We receive Eduardo Ustaran and Timothy Banks to discuss Privacy Law and its international developments. What was the European Union/United States Privacy Shield and what does this mean for Canada? What do non-privacy law specialists need to know about this and what’s the future for data transfers? Eduardo Ustaran is a partner with Hogan Lovells in London, where he’s co-head of the privacy and cybersecurity practice. He will be part of the CBA Access to Information and Privacy Law Online Symposiu...
Oct 22, 2020•28 min•Ep. 46
We discuss the effects of COVID-19 on the job market for young lawyers with Adam Norget and how to stand out of the crowd while looking for work, with Mark Holthe. Adam Norget is vice-chair of the CBA National Young Lawyers Section and labour and employment lawyer with Neuman Thompson, in Edmonton. Mark Holthe is an immigration lawyer in Lethbridge, Alberta. He’s been facilitating an online series about how to find work during a pandemic for young lawyers, to register: Coffee in the Times of COV...
Oct 08, 2020•27 min•Ep. 44
Conversations with the President: The state of the profession, Ep 9: Aly Haji and Allan Rock For her last episode as host of Conversations with the President, Vivene Salmon talks with Aly Haji about why millennials are leaving law firms; and Allan Rock on his carrer as a Liberal Justice Minister, President Emeritus of Ottawa University and ambassador to the United Nations. Visit www.cba.org/dispatches to learn more about CBA President and her goals. To find a Canadian lawyer, use the CBA Find-A-...
Aug 27, 2020•45 min•Ep. 43
Arleen Huggins discusses systemic racism in the Canadian legal profession through her experience and expertise as an employment and human rights lawyer. What it has been like for you to practice as a Black lawyer in Toronto? Is the law an effective tool at combatting systemic racism? What advice does Arleen has for racialized lawyers and for allies going forward? Arleen Huggins is a partner with Koskie Minsky in Toronto, where she heads the employment law group To contact us (please include in t...
Aug 13, 2020•32 min•Ep. 42
Bonus Episode presented by CBA National and CBA Futures, After the pandemic: The future of justice, Ep 6 In this sixth and final episode in our series, Justice Minister David Lametti and CBA President Vivene Salmon talks about the investments the federal government and the provinces need to make in the administration of justice to improve access to justice. They also discuss how the global racial protests is putting pressure on the government to address systemic racism in the criminal justice sy...
Aug 06, 2020•31 min
Conversations with the President: The state of the profession, Ep 8: Mentorship, Sponsorship and Diversity Vivene talks with Ruth Goba about mentorship and sponsorship and how they navigate the Canadian legal space as black women. Over the course of a career a lawyer can seek out a variety of mentors to provide a number of services – teacher, coach, advisor or confidante. It’s becoming clear that even more than mentors young lawyers – particularly those from equity-seeking groups – need sponsors...
Jul 23, 2020•30 min•Ep. 41
Bonus Episode presented by CBA National and CBA Futures: After the pandemic: The future of justice, Ep 5: In this fifth episode, Joshua Sealy-Harrington discusses COVID 19 and the impact it’s had on global protests calling for an end to systemic racism. He also shares his thoughts on how our justice system is embedded in a broader framework of capitalism that is deployed against marginalized people. Joshua Sealy-Harrington is a lawyer at Power Law and a J.S.D. candidate at Columbia Law School. Y...
Jul 08, 2020•59 min
Conversations with the President: The state of the profession, Ep 7: Vivene talks with Jamie Benizri and Monica Goyal about entrepreneurship and how the business of law will be different after COVID. How to become a legal influenceur? How to protect our brand? What technology is going to be most important as we move into post-pandemic recovery? And more! Jamie Benizri describes himself as a lawyer by trade and entrepreneur at heart. In 2011 he launched Legal Logik with the goal of making legal s...
Jul 02, 2020•32 min•Ep. 40
Bonus Episode presented by CBA National and CBA Futures: After the pandemic: The future of justice, Ep 4: In this fourth episode, Karen Eltis talks about the rush to digitalize our courts system, the justice system’s reliance on private platforms, and why we need to think about the security of our data. Karen Eltis is a law professor at Ottawa U and a faculty member at its Centre for Law, Technology and Society. She specializes in artificial intelligence, innovation law and policy, and cybersecu...
Jun 24, 2020•44 min
Candice Pollack and Lexy Smith-Doughty tell us more about the virtual gatherings “ Coffee in the times of COVID ”; events to facilitate connection and mentorship. The online meetups bring junior lawyers and law students together with mentors to discuss pertinent issues in the legal field that have been changed by our new virtual reality. Candice Ashley Pollack is the communication officer for the Canadian Bar Association’s Young Lawyer Section and the co-chair of their mental health and awarenes...
Jun 18, 2020•22 min•Ep. 39
Bonus Episode presented by CBA National and CBA Futures: After the pandemic: The future of justice, Ep 3: Yves Faguy speaks with Cori Ghitter of the Law Society of Alberta and legal market analyst Jordan Furlong about legal education, how it has been affected by the pandemic, and what needs to change for it to address the needs of a modern legal industry. In this third episode, the guests talk about the sudden shift to online legal education, what it means to be a competent lawyer in 2020, and w...
Jun 10, 2020•1 hr
Melanie Del Rizzo and Erin Brook explore the Divorce Act and the sweeping changes when Bill C-78 comes into effect. Melanie Del Rizzo has a broad legal practice which includes family law in St. John’s, Newfoundland. She’s a certified mediator and was past chair of the National Family Law Section of the CBA. Erin Brook is a formal federal prosecutor who specializes now in family law out of Nanaimo, British Columbia. She’s currently the Table Executive Member of the Family Law Section of the CBA’s...
Jun 04, 2020•32 min•Ep. 38
Bonus Episode presented by CBA National and CBA Futures: After the pandemic: The future of justice, Ep 2: Yves Faguy speaks with Laura van Wyngaarden of Diligen and Peter Aprile of Counter Tax Lawyers to discuss how COVID-19 could change the way we work in the legal sector. In this second episode, the guests talk about how the legal market may or may not change after the pandemic, what the motivation should be for firms to adopt technology and how remote work is likely to change future career pa...
May 27, 2020•49 min
Conversations with the President: The state of the profession, Ep 6: In this episode, Martine Boucher and Vivene discuss the impact today's reality can have on small and solo legal practices, many of which lack the resources of larger firms, and are not always as adept and knowing how technology can help them to adapt faster and more efficiently to change. Martine Boucher , founder of the boutique firm Simplex Legal. is Chair of the CBA Futures Subcommittee and is a member of the CBA Task Force ...
May 21, 2020•29 min•Ep. 36
Bonus Episode presented by CBA National and CBA Futures: After The Pandemic, The Future of Justice, Ep 1 In this first episode, the guests share their experience in trying to launch projects that were aimed at making justice more accessible for regular Canadians, but then ran into roadblocks. They offer some ideas about what level of effort is needed to get reform of our justice system onto the legislative agenda. John-Paul Boy, Q.C. is a lawyer, trained mediator, parenting coordinator, and arbi...
May 13, 2020•57 min
Robert Harvie and Donna Purcell, two experienced lawyers share their expertise in remote work. Get some tips on virtual firms and managing change. Robert Harvie has been a Divorce and Family Lawyer in Lethbridge and Southern Alberta for over 30 years. His practice has a special emphasis on complex matrimonial property division, including corporate interests, family trusts, and farm divorce. Donna Purcell's busy civil litigation practice at Warren Sinclair LLP (since 1995) includes Serious Person...
May 07, 2020•29 min•Ep. 35
Conversations with the President: The state of the profession, Ep 5: Vivene meets with Erin Cowling and Kim Gale to discuss the rejection of the traditional law firm model, billable hours and entrepreneurship. How are they dealing with the expectations placed on young lawyers? Erin Cowling founded Flex Legal in 2015, a network of experienced freelance litigators providing outsourced legal services. Kim Gale opened Gale Law in 2019. She’s also the author of the popular blog Law for Millennials , ...
Apr 23, 2020•23 min•Ep. 34
In this episode, we hear the testimonies of two interns of The Young Lawyers International Program (YLIP). Devon Black works in Georgetown, Guyana with the Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination. Navdeep Kaur works in Hanoi, Vietnam with UNICEF. To learn more and to apply to the program, visit the Young Lawyers International Program website. Listen to last year's episodes: From Packing up to Settling in Intercultural work experience When things go wrong Welcome back home! Pour écouter...
Apr 02, 2020•29 min•Ep. 33
Conversations With The President: The state of the profession, Ep 4: Less than 70 years ago, people wanting to enter the common law legal profession in Canada took some courses, but mostly they learned to do by doing, through years of apprenticeship to senior lawyers. Today we’ll talk to two law school deans, Ian Holloway and Camille Cameron about who should be providing on-the-job training. Ian Holloway has been dean at UCalgary Law for more than a decade. He’s also a former member of the CBA L...
Mar 12, 2020•26 min•Ep. 32
It’s the topic on everyone’s mind – what do you do in a pandemic. And for employment lawyers specifically – how do you protect the workplace? What type of legislation are we dealing with when it comes to responding to pandemics? Learn more with guest Sheila Osborne-Brown. Sheila Osborne-Brown co-authored the CBA’s “Pandemics and the Workplace ” resource for lawyers. It helps lawyers advise clients on protocol during a pandemic and can also help them assess the effect of a pandemic on their own w...
Feb 27, 2020•27 min•Ep. 31
Lawyers suffer from depression more than any other profession. We’re fortunate to be talking to two guests about this issue – Doron Gold and Glen Hickerson. Did you know that lawyers are 3.6 times more likely to be depressed than non-lawyers who share their same socio-demographic traits. Both our guests were speakers in the wellness conference of April 2019. Doron Gold is a former lawyer and current psychotherapist. He specializes in helping lawyers deal with personal and professional issues lik...
Jan 29, 2020•32 min•Ep. 30
Conversations With The President: The state of the profession, Ep 3: There’s a lot of talk about the articling crisis in Canada – law students are having a hard time finding articling positions, and those who do complete their articles can’t always get a job afterward. Ronit Dinovitzer has been studying what law grads in Canada and the U.S. do once they’ve passed the bar. When Ryerson’s law school opens in September 2020 it will be one of several new law schools in Canada promising a more practi...
Jan 16, 2020•24 min•Ep. 29
Conversations With The President: The state of the profession, Ep 2: Vivene meets Jordan Furlong and Omar Ha-Redeye to look at how the legal profession is changing due to societal, economic and technology forces and what this means for lawyers in Canada. In this inaugural episode, Vivene talks about how the legal marketplace changed after the economic crash of 2008, the lawyer development system, the challenges of navigating the legal space as a young lawyer, and more! Jordan Furlong is the form...
Dec 19, 2019•37 min•Ep. 28
Law school can be incredibly rewarding and incredibly stressful. On today’s episode we’re rounding up advice from past guests on their suggestions on how to manage it all. Thank you to all our past guests for their thoughtful advice and encouragements. You can hear their appearances here: You can hear Jason Cooke’s interview about How to sit on a board while managing a full-time practice You can hear Charlene Theodore’s interview about working as a Racialized Lawyers . You can hear Anne McLellan...
Nov 28, 2019•18 min•Ep. 27
We are chatting with Vivene Salmon, the new Canadian Bar Association President and the first person of colour to take on the role. We discuss why she thinks intergenerational dialogue between lawyers is crucial to developing the profession and her own podcast series, Conversations with the President. Visit www.cba.org/dispatches to learn more about CBA President and his goals. To contact us (please include in the subject line ''Podcast''): podcasts@cba.org Please subscribe, rate and review our p...
Nov 07, 2019•26 min•Ep. 26
We explore the good, the bad and the ugly – or at least the ugly tears – when it comes to articling across Canada. Articling is a rewarding and fulfilling learning opportunity, which provides mentorship and guidance into the profession – at its best. But at its worse – it can subject vulnerable young students to harassment and discrimination. Today's guests are Preston Parsons and Charlene Scheffelmair . Returning for a second epsiode Preston is CBABC Elected Vancouver Country Representative, pa...
Oct 17, 2019•32 min•Ep. 25
Almost half of all Canadians will experience a legal problem over the course of a three-year period. It’s a startling statistic – and one we’re going to unpack on today’s episode focusing on legal aid across the country. So, what can be done about the lack of stable, sustainable funding? Our guest today, lawyer John Gillis , is going to talk about the CBA’s #LegalAidMatters campaign which launched this summer. John is the Chair of the CBA’s Access to Justice Subcommittee and CEO at his firm Gilb...
Sep 26, 2019•28 min•Ep. 24
The CBA has published a toolkit for lawyers who travel with electronic devices containing their clients' information. Cyndee Todgham Cherniak, founder of LexSage, counsels us on what to do when a custom’s officer asks us to do something that would breach our duty of confidentiality. Cyndee Todgham Cherniak is the founding lawyer of LexSage, a boutique international trade law and sales tax firm in Toronto, Ontario. She wrote the toolkit we are exploring today: Border Alert! To find a Canadian law...
Sep 05, 2019•27 min•Ep. 23
Conversations With The President: Raising The Bar on Inclusion, Ep 8: Last episode of Conversations with the President: Raising the Bar on Inclusion. Ray shares some of his favourite moments from this past year. From LGBTQ2S+ lawyers, to ex-Prime Minister, to talking with a lawyer living with a disabilities. Ray has shared and learned so much from a cross-section of lawyers from around the country. Full episodes: You can hear Ritu Bhasin on Conversation with Diversity and Inclusion Expert . You ...
Aug 22, 2019•22 min•Ep. 22
Conversations With The President: Raising The Bar on Inclusion, Ep 7: Ray meets with Sacha de Klerk , Head of Diversity and Inclusion, Canada, Norton Rose Fulbright. They talk inclusion initiatives, promoting diversity and the need for substantive data. Sacha has a degree from the IMM School of Marketing in South Africa. Nine years ago she joined Norton Rose Fulbright in London, where she led the firm’s diversity and inclusion initiatives across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. She answers que...
Aug 08, 2019•29 min•Ep. 21
