The top 10 Canadian legal ethics stories of 2013
Once again John Steele at Legal Ethics Forum has compiled his list of the top 10 ethics stories of 2013. As was the case last year, his list has inspired me to think about the top 10 ethics stories in...
View ArticleTWU suing LSBC over rejection of accreditation
Trinity Western University is not taking rejection by the lawyers of British Columbia well. Yesterday it announced it will sue the Law Society of British Columbia over its Oct. 31 decision to reverse...
View ArticleDisciplinary info to go online in Nova Scotia
The Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society will usher in the new year with a new disciplinary standard. Effective Jan. 1, the society’s online member directory will include discipline information dating back...
View ArticleN.S. legal profession becoming more diverse: study
The legal profession in Nova Scotia is steadily becoming more diverse, although a new study shows the gains are more noticeable in the public sector than at private law firms.Nearly 50 per cent of...
View ArticleNew Brunswick vote upholds approval of TWU law school
In what president Helen Beaulieu calls a surprise, the Law Society of New Brunswick upheld a decision today to approve degrees from the Christian-based law school of Trinity Western University.The LSNB...
View ArticleNova Scotia court rules in favour of TWU law school
The Nova Scotia Supreme Court ruled today the province's law society doesn't have the authority to deny accreditation to graduates of Trinity Western University’s law school.Last month, TWU spent two...
View ArticleNew NSBS Council members elected
Lawyers in Nova Scotia elected eight Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society Council members March 16 in district elections — the first of its two-part election process. The eight will begin their two-year...
View ArticleNSBS at-large reps elected
Three new council members were elected to the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society on Monday in the at-large election.A total of 915 members cast ballots in the at-large poll, or 31.46 per cent of a...
View ArticleNSBS will not appeal court of appeal decision in TWU
The Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society will not seek leave to appeal the provincial top court’s finding that its council’s resolution not to accredit Trinity Western University is invalid. NSBS had made...
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