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Grain inspectors and graders' union activity falls under derivative federal jurisdiction: SCC

Split ruling sets out test for assessing whether labour matters fall under direct or derivative jurisdiction

Fasken adds Bruce Lawrence as partner in capital markets and M&A group

Based in Calgary, he has worked closely with companies in natural resources sector

Planned amendments in Saskatchewan aim to help recover overdue support

Proposed changes to spousal and child support collection include fees on delinquent accounts

CBABC invites dialogue with new BC government on Legal Professions Act

President Connor Bildfell emphasized that lawyers must continue to be self-regulated

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Stronger immigration needs better research

Stronger immigration needs better research

A&M Canadian immigration uses data and case law to strengthen applications amid tighter rules

Features
40 years & 10,000 families: giving back in appreciation

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40 years & 10,000 families: giving back in appreciation

Share Lawyers seeks charity nominations for its nationwide 40 Days of Giving campaign

Burnout as a business risk: how workload erodes lawyers and law firms

Burnout as a business risk: how workload erodes lawyers and law firms

At the Canadian Legal Summit, panellists spoke about defining burnout, confronting the data, and firm-level action

Opinion

The mentorship questions law students should ask during recruitment

By Peter Saad
Peter Saad

E-discovery is changing what lawyers ask and when they ask it 

By Tim Wilbur
Tim Wilbur

I thought AI would take my legal job. Instead, it gave me a better one

By Emily Feng
Emily Feng

What judges are really looking for in legal award submissions 

By Tim Wilbur
Tim Wilbur
Rankings

Top Legal Tech, Service Providers, and Products in Canada | Readers’ Choice

Canadian Lawyer’s Readers’ Choice Awards 2026 present 117 reader-voted awards to legal technology providers as AI raises the bar on verification

Top Legal Tech, Service Providers, and Products in Canada | Readers’ Choice

The Top Litigation Law Firms in Canada, Boutique

Canada's top litigation law firms exemplify standards of excellence

The Top Litigation Law Firms in Canada, Boutique

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
Resources

Burnout as a business risk: how workload erodes lawyers and law firms

At the Canadian Legal Summit, panellists spoke about defining burnout, confronting the data, and firm-level action

M&A partner Nathalie Proulx joins De Grandpré Chait’s business law team

Dentons’ new global practice heads include four across Toronto, Vancouver

Canadian Lawyer unveils 2026 Readers’ Choice Award winners

LSA bencher candidates divided on whether regulator should push back against Alberta’s ‘Peterson law’

International

UK criminal bar committee head flags lack of diversity in top courts

By Jacqueline So

Black Barristers’ Committee founding chair Keir Monteith stressed the importance of allyship

UK criminal bar committee head flags lack of diversity in top courts

UK judge instructs expert witnesses to be transparent about AI use

By Jacqueline So

Instruction is in line with a recommendation presented in a recent UK Civil Justice Council report

UK judge instructs expert witnesses to be transparent about AI use

California court clears progression of suit over medical dramas

By Jacqueline So

The appeals court determined that “ER” and “The Pitt” were adequately similar

California court clears progression of suit over medical dramas

International Court of Justice adds first UK judge in nearly a decade

By Bernise Carolino

Dapo Akande, public international law professor at Oxford, first qualified as a lawyer in Nigeria

International Court of Justice adds first UK judge in nearly a decade

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader says it’s first global firm to put pro bono in constitution

By Bernise Carolino

Partnership of combined firm formally commits to support for communities it serves

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader says it’s first global firm to put pro bono in constitution