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UPFRONT
01 Editor's desk
A call for transparency in diversity
04 Personal injury update
Decisions have shown how juries can
be dismissed during COVID
08 Prairies update
Senator Murray Sinclair joins Winnipeg
Indigenous law firm
10 Ontario update
Law prof who made complaint against
judge at centre of U of T hiring scandal
awaits action from CJC
12 Quebec update
Author acquitted of child pornography
charges
OPINION
18 Marketing
Positioning in the legal market now
40 Back page
Let's abolish mandatory CPD
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SPECIAL REPORT
READER'S CHOICE AWARDS
From legal tech products and business valuation services to
recruiters and legal research, the Readers' Choice Awards
showcases the companies and products that prevailed
among their competitors.
06
UPFRONT
DIVERSITY DATA
New index by Ontario's law society
may change how law firms gather
and publish diversity data.
PROFILE
CROSS
EXAMINED
Donna Young comes
home to advance
equality at Ryerson's
law school
LEGAL REPORT
FAMILY LAW
Overhauled Divorce Act will focus
lens on children's interests and child
support.
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LEGAL REPORT
VIRTUAL
MEDICINE
Physicians and lawyers must
determine how standard of care
guidelines apply.
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