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Verdicts & Voices, 81 episodes.

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The rise of women-led law firms

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Was Nova Scotia’s last hanging a wrongful conviction?

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The pith and substance of Alberta’s referendum questions

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Supreme Court fall preview

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A remedy for people who can afford it?

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Kudos to the humans

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Indigenous practice in Canadian courts (from the archives)

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Approaching the bar

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“I thought she was nuts when she said I’d be a judge.”

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A turning point for a tort of family violence

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Nunavut’s Gladue dilemma

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“A landmark decision for the independence of the bar”

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When courts get vexed

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How to judge slop

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The badge of good character

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Will the Protecting Victims Act do just that?

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Quebec’s secularism law gets its day in court

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A lightning rod and a symbol of courage (from the archives)

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Jordan turns ten

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From law to order

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Motion to intervene

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Who needs international law?

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Supreme Court preview with Nadia Effendi

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Season’s Readings!

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Plain language (or, Eschewing unnecessary obfuscation in juridical discourse)

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“So fundamentally wrong”: Alexandre Forest and Stéphane Beaulac on Quebec’s constitution bill

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Expanding notwithstanding rebranding? (from the archives)

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Bye-bye to the bar exam? Jennifer Pink and Jordan Furlong

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A chat with Margaret Satterthwaite, UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers

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Artificial intelligence, genuine bias: law professors Gideon Christian and Jake Effoduh

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Do we need a bail bill? Melanie Webb and Daniel Lerner react to Bill C-14

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The sisterhood of “gender sellouts” in criminal law: Anita Szigeti, Hamna Anwar and Kyla Lee

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Supreme Court fall preview with Nadia Effendi

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Justice by the numbers: Hon. David Brown on delays, data, and thumping the drum

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“One day, she just had enough”: Karin Wells on the women behind landmark cases in Canadian law

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Verdicts and Voices: David Frum on the rule of law, asylum systems, and why Canada is global democracy’s “least dirty shirt”

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Verdicts and Voices: Canada’s first Black female judge and the RDS Case, lawyers getting laughs, and the Safe Third Country Agreement.

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Verdicts and Voices: Bill C-2, Indigenous legal practices, and Dagenais v CBC

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Verdicts and Voices: A troubling trademark scam, AI hallucination cases and the 1998 Secession Reference

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Verdicts and Voices: The Ontario Civil Rules Review, crossing the US-Canada border, and landmark immigration cases

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Verdicts and Voices: The 2025 Federal Election

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Verdicts and Voices: The international rule of law, tax reform, and access to abortion

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Verdicts and Voices: The use of AI at the Federal Court, the tort of family violence, and R v. Drybones

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Verdicts and Voices: The notwithstanding clause, Gold Seal v. Alberta and a conversation with Chief Justice Richard Wagner

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Episode 37: Supreme court briefing

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Episode 36: Dr. Anton Korynevych on the effort to create a Special Tribunal on Crimes of Aggression Against Ukraine.

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Episode 35: Justice Minister Arif Virani on criminal law reform, expanding MAiD and the state of our courts

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Episode 34: Amanda Chaboryk and Alex Hawley on how to use AI in a legal practice

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Episode 33: Woodrow Hartzog on the dangers of regulating AI with half measures

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Episode 32: Dr. Carys Craig on generative AI and the dangers of the copyright trap

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Episode 31: Supreme court briefing

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Episode 30: Benjamin Perrin puts Canada’s criminal justice system on trial

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Episode 29: Kristen van de Biezenbos on Canada’s complicated path to decarbonization

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Episode 28: Jordan Furlong discusses what generative AI means for the profession

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Episode 27: Supreme court briefing

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Episode 26: Defamation law in the age of (mis)information

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Episode 25: Lisa Middlemiss on Canada’s ambitious immigration target

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Épisode 24: La prise de décision automatisée en droit administratif

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Episode 23: Guy Pratte and the Art of Persuasion

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Episode 22: The Charter’s strange history with gender equality rights

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Episode 21: Supreme court briefing

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Episode 20: It’ll take more than hard drug decriminalization to beat the overdose crisis

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Épisode 19: Comment la loi peut contrer les risques de l’intelligence artificielle

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Episode 18: A personal story about alcohol and substance abuse in the legal profession

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Episode 17: Everything, everywhere all at once: Challenges for the legal profession ahead

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Episode 16: Competition law and inclusive growth

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Episode 15: Supreme court briefing

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Episode 14: Reviving Indigenous law as a source of Canadian law

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Episode 13: Transforming our courts using technology

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Episode 12: Supreme Court briefing

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Episode 11: Designing a privacy regime for the age of AI

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Episode 10: Our Property Rights, Digital Jail, and the Charter

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Episode 9: Fitness for Purpose: IP Laws

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Episode 8: Technology and the Charter’s future

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Épisode 7: Gouvernance et protection de nos droits à l’ère numérique

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Episode 6: Competition law and the digital economy

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Episode 5: Law’s place in the metaverse

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Episode 4: How technology could reshape litigation

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Épisode 3: Comment se préparer pour l’ère de l’informatique quantique

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Episode 2: The perils of lawyers handling digital assets

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Episode 1: Fighting disinformation by legal means