Monday’s Mix

Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award­-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from seventy recent 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 selected blogs are 1. Double Aspect  2. Clio Blog 3. AvoidAClaim  4. National Self-Represented Litigants Project Blog  5. Thoughtful Legal Management

Double Aspect
A Third View on Legislating Two Languages at the SCC

In the last number of days, Professor Grammond and incoming AUT Law School lecturer (and my very generous blogging host) Léonid Sirota have posted thoughtful analyses of whether Parliament can legislate a requirement that judges of the Supreme Court understand French and English without the assistance of translation. Grammond argues yes; Sirota says no. The two authors differ in their readings of the Supreme Court Act Reference and, specifically, in their interpretation of what is captured by “composition of the Supreme Court of Canada” in section 41(d) of the Constitution Act, 1982. Both, in my view, are right in some respects, but wrong in others. …

Clio Blog
Boosting Team Collaboration and Productivity.

Boosting collaboration and productivity should be a core element of how you manage your legal and support teams. Enable your legal practice management software to deal with multiple users and create flexible and clear workflows. Clio allows for collaboration and tracking productivity within your team with a multitude of different tools, functionalities, and interfaces. …

AvoidAClaim
Excess liability coverage: Frill or necessity?

No one, no matter what area of law they practise, is immune to a claim. You also run the risk that the claims made against you in any one year could exceed the $1 million per claim/$2 million in the aggregate policy limits of the primary LAWPRO insurance program. Excess Liability Insurance provides you with that additional layer of protection should defence and indemnity payments exceed the limits provided by the primary LAWPRO program. …

National Self-Represented Litigants Project Blog
Ontario Family Legal Services Review Offers Opportunity for Legal Profession to Show the Public it is Listening – and Cares

“Review announces sweeping changes in para-professional services for family law – help is on the way for families who cannot afford lawyers”. “Review backs status quo – says paralegals “not ready” to deliver family legal services, leaving family litigants with limited or no choices”. Submissions are now closed for the Ontario Family Legal Services Review, chaired by Madam Justice Bonkalo. Which headline will we be reading when the Review issues its September report? …

Thoughtful Legal Management
The Future is Now

William Gibson coined the phrase: “The Future is already here – is just not very evenly distributed.” Well a very telling sign that the future is arrived is the appearance of a robot inside a law firm. Fortune Magazine, in an article entitled: “Meet Ross, the World’s First Robot Lawyer” states that: “Global law firm Baker & Hostetler, one of the nation’s largest, recently announced that it has hired a robot lawyer created by ROSS Intelligence, Futurism reports. Ross will be employed in the law firm’s bankruptcy practice which currently employs close to 50 lawyers.” …

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*Randomness here is created by Random.org and its list randomizing function.