Professional regulation

Alta CA won’t reverse disbarment, reduce penalties for lawyer who engaged in financial misconduct

Alta CA won’t reverse disbarment, reduce penalties for lawyer who engaged in financial misconduct

Shawn Beaver asked the court to change his disbarment to a three-year suspension

Nearly half of voters at heated LSBC meeting vote to amend Indigenous intercultural course

Nearly half of voters at heated LSBC meeting vote to amend Indigenous intercultural course

Multiple members spoke out against a resolution they said fed into residential school denialism

Proposal by LSBC members to change phrasing in Indigenous intercultural course faces heavy pushback

Proposal by LSBC members to change phrasing in Indigenous intercultural course faces heavy pushback

BC law society members are slated to vote on the resolution at the LSBC’s annual general meeting

Nova Scotia Barristers' Society prepares for strategic planning amid challenges and change

Nova Scotia Barristers' Society prepares for strategic planning amid challenges and change

Strategic planning environmental scan addresses economic, technological, sociopolitical issues

Report finds major disparity between urban and rural legal services in Yukon

Report finds major disparity between urban and rural legal services in Yukon

Legal regulator in territory cites concentration of services in Whitehorse as cause of inequities

Former Mexican president to speak at International Bar Association conference

Former Mexican president to speak at International Bar Association conference

Ernesto Zedillo focuses on critical role of rule of law in fostering economic development