AI is now making its way into courtrooms and law firms. But how does it really work? What are its concrete uses, from legal research to document management? Can it improve access to justice, or will it create new inequalities? In this 4th episode of the series “In the Blind Spot,” the Honourable Justice Simon Ruel speaks with Catherine Régis, Full Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Université de Montréal, to explore the arrival of AI in the judicial system. Between promises of efficiency and risks to judicial independence, transparency, and the fundamental values of justice, this episode offers essential insight into an issue that is redefining the future of law.

Climate change is increasingly framed as a human rights issue. In this third episode, the Honourable Justice Simon Ruel speaks with Maud Sarlieve, Head of the Secretariat of the Climate Research Forum (Oxford Sustainable Law Programme), about the rise of climate litigation and its tensions with the separation of powers.

Protected by the Constitution yet vulnerable to political, media, and social pressures, the judiciary sometimes resembles a “giant with feet of clay.” In this second episode of the series In the Blind Spot, the Honourable Justice Simon Ruel speaks with Shana Chaffai-Parent, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law, Université de Montréal, and Jacques Chamberland, retired Justice of the Quebec Court of Appeal. This episode is available in French only.

Justice Simon Ruel speaks with lawyer Philippe Larochelle, President of the Bar Association before the International Criminal Court (ABCPI), to take a look at the International Criminal Court (ICC) more than 20 years after its establishment. Arrest warrants against heads of state, accusations of politicization, sovereignty issues, the role of victims, defence challenges, ecocide, and digital evidence: this episode explores the strengths, limitations, and tensions of a unique system of justice, confronted with a rapidly changing world. This episode is available in French only.