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Canadian Lawyer unveils Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers for 2026

Winners strove for new departments, compensation models, legislation, technology

Tributes to the late Ritu Khullar, Alberta chief justice, pour in from legal bodies

Khullar was also chief justice of the appeals courts for the Northwest Territories and Nunavut

BC announces over $3M in funding to support intimate partner and sexual violence victims

Investment to add as many as three family court support workers in further locations

Automobile Insurance Rate Board report aims to highlight pros of Alberta’s care-first reform

‘Trial lawyers continue to play a costly role in the current system’: Insurance Bureau of Canada VP

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AI for high-stakes legal work needs a higher bar. See how Thomson Reuters’ CoCounsel Legal Canada clears it

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AI for lawyers: what’s your AI implementation plan?

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AI for lawyers: what’s your AI implementation plan?

Four leading lawyers who’ve done the work discuss governance and change management

How Fasken helped build Legora’s AI tool it now uses firmwide

How Fasken helped build Legora’s AI tool it now uses firmwide

The firm shaped agentic AI before adopting it – now the platform runs across nearly 1,000 lawyers

Opinion

Ontario's cash bail law is unconstitutional – and Ford knows it

By Michael Spratt
Michael Spratt

The value of seeking mentors from outside the legal profession

By Barbara De Dios
Barbara De Dios

Moral injury: The wound the legal profession keeps calling burnout

By Jason Ward
Jason Ward

The Benchwood Builders case should refocus defamation on reputation

By Hilary Young
Hilary Young
Rankings

Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada

From constitutional rulings to firm-wide AI rollouts, these influential lawyers are taking Canada’s legal system forward

Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada

Top Family Law Firm Teams in Canada: Leading Divorce and ADR Teams

Presenting Canadian Lawyer’s inaugural list of the 20 best family law firm teams in Canada for 2026, demonstrating what it looks like to practise exceptionally well and bypass court backlogs

Top Family Law Firm Teams in Canada: Leading Divorce and ADR Teams

The Canadian Law Awards 2026

Collaboration, innovation, and impact: highlights from the 2026 Canadian Law Awards

The Canadian Law Awards 2026
Resources

How Fasken helped build Legora’s AI tool it now uses firmwide

The firm shaped agentic AI before adopting it – now the platform runs across nearly 1,000 lawyers

How Fasken helped build Legora’s AI tool it now uses firmwide

Small law firm hiring: building a team on culture over credentials

Manitoba law society’s consultation for access to justice initiative shows need for systemic change

Law firm succession planning: why most firms get it wrong

International

Ex-civil justice deputy head Michael Briggs announced as UK Supreme Court president

By Jacqueline So

He officially succeeds Robert Reed in January 2027

Ex-civil justice deputy head Michael Briggs announced as UK Supreme Court president

European Court of Justice sides with IKEA in infringement bout over brand’s use in Belgian campaign

By Jacqueline So

Court found that the campaign may have significantly harmed the furniture company’s reputation

European Court of Justice sides with IKEA in infringement bout over brand’s use in Belgian campaign

Google must rework digital advertising system, Virginia judge rules

By Jacqueline So

The US justice department had sought an order requiring Google to divest parts of its technology

Google must rework digital advertising system, Virginia judge rules

UK firm Taylor Rose challenges inclusion in government list of employers not paying minimum wage

By Jacqueline So

The firm claimed a miscalculation related to salary pension contributions and car parking deductions

UK firm Taylor Rose challenges inclusion in government list of employers not paying minimum wage

UK court dismisses appeal in data protection rights infringement suit against global firm DWF

By Jacqueline So

The appellants were found to have modified their claims without applying for permission to amend

UK court dismisses appeal in data protection rights infringement suit against global firm DWF