The recent appeal of a professional regulation decision before the Court of Appeal of Saskatchewan, Strom v Saskatchewan Registered Nurses’ Association highlights potential conflict between the regulation of a professional's "off-duty" conduct and the professional's right to freedom of expression under the Charter.

If we agree that a lawyer’s whole legal career should not be determined by the articling or first-year position they happened to find – that developing interests, experiences and aptitudes might lead newly called lawyers to a different area of law – shouldn't we be prepared to help them make that transition?

Grappling with unprecedented circumstances, employers and employees found themselves re-examining their employment contracts this year to determine their enforceability. To help lawyers counsel clients confidently, the OBA’s Labour and Employment Law Section assembled a panel of experts to share valuable employment-contract lessons learned in this period of upheaval.

Tailored accommodations, personalized service and a barrier-free environment alleviate the undue hardship that clients often endure, all the while breaking down stigma and miscommunication and contributing to a smooth and just legal process.

While neither super nor a hero, the Masked Mediator rolls with the times and the metaphorical punches, deftly overcoming each new hurdle to master mediation in the physical and virtual realms.

With a surge in the number of new legal tech startups comes familiar but unfounded fear that lawyers will be replaced by artificial intelligence (AI). Shiva Bakhtiary explains why AI needs lawyers just as much as lawyers need AI to bring new efficiency, savings and service enhancements to legal work.

Nikki Gershbain, McCarthy Tétrault’s chief inclusion officer, shares details of a pro-bono-focused program, forged in the face of a pandemic, that provides rewarding experiential learning opportunities for students while connecting low-income Canadians with crucial free legal services.

Members share the pandemic-prompted tools and processes that have proven beneficial to their practices.

Videoconferencing is the best solution to interact with co-workers and teams while gathering face to face is simply not possible. It's safe to say that the firms that are investing heavily in these tools are unlikely to abandon them as things return to ‘normal’ which is why it’s so important to develop a set of best practices for present dealings and for a post-pandemic future.

One lawyer’s Milnean pursuit of encouragement and an “ee”-sy answer to potentially soul-crushing legal-suffix confusion.