Michael Pflueger

[Michael Pflueger @PfluegerLaw]

@SSGTBurns @grahamctv @Stefan_Keyes Given the popularity of these vehicles, a policy of regular stops would end up in a massive volume of zero utility stops. I don't believe a rational police service would squander resources this way. Telling that the sgt doesn't point to an actual policy.

[Michael Pflueger @PfluegerLaw]

@LawyerBuchanan The commentary allows communication between parties, notwithstanding that both are represented, presumably because the power imbalance of a lawyer speaking to a nonlawyer does not exist. I am not sure it is supposed to apply in these circumstances.

[Michael Pflueger @PfluegerLaw]

@LawyerBuchanan On count 1 it may make a difference if he was represented at the time. The purpose of the rule is to prevent lawyers from taking advantage when an opposing party has access to legal advice.

[Michael Pflueger @PfluegerLaw]

One last thing. I guarantee that the bot won't have one of the most important skills of an experienced lawyer; knowing when to sit down and shut up.

[Kit, Esq. @kit_sionn_witch]

On February 22nd, sometime before 1:30 pm, a court officer will say, "you need to take those headphones out" and this experiment will come to an abrupt close

[Michael Pflueger @PfluegerLaw]

Basically this is an automated version of the charlatans who make a buck advising "freemen on the land," and I expect to see similar results.

[Michael Pflueger @PfluegerLaw]

Sorry, but speech recognition technology ain't good enough yet. I don't see how the bot lawyer will even know what is going on.

[Michael Pflueger @PfluegerLaw]

And if you are using it in a courtroom, you are going to have to rely on the bot's ability to understand the speech of all of the participants, and identify who is who, without being trained on any of their voices.

[Michael Pflueger @PfluegerLaw]

So remember that the next time you see some lawyer ranting about the right to remain ignorant. What they are really asking for is the right to be incompetent. And they don't have that right.

[Michael Pflueger @PfluegerLaw]

Having some knowledge of Indigenous legal matters isn't woke, its just basic competence. Where a matter has any Indigenous dimension at all, not having that knowledge does a disservice to your client and to the public.

[Michael Pflueger @PfluegerLaw]

That also requires cultural competence, because Indigenous peoples have rights to their cultural practices, and because cultural practices form part of the factual matrix to determine if a right exists.

[Michael Pflueger @PfluegerLaw]

Sure, it won't affect everyone's practice. But neither will knowledge of Wills, or Real Estate, and yet when I took the bar admission course we were expected to have a basic competence in those areas.