This post is a response to a blog post on Lawyerist.com by Kate Mangan that is much more balanced than its title, but which still pretty severely misses the point. She argues that lawyers should examine Read more…
Do you have children under the age of 18? Have you recently married or divorced? Do you want to minimize difficulties for your loved ones during a time of emotional turmoil? Do you want to Read more…
I’m very pleased to announce that Round Table Law will be expanding its ranks on April 4. Carolyn Grogan has agreed to join as an Articling Student. I think that must make Carolyn the first articling Read more…
The CBA National magazine has a great article on issues in legal education, which I recommend you read. It is a wonderful overview of some of the challenges and the solutions being proposed to meet Read more…
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Today I sent an email to the Standing Committee on Families and Communities with regard to their review of the 2007 amendments to the Mental Health Act of Alberta. I have to thank Mr. Tom Read more…
Summary of the Case In JH v AHS, JH appealed the decision of Alberta Health Services to admit him as a formal patient under the Mental Health Act, RSA 2000 c M-13 (“MHA”). It is implied in Read more…
Zapier (pronounced like “happier”) is a web service that allows you to connect different web services with APIs to one another without having to write code. It’s an important part of my technology set up Read more…
Know how much money you need. Figure out how much you need to work to make that amount of money. Work that much, not more. How to do #2? Take the money you need, gross Read more…
"... any sense that lawyers are protecting a monopoly must be quashed."There's a sentence that you don't expect to hear uttered by the legal profession. The Law Societies of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba have announced a joint review of the regulation of the legal profession in their jurisdictions. It has commenced with a discussion paper which can be accessed here. (more…)