) -- Administration of Slaw
• 16:17
  Playing to Win: Roger Martin on Strategy for Corporate Counsel, a CCCA Keynote - Connie Crosby Slaw
  These are notes from a keynote address by Roger Martin, Dean, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto on April 15, 2013 at the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association National Spring Conference 2013 in Toronto. Note: these are my selected notes from this session; any inaccuracies or (...) -- Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Practice Management
• 15:47
  Meeting Legal Needs in Australia - Simon Fodden Slaw
  The Law and Justice Foundation of New South Wales has been doing some serious research into legal needs across Australia and how those needs are in fact met. The resulting Legal Australia-Wide Survey (LAW Survey), provides the first comprehensive quantitative assessment across Australia of an (...) -- Reading
• 13:00
  Tips Tuesday - Administrator Slaw
  -- Tips Tuesday
• 13:00
  “What Do Those Indians Want, Anyway?”: Some Legal Issues Underlying Idle No More (Update) - Michael Posluns Slaw
  The arrival of a group of Cree youth from Whapmagoostui, the northernmost Cree village on Hudson Bay at the end of a 1,500 km walk (and the many friends they picked up along the way) after a two month trek through the northern bush should remind us that the spirit of Idle No More (INM) has not (...) -- Justice Issues

15 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 20:21
  New Certification Program for Canadian in-House Counsel Announced - Connie Crosby Slaw
  -- Announcements, Education & Training
• 16:23
  Unbundled Legal Services: Pitfalls to Avoid - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  Unbundled legal services are one solution to the complex issue of access to justice and are likely to become more commonplace. Being aware of the risks of unbundled legal services will help you reduce your exposure to a malpractice claim. Here are several steps you can take to reduce your (...) -- Reading: Recommended
• 13:00
  “Lean In”: Why Sheryl Sandberg's Book Matters - Linda K. Robertson Slaw
  -- Practice of Law
• 13:00
  Monday's Mix - Administrator Slaw
  -- Monday’s Mix

14 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 20:31
  Tracking Your Devices After They're Lost or Stolen - Omar Ha-Redeye Slaw
  I have an OCD-like compulsion of checking to make sure my phone is on me or nearby at all times. Although I have a passcode lock on it, losing my phone is of great concern, and I'm certain I'm not alone. There are ways to remotely wipe your phone, but if I did lose it I would (...) -- Technology
• 13:00
  Summaries Sunday: Maritime Law Book - Administrator Slaw
  Summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book. Every Sunday we present a precis of the latest summaries, a fuller version of which can be found on MLB-Slaw Selected Case Summaries at cases.slaw.ca. This week's summaries concern: Search warrants / Ojibway (...) -- Summaries Sunday
• 13:00
  Summaries Sunday: Supreme Advocacy - Administrator Slaw
  On the second Sunday in each month we bring you a summary from Supreme Advocacy LLP of recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers a weekly electronic newsletter, SupremeAdvocacyLettⓐr, to which you may subscribe. This first entry is a summary of all appeals (...) -- Summaries Sunday

12 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 21:55
  Student to Lawyer: 20 Tips for a Successful Transition - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  Excerpted from LAWPRO Magazine, Student Issue #1, 2012 There isn't a simple magic formula for mapping out a career in law. You will make some decisions on where you would like to go, but there are many things outside your control which will impact on where you will end up. Factors such as (...) -- Law Student Week
• 21:43
  Ralph Scane Q.C. - Angela Swan Slaw
  Some readers of Slaw will be saddened to hear that Ralph Scane has died. His death notice is in today's Globe & Mail. I was a colleague of Ralph for some 20 years at U of T and I remember his kindness, integrity and wide and eclectic legal knowledge. He came to the Faculty from (...) -- Miscellaneous
• 18:45
  Are You Ready for Sole Practice? - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  One-third of the nearly 23,500 lawyers in private practice in Ontario are sole practitioners. As a solo, it's great to have the freedom that comes with being your own boss, but you also have full responsibility for all aspects of the operation of your law practice. Do you have what it takes to (...) -- Law Student Week
• 13:30
  Supreme Advocacy Joins Slaw for Summaries Sunday - Administrator Slaw
  -- Administration of Slaw
• 13:00
  The Friday Fillip: Pitch Perfect - Simon Fodden Slaw
  I couldn't sell immortality at half price. I just don't have the skills that are necessary to persuade people to part with their money. Which may explain my fascination with the pitchmen at markets and fairs. Not that I'm a sucker for all things that dice, slice, mince and (...) -- The Friday Fillip
• 13:00
  “Project Umpire” — Alternative Approach to Governance of Complex Projects - Michael Erdle Slaw
  As winter turns to spring and hockey gives way to baseball and soccer, I can't help but think about the role of referees and umpires and wonder why we don't use them more for commercial dispute resolution. Every competitive sport needs a referee or umpire. Even in recreational leagues, players (...) -- Dispute Resolution
• 13:00
  May or Shall? Mandatory Disclosure, the Rules of Professional Conduct, and Public Safety - Guest Blogger Slaw
  The Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) should make disclosure mandatory in situations where public safety is at risk. The current Rulesof Professional Conduct (Rules) focus on protecting confidentiality: there are only four categories of permitted disclosure; of these, all are optional except (...) -- Law Student Week
• 00:00
  Students and New Lawyers: Remember to Take Care of Your Physical and Mental Wellbeing - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  Lawyers (both new and old) and law students are exposed to high levels of stress on a daily basis. The results can be use, misuse or even addiction to drugs or alcohol, and challenges to physical or mental wellness. Stress is also a contributing factor in many LAWPRO claims. The Wellness (...) -- Law Student Week

11 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 21:53
  Busy Times for Law Reform Commissions - Michel-Adrien Sheppard Slaw
  -- Legal Information: Libraries & Research
• 21:19
  Find Your Feet Faster With the Help of a Mentor - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  It's an open secret that law students emerge from law school knowing loads about law, and frighteningly little about legal practice. How students cope with this gap depends on many factors, including personality, the nature of their first job (whether it's as a sole practitioner, or (...) -- Law Student Week
• 20:32
  The Kids Will Fight Over Your Google Data - Steven Matthews Slaw
  -- Technology: Internet
• 18:00
  Is the “Professional Network” Becoming More Social? - Allison C. Shields Slaw
  In December, fellow Slaw marketing columnist Doug Jasinski wrote a great post about LinkedIn's new makeover. His post walked you through the Skills and Endorsements feature (that LinkedIn is placing a lot of emphasis on), and the new look for LinkedIn Company Pages, with their new large (...) -- Legal Marketing
• 18:00
  Three Reasons Why the LPP Will Replace Articling Forever - Guest Blogger Slaw
  The Law Practice Program (LPP) is about to change the way lawyers are licensed in Ontario. The LPP is the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC)'s solution to “the articling crisis.” It's meant to provide an alternative to law graduates unable to secure the 10-month lawyer-in-training (...) -- Education & Training: Law Schools, Law Student Week, Practice of Law: Future of Practice
• 17:26
  [For Ontario Lawyers] OBA Survey on the Provision and Delivery of Pro Bono Services - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  In an effort to better understand sole and small-firm involvement in providing pro-bono legal services, the Ontario Bar Association is conducting a very short survey. Completing the survey should take no longer than two or three minutes and the information will be used in assisting the OBA's (...) -- Announcements
• 15:46
  Clicklaw Wikibooks – a Lesson in Collaboration - Simon Fodden Slaw
  B.C. is the home of innovation when it comes to law in this country, moving ahead with new ideas and new ways of providing its citizens with access to justice. We've talked about the foray into online dispute resolution and about the Ministry of Justice two-part White Paper on Justice (...) -- Justice Issues, Legal Information: Publishing, Practice of Law
• 13:00
  Thursday Thinkpiece: Lauritsen on Law Schools and Technology - Administrator Slaw
  -- Thursday Thinkpiece
• 13:00
  Chic Critique: Dressing Up Professional Criticism - Guest Blogger Slaw
  Sophisticated, stylish and elegant. These qualities are highly regarded in the fashion industry and embody something or someone who is chic. However, these qualities are not exclusive to the world of fashion. Professional criticism that is sophisticated, stylish and elegant should be tolerated (...) -- Law Student Week
• 13:00
  Make Mine to Go - Catherine Sanders Reach Slaw
  You might have heard already, but we are experiencing a mobile revolution. The message from market research companies is loud and clear – mobile web access is growing exponentially. What's more, Search Engine Watch reports a Google survey of mobile users found that they are five times (...) -- Legal Technology

10 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 18:11
  Archiving the Web - Kim Nayyer Slaw
  A not-new UK law was given regulatory effect this week and enables the British Library to archive the .uk web, just as it already receives legal deposit of UK print materials. The import of the new regulatory changes in effect April 6 is, I gather, that the archive can built by automated crawl, (...) -- Legal Information: Libraries & Research, Technology: Internet
• 22:56
  Online Activities Generally Not Covered by Your E&O Policy - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  This article originally appeared in the December 2010 issue of LAWPRO Magazine. It refers to LAWPRO coverage for Ontario lawyers, but the dangers listed would likely apply to any lawyer's errors and omissions coverage. On occasion, lawyers have engaged in activities that have made them (...) -- Practice of Law
• 18:23
  What Law School Omits to Teach You About Opening Your Own Practice - Karin Galldin & Leslie Robertson Slaw
  We began our respective legal practices within a year after finishing our articles; we both wanted to be able to express our personal ethics and practice law our way. We had to develop new skills, ranging from file organization to client management, grapple with unforeseen stressors, and learn (...) -- Education & Training, Education & Training: Law Schools, Practice of Law: Future of Practice, Practice of Law: Marketing, Practice of Law: Practice Management
• 18:05
  Social Media and Your Career: Be Social but Be Wise! - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  You have likely already been warned about the potential impact of your social media involvement on your professional reputation. Hopefully, you already know enough to carefully tailor access to your “personal” online persona, and you stay on top of untagging yourself in too-wild (...) -- Law Student Week
• 18:00
  It All Comes Down to How You Bend and Snap - Guest Blogger Slaw
  Lawyers need to be of good character when they enter the profession but what does good character look like in lawyers already practising in the profession? To answer this, I will turn to Legally Blonde's very own, Elle Woods, to demonstrate why I think Daniel Bibb[1], a Manhattan Assistant (...) -- Law Student Week
• 16:43
  Updated TOROG Memos - Administrator Slaw
  For some years now Slaw has acted as a repository for the memos and precedent opinions of the Toronto Opinions Group (TOROG), an informal group of lawyers primarily practising with the Toronto offices of the larger Canadian law firms, with an interest in third party (or transaction) opinion (...) -- Administration of Slaw
• 13:12
  Are Litigants With "Funds and Audacity" Hampering Access to Justice? - Karen Dyck Slaw
  A few comments with respect to access to justice caught my attention in the recent Manitoba Queen's Bench (Family Division) decision in Price v. Laflamme, 2013 MBQB 25 (CanLII). In the course of providing reasons for a decision on costs at the conclusion of a lengthy trial, the trial judge (...) -- Justice Issues, Substantive Law: Judicial Decisions, access to justice, court costs, court resources, Family Law
• 13:10
  Regulatory Jurisdiction - John Gregory Slaw
  A recent Ontario Superior Court case gives some interesting guidance on regulatory jurisdiction over Internet activities. Civil jurisdiction is not completely resolved, but there are lots of cases, and criminal jurisdiction is also ‘known' to some extent. What regulators can do or should (...) -- Substantive Law, ulc_ecomm_list
• 13:00
  Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII - Administrator Slaw
  Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and which French-language case have been the most viewed on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. For the week of April 2 – 9: R. v. Duncan 2013 ONCJ 160 5. At heart, Mr. Duncan's case was (...) -- Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII
• 13:00
  50 Shades of Neutrality: A Review of “Professionalism” - Guest Blogger Slaw
  With an uncritical eye the Chief Justice of Ontario's report on professionalism makes a virtuous call for higher standards of professionalism for lawyers. It is a response to the reality of declining professionalism. The report, as well as the prevailing discussion on professionalism, does not (...) -- Law Student Week, Practice of Law: Future of Practice
• 13:00
  The Hurdles to Initiating Change - Patrick McKenna Slaw
  Firms are navigating a tough financial climate, suppressed growth rates, and declining demand. Previous downturns have been transitory, as the industry has been able to recover within a few years. However this time the landscape has changed and the legal sector is not expected to return to (...) -- Practice of Law

9 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 22:57
  What I Wish I Knew in Law School - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  May El-Abdallah is a former articling student at LAWPRO. This article originally appeared in the 2012 Student Edition of LAWPRO Magazine. Law school can be a steep learning curve, and stepping into the world of practice can seem even more daunting. One of the most common complaints I hear from (...) -- Law Student Week
• 19:02
  Law School Library Changes - Shaunna Mireau Slaw
  I have never had the opportunity to practice my craft in a law school library having only worked as a law librarian in private firms. By the time I meet law students, they have had the benefit of learning about legal research in the academic setting. Though legal research practice in a law firm (...) -- Education & Training: Law Schools, Legal Information: Libraries & Research
• 17:50
  Students, Wondering What Hiring Firms Look For? - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  In a competitive job market, it's important to consider not only what kind of work YOU want to do (and in what kind of environment), but also what legal employers are looking for in a new hire. This does NOT mean that you need to contort yourself and your interests into a one-size-fits-all (...) -- Law Student Week
• 16:45
  Access Copyright Suing York - Annette Demers Slaw
  From an Access Copyright press release: Monday, April 8, 2013: Canada's writers and publishers take a stand against damaging interpretations of fair dealing by the education sector. Access Copyright is taking legal action—on three fronts. The actions focus on York University, (...) -- Miscellaneous, copyright, Education
• 14:03
  Tips Tuesday - Administrator Slaw
  -- Tips Tuesday
• 13:00
  Beyond the Quid Pro Quo Premise: The Legal Profession and the Public Interest - Amy Salyzyn Slaw
  The Canadian legal profession has never been shy to rationalize and justify its role in society. The public relations campaign launched by the Ontario Bar Association in February is just the latest in a long history of institutional advertising efforts tracing as far back as the 1930s when the (...) -- Legal Ethics
• 13:00
  The Ethics of 24/7 Lawyering - Guest Blogger Slaw
  Lawyers work hard and play hard, except for the play part. This asymmetry is owed to the great demands on time and energy that the law profession features as it clings to the old adage that being a lawyer is not a job, it's a life. With an air of resignation, this vision of the 24/7 advocate is (...) -- Law Student Week, Practice of Law: Future of Practice
• 12:55
  Home Purchaser Forfeits $100,000 Deposit Because Her Lawyer Doesn't Check Fax Machine - Matt Maurer Slaw
  The Superior Court has ruled that a potential home purchaser has forfeited a $100,000 deposit because her lawyer “deliberately let the clock run out” and failed to check her fax machine for two hours leading up to the 6 p.m. closing deadline. The purchaser signed an agreement to (...) -- Practice of Law

8 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 21:23
  Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice – Call for Papers on Access to Knowledge - Annette Demers Slaw
  Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice Call for Papers on Access to Knowledge We invite submissions dealing with social justice in access to knowledge in the broadest sense. Without limiting the scope of the subject-matter and its treatment, we would especially welcome timely and topical papers (...) -- Legal Information, Legal Information: Libraries & Research, Legal Information: Publishing, Miscellaneous
• 21:00
  The Best Law Books Every Student Should Read (?) - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  Last summer the law section of The Guardian newspaper in the UK asked readers to submit their ideas for "books every law student should read". The response included everything from Charles Dickens to Richard Susskind, with many more suggestions appearing in the comments section. (...) -- Law Student Week
• 18:00
  Is It Time for a National Retail Law Firm? - Doug Jasinski Slaw
  I came into the legal profession in the early 1990's, just as the age of the “national” law firms was dawning. The big downtown Vancouver firms of my formative years – all independents – were soon swept up in a maelstrom of merger mania with their equivalents in Toronto (...) -- Legal Marketing
• 17:21
  What New Lawyers Need to Know About LAWPRO - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  The FAQs below answer some of the more common questions we hear from newly called lawyers. The answers will help you determine if you need insurance coverage (or whether you're exempt) and which steps you need to take to get your LAWPRO insurance coverage in place. What is professional (...) -- Law Student Week
• 17:17
  The Changing Legal Industry Sparks Opportunities for Library and KM Professionals - Connie Crosby Slaw
  In the April 20123 issue of Spectrum, the American Association of Law Libraries' monthly magazine, I read the article "Law Firm Changes Offer Opportunities for Libraries" by Sarah Sutherland with great interest. Sutherland is Manager of Library Services at McMillan LLP in (...) -- Legal Information, Legal Information: Information Management, Legal Information: Libraries & Research, Practice of Law: Future of Practice
• 17:13
  5 Years in the Cloud at ABA TECHSHOW - Jack Newton Slaw
  -- Technology, Technology: Internet, Technology: Office Technology
• 13:00
  Incorporating Equality Into Legal Education: Experience as a 1L - Guest Blogger Slaw
  Nothing in the Law Society of Upper Canada's Rules of Professional Conduct places much real pressure on the profession to incorporate equality in a meaningful way. If law schools cannot instill the true worth of equality into the minds of future lawyers, the expectation for a truly diverse (...) -- Education & Training: Law Schools, Justice Issues, Law Student Week
• 13:00
  Monday's Mix - Administrator Slaw
  -- Monday’s Mix
• 13:00
  Odds & Ends - Sean Hocking Slaw
  -- Legal Publishing

7 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 21:00
  The Student Edition of LAWPRO Magazine - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  For over 10 years LAWPRO Magazine has provided Ontario lawyers with a wealth of practice management and claims prevention content. It is delivered (in paper or electronic format) to every practicing lawyer in Ontario. In 2012 LAWPRO decided to extend the reach of the magazine beyond lawyers (...) -- Law Student Week
• 18:22
  Crowdsourcing Legal Research and Precedents - Omar Ha-Redeye Slaw
  There's not much that the large law firms have as an advantage over mid-size and small firms. Their bloated overhead, high-priced rent, and unnecessary bureaucracy, all translates into higher operating costs passed on to clients. There is one thing which does hold large law firms apart (...) -- Legal Information: Information Management, Technology: Office Technology
• 17:00
  practicePRO's New Lawyer Resource Page - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  There is a lot to think about beyond substantive law when you are starting a law practice. With that in mind, under the practicePRO banner LAWPRO has created the New Lawyer Resource page containing what we feel are the best resources we have to offer to new and soon-to-be-lawyers. The page has (...) -- Law Student Week
• 13:00
  Summaries Sunday: Maritime Law Book - Administrator Slaw
  -- Summaries Sunday
• 13:00
  Law Student Week - Administrator Slaw
  As we did last year, we're having a modest Law Student Week on Slaw. In the coming week we'll post each day a student essay chosen by Slaw columnist and Ottawa University law prof Adam Dodek from papers submitted by his first year students. As well, the Lawyers' Professional (...) -- Administration of Slaw, Law Student Week

5 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 13:00
  The Friday Fillip: Right and Left - Simon Fodden Slaw
  Like most vertebrates, human beings are more or less bilaterally symmetrical. Sure, you've got a mole on one shoulder and your liver is very much one-sided. But still, it's not as though we all had a lone tentacle growing out of a single hip. So how come left and right? It's a (...) -- The Friday Fillip
• 13:00
  The Resilient Lawyer - Allison Wolf Slaw
  Janice has hit her stride. She has a busy practice in a speciality area of law at a large regional law firm. She is actively involved in the administration of her firm and weaves regular client development activities into the work day. She and her husband Nick, a corporate lawyer, have two (...) -- Practice of Law

4 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 22:05
  Bad Form: The Globe and Mail Fires an Anonymous 21-Gun Salute - David Cheifetz Slaw
  -- Miscellaneous
• 19:39
  The Right to Be Forgotten on the Internet - Michel-Adrien Sheppard Slaw
  -- Technology: Internet
• 18:00
  Do We Have Rights to a Healthy Environment? - Dianne Saxe Slaw
  Do governments owe us clean air and clean water? Many Canadians expect our government to protect us from contamination and other environmental harms in outdoor air, water and land. But is this a legal right? The first formal recognition of environmental rights is found in the Stockholm (...) -- Justice Issues
• 15:52
  Equation for a Trusting Relationship - Mitch Kowalski Slaw
  We in Canada have little understanding of the legal services industry in Australia, whether this is due to geography or wilful blindness is unclear. But given our common legal heritage and commonwealth brotherhood (whenever I'm in Asia, Canadians seem to bond easiest with Aussies – in the (...) -- Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Future of Practice, Practice of Law: Marketing, Practice of Law: Practice Management
• 15:00
  The Launch of the New Social Security Tribunal - Yosie Saint-Cyr Slaw
  On April 1, 2013, the federal government launched the new Social Security Tribunal, which aims to simplify the process of appealing government decisions related to benefits under the Employment Insurance Act, Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security Act. . . . (...) -- Justice Issues, Substantive Law, Substantive Law: Legislation, Canada Pension Plan, Department of Human Resources and Skills Development Act, Employment Insurance Act, Growth and Long-term Prosperity Act, Jobs, New Social Security Tribunal, Old Age Security Act, process of appealing government decisions
• 13:00
  Access to Server Data for Foreign Criminal Investigative Purposes - Martin Kratz Slaw
  -- Intellectual Property
• 13:00
  Thursday Thinkpiece: Kingwell on Intellectuals and Democracy - Administrator Slaw
  Each Thursday we present a significant excerpt, usually from a recently published book or journal article. In every case the proper permissions have been obtained. If you are a publisher who would like to participate in this feature, please let us know via the site's contact form. Unruly (...) -- Thursday Thinkpiece

3 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 18:00
  The Murky Waters of Case Law Databases - Gary P. Rodrigues Slaw
  CANLII and the Quest for Comprehensive Case Law Databases CanLII now appears to be wallowing in the murky waters of determining what constitutes a "comprehensive" case law database. This question has plagued commercial legal publishers for more than two decades without anyone (...) -- Legal Publishing
• 19:44
  Happy 40th Birthday to the Cell Phone - David Canton Slaw
  --
• 18:09
  Sexual Assault in Police Detention: Ottawa Officer Acquitted - Karin Galldin & Leslie Robertson Slaw
  In 2008, a woman was stopped on the streets of Ottawa, questioned, and arrested for public intoxication. When inside the cellblocks, she was restrained by four male officers. Sergeant Steve Desjourdy then used scissors to cut her shirt and bra off. She was then left topless in a cell for three (...) -- Justice Issues
• 14:39
  Law Reform in Manitoba: Recent Recommendations - Karen Dyck Slaw
  -- Substantive Law: Legislation, commercial tenancies, Law Reform, law reform commissions, Manitoba, nuisance
• 13:30
  How CanLII Can Respond as the Incremental Cost of Primary Law in Canada Moves Toward Zero - Guest Blogger Slaw
  The continued development of CanLII into a comprehensive source for primary legal information has created an environment where, over time, the incremental cost of primary legal information in Canada will deviate toward zero. This has important implications for both commercial and non-profit (...) -- Legal Information: Publishing
• 13:00
  Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII? - Administrator Slaw
  Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and which French-language case have been the most viewed on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. For the week of March 26 – April 2: R. v. TELUS Communications Co. 2013 SCC 16 [1] For many (...) -- Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII
• 13:00
  Are Lawyers Paying Enough Attention to Privacy? - Michael Litchfield Slaw
  There is little doubt that privacy is a hot topic these days in Canada. Recent news stories include the loss of student loan recipient personal information by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada in January of 2013 and the loss of a data stick containing the personal information of (...) -- Practice of Law

2 avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 22:14
  Reasonable Accommodation – How Far Should an Employer Have to Go? - Gabriel Granatstein Slaw
  -- Substantive Law
• 19:57
  CALL ACBD 2013 - Shaunna Mireau Slaw
  -- Education & Training
• 17:31
  Are You My Mentor? - Sandra Petersson Slaw
  As FaceBook executive Sheryl Sandburg observes in Lean In, “If someone has to ask the question, the answer is probably no. When someone finds the right mentor, it is obvious.” While Sandburg joins the growing ranks who praise the benefits of mentoring, she also recognises that (...) -- Education & Training: CLE/PD, Reading
• 17:03
  The Judge's Tale - Simon Fodden Slaw
  The literary bug has bitten our courts again, this time infecting the writing hand of Fergus O'Donnell of the Ontario Court of Justice. I came across his judgment in R v. Duncan (2013.03.26), since featured in the Toronto Star, in an ethics email list I belong to, where it came in for a (...) -- Practice of Law, Reading, Substantive Law: Judicial Decisions
• 13:00
  The 2013 International ODR Forum Is Coming to Montreal - Karim Benyekhlef and Nicolas Vermeys Slaw
  -- Dispute Resolution
• 13:00
  Tips Tuesday - Administrator Slaw
  -- Tips Tuesday

1er avril

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 20:02
  Announcing the "deClawedbies" - David Cheifetz Slaw
  -- Miscellaneous
• 19:04
  A Checklist for Avoiding Conflicts on Lateral Lawyer Transfers - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  Lateral hiring of partners or associates occurs at firms of every size, and is becoming far more common. In addition to reviewing the transferring lawyer's credentials and suitability, the transferring lawyer and firm will need to identify and deal with potential conflicts of interest that may (...) -- Reading: Recommended
• 15:29
  Companies Announce 2nd Quarter Improvements - Connie Crosby Slaw
  -- Announcements, Miscellaneous, Technology: Internet
• 13:00
  The Future of Law: Tomorrow's Lawyers by Richard Susskind - Sharon D. Nelson and John W. Simek Slaw
  Most American lawyers became aware of British Professor Richard Susskind after he wrote The End of Lawyers? in 2008. The book generated a lot of controversy among lawyers with some proclaiming that he had indeed “seen” the future of law and others protesting that the practice of law (...) -- Legal Technology
• 13:00
  Monday's Mix - Administrator Slaw
  -- Monday’s Mix

31 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 19:52
  A Small Revolution Brewing at Lakehead Law - Omar Ha-Redeye Slaw
  Nobody said starting a new law school would be easy. Lakehead University plans on opening the first new law school in Ontario in over 40 years in September 2013. The school stylizes itself as the law school "in the North for the North," and will focus on pressing issues in rural (...) -- Education & Training: Law Schools
• 13:00
  Summaries Sunday: Maritime Law Book - Administrator Slaw
  Summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book. Every Sunday we present a precis of the latest summaries, a fuller version of which can be found on MLB-Slaw Selected Case Summaries at cases.slaw.ca. This week's summaries concern: Disability insurance / (...) -- Summaries Sunday

29 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 12:00
  Good Friday - Administrator Slaw
  As we said last year on Good Friday, there are five nationwide holidays in this country: Canada Day (July 1), Labour Day (1st Monday in September), Christmas Day (December 25), New Year's Day (January 1)—and Good Friday, today (which is two days prior to Easter, which in turn falls, (...) -- Administration of Slaw

28 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 23:43
  Government of Canada to Muzzle LAC Librarians - Steven Matthews Slaw
  If you haven't read about the LAC's new Code of Conduct, the National Post has the issues well covered. The following section in particular is the portion of the Code (available online) that has most Librarians up in arms: 4.4.2 Teaching, speaking at conferences, and other personal (...) -- Justice Issues
• 20:56
  The Rain-Maker Era Coming to a Close? - Mitch Kowalski Slaw
  In the large business arena, we are starting to see some interesting developments that impact the way law firms are selected for work – which in turn is starting to impact the role of rain-makers in firms. In larger companies, procurement teams are becoming more active and influential in (...) -- Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Future of Practice, Practice of Law: Marketing, Practice of Law: Practice Management
• 20:26
  Law Students Take on the Dean - Karin Galldin & Leslie Robertson Slaw
  -- Justice Issues, Practice of Law: Future of Practice
• 19:33
  Consumer Protection and EULAs - John Gregory Slaw
  The Law Commissions of Scotland, England and Wales have proposed a clarification of British law about unfair terms in consumer contracts, to ensure that that law applies to end-user licence agreements for software and online services (EULAs). Canadian jurisdictions do not (so far as I know) (...) -- Substantive Law: Legislation, Technology: Internet, ulc_ecomm_list
• 14:00
  Bill on Gender Identity to Protect the Transgendered Approved - Yosie Saint-Cyr Slaw
  Across Canada, there is a trend in human rights law to increase protections for transgendered individuals. On March 20, 2013, Bill C-279 to protect the right of the transgendered and make it illegal to discriminate against transgender Canadians under the Canadian Human Rights Act passed third (...) -- Substantive Law, Substantive Law: Legislation, Bill C-279 to protect the right of the transgendered, Canadian Human Rights Act, Criminal Code, Discrimination, gender expression, gender identity, human rights law, prohibited ground, The Transgendered, transgendered persons
• 12:00
  Thursday Thinkpiece: Susskind on the Future for Law Firms - Administrator Slaw
  -- Thursday Thinkpiece
• 12:00
  Smoked by Mandatory Minimums - Edward Prutschi Slaw
  When did sentencing policies shift from merely being questionable, misguided or ill-advised to becoming downright absurd? For many years now, the blunt hammer of mandatory minimum sentencing has been gaining traction in repeated Criminal Code amendments. Long a feature of only the most heinous (...) -- Justice Issues

27 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 23:24
  1654776 Ontario Limited v. Stewart, 2013 ONCA 184: You've Been Warned - David Cheifetz Slaw
  -- Justice Issues, Substantive Law: Judicial Decisions
• 20:18
  R. v. TELUS Communications Co., 2013 SCC 16 - David Cheifetz Slaw
  -- Justice Issues, Substantive Law, Substantive Law: Judicial Decisions
• 14:35
  5 Traps for Lawmakers - David Canton Slaw
  -- Miscellaneous
• 14:04
  Changing Expectations and Changing Minds - Karen Dyck Slaw
  It's no secret that public perception of lawyers is generally poor. This was highlighted for me again when I came across the recent post 15 Things Your Clients Are Sharing About You on Twitter. While some of the clients quoted said positive things about their lawyers, many repeated a variation (...) -- Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Future of Practice, clients, Code of Conduct, Ethics, legal profession, professional misconduct, professional obligations, public perception
• 12:00
  Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII - Administrator Slaw
  Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and which French-language case have been the most viewed on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. For the week of March 19 – 26: Meads v. Meads 2012 ABQB 571 [1] This Court has developed a new (...) -- Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII
• 12:00
  Canadian Judgments Need Style - Lexum Slaw
  As many colleagues involved in serving Canadian government's online projects along the years, I too did my fair part of fence-sitting about web accessibility requirements. Those requirements were perceived as a set of obligations to take into account dying browsers, obsolete computers, extra (...) -- Legal Publishing

26 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 20:23
  Foreign Lawsuits to Fund Access to Justice? - Geneviève Lay Slaw
  -- Practice of Law: Future of Practice
• 17:00
  The Dreaded Promotional Package - Mark Hunter Slaw
  Many marketing professionals have been in a situation where they are packed up and leaving the office when a partner comes by and says they need a promotional package for a perspective client they are meeting first thing in the morning. Generally what will happen is the marketing person will (...) -- Legal Marketing
• 16:57
  Communications Infographic - Shaunna Mireau Slaw
  I accidentally sent an email to the wrong person yesterday. No privacy violation problem with the email content, but very embarrasing of course. I am sure that every Slaw reader has misdirected an email at least one time. We have all probably dialed a wrong number on the telephone also. We may (...) -- Technology: Internet
• 13:41
  Tips Tuesday - Administrator Slaw
  -- Tips Tuesday
• 12:00
  Progress v Change - Joan Rataic-Lang Slaw
  “People like progress, but they hate change.” There are a couple of misconceptions in that statement: Progress is the tangible result of change, you never find one without the other. But more importantly, people regularly confuse dislike with fear. While both are instinctive reflex (...) -- Legal Information
• 11:45
  Property Managers Not Welcome at the Landlord and Tenant Board - Matt Maurer Slaw
  -- Practice of Law, Substantive Law

25 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 18:55
  Lawyers on Client Boards: Handle With Care! - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  It is easy to understand why a corporate client might ask her lawyer to sit on the board of directors. The lawyer may have worked closely with the corporation's founders to create the company, and will have a solid understanding of the corporation's objectives, its relationships with industry (...) -- Reading: Recommended
• 16:52
  The Journey of Nishiyuu - Connie Crosby Slaw
  -- Justice Issues, Miscellaneous
• 15:39
  You Tube and Access to Justice - John O'Sullivan Slaw
  -- Legal Information, Technology, Technology: Internet
• 15:28
  E-Mail Pro Tip #4: Create Disposable Emails With Gmail's '+' Notation - Jack Newton Slaw
  -- Technology, Technology: Internet, Technology: Office Technology
• 12:00
  Monday's Mix - Administrator Slaw
  -- Monday’s Mix
• 12:00
  Ronald Dworkin and Canadian Legal Ethics - Adam Dodek Slaw
  -- Legal Ethics

24 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 18:46
  A Mention of a Google Alerts Alternative - Omar Ha-Redeye Slaw
  -- Social Mention, Giga Alerts
• 12:00
  Summaries Sunday: Maritime Law Book - Administrator Slaw
  -- Summaries Sunday
• 12:00
  Summaries Sunday: OnPoint Legal Research - Administrator Slaw
  -- Summaries Sunday

22 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 12:00
  Think You Are a Good Driver? Let's See What Your Car's Black Box Has to Say - Mike Mooy Slaw
  -- Practice of Law
• 12:00
  The Friday Fillip: Paper - Simon Fodden Slaw
  Paper, that stuff our money used to be made out of, that intermediate medium between vellum and pixels — the afterlife for some 150,000,000 forty-foot trees each year in Canada alone. It's so clearly doomed in many people's minds that we're able to look at it as something (...) -- The Friday Fillip

21 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 23:43
  Is Google Committed to "Free"? - Steven Matthews Slaw
  Simon touched on Google's latest offering Keep in a post yesterday, and how this product comes on the heels of Reader being abandoned. I've slowly come to grips with my Feeddemon and Google Reader partnership drawing to a close, but there's something more frustrating at play (...) -- Technology: Internet
• 19:41
  The Ugly Side of Legal Blogs - Mitch Kowalski Slaw
  It is astonishing to me that there are practising lawyers who take time away from helping clients to write (often foul-mouthed) blogs and comments attacking those who advocate different ways to deliver legal services. In the minds of these attackers, we have "666" tattooed to the (...) -- Justice Issues, Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Future of Practice, Practice of Law: Practice Management
• 17:00
  Unbundling Legal Information - Colin Lachance Slaw
  Because law belongs to the people, the governments and courts that issue law must make it available to the people. This is a simple and widely accepted fact. In practice, as governments and courts carry out their responsibilities to make law available, they do so in a wide variety of ways. For (...) -- Justice Issues
• 16:55
  Full Collection of Digitized Federal Hansards by 2015? - Michel-Adrien Sheppard Slaw
  -- Legal Information: Libraries & Research, Technology: Internet
• 14:00
  Amending the Professional Code With Respect to Disciplinary Justice - Yosie Saint-Cyr Slaw
  -- Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Practice Management, Substantive Law, Substantive Law: Legislation, Barreau du Quebec, Commission Charbonneau, Disciplinary Justice, discipline of the profession it oversees, Professional Code, professional disciplinary boards, professional regulatory bodies, Quebec Bar Association, syndics
• 12:00
  Thursday Thinkpiece: Melville on Bartleby - Administrator Slaw
  Each Thursday we present a significant excerpt, usually from a recently published book or journal article. In every case the proper permissions have been obtained. If you are a publisher who would like to participate in this feature, please let us know via the site's contact form. (...) -- Thursday Thinkpiece
• 12:00
  That Wifi May Be Free, but Don't Pay for It With Poor Security… - Ruth Bird Slaw
  "Would you pick up a half bottle of beer left on the pavement and drink it?" This question was put by Rob Cotton, CEO of NCC Group , to a BBC Radio4 presenter when he was discussing the risks of using free wifi hotspots in cafes, etc. Perhaps the image was a bit extreme, but it (...) -- Legal Information
• 05:36
  US Copyright Law Moving Along - Kim Nayyer Slaw
  -- SCOTUSblog, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0

20 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 22:04
  Google Keep - Simon Fodden Slaw
  Google giveth and Google taketh away. The most recent taking was, of course, the wildly popular Google Reader. And the new gift today is Google Keep, a kind of reprise of the older (and discontinued) Google Notebook. Keep was announced today on the Official Blog. If you've got an Android (...) -- Announcements, Miscellaneous, Technology: Internet
• 21:04
  More Teachables About Sexual Assault - Karin Galldin & Leslie Robertson Slaw
  Last week we authored a post about rape culture, using the recent incident between Sarah Thomson and Rob Ford as an illustration of commonly held myths about sexual assault. We received a variety of comments, some of which deserve further discussion. One commentator admonished us, as (...) -- Justice Issues
• 14:43
  Cloud Storage, Privacy, and Megaupload - David Canton Slaw
  -- Technology, Technology: Internet
• 13:16
  Notes From the Road to Access to Justice - Karen Dyck Slaw
  There are many roads to enhancing access to justice across Canada and I have been fortunate to travel several of these via involvement with Manitoba organizations like Legal Aid Manitoba, Community Legal Education Association, Fort Garry Women's Resource Centre and Legal Help Centre of (...) -- Education & Training: Law Schools, Justice Issues, access to justice, law students, Pro bono
• 12:00
  Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII - Administrator Slaw
  Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and which French-language case have been the most viewed on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. For the week of March 12 to 19: R. v. Pham 2013 SCC 15 [1] The central issue in this appeal is whether a (...) -- Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII
• 12:00
  Firebug, JQuery and Kludge - John N. Davis Slaw
  Have you had a good look at what's been coming into your browser lately? I was moved to do so recently when Michael Geist posted (March 7, 2013), on his blog (michaelgeist.ca), "Forget Fair Dealing: National Post Seeks $150 To License Short Excerpts". The title pretty much tells (...) -- Legal Technology

19 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 21:40
  EU Goes for ODR - John Gregory Slaw
  The European Union is adopting regulations on alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and online dispute resolution (ODR), according to a press release and associated documents, including a draft ODR regulation. This is aimed at consumer e-commerce in particular. I have not yet found in the (...) -- Practice of Law, Substantive Law: Foreign Law, ulc_ecomm_list
• 21:19
  Stumped by "Organized Pseudolegal Commercial Argument"? What ABQB Chief Justice Rooke Wants From You - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  Among the top ten cases (decided in ANY year) accessed on CanLII in 2012 was an Alberta Queen's Bench decision granting a routine motion to appoint a case management justice in a family proceeding. The written reasons in Meads v. Meads (2012 ABQB 571 (CanLII)), however, took 736 paragraphs, and (...) -- Reading: Recommended
• 18:13
  Reconsidering Citation Rules for Statutes - Melanie Bueckert Slaw
  I was recently alerted to Louis Mirando's post on the Osgoode Hall Law School Library Blog regarding the addition of the Revised Statutes of Canada to HeinOnline's collection. I was struck by his comment that "now that there is a continuing consolidation of federal laws available (...) -- Legal Information, Legal citation, Legal Research, Legislation, McGill Guide, Online Research Sources
• 16:58
  The Loyalty Policy at Library and Archives Canada - Simon Fodden Slaw
  There's been something of a fuss in the media in the last couple of days concerning a relatively new, or newly explicit, Code of Conduct at Library and Archives Canada that's said to create the possibility of "muzzling" librarians or of their being snitched on if too (...) -- Justice Issues, Miscellaneous
• 15:47
  Google Reader Woes - Shaunna Mireau Slaw
  By now everyone who uses Google Reader has seen the news – this tool has been given its crash papers. TechCrunch's headline Good Riddance, Google Reader broke my heart, and judging by the comments, the hearts of others as well. Perhaps I have a secret aversion to change – wait (...) -- Technology: Internet
• 14:01
  Are You Worthy Enough? - Sandra Petersson Slaw
  Over the last week, several colleagues had outlined how they had felt disconnected from their law firms at various times. One lawyer described her difficulty in getting someone to explain billing practices at a new firm. In a nutshell, she didn't feel she could ask someone to explain billing (...) -- Miscellaneous, Reading
• 12:00
  Know What You're Selling - Margaret McCaffery Slaw
  -- Legal Marketing
• 12:00
  Tips Tuesday - Administrator Slaw
  -- Tips Tuesday

18 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 22:12
  Sandra Petersson Joins Slaw - Administrator Slaw
  We're proud to announce that Sandra Petersson is joining Slaw as a regular blogger. Sandra is research manager at the Alberta Law Reform Institute, a writer and a former Supreme Court of Canada clerk. She travelled to New Zealand as a Commonwealth Scholar to earn a Masters Degree in (...) -- Administration of Slaw, Announcements
• 16:56
  CALL/ACBD's New Janine Miller Fellowship - Connie Crosby Slaw
  -- Education & Training, Legal Information, Legal Information: Libraries & Research, Technology: Internet
• 14:30
  Monday's Mix - Administrator Slaw
  -- Monday’s Mix
• 12:00
  An Exciting Time for Legal and Professional Publishing - Robert McKay Slaw
  The recent news of PLC being acquired by Thomson Reuters is a most significant indicator of change and direction, certainly inasmuch as it affects the state of play competitively in the UK. Finally Thomson Reuters, in its Sweet and Maxwell and Westlaw UK guises, has woken up to a world that (...) -- Legal Publishing
• 04:49
  Search of Smartphones Incident to Arrest - Omar Ha-Redeye Slaw
  -- Substantive Law: Foreign Law, Substantive Law: Judicial Decisions

17 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 17:29
  Searching Within the Ontario Reports - Simon Fodden Slaw
  Almost a year ago I remarked here that the Ontario Reports, long a staple — and privilege — of membership in the Law Society of Upper Canada, were freely available online. (The reaction at the time was one of mild interest: CanLII provides all the free access we're likely to (...) -- Legal Information: Libraries & Research, Legal Information: Publishing

15 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 15:58
  Our National Obsession - Mark Lewis Slaw
  A criminal case was recently decided in which, I'm sure, many people reading this saw in the national media. It created a brief stir and the news cycle went on. What it left behind is a disturbing glimpse into our national obsession. In this case a minor hockey coach intentionally tripped (...) -- Substantive Law: Judicial Decisions
• 15:30
  First Peoples Law Blog - Simon Fodden Slaw
  First Peoples Law, a BC law firm that's just over a year old now, has launched a new blog that essentially forms the main page of their website. According to the firm's principal, Bruce McIvor, they're aiming to inform First Nations readers directly, and not just other lawyers. (...) -- Announcements, Reading
• 12:00
  Med-Arb: The Adjudication Perspective - Ian Mackenzie Slaw
  -- Dispute Resolution
• 12:00
  The Friday Fillip: Vennting - Simon Fodden Slaw
  I wasn't so hot at algebra but I kicked azimuth in geometry. It's a visual think / thing I guess. Which probably explains why Venn diagrams give me a kick. They say a whole lot about as laconically as it's possible to get, rather like a joke when you come to think of it. I (...) -- , , , , , four set construction, a five-set example, eleven set symmetrical and simple Venn diagram

14 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 19:13
  Nominations for Canadian Bar Association Awards for Excellence in Journalism - Michel-Adrien Sheppard Slaw
  -- Justice Issues, Miscellaneous
• 17:00
  The Upgrade Train's a-Comin' - Ben Schorr Slaw
  There's an unmistakable trend in software and it's going to change how firms and users handle technology in the future. The trend is for far more frequent upgrades – often as part of a Cloud or subscription package — and the result is going to be a higher tempo of IT testing and (...) -- Legal Technology
• 15:22
  From Full Mobility to Outside Investment? - Mitch Kowalski Slaw
  On February 28, 2013, the Law Society of Upper Canada became the first Canadian law society to ratify the national mobility provisions allowing for full and permanent mobility of lawyers between Ontario and Quebec. Most Canadians will be forgiven for failing to be as joyful as the Benchers (...) -- Justice Issues, Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Future of Practice, Practice of Law: Practice Management
• 14:00
  A Teaching Hospital for Law School Graduates - Yosie Saint-Cyr Slaw
  After a visit to the Mayo Clinic, the dean of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University decided that there was a need for a “teaching hospital” for law school graduates to gain experience and learn their trade while being assisted by experienced lawyers. (...) -- Education & Training, Education & Training: Law Schools, Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Future of Practice, access to justice, accessible and low-cost legal services, law firm, law firm to place graduates, law school, Law School Graduates, Teaching Hospital, work experience to new lawyers
• 12:00
  Thursday Thinkpiece: Cameron on Patent Claims - Administrator Slaw
  -- Thursday Thinkpiece
• 12:00
  A Rare Example Perhaps of “More Than Mere Exercise of Patent Rights” – a Recent Competition Bureau Inquiry Into Pharmaceutical “Product Hopping” - Paula Bremner Slaw
  There is an obvious inherent tension between competition principles and intellectual property (“IP”), including patents. A recent Competition Bureau inquiry into alleged market manipulation by Alcon provides a good illustration of how these principles can intersect. By their very (...) -- Intellectual Property
• 05:22
  Antrim Truck Centre Ltd. v. Ontario (Transportation) 2013 SCC 13 - David Cheifetz Slaw
  -- Case Comment, Substantive Law, Substantive Law: Judicial Decisions
• 04:12
  Mexico Is Where? - David Cheifetz Slaw
  -- Miscellaneous

13 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 21:27
  What Sarah Thomson (And Rob Ford) Remind Us About Sexual Assault - Karin Galldin & Leslie Robertson Slaw
  Last week Sarah Thomson took to social media to recount her version of the events of Thursday March 7 when she attended the Canadian Jewish Political Affairs Committee Action Party event. Early Friday morning she posted to Facebook that Mayor Rob Ford grabbed her ass and made suggestive (...) -- Justice Issues
• 19:24
  Google Glass – the Creepy Intrusive Privacy Perspective - David Canton Slaw
  Google Glass is a cool concept. The thought of having a real-time augmented reality display brings interesting possibilities. In addition to possible courtroom use, take a look at 10 Compelling Ways People Plan To Use Google Glass, and 11 Kickass Ways Normal People Will Use Google Glass. (...) -- Substantive Law, Technology
• 18:18
  The Case of the Canon That Spiked a Book: Is Sherlock Holmes Still Under Copyright in the US? - Simon Fodden Slaw
  Leslie Klinger has written a good many books about Sherlock Holmes. Currently he and author Laurie R. King are editing a book of stories by genre writers that are inspired by the Holmes canon. Their publisher, Pegasus Books, was contacted by the Conan Doyle Estate which, to quote Klinger, (...) -- Miscellaneous, Substantive Law: Foreign Law
• 14:47
  Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII - Administrator Slaw
  Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and which French-language case have been the most viewed on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. For the week of March 5 to 12: Shakur v. Mitchell Plastics 2012 ONSC 1008 [1] This is an action for (...) -- Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII
• 14:04
  Facing Our Vulnerability - Karen Dyck Slaw
  -- Practice of Law: Practice Management, lawyers assistance programs, mental health concerns in Canada, rules of professional conduct
• 12:00
  Showing Up on Your Projects: You Have to Be There - Steven B. Levy Slaw
  I closed December's article by writing: Another important thing about managing projects [is] you have to be there. Projects don't manage themselves. As Woody Allen said, “90% of life is just showing up.” But what does “showing up” as a project manager mean? Three (...) -- Practice of Law

12 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 17:00
  The Smaller Law Library - Susannah Tredwell Slaw
  Over the last few years the physical footprint of law firm libraries has been decreasing. Reasons for this include the ever-increasing price of real estate and the availability (both real and perceived) of legal materials online. Some library users rarely or never set foot in the library; this (...) -- Legal Information
• 12:15
  Manitoba Métis Federation Inc. v. Canada (AG): The Crown's Chutzpah - Michael Posluns Slaw
  -- Justice Issues, Substantive Law: Judicial Decisions
• 12:00
  Tips Tuesday - Administrator Slaw
  -- Tips Tuesday
• 12:00
  Are You Measuring? - Shaunna Mireau Slaw
  Like most law firm librarians, it is my responsibility to make sure that people in my organization have the information resources they need to do their work. We subscribe to a great number of resources and they are in so many formats and databases that locating specific items can be (...) -- Legal Information
• 12:00
  Legal Business Development: Lessons From a Consumer Brand Expert - Paula Black Slaw
  -- Legal Marketing
• 11:50
  How "Summary" Is Summary Judgment? - Matt Maurer Slaw
  -- Practice of Law

11 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 22:01
  CALL/ACBD 2013 Conference, Montreal May 5-8 - Connie Crosby Slaw
  -- Education & Training: CLE/PD, Legal Information: Libraries & Research, CALL 2013, CALL2013
• 21:51
  How to Untag Yourself on Facebook (And Why You Might Want To) - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  -- Reading: Recommended
• 16:52
  Launch of New Magazine: "Legal IT Today" - Simon Fodden Slaw
  The Brits have launched a new quarterly magazine, "Legal IT Today." From the editor, Joanna Goodman: Our community is everyone interested and involved in legal IT: CIOs, IT managers and decision makers, vendors who develop IT products and services for the legal sector, strategic and (...) -- Announcements, Reading, Technology
• 16:19
  Social Media Policy Template for Lawyers - Connie Crosby Slaw
  I was doing some research into social media policy examples for a course, and came across Jaffe PR's Social Media Policy Template for Law Firms and Attorneys. It is available for use and adaptation by lawyers and firms. Last updated in November 2012, this template was first published in (...) -- Practice of Law, Technology: Internet
• 12:00
  The Successor Counsel Problem - Alice Woolley Slaw
  The story of Griffiths Energy's unlawful payments to the Chad ambassador's wife led last month's news. Attention focused on the company's self-disclosure and investigation, and also on the involvement by high profile Canadian lawyers in the original unlawful transaction. Based on the media (...) -- Legal Ethics
• 12:00
  Monday's Mix - Administrator Slaw
  -- Monday’s Mix
• 12:00
  Legal Innovator's Round Table - John O'Sullivan Slaw
  -- Practice of Law: Future of Practice

10 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 20:27
  Legal Education as a Broadway Musical - Omar Ha-Redeye Slaw
  -- Education & Training: Law Schools
• 12:00
  Summaries Sunday: Maritime Law Law Book - Administrator Slaw
  Summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book. Every Sunday we present a precis of the latest summaries, a fuller version of which can be found on MLB-Slaw Selected Case Summaries at cases.slaw.ca. This week's summaries concern: Judicial review / (...) -- Summaries Sunday

8 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 18:00
  A “New” New Year's Resolution - Legal Profession Assistance Conference Slaw
  Well I felt pretty good about my 2013 New Year's Resolutions: SKI Mount Washington in February; RUN another half marathon in May; and HIKE the next section of the Colorado Rockies in July. The only little problem was this nagging shoulder pain that came out of nowhere and seemed to be getting (...) -- Practice of Law
• 13:00
  The Friday Fillip: Takes and Drafts - Simon Fodden Slaw
  --
• 13:00
  Legal Snapshots From the Internet of Things - John Gregory Slaw
  Everybody knows that computers are everywhere. This is old news. It used to be that a mechanic could fix an errant brake light in my car for 15 minutes of labour and a 15-cent bulb. Now I need a computer diagnosis and the replacement of a sophisticated multi-function panel. Hmmm – (...) -- Legal Technology

7 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 23:25
  De-Constructing Legal Services - Mitch Kowalski Slaw
  Last Fall, I read an article about the General Counsel for Kia who creates tests for his external legal counsel. The tests have nothing to do with law and everything to do with process. In one test, external counsel should have taken 20 minutes to complete a mundane task using an excel (...) -- Education & Training: CLE/PD, Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Future of Practice, Practice of Law: Practice Management, Technology
• 23:04
  Drinking in …. Privacy? - John Gregory Slaw
  The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) regulates the sale of alcohol products in Ontario. Fans of wine not available on the shelves of the LCBO's outlets may form wine clubs that order particular wines through the LCBO. Until recently, the LCBO collected the names and addresses of all the (...) -- Miscellaneous, ulc_ecomm_list
• 19:15
  Aboriginal Inmates Almost One Quarter of Canadian Prison Population - Michel-Adrien Sheppard Slaw
  In a special report tabled today in the House of Commons, the Correctional Investigator of Canada Howard Sapers found that the aboriginal prison population has jumped in the last decade and that correctional authorities have not been living up to their obligations. As well, the report, (...) -- Justice Issues
• 15:00
  New CALL President-Elect: Connie Crosby - Steven Matthews Slaw
  -- Legal Information: Libraries & Research
• 15:00
  Does Quebec's French Language Policy Really Need Revitalizing? - Yosie Saint-Cyr Slaw
  -- Miscellaneous, Substantive Law, Substantive Law: Legislation, Charter of the French Language, common language of all Quebecers, Conseil supérieur de la langue française, French Language Policy, Québec
• 14:36
  The Lime in the Coconut - Simon Fodden Slaw
  I say, Doctor, Doctor! The Economist has a Johnson column on lawyers in the U.S. who call themselves "Doctor" because they have a J.D. degree. Apparently some states' ethical rules frown on this practice while others don't. The columnist comes down in favour of "common sense," which reserves (...) -- Miscellaneous, Practice of Law
• 13:00
  Thursday Thinkpiece: Ellis on Administrative Justice - Administrator Slaw
  -- Thursday Thinkpiece
• 13:00
  The Untold Story of the Smaller Legal Publishers - Susan Munro Slaw
  -- Legal Publishing

6 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 18:00
  Four Ways to Improve Your Marketing ROI - Susan Van Dyke Slaw
  We all want our marketing efforts to go the distance. We want our work to be valued and valuable. I don't know any legal marketing professional who doesn't want their efforts to count. For these reasons, I believe, the Legal Marketing Association, Vancouver Chapter, asked me recently to present (...) -- Legal Marketing
• 14:34
  Managing Risk in Family Law - Karen Dyck Slaw
  -- Practice of Law: Practice Management, Reading: Recommended, Billing and Costs, claims prevention, Family Law, risk management
• 13:30
  Social Media & Public Opinion - David Canton Slaw
  Social media is often touted as an important influencer on public opinion and political causes. The Pew Research Centre just released an interesting survey called Twitter Reaction to Events Often at Odds with Overall Public Opinion. From the report: At times the Twitter conversation is more (...) -- Technology
• 13:00
  Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII - Administrator Slaw
  Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and which French-language case have been the most viewed on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. For the week of February 27 to March 5: Saskatchewan (Human Rights Commission) v. Whatcott 2013 SCC 11 (...) -- Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII
• 13:00
  Violence Against Indigenous Women: Need for Action Long Overdue - Alex Neve Slaw
  I have always remembered the words of a First Nations woman, a tireless advocate for action to keep Indigenous women in Canada safe – long before the issue was attracting any media or political attention. We were sharing the podium for a press conference on Parliament Hill back in 2004. (...) -- Justice Issues

5 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 23:36
  The Next Wave of Workplace Reasonable Accommodation Cases…? - Gabriel Granatstein Slaw
  It is settled law across Canada that employers are required to accommodate disabled employees to the point of undue hardship. While the legal meaning and extent of the terms "handicapped" and "undue hardship" are constantly being tested before tribunals at all levels, the (...) -- Substantive Law, Substantive Law: Judicial Decisions
• 23:12
  Law and TED - Shaunna Mireau Slaw
  My colleague Alex Yiu and I recently presented at an Edmonton Social Media Breakfast. It was great fun, a neat venue, and a very engaged audience. SMBYEG as it is known on Twitter is held in this beautiful venue (Startup Edmonton HQ at the Mercer Warehouse): The TEDx sign in the corner while (...) -- Legal Information
• 15:08
  Kia's Outside Counsel Tech Audit - Simon Fodden Slaw
  There's a series of three articles over on Law.com's Law Technology News that you might find interesting. D. Casey Flaherty, corporate counsel for Kia Motors America, came to the realization that the billable hour was often spent in . . . well, unnecessary ways. Particularly: (...) -- Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Future of Practice, Technology: Office Technology
• 13:00
  A Few of My Favorite Free Sources - Judith Gaskell Slaw
  Now that I am retired and no longer have access to comprehensive fee-based law databases, I have been using a variety of free open access sites. You may be aware of these already, but I want to share what I have learned about some of these very useful sources. . . . (...) -- Legal Information
• 13:00
  Tips Tuesday - Administrator Slaw
  -- Tips Tuesday

4 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 18:09
  CBA's Envisioning Equal Justice Project – Discussion Paper for Comments - Connie Crosby Slaw
  The Canadian Bar Association's Access to Justice (A2J) Committee is currently working on its Envisioning Equal Justice project. There are 5 "building blocks for change" they are working on. Currently under Building Block #5: "Alternatives for increasing access to justice for (...) -- Justice Issues, A2J, access to justice
• 17:31
  Incivility: Practical Consequences for You and Your Client - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  Debate about lawyers' incivility – whether it's on the increase, whether it's worthy of concern, how it should be handled – caught the attention of many of us in 2012. The subject continues to be discussed, and we can expect to hear more about it in the coming months and years. But (...) -- Reading: Recommended
• 16:50
  E-Mail Pro Tip #3: Stay Productive While Offline - Jack Newton Slaw
  I receive between 100 and 1,000 business-related e-mails per day. Out of necessity, over the last few years I've developed a numbers of systems that help me manage my inbox effectively. This is the third in a series of posts describing the systems I utilize to stay on top of my inbox. (...) -- Technology, Technology: Internet, Technology: Office Technology
• 13:00
  Med-Arb: From the Mediator Perspective - Kari D. Boyle Slaw
  My Slaw colleague Ian Mackenzie suggested that we each explore the topic of med-arb – I would take the perspective of mediation and Ian the perspective of arbitration. I thought that would be a great way to spur more discussion about this “hot” topic. When I taught (...) -- Dispute Resolution
• 13:00
  Monday's Mix - Administrator Slaw
  -- Monday’s Mix

3 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 20:35
  Report on Improving First Nations' Representation on Ontario Juries - Omar Ha-Redeye Slaw
  -- Substantive Law
• 13:00
  Summaries Sunday: Maritime Law Book - Administrator Slaw
  Summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book. Every Sunday we present a precis of the latest summaries, a fuller version of which can be found on MLB-Slaw Selected Case Summaries at cases.slaw.ca. This week's summaries concern: Mens rea / Criminal law (...) -- Summaries Sunday

2 mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 18:06
  Due to Suspicious Activity Evernote Has Implemented a Password Reset for All Users - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  All Evernote users should immediately change their passwords. The following text appeared in a post on the Evernote blog this morning (March 2, 1013) and is also being sent to all Evernote users as an email communication: Evernote's Operations & Security team has discovered and blocked (...) -- Announcements, Technology

1er mars

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 18:00
  Privacy in the Cloud, or Why Won't Social Media Let Me Be Anonymous?! - Lyonette Louis-Jacques Slaw
  I maintain several personalities on social media. I am a different person on Facebook than I am on Twitter than I am on Google+ than I am on LinkedIn, and I like to keep it that way. And even within particular media, I maintain multiple personas with different names and different passwords. I (...) -- Legal Information
• 13:00
  The Friday Fillip: Rock Art, Water Art - Simon Fodden Slaw
  Human beings are sensitive to scale. Makes sense, I guess: more is better — to a degree; big is dangerous — much of the time. And when impressive size is combined with intensity, a scale of its own, the result can be awe-inspiring. Let me give you a couple of visual examples. The (...) -- The Friday Fillip
• 13:00
  Gratitude - Eric Appleby Slaw
  Cicero (106-43 BC) the great Roman politician/philosopher considered gratitude the greatest of virtues. Modern psychology argues that there is a correlation between gratitude and wellbeing. That is, a grateful attitude can lead to increased wellbeing. Gratitude is not the same as being (...) -- Legal Publishing

28 février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 22:47
  2013 Law via the Internet Conference on Island of Jersey - Michel-Adrien Sheppard Slaw
  The 2013 Law Via the Internet conference will take place in late September 2013 on Jersey, one of the Channel Islands (I admit, I had to look it up on a map). The conference brings together people from the Legal Information Institutes (LIIs) from different countries and continents that (...) -- Legal Information, Technology: Internet
• 18:00
  Self-Preservation - David Whelan Slaw
  We leave a trail of footprints across the Web that can seem ephemeral. Content on law firm Web sites changes, status updates to LinkedIn or Twitter fade, with new content taking the place of the old. In some cases, it's out-of-sight-out-of-mind but it continues to live on. Twitter resells (...) -- Legal Technology
• 15:00
  Violence and Threats Against Lawyers Is a Growing Concern in Canada - Yosie Saint-Cyr Slaw
  I never considered the practice of law a dangerous occupation. I simply never thought of the potential dangers associated with practising law. But a blog post written by David Hyde, one of our authors on First Reference Talks, brought the whole issue to light and gave me an understanding of the (...) -- Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Practice Management, Violence and Threats Against Lawyers
• 13:00
  Davos Trends - Sam Muller Slaw
  I mentioned the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos in my previous column. Did I spot any law of the future trends there? For one thing, I rarely if ever heard the words ‘rule of law'. There was a lot of interesting interaction about Big Challenges – economic (...) -- Practice of Law
• 13:00
  Thursday Thinkpiece: Whelan on Finding Legal Information on the Internet - Administrator Slaw
  --
• 12:17
  ABS – the Fear in Canada Is Palpable - Mitch Kowalski Slaw
  -- Justice Issues, Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Future of Practice, Practice of Law: Practice Management

27 février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 20:02
  CanLII to Introduce API - Simon Fodden Slaw
  The Canadian Legal Information Institute, CanLII, has just announced that it will be introducing an API (application programming interface) in mid-March. This will allow developers and others to obtain direct access to the CanLII database in order to use the resulting data within their (...) -- Announcements, Legal Information: Publishing
• 19:55
  BC Releases Part Two of Justice Reform Plan - David Bilinsky Slaw
  -- Justice Issues
• 18:31
  Why Words Matter: SCC Affirms Need for Hate Speech Protections - Karin Galldin & Leslie Robertson Slaw
  -- Case Comment
• 18:00
  Aaron's Law - John Willinsky Slaw
  The tragic loss of Aaron Swartz on January 11, 2013 has given rise to a thoughtful swell across the blogosphere and news media on information rights as well as crime and punishment. His life has been rightly celebrated for his contributions to a more open and free exchange of knowledge, just as (...) -- Legal Publishing
• 15:58
  Mobile World Congress Under Way – Phablet Anyone? - David Canton Slaw
  -- Technology
• 14:14
  Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII - Administrator Slaw
  Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and which French-language case have been the most viewed on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. For the week of February 19 – 26: R. v. McKay 2013 ABPC 13 [1] The accused is charged under s. (...) -- Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII
• 14:05
  Proposed Human Diversity Policies Stir Up Debate - Karen Dyck Slaw
  -- Substantive Law: Legislation, Anti-Bullying Laws, bullying in schools, diversity, Education, religious freedom
• 13:00
  Law Firm SEO Tactics to Avoid in 2013 - Steven Matthews Slaw
  Over the past year, Google has made a number of significant changes to its delivery of search engine rankings. In light of those changes, law firms that employ various aggressive search marketing tactics need to reconsider them. In this column, I want to highlight some of the major web-spam (...) -- Legal Marketing
• 04:11
  Greed IS Good - David Cheifetz Slaw
  -- Justice Issues, Miscellaneous, Substantive Law, Substantive Law: Judicial Decisions

26 février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 17:43
  Inserting Object Links - Shaunna Mireau Slaw
  The methods for producing the results of research have been on the top of my to-do list. Perhaps my knowledge management hat is shading my outlook. I believe that an efficient, sustainable and reusable work product is a very important aspect of legal research. My staff and I create memos to (...) -- Technology: Office Technology
• 15:12
  Yahoo Calls in Its Telecommuters - Geneviève Lay Slaw
  -- Miscellaneous, Technology
• 13:00
  Timing Is Crucial in CIRA Domain Name Disputes - Alan Macek Slaw
  CIRA, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, manages the registration of domain names ending in “ca”. It has created a set of rules and procedures, called the Canadian Dispute Resolution Process (or CDRP), for resolving some of the disputes that arise over domain names, (...) -- Intellectual Property
• 13:00
  Tips Tuesday - Administrator Slaw
  -- Tips Tuesday
• 12:50
  Defendants Need to Move Quickly for Costs When Plaintiffs Unilaterally Discontinue a Lawsuit - Matt Maurer Slaw
  Most lawsuits end in one of two ways; the court makes a determination on the merits (whether it be a trial or by way of motion), or the parties reach a settlement. However, there is a provision in our Rules of Civil Procedure that permits a plaintiff to unilaterally discontinue its lawsuit (...) -- Practice of Law
• 10:00
  Law Society of BC's Cloud Computing Checklist - David Bilinsky Slaw
  -- Technology: Internet
• 23:16
  Employment, Human Rights and (US) National Security - John Gregory Slaw
  The US government is sensitive about matters of national security. One of the expressions of this sensitivity is its unwillingness to have certain kinds of work performed by citizens of countries that the US considers likely to be hostile – e.g . Iran, Cuba, Yemen. etc. Thus it is (...) -- Justice Issues, Substantive Law

25 février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 17:21
  Chris Dale on Why We Can't Just Use Google for eDiscovery - Connie Crosby Slaw
  -- Legal Information, Legal Information: Information Management, Technology: Office Technology, E-Discovery, ediscovery
• 16:42
  E-Mail Pro Tip #2: Move to BCC - Jack Newton Slaw
  I receive between 100 and 1,000 business-related e-mails per day. Out of necessity, over the last few years I've developed a numbers of systems that help me manage my inbox effectively. This is the second in a series of posts describing the systems I utilize to stay on top of my inbox. (...) -- Technology, Technology: Internet, Technology: Office Technology
• 14:55
  Clash Between Company and Family Law to Be Resolved – Petrodel Resources Ltd - John O'Sullivan Slaw
  One of the great strengths of the common law system is its ability to grow through the dialectical process of judicial determination of conflicting positions. This feature is absent in dispute resolution mechanisms such as mediation. A perfect illustration of the growth of the common law will (...) -- Substantive Law: Foreign Law
• 13:00
  Monday's Mix - Administrator Slaw
  -- Monday’s Mix
• 13:00
  Truth From Fiction - Bob Berring Slaw
  Given the constant flow of events in the world of information and the waves of change confronting librarians, I search for a unifying theme. Can I find something that manages to pull it all together for me? As a law professor I talk to my students about that moment of insight when all of the (...) -- Legal Information

24 février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 13:15
  Summaries Sunday: OnPoint Legal Research - Administrator Slaw
  One Sunday each month OnPoint Legal Research provides Slaw with an extended summary of, and counsel's commentary on, an important case from the British Columbia, Alberta, or Ontario court of appeal. BOSWORTH V. JUROCK, 2013 BCCA 4 1. CASE SUMMARY Areas of Law: Class Actions; Real Estate (...) -- Summaries Sunday
• 13:00
  Summaries Sunday: Maritime Law Book - Administrator Slaw
  -- Summaries Sunday

22 février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 17:36
  OnPoint Legal Research Collaboration With Slaw - Administrator Slaw
  Slaw is proud to announce that we are collaborating with OnPoint Legal Research Law Corporation so that this Sunday, and one Sunday a month hereafter, we can present their elaborate summary of an important case from the British Columbia, Alberta, or Ontario court of appeal. OnPoint Legal (...) -- Administration of Slaw
• 13:41
  Disrupting Stare Decisis – a.k.a. I Can Has Internets? - Colin Lachance Slaw
  It's safe to say that most Slaw readers are familiar with the concept of Stare Decisis in the common law tradition. From the Latin, “to stand by things decided”, the concept of a legal system in which lower courts are bound by the determination of higher courts concerning questions (...) -- Substantive Law: Judicial Decisions
• 13:00
  Pencil Putsches - Simon Lewis Slaw
  A good lawyer, with knowledge of how and when to use the right tools, has a competitive advantage. Those tools might be varied, and are not limited to IT. Jordan Furlong's article “The Law of the Pencil – Innovation and Client Service in the New Millennium”, mentions the (...) -- Legal Technology
• 13:00
  The Friday Fillip: Bergen to Oslo - Simon Fodden Slaw
  Okay, this one's a little odd. It consists, essentially, of two links to YouTube videos. Together these offer you a seven-hour train ride from Bergen to Oslo, as seen from a camera installed on the front of the locomotive. That's it. Only in Norway, you say. Well, you may be right. (...) -- The Friday Fillip

21 février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 20:32
  Adjudicator Decides Legal Aid Society Subject to PIPA - Yosie Saint-Cyr Slaw
  On February 11, 2013, an adjudicator of the Alberta Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner decided that Alberta's Legal Aid Society is subject to the Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA), with consequences for all non-profit organizations that conduct activities with a (...) -- Case Comment, Substantive Law, Substantive Law: Judicial Decisions, Substantive Law: Legislation, Legal Aid Society, non-profit organization, Personal Information Protection Act, Privacy Law
• 20:19
  More on Google Glass, Value in the Courtroom? - Steven Matthews Slaw
  David and I both touched on Google Glass in April of last year, the company's new project to push computing technology into our eyewear. A new video, released yesterday, offers some additional insight into what it might be like to wear such a product. [embedded below] These video clips (...) -- Technology, Technology: Office Technology
• 18:07
  The Rules Governing the Pope's Resignation - Michel-Adrien Sheppard Slaw
  -- Substantive Law: Foreign Law
• 13:00
  Thursday Thinkpiece: Lawson on the Law of War - Administrator Slaw
  -- Thursday Thinkpiece
• 13:00
  Lost in Translation? Differing Perspectives on Legal Ethics - Malcolm Mercer Slaw
  As a first post on legal ethics, it seems appropriate to ask “what exactly are we talking about”. The answer isn't as simple as one might think given the number of different perspectives involved. Courts set (or reflect) legal ethics in cases involving lawyers. Law Societies set (...) -- Legal Ethics

20 février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 19:36
  The Case for Anonymous Reporting of Police Violence - Karin Galldin & Leslie Robertson Slaw
  First off, we understand that our position on this subject might not be popular with our colleagues in the legal profession, some of whom might have more faith in the institutions we work within. But today we feel the need to voice it nonetheless. Events of the past few weeks have once again (...) -- Justice Issues, Criminal Law
• 16:40
  The Importance of "the" - Simon Fodden Slaw
  Fans of interpretation — especially constitutional construction — will enjoy the extended analysis in "The Recess Appointments Clause (Part 1)" by Neal Goldfarb on his blog LAWnLinguistics (Not about the linguistics of lawns). Much in the D.C. Circuit appellate decision in (...) -- Substantive Law: Foreign Law, Substantive Law: Legislation
• 15:16
  How Not to Demo Your Product to a Law Firm - David Canton Slaw
  -- Technology
• 14:00
  Lawyers for Literacy - Karen Dyck Slaw
  -- Justice Issues, Practice of Law: Practice Management, access to justice, Access to Legal Information, literacy
• 13:00
  Echosign - Lexum Slaw
  Was I alone ignorant of Echosign before that client dragged me into using it? Recently, a client sent me a document for signing through Adobe's Echosign service. At first I was surprised by this new eccentricity. However, a contract is a contract so I just signed it. I printed the signature (...) --
• 13:00
  Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII - Administrator Slaw
  Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and which French-language case have been the most viewed on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. For February 11 – 19: R. v. McKay 2013 ABPC 13 [1] The accused is charged under s. 253(1)(a) and (...) -- Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII
• 03:49
  Required Reading: Hogarth v Rocky Mountain Slate Inc., 2013 ABCA 57 - David Cheifetz Slaw
  -- Substantive Law, Substantive Law: Judicial Decisions

19 février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 19:38
  U.S. Minimum Wage Debate - Gabriel Granatstein Slaw
  -- Substantive Law: Foreign Law
• 17:55
  Incorporated by Reference in Regulations - Shaunna Mireau Slaw
  I appreciate the efforts of Canadian Senators to fix problems with legislation – specifically those which make legislative research more interesting. One example of the Seante fixing legislation, is the Statutes Repeal Act, S.C. 2008, c.20 which in the words of Simon Fodden "sweeps (...) -- Substantive Law: Legislation
• 16:43
  Oregon Bill to Control Drones - Simon Fodden Slaw
  One of the many great things about the United States, from a lawmaker's point of view at least, is that they comprise fifty-one legislatures attempting to tackle the problems that face us (in the West, at least) with a net of words. It's like a greenhouse or nursery for the legal (...) -- Substantive Law: Foreign Law, Technology
• 13:00
  A Charter Right to Search Google™? - Martin Kratz Slaw
  The Internet has transformed society in so many ways. Even the ways we find information and the sources we rely upon have been fundamentally transformed. It appears our legal systems need to adapt to this new reality. In R. v. McKay, 2013 ABPC 13 (CanLII) the Alberta Provincial Court had the (...) -- Intellectual Property
• 13:00
  Tips Tuesday - Administrator Slaw
  -- Tips Tuesday

18 février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 21:24
  Tips for Building a Better LinkedIn Profile - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  When was the last time you tweaked or updated your LinkedIn profile? Unfortunately, “never” or “not recently” is the most probable answer for the majority of lawyers. In a day and age where almost every prospective or new client will check you out online, a solid (...) -- Practice of Law: Marketing, Technology: Internet
• 17:27
  Email Pro Tip #1: Create a "Robots" Folder - Jack Newton Slaw
  I receive between 100 and 1,000 business-related e-mails per day. Out of necessity, over the last few years I've developed a numbers of systems that help me manage my inbox effectively. This is the first in a series of posts describing the systems I utilize to stay on top of my inbox. (...) -- Technology, Technology: Internet, Technology: Office Technology
• 13:00
  Monday's Mix - Administrator Slaw
  -- Monday’s Mix
• 13:00
  Planning for an Economic Tipping Point - Patrick McKenna Slaw
  If you engage in any form of meaningful strategic planning you cannot plan effectively without carefully examining the economic conditions that are likely to affect your firm's prosperity over the next few years. And whether you practice in Canada or the United States, the U.S. economy has a (...) -- Practice of Law

17 février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 19:22
  ONCA Overturns the Blue Mountain Case - Omar Ha-Redeye Slaw
  -- Substantive Law: Judicial Decisions
• 13:00
  Summaries Sunday - Administrator Slaw
  Summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book. Every Sunday we present a precis of the latest summaries, a fuller version of which can be found on MLB-Slaw Selected Case Summaries at cases.slaw.ca. This week's summaries concern: Sovereign immunity (...) -- Summaries Sunday

15 février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 20:46
  Sober Thought Squared - Mark Lewis Slaw
  What follows is the sole responsibility of the author. The opinion(s) do not represent, implicitly or explicitly, the positions, policies, or opinions of Slaw or any other institution that I am in any way remotely attached to…. heck I don't know if the opinions herein reflect that of (...) -- Substantive Law: Legislation
• 15:17
  An Open Letter to a New Grad - Wendy Reynolds Slaw
  Dear new grad: Welcome to Libraryland. I enjoyed our conversation at the OLA reception in January – your energy and eagerness were wonderful to see. I also appreciate your concerns about your career, and especially this first step. Landing the first job can be tough, and it takes a lot (...) -- Legal Information: Libraries & Research
• 13:00
  The Friday Fillip: Drug Names - Simon Fodden Slaw
  -- The Friday Fillip
• 13:00
  Library Budgets and Priorities: A New Year and a New Normal - Louis Mirando Slaw
  For my first column of this year, I had first thought to compile a “top ten” list of major issues currently confronting law libraries and librarians. As I started work on the list, two things quickly became clear to me: first, the column's space constraints would allow only the most (...) -- Legal Information
• 11:25
  Ronald Dworkin - David Cheifetz Slaw
  Legal philosopher and public intellectual died yesterday: February 14, 2013. He was 81. It's fitting that leading U.K. – the Guardian – and U.S. – the N.Y. Times – obituaries present different pictures of him, even to the extent of seemingly disagreeing on which of (...) -- Justice Issues, Miscellaneous, Reading
• 02:57
  New Collection of Legal Materials From Open Access Institutional Repositories - Michel-Adrien Sheppard Slaw
  Scholarly publisher bepress recently launched The Digital Commons Network that "brings together scholarship from hundreds of universities and colleges, providing open access to peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, working papers, conference proceedings, and other (...) -- Legal Information: Publishing

14 février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 16:05
  New Slaw Columnists - Administrator Slaw
  We're proud to announce that four new lawyers have joined the roster of columnists, who write for Slaw in particular areas. . . . [more] -- Administration of Slaw
• 15:00
  New Way of Practising Law?! LegalForce BookFlip - Yosie Saint-Cyr Slaw
  On February 7, 2013, LegalForce opened up a three-level retail store called BookFlip, in Palo Alto, California, that sells books, holds classes and connects customers with attorneys for legal advice. . . . [more] -- Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Future of Practice, BookFlip, Bookstores, entrepreneurs, law firms, lawyers, Legal Services, LegalForce, Online legal services, Traditional law firms
• 13:00
  Five Ways to Send a Better Email Message - Catherine Sanders Reach Slaw
  We all know that person who constantly sends emails that lack a subject line. Or who sends rambling, lengthy emails that don't seem to have a point. And there are those who send emails with open ended questions that require a game of email ping pong. You would never do any of those things (...) -- Legal Technology
• 13:00
  Thursday Thinkpiece: Glenn on the Future of the Future - Administrator Slaw
  Each Thursday we present a significant excerpt from a recently published book or journal article. In every case the proper permissions have been obtained. If you are a publisher who would like to participate in this feature, please let us know via the site's contact form. The Future of the (...) -- Thursday Thinkpiece

13 février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 19:14
  Policing, Negligence and HIV Non-Disclosure: One to Watch - Karin Galldin & Leslie Robertson Slaw
  -- Justice Issues, Substantive Law: Judicial Decisions
• 14:00
  Paper Tiger Fences - Karen Dyck Slaw
  The Vancouver Sun recently described the issue of insufficient access to justice in British Columbia as a “fast-approaching cliff” and urged the Law Society of British Columbia to lead efforts to address the problem. That article reminded me of the oft-cited metaphor used by (...) -- Justice Issues, Practice of Law: Future of Practice, access to justice, Access to Legal Information, Collaboration
• 13:00
  Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII - Administrator Slaw
  Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and which French-language case have been the most viewed on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. For the week* of February 6 – 10: Meads v. Meads 2012 ABQB 571 [1] This Court has developed a new (...) -- Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII
• 13:00
  The Firm Retreat: How to Make It an Advance - Margaret McCaffery Slaw
  -- Legal Marketing

12 février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 15:26
  Law School vs. Lawyer School - Geneviève Lay Slaw
  -- Practice of Law: Future of Practice
• 14:32
  Non-Text Content in Law Libraries - Shaunna Mireau Slaw
  I had the pleasure of attending a lecture by Stephen Abram yesterday. The Edmonton Public Library brought Stephen in to do some work with their organization, and they generously invited members of Edmonton's library community to attend a portion of their event. An interaction with Stephen (...) -- Legal Information: Libraries & Research
• 13:30
  The End of the Monopoly Over the Provision of Legal Services and Prosecutions for the "Unauthorized Practice of Law", Part 2 of 2 - Guest Blogger Slaw
  [Part 1, last week, questioned the propriety of law societies' exclusive control of their monopoly over the provision of legal services, and their prosecution of offences of “the unauthorized practice of law,” given the many reports documenting the fact that the majority of the (...) -- Justice Issues, Practice of Law
• 13:00
  Art, Courts and Social Media - Colin Lachance Slaw
  In 2012, the Pew Internet & American Life Project conducted a survey of over 1,200 arts organizations to “understand how arts organizations are using the internet, social media, and other digital technologies to connect with the public.” The study found that enhanced public (...) -- Justice Issues
• 13:00
  Tips Tuesday - Administrator Slaw
  -- Tips Tuesday

11 février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 23:37
  Sitting on a Non-Profit Board: A Risk Management Checklist - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  Serving as a director of a charitable or not-for-profit corporation can be a rewarding but potentially risky experience. A director can be held personally liable for his or her own actions or failures to act, as well as jointly and severally liable with the other members of the board of (...) -- Reading: Recommended
• 21:05
  European Court of Human Rights Decision on Copyright and Freedom of Expression - Simon Fodden Slaw
  The case of Ashby Donald et al. France, a decision last month of the European Court of Human Rights (Application n o 36769/08), is interesting in that it asserts a legally relevant tension between copyright law and the freedom of expression guaranteed under Article 10 of the European (...) -- Substantive Law: Foreign Law, Substantive Law: Judicial Decisions
• 20:49
  Network, Information and Critical Infrastructure Security – Duties and … Barriers? - John Gregory Slaw
  The EU last week published a draft directive on network security that requires communications operators (including utilities, banks etc) to report threats or attacks on their operations to national security agencies. In the US, President Obama is about to issue an Executive Order on critical (...) -- Technology, ulc_ecomm_list
• 20:04
  A Blow to the Bail Program - Edward Prutschi Slaw
  The Toronto Bail Program (TBP) has recently announced that, effective Mar. 29, they will be discontinuing serving the weekend bail court on Sundays and statutory holidays. For those unfamiliar with the important work done by the TBP on behalf of persons who are unable to present friends, (...) -- Justice Issues
• 19:38
  A Theory of Justice – the Musical - Simon Chester Slaw
  -- Education & Training: Law Schools, Miscellaneous, Reading
• 13:00
  Monday's Mix - Administrator Slaw
  -- Monday’s Mix
• 13:00
  Getting It Together – One Habit at a Time - Allison Wolf Slaw
  This January Monica decided she was fed up with feeling behind at work. Tired of feeling tired. And done with working in a chaotic mess. She set a powerful goal for herself: By the end of the year she would feel healthy and energetic; her office would be organized and would remain tidy on a (...) -- Practice of Law
• 01:06
  Digital Documents Actually Preferred by Older Readers - Omar Ha-Redeye Slaw
  -- Technology: Office Technology

10 février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 13:00
  Summaries Sunday - Administrator Slaw
  Summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book. Every Sunday we present a precis of the latest summaries, a fuller version of which can be found on MLB-Slaw Selected Case Summaries at cases.slaw.ca. This week's summaries concern Matrimonial property, (...) -- Summaries Sunday

9 février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 18:13
  Edwin Mellen Press's Curious Case - Simon Fodden Slaw
  In case there are any Slaw readers who have not yet learned of it, I thought I'd point you to some posts about Edwin Mellen Press's lawsuit against McMaster librarian Dale Askey (and against McMaster University as well). EMP claims Askey defamed them online in a post, and a series of (...) -- Justice Issues, Legal Information: Libraries & Research, Legal Information: Publishing

8 février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 16:12
  Call Centres' Recordings Stored Outside Canada? - John Gregory Slaw
  A private correspondent has suggested to me that call centres that record incoming calls 'for quality assurance purposes' often store the recordings offshore, including in the US. The correspondent wondered if there was any concern that the information in the calls might therefore be (...) -- Substantive Law, Technology, ulc_ecomm_list
• 13:00
  The Friday Fillip: In One Ear - Simon Fodden Slaw
  The Economist reports on pigeons. At least it does when they're unable to find their way back home in upstate New York. Seems homing pigeons, long a marvel to the geolocation folks, have trouble with their animus revertendi, as we ex property profs like to say, when it's animated near (...) -- The Friday Fillip
• 13:00
  If Your Library Was a Small Business, Would It Still Be Open? Part 2 - Joan Rataic-Lang Slaw
  -- Legal Information

7 février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 23:48
  Supreme Court of Canada Hearings Calendar for February 2013 - Michel-Adrien Sheppard Slaw
  The Supreme Court of Canada has published its calendar of appeal hearings for February 2013. To find out more about any particular case , the Court's website has a section that allows users to find docket information, case summaries as well as factums from the parties. All you need to do (...) -- Legal Information, Substantive Law: Judicial Decisions
• 20:47
  Self-Serving and Self-Defeating: Why Lawyer Image Campaigns Are Pointless - Jordan Furlong Slaw
  Yesterday morning, I was in Dallas, giving a presentation to members of the National Association of Bar Executives (NABE), which brings together the professional staff leaders of both voluntary and mandatory bar associations across the U.S. (and occasionally Canada, although there were no (...) -- Miscellaneous, Practice of Law
• 18:00
  Anti-Wind Litigation: Is There an End in Sight? - Dianne Saxe Slaw
  After nearly two years of vigorous anti-wind litigation in Ontario, anti-wind activists have failed to satisfy any court or tribunal that wind energy development in accordance with government standards will cause serious harm. Many wind projects have been approved, and wind-based electrical (...) -- Justice Issues
• 15:00
  Black History Month: Honouring Juanita Westmoreland-Traoré - Yosie Saint-Cyr Slaw
  -- Miscellaneous, Practice of Law, Black History Month, Bourse Juanita Westmoreland-Traoré, Juanita Westmoreland-Traoré, legal community, legal profession
• 13:43
  What if the Western Provinces Saved the Profession? - Mitch Kowalski Slaw
  Last week I missed my appointed blog date – but for a good reason. I was honoured to speak at the Law Society of Alberta Plenary Session as part of the CBA winter conference in Edmonton. While few would suggest Edmonton as a preferred January destination, for me it was a hotspot of (...) -- Justice Issues, Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Future of Practice
• 13:00
  Infographics for Lawyers - Allison C. Shields Slaw
  One of the hottest ‘new' tools for marketing and business development is infographics. Infographics are visually appealing, highly shareable and, when done right, can convey a lot of information quickly and easily, or make a mountain of data easy to understand. By combining text and (...) -- Legal Marketing
• 13:00
  Thursday Thinkpiece: Ruby, Chan & Hasan on Sentencing - Administrator Slaw
  -- Thursday Thinkpiece

6 février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 21:50
  Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII? - Administrator Slaw
  Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and which French-language case have been the most viewed on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. For the week of January 30 – February 5: Quebec (Attorney General) v. A 2013 SCC 5 [1] The issue (...) -- Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII
• 17:57
  Blackberry Fans Rejoice - David Canton Slaw
  -- Technology, Technology: Office Technology
• 14:00
  Opening Doors and Cutting Paths - Karen Dyck Slaw
  I recently heard The Honourable Mr. Justice Marshall Rothstein give a few remarks as he received the Manitoba Bar Association's Distinguished Service Award. In acknowledging the award, Justice Rothstein wisely noted that our career accomplishments don't reflect only our own achievements but (...) -- Miscellaneous, Practice of Law, legal community, men, Mentoring, women in law
• 13:40
  Notable Goings-on at CanLII - Kim Nayyer Slaw
  CanLII users will have noticed a couple of interesting recent developments over at our free legal information institute. In January Simon Fodden pointed us to CanLII's announcement of a new partnership with a translation agency "to ensure selected leading Canadian judgments are (...) -- Legal Information
• 13:00
  Moving Beyond the Box - Jason Wilson Slaw
  The 2013 AALS Annual Meeting featured a panel discussion on Understanding Search Engine Algorithms: Can We Effectively Teach Research Without Them? From what I gathered from the tweets, the panel—which featured, among others, Ian Koenig (Chief Architect for Lexisnexis) and Ed Walters (CEO (...) -- Legal Publishing

5 février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 23:10
  Duty of Care of Mobile Phone Provider (Or User)? - John Gregory Slaw
  Here's a question raised on a US legal technology list that seems relevant to Canadian law too. What's the duty of care of mobile devices as pertains to patches/updates provided by the vendor and/or provider? Example: I bought an Android phone in June 2012, which received an (...) -- Substantive Law, Technology: Office Technology, ulc_ecomm_list
• 20:24
  Capturing Information - Shaunna Mireau Slaw
  There is a fantastic article in the Attorney at Work Blog by Daniel Gold today titled Save Random Sparks of Genius. Part of the article discusses the art of capture: Finding a way to capture information anytime and anywhere—and then do something with that information—is critical to (...) -- Education & Training: CLE/PD, Legal Information: Publishing, Technology: Internet
• 13:30
  The End of the Monopoly Over the Provision of Legal Services and Prosecutions for the "Unauthorized Practice of Law", Part 1 of 2 - Guest Blogger Slaw
  Ken Chasse Law societies in Canada should be preparing to share their monopoly over the provision of legal services, i.e., preparing for government regulation. In the interim, should they be allowed to prosecute the offence of "the unauthorized practice of law," given that such (...) -- Justice Issues
• 13:00
  Tips Tuesday - Administrator Slaw
  -- Tips Tuesday
• 13:00
  Best Law Firms for Women Lawyers - Linda K. Robertson Slaw
  -- Practice of Law
• 05:12
  Technology-Assisted Review Through the Lens of Downton Abbey - Peg Duncan Slaw
  Grantham, Carson and Jarvis LLP, located in downton New York City, was established in the 20th century and there have been Granthams in the role of managing partner since 1962. The founding partner Grantham attracted corporate clients in the financial services, entertainment, insurance, (...) -- Technology, E-Discovery, predictive coding, TAR
• 04:46
  Halsbury's Laws Completed - Simon Chester Slaw
  Congratulations to Lexis-Nexis Canada and a squadron of Canadian legal authors for achieving what many of us doubted that we would ever see, a contemporary Canadian legal encyclopaedia. Halsbury's Laws of Canada has reached its seventy-seventh volume as a statement of common-law Canadian (...) -- Legal Information: Publishing, Reading: Recommended

4 février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 17:46
  Don Tapscott Interview – Making Internal Collaboration Work - Connie Crosby Slaw
  Don Tapscott, author, speaker and advisor on new technologies and media, was interviewed by McKinsey Quarterly back in September 2012, and a video excerpt plus transcript of the interview was released last month. See: Making internal collaboration work: An interview with Don Tapscott. This (...) -- Legal Information: Information Management, Practice of Law: Future of Practice, Technology: Office Technology
• 15:00
  Resolutions for Better Matter and File Management - Dan Pinnington Slaw
  Effective file management provides the foundation for timely, valuable client service and appropriate management of client matters. Here are some resolutions to help you complete the critical steps in file management: I will complete a conflicts check before opening a file: Conflicts of (...) -- Reading: Recommended
• 14:47
  Is a Court a Place or a Service? - John O'Sullivan Slaw
  -- Practice of Law: Future of Practice
• 13:00
  Monday's Mix - Administrator Slaw
  Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada's award-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from thirty-five 2010 & 2011 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 (...) -- Monday’s Mix
• 13:00
  Mediator Saves NHL & Players From Themselves - Michael Erdle Slaw
  -- Dispute Resolution

3 février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 19:58
  The Alternative Lawyer – When Traditional Practice Doesn't Work - Omar Ha-Redeye Slaw
  -- Practice of Law: Future of Practice
• 13:00
  Summaries Sunday - Administrator Slaw
  Summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book. Every Sunday we present a precis of the latest summaries, a fuller version of which can be found on MLB-Slaw Selected Case Summaries at cases.slaw.ca. This week's summaries are in Criminal law and duress / (...) -- Summaries Sunday

1er février

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 18:00
  More on Surviving Legal Publishing - Gary P. Rodrigues Slaw
  In a recent post on Slaw, Robert McKay has offered an interesting critique of the legal and professional publishing profession as it exists today (Fun but Dangerous Work: Surviving Professional Publishing), with insights as to new hires and advice to the legal publishing companies on the risks (...) -- Legal Publishing
• 16:01
  Supreme Court Reverses the Indalex Decision - Simon Chester Slaw
  In the most keenly awaited commercial decision of recent years, the Supreme Court of Canada this morning held that the Ontario Court of Appeal in Indalex Limited (Re), 2011 ONCA 265 (CanLII) was mistaken in stating that deemed trust provisions to contributions to an underfunded pension scheme (...) -- Substantive Law: Judicial Decisions
• 13:00
  The Friday Fillip: Vinepeek - Simon Fodden Slaw
  This week I debated with myself as to whether the fillip should be about piece of meaningless fluff (actually a whole dust bunny of pieces of meaningless fluff) that might be NSFW, or about a weighty question raised by a philosopher in the NYTimes (that probably was in its way NSFW i.e. not (...) -- The Friday Fillip
• 13:00
  Make Sure You Have a Worry-Free Holiday This Winter - Mike Mooy Slaw
  The Canada Health Act requires your provincial Health Insurance Plan to cover your medical costs in your province of residence only. While some of your provincial coverage may extend to medical emergencies incurred outside Canada, you may only be reimbursed for a fraction of the total cost. (...) -- Practice of Law
• 13:30
  The Anti-Spam Act, Part 5 of 5: Challenges Going Forward - David Canton Slaw
  This last of 5 articles on the Anti-Spam Act will set out some of the questions and challenges going forward. This is the last of a series of 5 articles that will introduce the Act, describe what spam is and is not, talk about collateral provisions, what we can do now, and some of the (...) -- Substantive Law: Legislation

31 janvier

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 21:04
  GOV.UK and the "One Stop Shop" Approach - Steven Matthews Slaw
  -- Legal Information: Information Management
• 15:36
  Association of Parliamentary Libraries in Canada Launches Government/Legislative Documents Portal - Michel-Adrien Sheppard Slaw
  The Association of Parliamentary Libraries in Canada (APLIC) has launched the bilingual Government and Legislative Libraries Online Publications Portal. It provides access to over 340,000 electronic provincial, territorial and federal government publications and legislative materials dating (...) -- Legal Information, Legal Information: Libraries & Research
• 15:00
  SCC: The Rights and Obligations of Common-Law Spouses in Quebec - Yosie Saint-Cyr Slaw
  On Friday, January 25, 2013, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in a tight majority judgment (five: McLachlin, Deschamps, Abella, Cromwell and Karakatsanis, against four: LeBel, Fish, Rothstein and Moldaver) that the Quebec Civil Code discriminates against common-law spouses because it does not (...) -- Case Comment, Substantive Law, Substantive Law: Judicial Decisions, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, civil union, Common-Law Spouses in Quebec, divorce, marriage, Quebec Civil Code
• 13:30
  The Anti-Spam Act, Part 4 of 5: Things We Can Do Now to Prepare - David Canton Slaw
  Today's' article talks about what we can start doing now to be ready when the Act comes into effect. This is the forth of a series of 5 articles that will introduce the Act, describe what spam is and is not, talk about collateral provisions, what we can do now, and some of the challenges going (...) -- Substantive Law: Legislation
• 13:00
  Predictions: Crime & Punishment in 2013 - Edward Prutschi Slaw
  Another year is in the history books as the creaking structure of the Canadian justice system stumbled along under the weight of crushing new legislation and in the face of chronic underfunding. What does 2013 portend? Read on for some predictions of trends to watch for in the New Year. 1. (...) -- Justice Issues
• 13:00
  Thursday Thinkpiece: Cohen on Privacy - Administrator Slaw
  Each Thursday we present a significant excerpt from a recently published book or journal article. In every case the proper permissions have been obtained. If you are a publisher who would like to participate in this feature, please let us know via the site's contact form. WHAT PRIVACY IS (...) -- Thursday Thinkpiece

30 janvier

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

• 19:10
  Social Media (Facebook) Questions - John Gregory Slaw
  A US appeals court has reversed an order banning a convicted sex offender from having a Facebook account. Would such an order be made and upheld in Canada? What limits might be possible, and how would they be enforced? For that matter, how could the order itself be enforced? It's not hard to (...) -- Technology: Internet, ulc_ecomm_list
• 15:15
  Tech Tip: Browser as Text Editor - Simon Fodden Slaw
  Here's a quick tech tip I came across yesterday that might come in handy for some people. If you're using a modern browser (and why wouldn't you be?) you can turn it into a text editor by putting what follows into the location bar and then clicking in the window: . . . (...) -- Technology: Office Technology
• 14:10
  Binaries, Triplets and the Use of Gender Neutral Language - Karen Dyck Slaw
  How do we assess the social and cultural significance the words we choose? And what is the impact of using gender-neutral language in our communications? These questions were the subject of a spirited panel discussion at last week's Manitoba Bar Association Midwinter Conference in Winnipeg. (...) -- Miscellaneous, Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Practice Management, gender equality, Language, Legal writing, Professionalism
• 13:30
  The Anti-Spam Act, Part 3 of 5: Other Things in the Act - David Canton Slaw
  -- Substantive Law: Legislation
• 13:00
  Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII - Administrator Slaw
  Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and which French-language case have been the most viewed on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. For the week of January 22 – 29: Magder v. Ford 2013 ONSC 263 [1] Robert Ford appeals the decision (...) -- Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII
• 13:00
  Measuring Marketing Effectiveness - Doug Jasinski Slaw
  -- Legal Marketing