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UPFRONT
01 Editor's desk
Changes bring risk and opportunity
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10 Family status
Prima facie discrimination decisions
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16 Artificial intelligence
How AI is changing the game
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30 Saving time
Unity software's evolving capabilities
Sponsored by Dye and Durham
OPINION
15 Sustainability
Considering intergenerational impact
48 Back page
Human rights education crucial for law
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26 Medical malpractice
Landmark birth injury decisions
40 Employment
Adding tort of harassment to the radar
44 Productivity
Addressing the root cause
46 Relationships
Why true friendships at work are vital
32 General counsel profile
Rustam Juma is living the dream at
Volkswagen
35 Decarbonization
Planning needed to reach net-zero
38 Department profile
Industrial Alliance creates new
structure and mindset
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SPECIAL REPORT
TOP 25 MOST
INFLUENTIAL LAWYERS
Impactful trailblazers recognized for their
exceptional contributions to Canada's legal
landscape
PROFILE
CRIMINAL
REFORM
Understanding
trauma key to
justice policy, argues
Benjamin Perrin in
Indictment
PROFILE
THE ADVOCATES'
SOCIETY
Tackling court delays is just one
one of CEO Vicki White's projects
connecting lawyers across the
country
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JUMPING ON THE AI
BANDWAGON
Artificial intelligence can increase
productivity, but beware of
hallucinations and privacy issues