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Criminal Law/Human Rights Brian Greenspan Partner, Greenspan Humphrey Lavine, Toronto Brian Greenspan continues to play a significant role in Canadian criminal law. Before the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Ryan, Greenspan helped redefine the scope of the defence of duress now available to all accused. He is also lead counsel for the Ontario Provincial Police Association in Schaeffer v. Wood, where the Supreme Court will determine whether the notes of a police officer under investigation should be vetted by a lawyer prior to being formally documented in police records. Greenspan also gave the speech at June's call to the bar in Toronto, where he also received an honourary doctorate from the Law Society of Upper Canada. Greenspan appeared in the very first Top 25 in 2010. What voters had to say: "Obviously, these brief statements do not do justice to Brian's influence and power." Joseph Magnet Professor, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, Ottawa Joseph Magnet has long been one of Canada's foremost constitutional scholars. In the past year, his work has paid off for some of Canada's most disadvantaged and neglected minorities. In the landmark decision Daniels v. Canada, together with co-counsel Andrew Lokan — also a Top 25 nominee — Magnet persuaded the Federal Court that Métis and non-status Indians are indeed "Indians" according to the Constitution. Magnet has also been active advancing minority rights in East Africa. Since 2010, he has been working pro bono for the Afar people, a minority in northern Ethiopia, advising them on a series of constitutional and human rights issues. What voters had to say: "Many of the most challenging aboriginal constitutional law cases end up on his desk because of his reputation for taking on tough cases." It's about time that everyone learns what we already know... KUDOS The Emergo Group of Companies congratulates Grant Borbridge for being recognized as one of Canada's Most Influential Lawyers Osgoode Hall Law School congratulates our alumni on the Canadian Lawyer Top 25 list. LORNE SOSSIN 1992 (LLB) DAVID BROWN 2005 (LLM) NORIE CAMPBELL 1995 (LLB) 2003 (LLM) MICHAEL GEIST 1992 (LLB) BRIAN GREENSPAN 1971 (LLB) Dean Lorne Sossin 32 august 2013 mergo_CL_Aug_13.indd 1 www.CANADIAN L a w ye r m a g . c o m 13-07-09 2:52 PM osgoode.yorku.ca