“Resisting the Echo Chamber: AI-Assisted Judgment Writing and the Risk of Homogenization” 🗣 OPINION par/by @amysalyzyn.bsky.social 📰 SLAW www.slaw.ca/2026/06/24/r...

Resisting the Echo Chamber: AI-Assisted Judgment Writing and the Risk of Homogenization - Slaw

Artificial intelligence is making its way into courtrooms around the world, and not always for the better. Judges have been caught embedding AI-generated fictitious case references in judicial decisio...

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“Towards Transparency: Why Not a Court AI Register?” 🗣 OPINION par/by @amysalyzyn.bsky.social 📰 Slaw 🔗 www.slaw.ca/2026/04/28/t...

Towards Transparency: Why Not a Court AI Register? - Slaw

Canadian courts and judges are using AI in their work. Not all of them, but some of them. A small number of courts have publicly announced formal pilots or adoption of AI tools (see, e.g., here and he...

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Dr. @amysalyzyn.bsky.social awarded the @uocommonlaw.bsky.social Dean’s Research Professorship in Technology and Justice Futures! › www.uottawa.ca/research-inn...

The University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law is inviting applications for an Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor who will also serve as Director of the Samuelson-Glushko Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC). › www.uottawa.ca/research-inn...

My article for the Law Institute Journal (LIJ) October 2025 special issue on lawyers’ wellbeing is now available on my Substack. Please have a read and if you can help me grow my audience, I’d be very grateful for a share if you like the article 🙏🏼 open.substack.com/pub/lucindas...

On ethics and wellbeing

Global perspectives on regulating lawyer wellbeing

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Research news! Congratulations to Dr. Amy Salyzyn, Dr. Jacquelyn Burkell, Esti Azizi, and David Westcott—their research on CLEO’s Guided Pathways has been published in the Canadian Journal of Law and Society by Cambridge University Press.

“Generative AI and Self-Represented Litigants in Canada: What We Know and Where to Go” 🗣 OPINION par/by @amysalyzyn.bsky.social 📰 Slaw www.slaw.ca/2025/08/28/g...

Generative AI and Self-Represented Litigants in Canada: What We Know and Where to Go - Slaw

The 2022 release of ChatGPT led to many breathless headlines about how generative AI would be an A2J boon. The mood is now more muted: while AI has driven some change in the legal context over the las...

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An Ontario judge tossed a court filing seemingly written with AI. Experts say it's a growing problem | CBC News

Legal experts say an Ontario judge's criticism of a lawyer who seemingly leaned on artificial intelligence to prepare court materials is putting the spotlight on the dangers of AI tools that can produ...

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Great post by @bradwendel.bsky.social on the lawyers and fake cases 👇

Brad Wendel@bradwendel.bsky.social · last yr.

I wrote up a post about the recent flurry of sanctions against for citing fake AI-generated sources. Many thanks to @amysalyzyn.bsky.social for suggesting an answer to why this is happening now.

AI keeps seeping into courts in unexpected ways. The latest? AI generated "victim statements" given by AI avatars of deceased people. Unclear how this could be helpful for sentencing and not terribly prejudicial or otherwise misleading... www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

A Bullet Killed Him. AI Brought Him Back to Life in Court

A dead Arizona man gave his own victim statement in court thanks to AI and a script written by his sister. It could be the first use of AI in a U.S. courtroom

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At what point do federal government lawyers dust off their resumes and start looking around for new jobs? From the ethical point of view, when should they do this?

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

In a previous post I wrote about two federal prosecutors who resigned rather than follow instructions from Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove to dismiss federal corruption charges against New Yo...

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When I speak to lawyers, I find many who are overwhelmed by AI. They don't know where to start. In my latest @slawdotca.bsky.social I try to help by suggesting adoption of a 3C AI Mindset and setting out an AI Starter Pack with practical tips. www.slaw.ca/2025/04/25/c...

Canadian Lawyers and Generative AI: Some Suggested Starting Points for the Overwhelmed - Slaw

How will generative AI impact the legal profession? This was the big question in late 2022 when ChatGPT was first released. How would this seemingly magical word machine collide or coexist with a prof...

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➡️ Call for Abstracts! The Canadian Technology Law Conference will be hosted in Halifax at Dalhousie August 28-30th, 2025 Theme: Democracy and the Information Society 📅 Abstracts are due May 5th, 2025 ℹ️ Submit a 500 word abstract + your CV ✉️ Email submissions to: karanicolas@dal.ca

Why and how do lawyers attack the rule of law? Join Scott Cummings from @law.ucla.edu for a lecture at the Amsterdam Law School on March 21 https://bit.ly/4bMrwuf

Guest Lecture Scott Cummings: When Lawyers Attack the Rule of Law - Amsterdam Law Hub

We would like to invite you to join us as Scott Cummings of UCLA Law explores how and why lawyers contribute to democratic backsliding. He will speak about the role of lawyers in democratic backsliding—the degradation of

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Our Annual Legal Ethics Symposium will focus on W. Bradley Wendel’s latest book 'Canceling Lawyers'. It brings together academics and practitioners to discuss the increasing critique of lawyers and the practice of 'canceling' (or public shaming) lawyers. https://bit.ly/41Fdqre

Canceling Lawyers?

This year's symposium will Professor W. Bradley Wendel discuss the increasing critique of lawyers and the practice of 'canceling' (or public shaming of) lawyers.

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👋 Hi Bluesky! 🌈 CALL/ACBD is excited to be joining the budding legal community over here. Follow to hear about our upcoming conference, grant programs, and leadership opportunities!

Looking forward to presenting on "Work Done with or by AI – Whose Job is It to Make Sure that the Job is Done Right?" today at Queen's Law AI at Work Conference w/ George Wray, moderated by Samuel Dahan and also learning from a stellar set of other expert panels!! law.queensu.ca/events/ai-at...

I am hardly an objective observer, but Professional Responsibility is the most important course in law school. Unfortunately, it is not always treated that way.

Josh Douglas@joshuaadouglas.bsky.social · 2y ago

Every lawyer takes a course in professional responsibility and ethics. It's great to see these lawyers upholding that ideal. Hopefully they will all continue to do so.

Canada should stand firm against assault on WHO. In @TheHillTimes, CHLPE member Roojin Habibi highlights why global health governance matters now more than ever. www.hilltimes.com/story/2025/0... #GlobalHealth #WHO #HealthPolicy

Canada should stand firm against the assault on the World Health Organization

Despite its imperfections, the WHO has delivered historic successes, which are only possible through the concerted efforts of all nations.

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2024 sort of seems like 10 years ago now, but for those fond of looking back, my annual review of Canadian legal ethics stories is now posted! www.slaw.ca/2025/02/07/c...

Canadian Legal Ethics: 2024 Unwrapped - Slaw

What happened in Canadian lawyers’ ethics and legal services regulation in 2024? This column looks back on three high-profile areas of development. It also flags several major court cases and discipli...

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Hot off the press --> a review of Leading Works in Legal Ethics, edited by @julianinoz.bsky.social up @jotwell.bsky.social This book is such an exciting collection and compelling read. And features many of my legal ethics favourites! Book review here: legalpro.jotwell.com/new-kid-no-l...

Free AI CLE for legal professionals (January 20, 2025). Looking forward to leading an online session for the Law Society of Nunavut on "AI and Legal Practice: What Do I Need to Know?" Register here: www.lawsociety.nu.ca/en/news/ai-a...

“welcome” Matt! Delighted to welcome you back to uOttawa as a prof! :)

CDTS | CLTS • uOttawa@cdtsuottawaclts.bsky.social · 2y ago

We are thrilled to welcome Professor Matt Malone as a Faculty Member at CLTS and the new Director of CIPPIC! › www.uottawa.ca/research-inn...

New year, new substack! Looking forward to writing more public-facing legal commentary this year. First entry is a cross-post of my recent Verfassunsblog post. Hoping to post something new every couple weeks. Please subscribe! open.substack.com/pub/macdonne...

Thrilled that our edited collection (De)Coding the Court: Legal Data Insights from the Supreme Court of Canada has been named a #Clawbies best ebook for 2024. Also nice to be recognized alongside amazing colleagues @jcyliew.bsky.social and @pauldalyesq.bsky.social.

Jordan Furlong@jordanfurlong.com · 2y ago

The 2024 #Clawbies are out! Honouring the best in online Canadian legal content from the past year, spanning blogs, newsletters, podcasts, multimedia, and more. Honoured as always to be part of @steveamatthews.bsky.social's team of judges. Congrats to all the winners! www.clawbies.ca/2024-clawbie...

Any Canadian LRW profs out there with a plan for teaching 1Ls how to effectively incorporate LLM tools into case briefing and memo writing? I do a weekly AI zoom “Office Hours” call for Ontario Bar Association members (and others) and would love to have you on as a guest in January. Please DM.

New column up at @slawdotca.bsky.social! Canadian Courts and Generative AI: Broadening Our Gaze to Potential Corrosive Risks www.slaw.ca/2024/12/03/c...

Canadian Courts and Generative AI: Broadening Our Gaze to Potential Corrosive Risks - Slaw

Canadian courts are concerned about AI. They are concerned that litigants may misuse AI and attempt to introduce fake cases or deepfake evidence into court proceedings. They are also concerned about A...

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🌟 New Canadian guidance on courts and AI 🌟 The Action Committee on Modernizing Court Operations has published three new documents on AI and the courts. Can be found on this webpage under the Technology in the Courts heading: fja-cmf.gc.ca/COVID-19/ind...