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B.C. lawyers say no to TWU law school
The Law Society of British Columbia has reversed its accreditation of Trinity Western University’s law school after the majority of the province’s bar voted against its initial decision in a referendum...
View ArticleBenyekhlef named chair of research lab
The Université de Montréal has found someone new to take over its influential legal information research chair. Karim Benyekhlef, who has been a professor in the Faculty of Law since 1989, will be...
View ArticleB.C. lawyer disbarred for misappropriating $42K
The Law Society of British Columbia has disbarred a New Westminster lawyer for misappropriating $42,200 from his clients.Bradley Darryl Tak, who was once employed by law firm Fraser and Beatty as well...
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TWU suing LSBC over rejection of accreditation
Trinity Western University is not taking rejection by the lawyers of British Columbia well. Yesterday it announced it will sue the Law Society of British Columbia over its Oct. 31 decision to reverse...
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New Brunswick vote upholds approval of TWU law school
In what president Helen Beaulieu calls a surprise, the Law Society of New Brunswick upheld a decision today to approve degrees from the Christian-based law school of Trinity Western University.The LSNB...
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Study questions access to justice benefits of ABS
With the debate on alternative business structures heating up, a University of Windsor Faculty of Law professor has prepared a study — commissioned by the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association — that...
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Feds ordered to cover articling students’ law society membership fees
The federal government must cover the law society membership fees for its articling students, a labour relations adjudicator has ruled.Since 2013, the Association of Justice Counsel has been battling...
View ArticleLSUC approves fee freeze as potential deficit looms
With the passing of the Law Society of Upper Canada’s 2016 budget on Oct. 29, Convocation has kept lawyer and paralegal annual fees at 2015’s levels. It also debated the potential use of a $1-million...
View ArticleLaw Society of B.C. makes recommendations around SCC appointments
The Law Society of British Columbia has submitted a report to federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould outlining a series of recommended principles for the appointment of justices to the Supreme...
View ArticleAccess to Justice BC to receive $300,000 in funding
Access to Justice BC will be receiving a grant of $300,000 over three years from the Law Society of BC and the Law Foundation of BC. In an announcement issued on Tuesday, The Law Society of BC and Law...
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