On Friday 15th March, the Schulich School of Law hosted a CALE sponsored Faculty Seminar delivered by Stephen Pitel on his forthcoming paper “Solicitor-Client Privilege for Ethics Counsel: Lessons for Canada from the United States”.
To watch the Faculty Seminar on YouTube, click HERE.
Support for the seminar was provided by Goodmans LLP, the Schulich School of Law and CALE.
On Friday 15th March, the Schulich School of Law hosted the Twenty-Second annual F.B. Wickwire Memorial Lecture in
Professional Responsibility and Legal Ethics.
This year, they ran a panel discussion entitled “Contextualizing Legal Ethics” in which members of the faculty discussed, in 12-minute pitches, legal ethics in their fields of substantive interest.
The presenters were:
Philip Girard: the historical context
Sarah Bradley: Corporate Law
Brent Cotter: Government Lawyer
Meinhard Doelle: Environmental Law
Geoff Loomer: Tax Law
Rollie Thompson: Family Law
The rapporteur for the session was the indefatigable Stephen Pitel!
To watch the Wickwire panel discussion on YouTube, click HERE.
Thanks to Noah Semple and Jasminka Kalajdzic for alerting the CALE listserv to the following conferences:
The Institute for Feminist Legal Studies at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, is hosting Amy Salazyn on Monday, January 21, for a talk on Gender and the Civility Movement.
You can find details on the post by going to the IFLS website HERE
The webpage has additional materials on civility and the legal profession.
Please circulate and encourage students to apply.
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The Chief Justice of Ontario’s Advisory Committee on Professionalism, with membership spanning from across the Bench and the Bar, the Law Society and the Academy, focuses on a number of initiatives to support the teaching of professionalism in our law schools and throughout the profession.
As part of this effort, the Committee established an annual award in 2010, sponsored by the law firm of Rueter Scargall Bennett LLP, to encourage law students to think and write about the legal profession and acknowledge the best student papers on any subject relating to legal ethics and professionalism.
The prize is awarded annually by the Chief Justice of Ontario’s Advisory Committee on Professionalism to three law students registered in a JD or LLB program at a law school in Ontario for the best previously unpublished papers on any topic relating to legal ethics and professionalism.
Papers must be at least 2,000 and not more than 6,000 words inclusive of footnotes or endnotes. Submissions must be in a Microsoft Word compatible format. The applicant’s name and university should be noted on the front page of the essay, but must not be shown on any other pages of the essay.
The author of the best paper will be awarded $3,000. The authors of the other two award winning papers will each be awarded $1,000. The first-prize paper will be published in a suitable venue. Additionally, all winners will be invited to a dinner with the Chief Justice of Ontario and the Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada.
Papers for the 2013 award should be submitted by email to Jacob Bakan in the Office of the Chief Justice of Ontario [at jacob.bakan at ontario.ca] no later than February 28, 2013. The awards will be announced following the end of the 2012-2013 academic year.
When: Thursday December 6, 2012 from 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM EST Add to Calendar
Where: Heenan Blaikie Bay Adelaide Centre 333 Bay Street, Suite 2900 Skyfold Boardrooms Toronto, ON M5H 2T4
To register, go to the website by clicking HERE
What are the appropriate limits to “vigorous” advocacy? When and how does it constitute professional misconduct in the form of “incivility”? What is the role of the Law Society when the presiding judge has not objected to counsel’s conduct? In June, the Law Society of Upper Canada ruled in its high profile discipline hearing that Joe Groia crossed the “civility” line during his successful defence of John Felderhof. Groia’s case, now on appeal, has sparked wide and heated discussion. On Thursday, December 6, a panel of leading Canadian jurists will debate the impact of this and other developments on lawyers and their clients across the country. Come and join the discussion, either in person or by live-stream, in what promises to be a spirited and informative evening. Wine and cheese will follow at the live event. Continue reading
Announcement
The Chief Justice of Ontario’s Advisory Committee on Professionalism established The Chief Justice of Ontario Fellowships in Legal Ethics and Professionalism. The Committee is pleased to announce that:
Professor Brent Cotter of the University of Saskatchewan and Professors Richard Devlin and Jocelyn Downie of Dalhousie University have been awarded the Chief Justice of Ontario Fellowship in Legal Ethics and Professionalism Research for 2012-13. This Fellowship is for full-time faculty teaching at a Canadian university or college.
Ms. Hanna Askew, student, of Osgoode Hall Law School, has been awarded the Chief Justice of Ontario Fellowship in Legal Ethics and Professionalism Studies for 2012-13. This Fellowship is open to students, licensed paralegals, and lawyers.
Please take notice that the first AGM of CALE will take place on Friday, July 13, 2012 at 745am in the Vistas Dining Room at the Banff Centre.
Please see the attached agenda and below. All members in good standing are entitled to vote at this meeting. All members of the CALE listserv are considered members in good standing of CALE (if you would like to join the listserv, contact Adam Dodek at adam.dodek – at – uottawa.ca).
Please find attached CALE By-Law No 1. The incorporating directors of CALE are Brent Cotter (Chair), Richard Devlin, Adam Dodek, Jasminka Kalajdzic and Alice Woolley.
Adam Dodek
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“The Lawyer’s Responsibilty to Clients and Access to Justice”
This “great debate” features two accomplished advocates staking out their position on the “cab rank” rule, under which a lawyer is obliged to take on the next client “in line at the queue,” irrespective of the lawyer’s view of the morality of the client or the client’s conduct. Faculty of Law event – Nov. 3, 2009
Chair: Robert Armstrong with Edward Greenspan Q.C. and Alan Hutchinson
To watch the video of the debate, click HERE
Professionalism Lecture Series at the University of Ottawa
In 2009, the Faculty launched a Professionalism Speakers Series with the support of the Law Foundation of Ontario. In 2009 and 2010, the Treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada, Mr. Derry Millar, spoke on the subject of “Your Law Society: Professionalism in the Public Interest”. In 2010, former Assistant Deputy Attorney General of Canada and the inaugural Public Servant in Residence, Elizabeth Sanderson spoke on “Women at Justice: An Inside View”. Get Podcasts of all lectures!
Canadian Association for Legal Ethics / Association canadienne pour l’éthique juridique 