My nominations for the 2025 Clawbies: - @mgeist.bsky.social for LawBytes, a podcast I have found indispensable for years — celebrating its 250th episode this year. - @privacylawyer.ca for his outstanding YouTube channel, Privacy Guy — enormously informative and insightful. #clawbies2025

Sadly I predict a bill targeting universities in the new year. There’s the Mintz report, and Bill 13 limits DEI, cultural competency training and more for professional regulators, as well as the ability to sanction members for expression (this is their “Jordan Peterson” law). We are likely next.

December has snuck up on me. I'm putting together my list of nominations for #Clawbies2025 (The Canadian legal blog etc. awards), and you should too. Thanks to @steveamatthews.bsky.social @jordanfurlong.com and @parallaxinfo.bsky.social for their shout-out as an early Canadian legal blogger.

If they move Egypt v Iran to Vancouver to avoid Seattle Pride, I personally commit to covering myself in pride flags and haunting the event.

My new Slaw column "What Doesn’t Bore You Makes You a Scholar: On Picking a PhD Thesis Topic" was published today: "When starting a PhD thesis or other long piece of writing (any substantial intellectual project really), choosing the right topic is a significant part…" www.slaw.ca/2025/12/09/w...

In case any of my legal friends were wondering what @emmaewood.bsky.social was up to recently. 🍾🥂👏👏👏

I was also happy we were able to work in a thank-you for our long time Clawbies co-judge @emmaewood.bsky.social #clawbies2025

Wonderful conversation on #clawbies2025 with @jordanfurlong.com and @parallaxinfo.bsky.social. Shout-outs for some of the early legal blogging crew... @privacylawyer.ca @mgeist.bsky.social @denniskennedy.bsky.social @erikmagraken.bsky.social @conniecrosby.bsky.social

#Clawbies2025 – Celebrating 20 Years of Canadian Content! #law #legal #legalnews www.slaw.ca/2025/12/01/c...

We are thrilled that the co-chair of the TFJS Collaborative’s Strategy Committee, Nancy Cameron, KC, received a lifetime achievement award at the Rocky Mountain Collaborative Conference. Bravo Nancy! 👏👏

I'm grateful to have been invited back to judge the Clawbie Awards again for their 20th year with @steveamatthews.bsky.social and @jordanfurlong.com. Please send us your nominations using the #Clawbies2025 hashtag! Here's more information and the formal announcement: www.clawbies.ca/2025/12/20th...

Big thanks goes out to Marlene Gebauer and Greg Lambert @geeklawblog.com for helping us kickoff #clawbies2025 on their Geek in Review Podcast. Happy 20th Clawbies anniversary to my judging colleagues Sarah Sutherland @parallaxinfo.bsky.social and @jordanfurlong.com!

Elizabeth May says she will vote for the budget to stop an election happening by accident. She cites that the PM committed to maintaining Paris Targets during #QP, which helped to convince her.

On November 28, 2025, the Court of King’s Bench of Alberta will host a Family Law Orientation Workshop, for members of the Alberta Family Law Bar. The Workshop will be held remotely via Webex, from 9 am to 4 pm. Read full announcement: albertacourts.ca/kb/resources...

Meanwhile, in Manitoba… At least one premier has a grasp of just how serious using the notwithstanding clause is… And is taking steps to ensure that at least one province doesn’t use it before hearing from the courts. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

🌟 Exciting news! A2JBC has welcomed two new team members this semester. Meet Brenda Forero and Paige Thombs, who join our Strategic Coordinator, Tina, to support our collaborative work across BC. 🤝

🎧 Check out LawCast BC’s new episode: Helping Families Navigate Divorce and Separation. Tanya Chamberlain and Dr. Ramneek Dosanjh discuss how law and health can work together to support families. 🦋#AccessToJustice #FamilyJustice #HealthJustice #LawCastBC #FamilyLaw #BCFamilies

For anyone looking to jump start young Associates, Susan Van Dyke's new Lawyer Launcher podcast might be a great recommendation. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSV7... It's on Spotify, Apple and Youtube.

Recent #ABKB judgments: Shinksi v Alberta (College of Social Workers), canlii.ca/t/kfks7 Tam v Fong, canlii.ca/t/kfnxd R v Boucher, canlii.ca/t/kfm4m R v L'Hirondelle, canlii.ca/t/kfm4h Bruno v Samson Cree Nation, canlii.ca/t/kfm4k Piikani Nation v Raymond James Ltd., canlii.ca/t/kfm4l #ABcourts

👋 Hello Bluesky! We’re Access to Justice BC (A2JBC) — a network of intersectoral leaders and people with lived experience working together to make the justice system more people-centred. Follow us for news, resources, and stories of innovation in BC and beyond⚖️ #accesstojustice #peoplecentredjustice

Genuinely one of the most caring and hardest working humans I have known to grace the planet. Go Emma!

ICYMI, my latest for @cba-nationalmag.bsky.social: Courts entitled to weigh in when notwithstanding clause pre-emptively invoked #cdnlaw #cdnpoli #canqueer

How about that? A victory for people who actually read.

Our new blog post on the difficulty of navigating the court system for self-represented survivors of intimate partner or family violence is now up on our website. Find it at this link: representingyourselfcanada.com/self-represe...

New from the #CanLIIAuthorsProgram: "Trends in Canadian Academic Law Libraries: Report on the Reinvigorating Academic Law Library Standards Survey, Part Two" by Annette Demers, Yemisi Dina and Gian Medves #lawlibraries #legalinformation #legalcommentary zurl.co/3GYXk

Canada continues to lead in #legaltech for the public good. First, @canlii.bsky.social, now the Canadian Open Access Legal (COAL) Citation Guide, an approach different to the privately owned #Bluebook. “Revised Edition of COAL-RJAL Citation Guide Now Published - Slaw” www.slaw.ca/2025/07/24/r...

In a landmark $1B deal, @goclio.bsky.social has acquired global AI and legal research company vLex. www.lawnext.com/2025/06/in-a...

Heartless. Cruel. Wrong. Unconstitutional. Poilievre would criminalize our fellow Canadians who are experiencing homelessness. This man cannot wield power. www.ctvnews.ca/federal-elec...

Canadian university teachers warned against travelling to the United States #law #legal #legalnews www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Some fantastic new legal scholarship from Prof. Michael Smith of St. Mary’s University School of Law. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

An excellent post today from CanLII Chair @adodek.bsky.social and CEO Francis Barragan on the many roles CanLII plays to support the Rule of Law. I don't think many Canadians appreciate how lucky we are to have open access primary law; or to have CanLII itself.

Lock him up! 🤨

SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source. They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).

My @slawdotca.bsky.social column on the internet's drawn out, one could almost say "eternal", September and its parallels with legal scholarship was published this morning: www.slaw.ca/2025/03/28/t...

One of Slaw's strongest submissions in 2025. A very detailed and important summary from @catherinemorris.bsky.social

Out of beta and officially launched today! oba.org/resources/pr...

"Canadian lawyers have a duty to resist pressures on their cross-border clients to erode anti-discrimination policies of Canadian businesses or organizations; such capitulation may violate the Charter of Rights or the Canadian Human Rights Act." www.slaw.ca/2025/03/25/t...

So Premier Smith wants to be in sync with the "new direction in America". There's only one way to interpret that. The Trump direction. The direction of executive power & contempt for the rule of law & human rights. That's not the direction I want for Canada & I won't vote for it. #canpoli #abpoli

The moment the people of Spokane held up a Canadian flag to a GOP lawmaker at a town hall in Washington after sharing their disgust with trump's plans.

Covid Vaccines Have Paved the Way for Cancer Vaccines The mRNA technology behind coronavirus vaccines is now being used to create bespoke vaccines for cancer patients. www.wired.com/story/wired-...

Big news for my friends at Clio, and for Canadian legal tech generally: www.lawnext.com/2025/03/clio...

The conversation on mental health in the legal profession continues. Will you be part of it? Join us on May 7 for the FREE webinar Mental Health Forum for Legal Professionals co-hosted with the @lawsocietyofbc.bsky.social. Secure your spot: bit.ly/3DvEakF #mentalhealthawreness

Let's welcome @waterportal.bsky.social to this site for a great source of information about all matters freshwater in Canada. #canpoli #abpoli