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8 Tips for Building a Successful Alternative Fee Arrangement

  • March 07, 2016
  • Samantha Green and Scott Venton

Alternative Fee Arrangement (AFA) has become a buzzword in the legal community, and lawyers should expect clients to ask to enter into an AFA. Prepare yourself with these eight important tips for building an AFA.

Business Continuity for Ontario Lawyers

  • March 04, 2016
  • Stephen Mehta

Performing any activity in the business world – from selling lemonade to arguing an appellate case – requires a combination of people, information, technology and workspace. As anyone who has experienced an office evacuation or cyber-attack might attest, meeting obligations with any of these assets unavailable can be challenging, if not impossible.

5 Evidence Rules to Keep In Mind Before a Civil Trial

  • February 17, 2016
  • Sam R. Sasso

There is no end to the number of rules and practice tips which need to be considered when preparing for a trial, but here are 5 evidence rules to keep in mind to assist in being ready when a trial actually happens.

Joanne St. Lewis

Measuring Diversity: A report card for the legal profession

  • February 16, 2016
  • Juliet Knapton

Juliet Knapton, past chair of the OBA Equality Committee, sits down with LSUC Bencher Joanne St. Lewis to discuss an idea St. Lewis brought forward during her campaign for Bencher: an annual report card to measure diversity in the legal profession.