The Every Lawyer Canadian Bar Association

Sponsored by the CBA A2J Subcommittee, this episode explores the positive impact the multidisciplinary services model is having on how our profession is meeting the challenge of improving access to justice.

*Content warning: This episode includes descriptions of war atrocities.
Julia welcomes Christine Kilby from the CBA Dispute Resolution Section. Christine brings us interviews she did with four of the world’s absolute masters of mediation. They discuss making the professional move from litigator to mediator, peace building, melting angry warlords, rehabilitating child soldiers into their communities, women's role in peace-building, and the undeniable link between the local and the global.

"When you’re used to privilege, equality feels like oppression." -Nikki Gershbain

"Feelings are not facts." -Charlene Theodore

Actionable guidance on EDI from two of Canada’s top experts on EDI in the legal workplace: McCarthy-Tetrault’s current and former Chief Inclusion Officers, Charlene Theodore and Nikki Gershbain.

We get a brief history of 2SLGTBTQIA+ human rights jurisprudence in Canada in first person narration: barbara findlay KC and Douglas Elliott were personally involved in many of the applicable cases. In this episode the CBA SOGIC/SAGDA founders also discuss, among other things, the post-pandemic backlash, trans rights, importing the culture wars, Tucker Carlson and Danielle Steele, and Scott Moe’s disturbing, because possibly precedent-setting, use of the Notwithstanding clause.

Julia welcomes Tony Paisana and Tyler Schnare from the CBA Criminal Justice Section to discuss the recently updated CBA Collateral Consequences Toolkit.

The Next 30 Years - Episode 4/4 in our series marking the 30th anniversary of the release of the CBA Task Force on Gender Equality’s groundbreaking Report “Touchstones for Change: Equality, Diversity, and Accountability”.