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CRIMINAL/HUMAN RIGHTS LAW Alan Young Associate professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto Last September, Alan Young championed the case in which the Ontario Superior Court struck down three of the coun- try's prostitution laws. In June, he was back at the Ontario Court of Appeal, arguing the federal and provincial govern- ments should be protecting sex workers and not pursuing laws that interfere with their security of the person. Young, who appeared last year in our Top 25 Most Influential, is notorious for providing legal services (often ) to individuals whose alternative lifestyles have led them to the courtroom — one of his most significant cases was the "bondage bungalow" dominatrix case in 1998. He is also the director of the Osgoode Hall Innocence Project, which investigates suspected cases of wrongful conviction and imprisonment. Joseph Arvay Partner, Arvay Finlay, Vancouver One of Canadian Lawyer's Top 25 Most Influential in 2010, Joseph Arvay continues to push the boundaries. This year he argued the case for the Insite injection site and whether it falls under provincial or federal jurisdic- tion, and will be working with the B.C. Civil Liberties Association in a fight to decriminalize assisted suicide. He'll contend the law removes a person's right to make decisions about their body and also restricts physicians' freedom to administer compassionate end-of-life care. He is often involved in constitutional cases and recently repre- sented the plaintiff in a landmark case granting children of sperm donors the same rights regarding access to infor- mation about their birth parents as adopted children. 34 A U GUST 2011 www. CANADIAN Lawyermag.com pr o bono W o ha t o b er ety n u s t r t hi s C ha r the o w m ig ins i e f o d o t r p h u e ug in t se ih k a ne l h es t va l ts. " hadnle, b a a o s s t h t a p le u a p o d in y a ldin : l " aY a g t o b e un le v s ues a g i i s Cs y, er una f in id o n ra s a t ci- s nadi o t a ' k e W a o ha t J o t o e o k e um,le c t v ma s fac t hi s ra l p I g e f v u co o er min 24 r n r c q e t o es t o i es si un hief e in h t v d ha e si tb e h k a t r o e s en n m a t a e ae h in lo t b e v t t a n d o o b h h e u f v i i g ha f win g n t o e t do si ues t . a e jh u io 20 o l r A e c t ns s, min g f o t t b lo ice: h ef c s Mr oe uTh o ' w t — d t e ors f a a t th s t er had l I u h n r t e es? ' ini s un s t co ur t w o m. " H e ha t e t g en aC, a e a p o l o t s h ts p J y s r e e y : t e a , o y r f " r ir o No t o in e- n a l y i l t r y e a ha if n e gum 2011 SCe e, er der lin m v I les s e s Photo of Joseph Arvay: JEAN SORENSEN