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 more than 80 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. Official Clio Blog 2. Canadian occupational health & safety law 3. Meurrens on Immigration 4. Family LLB 5. Double Aspect

Official Clio Blog
AI Disclosure for Lawyers: When to Disclose, What to Say, and How to Stay Compliant

A client who learns you used AI on their matter after the fact may feel blindsided—even if you did nothing wrong. That’s why AI disclosure matters: even when it’s not required, it helps manage expectations and preserve trust. With 79% of legal professionals now using AI in their firms (according to Clio’s 2025 Legal Trends Report), the question isn’t whether to use these tools but how to talk about them. This article covers when AI disclosure is required, when it’s advisable, and what to say. ….

Canadian occupational health & safety law
Employment and Labour Law: 2025 Year in Review and Future Trends

The Canadian labour and employment law landscape continued to evolve in 2025 with important developments in wrongful dismissal litigation and human rights. In addition, Canadian legislators introduced new laws intended to provide greater pay transparency for Canadian workers. Together with our Review of the Landmark Labour and Employment Law Developments Rendered in Québec in 2025 and our recent webinar Dentons – Legal updates for Canadian employers: Stay ahead of workplace trends in 2026, this insight summarizes the legal developments that mattered most for Canadian workplaces in 2025. …

Meurrens on Immigration
Citizenship Applications – Residency

Canadian citizenship carries significant rights and responsibilities, and as a result it is not granted lightly. Individuals seeking to become Canadian citizens must demonstrate that they meet several eligibility requirements set out in the Citizenship Act. These requirements are designed to ensure that applicants have established a meaningful connection to Canada before being granted citizenship. One of the most important requirements applies to adult permanent residents who apply for citizenship. To be eligible, applicants must show that they satisfy all of the criteria in subsection 5(1) of the Citizenship Act. These criteria include factors such as holding permanent resident status, meeting language requirements where applicable, filing taxes when required, and passing a citizenship knowledge test. …

Family LLB
How Ontario Courts Decide Step Parent Child Support

Double Aspect
Forget Me Not

Constitutional change is supposed to be a weighty, serious business. Even in countries without a codified and entrenched constitution, like the United Kingdom and New Zealand, where it can be introduced by ordinary legislation, that legislation, something like the UK’s Human Rights Act, 1998 can be expected to be highly publicized and much debated. A fortiori, in countries like Canada whose constitution is entrenched, changing it is a serious matter. Admittedly, constitutional change might also happen as a result of judicial decisions that reinterpret constitutional text or indeed “give benediction” to rules that are nowhere to be found in the text. …

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