The December issue of the CBA’s National magazine [1] has been released, and includes the article “Canada’s best law firm websites [2]” [pdf] by Luigi Benetton [3]. Nine “legal technology professionals” were asked to rank and comment on law firm websites in a number of categories (including yours truly).
I encourage you to read the full article for the analysis, discussion and quotes, but here is the run-down of winners and honourable mentions with links in the various categories:
Big Firm (multi-jurisdictional)
Winner: Ogilvy Renault LLP [4]
Honourable mentions: Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP [5], Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP [6]
Small Firm/Solo
Co-winners: Hyndman Law [7] and Neff Law Office [8]
British Columbia
Winner: Bull, Houser & Tupper LLP [9]
Honourable Mention: Clark Wilson LLP [10]
Prairies
Winner: Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP [11]
Ontario
Winner: Torys LLP [12]
Honourable Mentions: Hicks Morley Hamilton Steward Storie LLP [13], McMillan LLP [14]
Eastern Canada
Winner: McInnes Cooper [15]
Honourable mention: Cox & Palmer [16]
Quebec
Winner: Legault Joly Thiffault [17]
Honourable mentions: Bélanger Sauvé [18], Lavery [19]
Blogs
(law blogs created and maintained by law firms)
Co-winners: Davis LLP [20] and Clark Wilson LLP [10]
Multimedia
Winner: Hull & Hull LLP [21]
Honourable mention: Torys LLP [12]
Congratulations to all those selected!