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w w w . C A N A D I A N L a w y e r m a g . c o m A p r I L 2 0 1 5 7 L E t t E r s Re: Vicarious trauma: the cumulative effects of caring FEBruAry 2015 A must read for all front-line workers including, police, fire, hospital, EMS, and any, all emergency first-aid responders. — oNLINE CommENt From pAuL AmENtA, Asst CroWN AttorNEy, toroNto I left the practice of law recently because of this issue. There is a serious lack of knowledge and understanding of vicarious trauma not to mention stigma. Thank you for this important article. — oNLINE CommENt From ALICE CArsoN, Ex-AssoCIAtE This is an important issue, but this article is also a bit tough to take since it is the type of thing police, Crowns, defence lawyers, and others involved in the criminal jus- tice system deal with every single day. All of the sudden, when a few lawyers from Borden Ladner Gervais deal with it from the sidelines, it makes the front page of Canadian Lawyer ? They should no doubt be applauded for their pro bono work during this case on behalf of Mr. Lin but lets not pretend this is news. The struggles that front-line workers face in these types of cases are decades-old and are never properly dealt with by the people or entities who employ them. — oNLINE CommENt From JoE DArt Re: Time to scrap articling AprIL 2015 This is an iterating article that advocates for an approach that should cer- tainly be considered. The author brought up many valid points. My only question is this: where are law school grads going to find junior lawyer jobs? There is a shortage of positions for newly called lawyers and scarping articling will have no effect on this problem. — oNLINE CommENt From uNEmpLoyED LAWyEr Replace LL.B. with a J.D.? Check. Replace series of bar exams with American-style testing? Check. Replace membership at the bar with "licensing?" Check. Eliminate articling? Sure, why not a clean sweep to finish making us just like those cool kids in the U.S.? — oNLINE CommENt From g.s. smIth, LAWyEr Re: Light through the window mArCh 2015 I hope this article is widely read and appre- ciated. The media's reporting throughout the [Canadian Judicial Counsel's] conduct of the [Lori] Douglas case was disap- pointing in its lack of insight. This article exceeds in both clarity and comprehensive- ness what I had hoped but never expected to see. It clearly confirms that the CJC can- not fix what ails it and that what is required is the active involvement of the legislative branch of government. One other point is worth mentioning. The CJC has said that it does not antici- pate calling for any changes in its enabling statute — the Judges Act. By what means do they propose to enable lay participa- tion in the complaints proceeedings? The Law Society of Upper Canada and the Law Society of British Columbia both have lay benchers appointed by the Lieutenant Governor in Council as stipulated in the applicable statutes. A letter addressed to me by one of the LSBC's lay benchers has had several consequences, one of which is the complaint I now have before the CJC. — oNLINE CommENt From ChrIs BuDgELL Canadian Lawyer welcomes comments and letters to the editor but reserves the right to edit for space, taste, and libel considerations. Please send letters to gail.cohen@thomsonreuters.com or leave us a comment at canadianlawyermag.com 2015 COMPENSATION SURVEY law departments grow. partnerships evolve, change, Salaries canadianlawyermag.com/surveys Managing partners and law department leaders, share what's happening in your organization. Survey closes May 4, 2015 Untitled-2 1 2015-03-16 9:22 AM