Anytime you’re in conflict, you don’t have a perfect picture. You don’t have the luxury of time. ~ Major Sherry MacLeod Major Sherry MacLeod (linkedin) is a lawyer who has served with the Canadian Armed Forces in Canada, the US and overseas. As a legal professional, she already shows a commitment to principles and a... Continue Reading →
Monica Goyal – How to Engineer the Future of Law & Justice (#26)
There’s an engineering mindset. And there’s a lawyer mindset. The engineer in me hasn’t left. ~ Monica Goyal Monica Goyal (@MonicaNGoyal) is an engineer, a technologist, and adjunct law professor, legal startup founder and practicing lawyer. (I don't know how she does it all either!) In addition to her law practice in a range of... Continue Reading →
Brent Snook – Deception Detection and Using Science to Improve Justice (#25)
We need scientists giving guidance to the justice system. It ought to be science-first. ~ Dr. Brent Snook Dr. Brent Snook (faculty page) is a psychology professor at the Memorial University of Newfoundland. He is also the principal investigator at Memorial’s Psychology & Law Laboratory. Brent’s research in the field of forensic psychology covers topics... Continue Reading →
Robert Lapper – Covering 4 Corners of Legal Service (#24)
Be flexible. Be open. Be expansive in who we include in making decisions. ~ Robert Lapper, QC Rob Lapper (@wlap) has spent a career serving the public. He has covered off four corners of legal service, having worked in private practice, for government, for the regulator, and now in academia. Rob’s broad range of experience... Continue Reading →
Raven Lacerte – Moose Hide: the Indigenous-Led Innovation to End Violence Against Women and Children (#23)
We know violence is happening all over the place all the time. And it’s not okay. These are the people standing up against it. ~ Raven Lacerte Raven Lacerte (@Moose_Hide) is Carrier from the Lake Babine Nation in Western Canada. She is also a co-founder and national ambassador of the Moose Hide Campaign, a national... Continue Reading →
Tara Vasdani – How to Do Law Remotely (#22)
All it takes is letting go of the traditional model. ~ Tara Vasdani Tara Vasdani (@taravasdani) is a litigator, legal tech enthusiast and employment lawyer. She is also the founder of Remote Law Canada. After only a few years of call to the bar, she has amassed a ton of experience in big law and... Continue Reading →
Colin Macleod – Right, Wrong & Wicked Laws: How Can Anyone Decide? (#21)
We know that law sometimes does wonderful things. But we also know that law sometimes does terrible things. ~ Colin Macleod Professor Colin Macleod (web) is a philosopher who spends a lot of time thinking about law. He is the Chair of the Philosophy Department and a Professor of Law at the University of Victoria.... Continue Reading →
Eike-Henner Kluge – COVID-19, Bioethics, Law and Decisions of the Most Difficult Kind (#20)
Dr. Eike-Henner Kluge Dr. Eike-Henner Kluge (Faculty Page) is a bioethicist and professor of philosophy at the University of Victoria. In 1989, he established the Canadian Medical Association's Department of Ethics and Legal Affairs. He was the first expert witness in the field of biomedical ethics recognized by courts in Canada. The COVID-19 pandemic brings... Continue Reading →
Jordan Furlong – How to Get Through a Pandemic and Build Better Justice & Legal Services for the Future (#19)
We're going to come out of this a changed society and a changed legal system. ~ Jordan Furlong Jordan Furlong (@jordan_law21) is a legal market analyst, author and speaker. He regularly consults with law firms and legal organizations to help them understand the present and prepare for the future. Many of Jordan’t legal market insights... Continue Reading →
Brook Greenberg – Mental Health, Substance Use and an End to Suffering in Silence (#18)
Suffering in silence by yourself is the worst thing we can all do. ~ Brook Greenberg Brook Greenberg (@b_greenberg) is a partner at Fasken where he practices in the area of complex commercial litigation. He is also an adjunct law professor at UBC’s Allard School of Law and an Elected Bencher of the Law Society... Continue Reading →