Women's Legal Mentorship Program

National mentoring platform dedicated to #mentoring legal #leaders & creating lasting change for Canadian #womeninlaw. | Established 2011| Team Managed

[Women's Legal Mentorship Program @WLMP_PMDF]

The Women’s Legal Mentorship Program
(@WLMP_PMDF ) will be going on hiatus effective June 9, 2025. Though the WLMP is going on hiatus, our legacy of feminist legal mentorship will continue in our sister organizations and future endeavors.

[Canadian Lawyer Magazine @CanLawMag]

BC lawyer-run startup wants to make prenups more affordable. Co-founders plan to offer the same service for separation agreements.

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[Law360 @Law360]

BREAKING: Harvard University went to court seeking to block the Trump administration from enforcing what the university called an unconstitutional and retaliatory ban on enrolling foreign students. https://t.co/HX8Npe6GwC

[CBC News @CBCNews]

The union representing about 55,000 Canada Post employees has called for a countrywide halt to overtime work, describing it a "legal strike action." https://t.co/7JfwiOO5rx

[Canadian Femicide Observatory 🇨🇦 @CAN_Femicide]

Given police rarely get jail time after criminal cases, it's something, but not enough.

Preyed on vulnerable women like most predatory males.

Edmonton police officer who used job to pursue women gets 6 months in jail
https://t.co/uCMb9emNWX

[Reuters Legal @ReutersLegal]

Elon Musk’s DOGE team is expanding use of his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok in the federal government to analyze data, said three people familiar with the matter, potentially putting at risk sensitive information on millions of Americans. https://t.co/Taq0tRYzcr

[Tom Engel @TomEngel18]

Bradley Lafortune called Bakewell’s death “tragic” & said it reflects poorly on society that someone with such a wound can slowly die in the cold. “It’s appalling, it’s unacceptable,” he said. “This just should not be happening on our streets, anywhere.”

https://t.co/UYOcGFZVZ8

[Canadian Lawyer Magazine @CanLawMag]

Ontario Court of Appeal upholds award of $1.1 million in costs and interest in collision case. Ruling finds judge entitled to deem rates charged by injured man's counsel fair and reasonable.

https://t.co/iWfsSKptSy

[Law Times @LawTimes]

Davies welcomes tax advocate Molly Luu as partner in Toronto. She was most recently a partner in Miller Thomson’s tax disputes resolution group.

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[Canadian Lawyer Magazine @CanLawMag]

Canada's securities regulators increase capital-raising limit for listed issuer financing exemption. Over 270 issuers have used exemption and raised over $1 billion in total: CSA.

https://t.co/SuMaXcptmG

[Law Commission of Ontario @LCO_CDO]

AI at trial aims to increase access to justice, but what about risks like manipulated evidence, unequal access to expensive AI tools, few experts to testify? Read about it in Crim AI paper 4: AI at Trial and on Appeal, by Eric Neubauer & Paula Thompson: https://t.co/6ftBPRhAYi

[Alison Craig @lawandchocolate]

At the Newmarket courthouse. I knew there was a reason this place is my favorite. 🥹

[Harvard University @Harvard]

Without its international students, Harvard is not Harvard. https://t.co/V8uvTNaL64

[Ontario Bar Association @OBAlawyers]

Congratulations to Valerie Wise, of Wise Health Law Professional Corporation, recipient of the Susan Hilary Davidson Memorial Award for Excellence in Health Law. Join us as we honour her at a special award presentation and reception on June 18 in Toronto. https://t.co/zJEy2O7iMZ

[BC Civil Liberties Association @bccla]

BCCLA is extremely disappointed and concerned that today Toronto City Council approved a Bylaw Amendment which broadly infringes democratic Charter rights without sufficient, tailored, and transparent justification.

[Canadian Lawyer Magazine @CanLawMag]

Alberta Court of King's Bench finds exclusion from coverage due to weed oil production. Insured alleges breach of duties to indemnify and defend against claim for injury caused by fire.

https://t.co/o2pz6bwCuI

[Legal Affairs Canada @LawScribes]

6-3 US supreme court allows US #transgender #military ban to take effect lifting nationwide court injunction. Could trigger 1000s of discharges while legal challenge continues. #lgbt #scotus https://t.co/2dJaFGeb5p

[Lexpert @Lexpert]

Business group urges Canada to have stronger trade ties beyond China and US. Chinese tariffs are directly hitting 23 percent of Canadian agri-businesses, survey shows.

https://t.co/uPsyUEUvFt

[Legal Affairs Canada @LawScribes]

Whopper not so whopper after all: #BurgerKing must face lawsuit claiming it misleads customers with ads that make Whopper sandwich and other products appear larger than they are. https://t.co/63QcIqKkNm