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About Guest Blogger

From time to time Slaw publishes posts by guest bloggers. The author will be identified at the start of the entry, and some biographical material will be available at its end.

Posts by Guest Blogger

The Political Threat to the Rule of Law in Canada

by Gideon Christian

A Court Divided: What an Ontario Court Motion Reveals About Race in the Courtroom

by Gideon Christian

The Moral Cost of Delay: Reflections on Managing Judicial Reserves

by Ayodele Akenroye, Ph.D.

What Reforms Does the Ontario Superior Court Most Need?

by Michael Lesage

Ontario Civil Rules Reform – the Good the Bad and the Ugly

by Michael Lesage

Dead Acts and Fat Cats – ‘The Persistent Decline of Social Welfare Law’

by Joshua Langston, Shawn H.E. Harmon, Janice E. Graham

The Law Society of Alberta Trial of Minister Madu – What Has Race Got to Do With It?

by Gideon Christian

10 Practical Strategies for Law Schools to Embrace AI

by Benjamin Perrin

CJC AI Guidelines for Canadian Courts Leave Room for Improvement

by Daniel Escott, Research Fellow

Harnessing Technology to Advance Community Justice: Time for New Approaches

by David Wiseman, Julie Mathews (with assistance from Samantha Hills)

Read in From Statute: Do the Contractual Duties of Honest Performance and Good Faith Exercise of Discretion Apply to Statutory Contract Terms?

by Claire Mummé *

Unshackling Justice for Black and Indigenous Communities in Canada: Reimagining the “Public Interest” Test in Criminal Prosecutions

by Ayodele Akenroye, Ph.D.

Canada Has a New Open Access Legal Citation Guide

by James Bachmann and Alexia Loumankis

Book Review : Family Dispute Resolution: Process and Practice (2024)

by Hilary Linton

Thursday Thinkpiece: Internationally-Trained Lawyers Need More Than Just NCA Exams

by Nora Rock

Ontario AG Looks to Circumvent the Rules Committee to Fix the Superior Court

by Michael Lesage

Empowering Change: Black Law Students Enrolment in Canadian Law Schools

by Gideon Christian

Why I Joined the CanLII Board as a Director

by Gideon Christian

Why Should I Teach From (And Contribute To) a Casebook?

by Nora Rock

Of Practice Directives and Legal Citation Guides: A Brief Reflection on Citing Generative AI “Sources” and Content

by Dominique Garingan

How Well Is Chief Justice Morawetz Overseeing Ontario Superior Court Operations?

by Michael Lesage

Attending Law School in a Global Pandemic: Reflections on Competency in the “Pandemic Class”

by Simon Brick

A Letter From the Daughter of an Over-Stimulated Immigrant

by Maya Cheaib

Re-Imagining the Notion of “Pride” in the Legal Profession

by Clive Ngan

From “a History of Exclusion” to “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion”: What May Have Gone Wrong in the Pursuit of the New Notion of Professionalism

by Emma Huang

You Are Where You Eat: The Influence Your Colleagues Will Have on Your Relationship With Legal Ethics

by Amanda Scott

Don’t Just Change the Rules, Change the Game: The Rules Overhaul and Ontario’s Legal Ecosystem

by Suzanne Chiodo

Tribunal Rules in Plain Language…Why Bother?

by Paul Aterman

Book Review: Litigating Artificial Intelligence

by Paul-Erik Veel

Can AI Pass Canada’s Citizenship Test?

by Sean Rehaag

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