Legal Aid Battle Heats Up
Pressure builds for adequate funding
Through the efforts of the Access to Justice Coalition and Women’s Access to Legal Services (WALS) Coalition, supported by the BC Branch, efforts to gain more funding for Legal Aid are finally achieving significant profile and attention.
Future in Focus
The future, what does it hold? What will our profession be in 10 years? Will I still be practicing the way I always have, or will I be in a new environment: new rules of Court, new procedures, new client demands, new and expanded competition?
Professional Fulfillment Elusive?
It doesn’t have to be
When lawyers gather, we find ourselves talking about the image of our profession, the pressures on lawyers today, and how practice is changing so rapidly. We seem to have lost a sense of meaning as a profession. How did this happen? We are well-educated, our work is intellectually challenging and varied, we have the opportunity to make a difference to people and to society...
Section Talk
The Ten Commandments of Conducting an Effective Examination for Discovery
by Shelley Bentley
At a recent joint meeting of the Civil Litigation and the Young Lawyers Subsections, James P. Taylor, QC outlined his “ten commandments” for effective Examination for Discovery.
- Prepare Thoroughly
- Employ Strategies
- Do Not Cross-Examine
- Display a Love of Detail
- Be Clear
- Do Not Argue With Objections; Record Them
- Get Details, Not Conclusions, From Witnesses
- Lead Witnesses Only When Absolutely Necessary
- Be Conscious Of Opposing Counsel’s Skill Level
- Beware Of Diluting A Witness’ Answers
Practice Talk
You speak, it types
by David J Bilinsky |
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Acts in Force
Regulations to Note
New Bills to Note (Not Available)
Reports Available
by Stuart Rennie 
Cannabis: A Generation Later
by Professor Neil Boyd, LLM
Believe in Equality
In a democracy, we all need Legal Aid
by Kay Stockholder
Immigration Review Criticized by CBA
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Letters to the Editor
Lawyers in the Community
Small Claims Court Mediation Practicum
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