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A&O Launches New Solicitor Qualifying Route for Those Finishing Secondary School

The firm is the latest to offer a non-traditional route into the profession.
2 minute read

International Edition

Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission

An entire section of the report, published in December 2015, is dedicated to the area of justice and includes two calls to action related in particular to legal education and cultural competency training for lawyers.
3 minute read

International Edition

Canadian Bar Pushes Law Firms to Increase Recruitment and Retention of Indigenous Lawyers

Some big law firms say they are tailoring equity, diversity and inclusion policies to recognize and address difficult historical truths.
8 minute read

International Edition

As Sexual Harassment Continues to Rock Industry, Law Schools Look to Address Issue

The efforts come at a time when the Australian legal profession has been rocked by several sexual harassment scandals over the past year.
7 minute read

International Edition

Canadian Corporate Lawyer Launches Practical Training Program for Young Lawyers

The 4L Academy will teach the nitty-gritty of corporate law and litigation while aiming to combat the stress and anxiety many young lawyers feel.
5 minute read

International Edition

Law Students Confront the Legal World With App to Fight Sexual Harassment

The five Sydney University students said they developed the app because they wanted to combat the culture of silence that left young lawyers feeling they couldn't speak up about bullying and harassment.
5 minute read

International Edition

Former ICC President to Train Next Generation of Lawyers in New Law School Role

Chile Eboe-Osuji is returning to Toronto to join the faculty of Ryerson University Law School. "Design flaws" in humans mean there will always be a need for international criminal justice courts and lawyers, he says.
4 minute read

International Edition

Longest-Serving Supreme Court Justice of Canada Appointed to Professorship at Harvard Law School

Internationally renowned Justice Rosalie Abella is known for her decisions and theories on equality, human rights and constitutional law.
3 minute read

International Edition

Kirkland Adds BPP Sale to Slew of Recent Mandates Worth Nearly $6B

BPP is being sold to TDR capital, in a shake up of one of U.K.'s biggest professional education players.
2 minute read

International Edition

Law Professor Resigns in Mexico After Criticizing Women's Strike

The university called his comments—including a suggestion that female students be permanently excluded from law classes so that male students could talk freely—"unacceptable."
3 minute read

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