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Slaw is Canada's online legal magazine.

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★ Reading for Writers: Daily Rituals by Mason Currey and When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel Pink: Unless you are one of those legendary litigators who focuses on court and leaves all of their writing to someone else, lawyers spend… https://t.co/KsZI9aEUIw

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★ Keep a List of Questions for Product Demos: Keep a record of research questions you have answered and the next time you have a demonstration of a new product, use one or more of these questions (amended as appropriate). You get a much better idea of… https://t.co/5Fu6lybTcd

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★ Bad Ballots: Down With Direct Democracy in Law Society Governance: At the LSBC’s AGM tomorrow, several member resolutions will be up for a vote. Among them is a controversial resolution (Resolution 3) submitted by two BC lawyers that calls for changes… https://t.co/C0afEV8FAl

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★ Monday’s Mix: Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award­-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as… https://t.co/SM5ReckyzK

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★ Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ: Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a Québec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the Québec Department of Justice… https://t.co/inCwTbj2iu

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★ Ambiguous Patent Claims: Patents have a reputation of being difficult to read and understand and a key part of most patent litigation proceedings is ‘construing’ or providing meaning to the claims of the patent. A recent decision of the Federal Court… https://t.co/nLPG4I44tc

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★ Thursday Thinkpiece: Against the Odds: The Indigenous Rights Cases of Thomas R. Berger: Periodically on Thursdays, we present a significant excerpt, usually from a recently published book or journal article. In every case the proper permissions have… https://t.co/xOE81EtPF3

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Comment on What Was Heard: Contradictions in Canadian Scholarly Publishing by Peter Toner https://t.co/LeHkJmwSG8

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★ Beyond Command and Control: The Case for Empathetic Leadership in Law Firms: There’s a lot of talk, grumbling, and bemused head-scratching in law firms these days among partners of a certain age who lament the younger generation of lawyers who are so… https://t.co/sElBpcgWFk

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★ What Was Heard: Contradictions in Canadian Scholarly Publishing: In July of last year, Canada’s three research-funding agencies set out to improve public and academic access to the studies they sponsor. Open access to research and scholarship is… https://t.co/lYrX1sB9cf

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★ Monday’s Mix: Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award­-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as… https://t.co/8eVdbgUGQU

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★ Summaries Sunday: SOQUIJ: Every week we present the summary of a decision handed down by a Québec court provided to us by SOQUIJ and considered to be of interest to our readers throughout Canada. SOQUIJ is attached to the Québec Department of Justice… https://t.co/o0hqdDBDVe

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★ Taming the Ghost in the Machine: Canada’s Journey to AI Regulation, Part 2: In part 1 of this article, we explored two different areas of the regulation of artificial Intelligence (AI) in Canada. These included existing laws of general application… https://t.co/R55o6EV195

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★ Employer Was Permitted to Require Experience for Job: Written by Christina-Catenacci, BA, LL.B., LLM, PhD Editor, First Reference Inc.

In August 2024, a New Brunswick labour arbitrator denied the union’s grievance that argued that an employee should… https://t.co/7FxJejxqjb

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★ Book Review: Essays in the History of Canadian Law, Volume XII: New Essays in Women’s History: Several times each month, we are pleased to republish a recent book review from the Canadian Law Library Review (CLLR). CLLR is the official journal of the… https://t.co/G0OoGDNDGx

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Comment on Academic Safe Haven for Irwin Law? by Robert McKay https://t.co/rT4KFOQczf

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★ Summer US Legal Research Roundup: This July I was able to attend the American Association of Law Libraries Annual Meeting in Chicago. I had a wonderful time reconnecting with old friends and colleagues. Many of the sessions focused on how to handle AI… https://t.co/fryT2V3hU6

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Comment on Academic Safe Haven for Irwin Law? by Gary Rodrigues https://t.co/ylXCbL9gi8

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★ Momentum for Child and Youth Meaningful Participation and Voice in Family Justice: “All people want and need to be Heard, Seen and Loved” (HSL).

— In That Order —

The Dalai Lama (Note 1)

The Youth Voices Initiative (sponsored by the BC Family… https://t.co/EviUlW2piQ

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★ Monday’s Mix: Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award­-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as… https://t.co/UCZxGlYSCy