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13th Colloquium – November 2010
Lawyer, Legends, Legacies and Lessons from Ontario Legal History
- Agenda
- Video recordings
- Day 1
Video recording from Day 1: Part 1
Video recording from Day 1: Part 2
Video recording from Day 1: Part 3
Video recording from Day 1: Part 4
Video recording from Day 1: Part 5
Video recording from Day 1: Part 6
- Day 2
Video recording from Day 2: Part 1
Video recording from Day 2: Part 2
Video recording from Day 2: Part 3
Video recording from Day 2: Part 4
Video recording from Day 2: Part 5
- Papers
Jim Phillips: The Osgoode Society, Legal History and Biography
C. Ian Kyer: Cecil (Caesar) A. Wright
Jacqueline Briggs: Norman Lickers
Kent Roach: G. Arthur Martin
Philip Girard: Bora Laskin
Mélanie Brunet: Vera Parsons
Jamie B. Cameron : Bertha Wilson
Laurel MacDowell: J.L. Cohen
The Honourable Justice Robert J. Sharpe and Patricia McMahon: Persons Case
Jim Phillips: Manitoba Fisheries Case
Philip Girard : Laskin as Engaged Academic
12th Colloquium – March 2009
The Independence of the Bar and If It Matters
- Agenda
- Video recording for this program: Part 1
- Video recording for this program: Part 2
- Video recording for this program: Part 3
- Video recording for this program: Part 4
- Papers
Richard F. Devlin : The End(s) of Self Regulation?
Adam M. Dodek: Lawyers, Guns and Money: Lawyers and Power in Canadian Society
Roy W. Millen : Money Laundering and the Regulation of the Legal Profession
Clayton Ruby : Speaking Notes of Clayton Ruby
The Honourable Mr. Justice James M. Spence: Why the Independence of the Bar Matters
11th Colloquium – November 2008
Professionalism and Serving Communities
- Agenda
- Video recording for this program: Part 1
- Video recording for this program: Part 2
- Video recording for this program: Part 3
- Video recording for this program: Part 4
- Papers
Susan Ursel: Some Notes on the Experience of Working in Community with the Gay and Lesbian Communities of Ontario
Yedida Zalik: Linguistic Access and the Legal Profession – reflections from work in rights education
Clare E. Burns: Child Clients – An Ongoing Ethical Dilemma
Louise A. Stratford : Protecting Vulnerable Adults – A Community Responsibility
Dennis W. Archer : Lawyers As Healers
Loretta P. Merritt: Civil Sexual Assault – Representing The Plaintiff
Larry Wilson: Victims of Sexual Assault – Who Represents Them in Criminal Proceedings?
Suzan E. Fraser : Sanism and The Legal Profession – Why Mad People Should Be Angry
Lana Kerzner : Providing Legal Services to People with Disabilities
Dr. Christopher Waters : Oversight of Our Troops ‘Over There’
David M. Tanovich – Revised January 8, 2009 : Learning To Act Like A Lawyer – A Model Code Of Professional Responsibility For Law Students
David Lepofsky : Carole Riback Memorial Lecture (MP3)
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10th Colloquium – March 2008
Professionalism: Ideals, Challenges, Myths and Realities
Margaret A. Ross: Challenges to the Standards of Professionalism in the Legal Profession
Jordan Furlong : Professionalism Revived – Diagnosing the Failure of Professionalism among Lawyers and Finding a Cure
The Honourable Justice Michael J. Moldaver: Preventing the Criminal Law Process from Undermining Justice
Gavin MacKenzie: How Murkey can a Bright Line be? Coping with Conflicts of Interest in the wake of R. v. Neil
Ronald F. Caza: La profession juridique contribue à la préservation d’un Canada uni lorsqu’elle assure un accès à la justice en français en Ontario
M. Virginia MacLean, Q.C.: Fashioning the Economic Model to Prevent Marginalization of Women and Minorities
David W. Scott, Q.C.: Are Radical Solutions in Order? Affordable Legal Services & Access to Justice
Avarita L. Hanson: Professionalism and the Judiciary – Lessons Learned As Georgia Approaches 20 Years of Institutionalizing Professionalism
The Honourable Mr. Justice Paul M. Perell: The Civil Law of Civility
9th Colloquium – October 2007
Legal Ethics in Action
- Agenda
- Video recording for this program: Part 1
- Video recording for this program: Part 2
- Video recording for this program: Part 3
- Video recording for this program: Part 4
- Papers
Edward J. Waitzer: Ethics in Business Law
Thomas G. Heintzman O.C., Q.C.: Ethical Issues Relating to Lawyers and Unrepresented Litigants in the Civil Justice System
Wendy Matheson: Civility – Ten Litigators to watch out for
Raj Anand : Fostering Pro Bono Service in the Legal Profession – Challenges Facing the Pro Bono Ethic
Paul Calarco: Not in my Court You Don’t!!
8th Colloquium – May 2007
The Challenges of Leadership
- Agenda
- Video recording for this program: Part 1
- Video recording for this program: Part 2
- Video recording for this program: Part 3
- Video recording for this program: Part 4
- Papers
Diana C. Miles: Leadership in Legal Education – Evaluating Expectations
Professor Stephen G.A. Pitel : Charting New Courses – Leadership in Curriculum Reform . A revised version of this paper has subsequently been published in (2007) 5 Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education 39.
John McKellar, Q.C.: Leadership in the Non-Profit Sector
Claude Pensa, Q.C.: Lawyers in the Community
Judith M. Potter: Panel – Leadership in the Non-Profit Sector
The Honourable Sue Barnes, P.C., M.P.: The Challenges of Leadership
Heather Joy Ross : What Would Henry Think?
M. David Lepofsky : The Long, Arduous Road To A Barrier-Free Ontario For People With Disabilities . Reprinted from (2004) 15 N.J.C.L. 125 by permission of M. David Lepofsky, and Thomson Carswell, a division of Thomson Canada Limited.
Geoff Beattie : A Thousands Paths to Leadership – Observations and Learnings on Leadership in Business
Professor Emeritus David Mullan: The Challenges of Leadership – Leadership and Governance
Bruce P. Elman: Creating a Culture of Professional Responsibility and Ethics – a Leadership Role for Law Schools
7th Colloquium – October 2006
Polemics and Professionalism
- Agenda
- Video recording for this program: Part 1
- Video recording for this program: Part 2
- Video recording for this program: Part 3
- Papers
David Tanovich: Law’s Ambition and the Reconstruction of Role Morality in Canada
Earl A. Cherniak, Q.C. and Shelby Z.C. Austin: Standing for Justice – The Lawyer’s Role in the Client Selection Process
Professor Emeritus Harry Glasbeek: Background Notes to Professionalism and Commercialism – The legal profession has sold its soul to Mammon
Jay L. Naster : Divided Loyalties
Paul D. Paton: Corporate Counsel as Corporate Conscience – Ethics and Integrity in the Post-Enron Era
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6th Colloquium – March 2006
Law and Lawyers in Literature and Film
- Agenda
- Video recording for this program: Part 1
- Video recording for this program: Part 2
- Video recording for this program: Part 3
- Papers
Michael Asimow: When the Lawyer Knows the Client is Guilty – Legal Ethics, and Popular Culture
The Honourable Mr. Justice James M. Farley: Law, Lawyers and Judges in Literature
Angela Fernandez: Legal Education & A Civil Action in Canada – (In)visibility of the Courtroom in Film
Greig Henderson: Keeping Fury Underground – Rational Justice in Aeschylus’s Oresteia
The Honourable Mr. Justice Gordon Killeen: Judgments as literature – Some Thoughts on Masters of the Craft
Treasurer Gavin MacKenzie: Shakespeare and the Law
Dermot P. Nolan : Showtime – Courtroom or Theatre; “It’s the Performance, Stupid”
Justice Gary Trotter : Integrity and Honour in Criminal Litigation – Hollow Aspirations or Enforceable Standards?
5th Colloquium – October 2005
Honour, Integrity and Professionalism in the Legal Profession
- Agenda
- Video recording for this program: Part 1
- Video recording for this program: Part 2
- Video recording for this program: Part 3
- Video recording for this program: Part 4
- Papers
Professor Fiona Kay : Integrity in a Changing Profession – Issues of Diversity and Inclusion
Professor Paul Paton : Ethics and Integrity – In-House and Corporate Practice
Margaret O’Sullivan: Integrity in Estates Practice
4th Colloquium – March 2005
Accessing the Justice in Professionalism
- Agenda
- Video recording for this program: Part 1
- Video recording for this program: Part 2
- Video recording for this program: Part 3
- Video recording for this program: Part 4
- Papers
The Honourable Eleanore A. Cronk : Professionalism and Barriers to Justice
David M. Tanovich: The Reconstruction of a Distinctly Canadian Role Morality “In the Interests of Justice” and the Implications for Reform
Kwasi Kafele: Understanding Cultural Competence
Rose Voyvodic : Advancing the Justice Ethic Through Cultural Competence
Avvy Y.Y. Go : Playing Second Fiddle to Yo-Yo Ma
Charles C. Smith: Who is Afraid of the Big Bad Social Constructionists? Or Shedding Light on The Unpardonable Whiteness Of The Canadian Legal Profession
Bryan Finlay, Q.C. : Public Interest Lawyering – Working in Partnership
Frank H. Wu: The Implications of ‘Bleached-Out’ Professionalism for Racialized Lawyers and Communities
3rd Colloquium – October 2004
The Honourable Roy McMurtry: The Legal Profession and Public Service
Paul M. Perell: Deceived with Ornament – Law, Lawyers and Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice
The Honourable Louise Charron : Journal intime d’une juriste franco-ontarienne
The Honourable Mr. Justice Allan Hilton: The Practice of Law in Quebec – The Perspective of an Anglophone Quebecer
Jim Varro and Paul Perell: Elements of Professionalism
- Other Papers on Professionalism
Rupert Ross : Exploring Criminal Justice and The Aboriginal Healing Paradigm
2nd Colloquium – March 2004
- Agenda
- Video recording of this program: Part 1
- Video recording of this program: Part 2
- Video recording of this program: Part 3
- Papers
The Honourable Louise Arbour: Lawyers in a World Criminal Court
Professor Bruce P. Archibald, Q.C.: Co-ordinating Canada’s Restorative and Inclusionary Models of Criminal Justice: The Legal Profession and the Exercise of Discretion under a Reflexive Rule of Law
Austin M. Cooper, Q.C .: The “Good” Criminal Law Barrister
Christine A. McGoey: The “Good” Criminal Law Barrister – A Crown Perspective
The Honourable John W. Morden: The “Good” Judge
The Honourable Robert J. Sharpe : The Life of Chief Justice Dickson
1st Colloquium – October 2003
- Agenda
- Video recording of this program: Part 1
- Video recording of this program: Part 2
- Video recording of this program: Part 3
- Papers
The Honourable Robert Rae: Society and the Rule of Law - Transcription of The Honourable Robert Rae Presentation
The Right Honourable Justice Beverley McLachlin, P.C.: Judges in a Multi-cultural Society
The Honourable Justice Rosalie Abella, Court of Appeal for Ontario: Justice and Literature
Dr. Randal Graham: Defining “The Good Lawyer”
Professor Constance Backhouse : Gender and Race in the Construction of “Legal Professionalism” – Historical Perspectives
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