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Verdicts & Voices — 75 episodes
Indigenous practice in Canadian courts (from the archives)
Approaching the bar
“I thought she was nuts when she said I’d be a judge.”
A turning point for a tort of family violence
Nunavut’s Gladue dilemma
“A landmark decision for the independence of the bar”
When courts get vexed
How to judge slop
The badge of good character
Will the Protecting Victims Act do just that?
Quebec’s secularism law gets its day in court
A lightning rod and a symbol of courage (from the archives)
Jordan turns ten
From law to order
Motion to intervene
Who needs international law?
Supreme Court preview with Nadia Effendi
Season’s Readings!
Plain language (or, Eschewing unnecessary obfuscation in juridical discourse)
“So fundamentally wrong”: Alexandre Forest and Stéphane Beaulac on Quebec’s constitution bill
Expanding notwithstanding rebranding? (from the archives)
Bye-bye to the bar exam? Jennifer Pink and Jordan Furlong
A chat with Margaret Satterthwaite, UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers
Artificial intelligence, genuine bias: law professors Gideon Christian and Jake Effoduh
Do we need a bail bill? Melanie Webb and Daniel Lerner react to Bill C-14
The sisterhood of “gender sellouts” in criminal law: Anita Szigeti, Hamna Anwar and Kyla Lee
Supreme Court fall preview with Nadia Effendi
Justice by the numbers: Hon. David Brown on delays, data, and thumping the drum
“One day, she just had enough”: Karin Wells on the women behind landmark cases in Canadian law
Verdicts and Voices: David Frum on the rule of law, asylum systems, and why Canada is global democracy’s “least dirty shirt”
Verdicts and Voices: Canada’s first Black female judge and the RDS Case, lawyers getting laughs, and the Safe Third Country Agreement.
Verdicts and Voices: Bill C-2, Indigenous legal practices, and Dagenais v CBC
Verdicts and Voices: A troubling trademark scam, AI hallucination cases and the 1998 Secession Reference
Verdicts and Voices: The Ontario Civil Rules Review, crossing the US-Canada border, and landmark immigration cases
Verdicts and Voices: The 2025 Federal Election
Verdicts and Voices: The international rule of law, tax reform, and access to abortion
Verdicts and Voices: The use of AI at the Federal Court, the tort of family violence, and R v. Drybones
Verdicts and Voices: The notwithstanding clause, Gold Seal v. Alberta and a conversation with Chief Justice Richard Wagner
Episode 37: Supreme court briefing
Episode 36: Dr. Anton Korynevych on the effort to create a Special Tribunal on Crimes of Aggression Against Ukraine.
Episode 35: Justice Minister Arif Virani on criminal law reform, expanding MAiD and the state of our courts
Episode 34: Amanda Chaboryk and Alex Hawley on how to use AI in a legal practice
Episode 33: Woodrow Hartzog on the dangers of regulating AI with half measures
Episode 32: Dr. Carys Craig on generative AI and the dangers of the copyright trap
Episode 31: Supreme court briefing
Episode 30: Benjamin Perrin puts Canada’s criminal justice system on trial
Episode 29: Kristen van de Biezenbos on Canada’s complicated path to decarbonization
Episode 28: Jordan Furlong discusses what generative AI means for the profession
Episode 27: Supreme court briefing
Episode 26: Defamation law in the age of (mis)information
Episode 25: Lisa Middlemiss on Canada’s ambitious immigration target
Épisode 24: La prise de décision automatisée en droit administratif
Episode 23: Guy Pratte and the Art of Persuasion
Episode 22: The Charter’s strange history with gender equality rights
Episode 21: Supreme court briefing
Episode 20: It’ll take more than hard drug decriminalization to beat the overdose crisis
Épisode 19: Comment la loi peut contrer les risques de l’intelligence artificielle
Episode 18: A personal story about alcohol and substance abuse in the legal profession
Episode 17: Everything, everywhere all at once: Challenges for the legal profession ahead
Episode 16: Competition law and inclusive growth
Episode 15: Supreme court briefing
Episode 14: Reviving Indigenous law as a source of Canadian law
Episode 13: Transforming our courts using technology
Episode 12: Supreme Court briefing
Episode 11: Designing a privacy regime for the age of AI
Episode 10: Our Property Rights, Digital Jail, and the Charter
Episode 9: Fitness for Purpose: IP Laws
Episode 8: Technology and the Charter’s future
Épisode 7: Gouvernance et protection de nos droits à l’ère numérique
Episode 6: Competition law and the digital economy
Episode 5: Law’s place in the metaverse
Episode 4: How technology could reshape litigation
Épisode 3: Comment se préparer pour l’ère de l’informatique quantique
Episode 2: The perils of lawyers handling digital assets
Episode 1: Fighting disinformation by legal means