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Brevity is the soul of wit, Shakespeare wrote, but a new study says Supreme Court of Canada decisions have never been longer, with the average judgment now rivalling the length of a Shakespearean play. @suebailey99.bsky.social has the story. nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
‘A trend of systemic prolixity’
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For Antoine Collins, giving back is a chance to honour those who brought him along. @suebailey99.bsky.social spoke to this year's Touchstone Award winner about his journey from foster care to law. www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
Ripples beyond the law
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For National Indigenous History Month, @suebailey99.bsky.social spoke to Jolene Ashini, who wants to make legal help accessible for Innu people on their terms and in their language, and to codify ancient legal principles passed down through legends. nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
First Innu lawyer called to the bar in Newfoundland and Labrador
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Forget work-life balance. New lawyers are increasingly going for work-life harmony – an approach that still shoulders intense stress and high standards, but with crucial support. @suebailey99.bsky.social has the story. nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
Evolving expectations
From work-life balance and mental health to changing ideas about hierarchy, loyalty, and professionalism, the ground beneath the legal profession is shifting
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Ahead of the official opening of the Milano Cortina Olympic Games today, @suebailey99.bsky.social spoke to Olympians turned lawyers about how battling for improbable athletic glory can influence a lifetime -- and a career in law. nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
The law and the Games
Olympians turned lawyers on the parallels between high-performance sport and professional success
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The late Murray Sinclair was realistically hopeful on this day 10 years ago when the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released its final report. @suebailey99.bsky.social has the story of legal watchers who are taking stock of progress on the 94 calls to action. nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
Still climbing the mountain
A decade after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission tabled its final report, lawyers who work with Aboriginal communities are concerned about the lack of progress on two particular calls to action
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Tona Mills spent nearly a decade in solitary confinement. Her dying wish is that someone in power will ensure others don’t suffer as she did. @suebailey99.bsky.social has her story. nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
The ongoing effort to legislate judicial oversight of solitary confinement
‘It is said that no one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails:’ Nelson Mandela
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On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, the CBA is calling for changes to Canada’s immigration system to respond to the surge of inquiries from trans Americans fearing violence and persecution. @suebailey99.bsky.social has the story. www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
A pathway to safety for trans Americans
The CBA is calling for changes to Canada’s immigration system as it’s ill-equipped to respond to the emerging crisis south of the border
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Calling all legal journalists! 📣 The Law Commission of Canada and the Canadian Bar Association are pleased to invite applications for the 2026 LCC-CBA Journalism Fellowship, valued at $40,000 CAD. Applications will be accepted until December 19, 2025: https://bit.ly/4nZr54g
Any lawyer who thinks they might have a problem with booze probably does. However, getting help can be daunting in a culture where unsustainable schedules are rewarded and acute stress is the norm. @suebailey99.bsky.social has that story. nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
Getting sober without stigma
International Lawyers in Alcoholics Anonymous is a bridge for lawyers and judges to seek help among peers, without worrying about running into someone they’ve prosecuted, defended or jailed
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“It makes us better people. It makes us better lawyers. It makes us better law firms to be doing this kind of work," says Grace Pastine. @suebailey99.bsky.social has that story. www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
An essential access to justice ‘stopgap’
With legal services financially out of reach for most, Norton Rose Fulbright lawyers worked with Pro Bono Ontario again this summer
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“I’m a servant of the people very directly now, but the practice of law is about serving people, so that’s the common thread between the two in a very significant way," says new Conservative MP David McKenzie. @suebailey99.bsky.social has his story. www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
The political parallels with law
New Conservative MP David McKenzie believes that responsibility to constituents ties his former career with his new one
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New Liberal MP Stephanie McLean vividly recalls being 10 years old when Anne McLellan knocked on her door. It left a lasting impression. @suebailey99.bsky.social has the first in a series of profiles of CBA members newly elected to the House of Commons. nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
From one legislature to another
Newly elected Liberal MP Stephanie McLean made Alberta’s legislative assembly more family-friendly and stood up for seniors as a provincial MLA
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A failed referendum could have dire consequences, says Bruce McIvor of @firstpeopleslaw.com. “I think it’s very dangerous & it’s very reckless of the premier to be building up these unreasonable, illegal expectations.” @suebailey99.bsky.social has that story. www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
Playing with political fire
Legal experts say even a vote on Alberta separation is a non-starter without Treaty First Nation consent
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Former Chief Justice Antonio Lamer once told journalist Stephen Bindman he’d like to come back in another life as the dog of Peter Cory because he "was the nicest man ever born." @suebailey99.bsky.social has that story and more. nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
The humans behind the decisions
As the Supreme Court of Canada turns 150 this year, former clerks, lawyers, and journalists are remembering a workplace unlike any other
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Since its inception by an Act of Parliament in 1875, the country's top court has been “sculpting the law … slowly developing a more refined and polished body of jurisprudence.” @suebailey99.bsky.social has the story. nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
The Supreme Court of Canada at 150
The anniversary is a chance to deepen public understanding of why the legal system, with all its flaws, underpins democracy — at a time when it’s under threat elsewhere
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“There’s an assumption that the new crop of lawyers is going to be AI fluent, and they’re going to pull the firms along. I don’t think that’s the case at all," says @profbenperrin.bsky.social. That story from @suebailey99.bsky.social. www.nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
Re-educating law schools
While observers differ on how they think AI will ultimately shape the legal profession, they agree on this: how lawyers are educated, trained, and licensed must change to keep up
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Avenues for Canada to clap back. @suebailey99.bsky.social has the story. nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...
What is Canada's legal recourse in the throes of a trade war?
Canada could file challenges with the World Trade Organization, under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement, and in domestic U.S. courts, but potential outcomes are mixed
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.
