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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 U G U S T 2 0 1 7 27 R aj Anand is a bencher at the Law Society of Upper Canada. As co- chairman of the Challenges Faced by Racialized Licensees working group, Anand presented the group's final report to Convocation on Dec. 2, 2016 and obtained the approval of the Law Society of Upper Canada. The 13 recommendations in the report are designed to assist the profession in combatting systemic racism and discrimination. Over the previous year, Anand also acted as Constitutional Litigator in Residence at the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights, representing the centre in a num- ber of high-profile cases, including as an intervener at the Supreme Court of Canada in the constitutional test case of Jessica Ernst v. Alberta Energy Regulator. Partner, WeirFoulds LLP Toronto what voters had to say: "Raj is an exceptional lawyer and advocate." Raj Anand E ric Gottardi represented Barrett Richard Jordan in R. v. Jordan, a landmark case in criminal court delay that has become a catalyst for change in the legal world, causing there to be caps placed on how long a case can get delayed in the courts. He was at the forefront fighting for the rights of his client and sent change rippling through the legal realm. In 2016, he was also counsel for the Canadian Bar Association at the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Lloyd, a constitutional challenge to the mandatory mini- mum sentence regime for drug trafficking. Partner, Peck & Co. Barristers Vancouver what voters had to say: "Eric is a brilliant lawyer whose compassion and commitment to his work and his clients shines through." Eric Gottardi J ulie Macfarlane launched a self-rep website, the National Self-Represented Litigants Project, and published the newest report, "Intake Report of the National Self-Represented Litigants," in 2015-16. This year, she launched the National Database of Professionals Assisting SRLs. Macfarlane, along with other members of the NSRLP team, drafted two submissions to the Ministry of the Attorney General and the Law Society of Upper Canada in support of Justice Annemarie Bonkalo's "Family Legal Services Review Report" in Ontario. For the first time, National Action Committee members — leaders in the legal profession, members of the bench, justice system policymakers and those providing A2J services — had the opportunity to work directly with SRLs at a Vancouver meeting of the committee on March 22. The NSRLP was an intervenor in Pintea v. Johns, a case before the Supreme Court of Canada in April where the court determined a self-represented litigant was not in contempt of court for failing to appear at conferences after the court sent notices to his old address. Professor, University of Windsor Windsor what voters had to say: "Professor Julie Macfarlane's work has given all self-represented litigants hope. Her ground-breaking work is paving the way toward new options for the legal consumer." Julie Macfarlane HUMAN RIGHTS, ADVOCACY AND CRIMINAL

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