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Legal Profession and Addiction: Is There an Elephant in the Room?

The addiction problem can impair the skills necessary to practice law well: ethics, diligence, confidentiality. The individual’s problem can also become the problem of the employer and society as a whole.

Calls to Action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission – No Time Like the Present!

In the summer of 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) published its Final Report, including no less that 94 Calls to Action. Among those, the TRC has issued recommendations to ensure that law students and lawyers receive appropriate cultural competency training, including skills-based training in intercultural competency, conflict resolution, human rights, and anti-racism.

Social Innovation and Access to Justice

Today, our legal system is once again called to renew itself. Across the country, the long delays and lack of access are underlined repeatedly. Again, we face an unmet social need and the call for social innovation is heard on all fronts…

New President’s Award

The Honourable Justice Georgina R. Jackson, President of CIAJ, presents the new President’s Award and offers her congratulations to Professor John Mark Keyes. The President’s Award is presented every other year to honour the work of a volunteer whose leadership has made a difference in the operations of CIAJ. CIAJ also awards the Justice Medal every…

The Law, Economics and Access to Civil Justice: Sounds Serious? Because it is!

The legal profession is at a turning point. More and more fellow citizens choose to confront their legal problems without the help of lawyers. Legal information is available to anyone who has a smart phone. Everyone has an opinion on any given legal matter making the news…

Technology and Drafting

Technologies are more and more present in the various spheres of our system of justice. Although some progress was made, computing and networking are not yet fully integrated into the judiciary…

Why CIAJ is as relevant as ever after 42 years

Welcome to CIAJ’s new blog!
We are pleased to launch the blog of this new web site with a post of the CIAJ’s Executive Director, Ms. Michèle Moreau.