Stepping Up: workshop aims to prepare women in-house counsel for the next level
While the in-house bar in Canada has grown considerably in the last decade, competition for general counsel roles has increased.With fewer top legal jobs in public companies than in the U.S., the path...
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Legal leaders launch scholarship for law students with disabilities
Legal Leaders for Diversity has established a trust fund to help disabled students studying law in Canada.At it’s third annual meeting in Toronto Tuesday, LLD announced it will be offering annual...
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Bar groups call out appalling lack of diversity of new judges
Diverse bar groups are calling on the federal government for a more transparent and accountable process judicial appointments process saying the last round had an appalling lack of diversity. The...
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N.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...
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Profession divided on mandatory collection of diversity data: report
Most participants in a Law Society of Upper Canada consultation process agree law firms should collect diversity data. But according to an interim report released yesterday, the profession is divided...
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TWU decision unreasonable, federal government argues
While the question of alternative business structures dominated the recent Law Society of Upper Canada bencher elections, there’s another major issue about to take centre stage: the decision to...
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Study connects race, gender to law grad jobs
A first-of-its-kind study published on Tuesday by the University of Toronto makes startling connections between the race and gender composition of law school graduates in Canada and where they land...
View ArticleLSUC ignored ‘binding precedent,’ argues TWU lawyer
The Law Society of Upper Canada’s benchers “ignored a binding precedent” last year when they denied accreditation to Trinity Western University’s proposed law school, the university argued at the...
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Diverse and compelling
Malik Martin, associate at Rueters LLP, Gerald Chan, counsel at Stockwoods LLP, and Cindy Kou, associate at Gowling WLG, enjoy the evening.Balpeet Laila, lawyer with Walman Catre Wise & Stone In...
View ArticleLLD awards scholarships to students with disabilities
Legal Leaders for Diversity has handed out 12 more scholarships to law students with disabilities — bringing the total to 21 since the fund was launched in June 2014. Julie Harmgardt and Julia Munk...
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