In case you missed it, the Court recently made several amendments to its General Practice Direction. Among the changes, there are new directions on applications for a direction for a review pursuant to s. 680 of the Criminal Code.

The Court of Appeal has updated its General Practice Direction to introduce a pilot project regarding the length of factums in criminal appeals. You can see the changes in paragraphs 20-24: www.ontariocourts.ca/coa/how-to-p...

Recently, the Court of Appeal for Ontario made changes to its General Practice Direction, including changes on how the Court’s filing stamp is used and how the Court treats filing timelines. See the revisions here: www.ontariocourts.ca/coa/how-to-p...

In 2022, the @uodroitpublaw.bsky.social and the CIAJ held a conference to mark the retirement of Justice Rosalie Abella from the Supreme Court of Canada. I am delighted that an open-access collection flowing from the conference has now been published! utppublishing.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781552216712

Les modifications comprennent des directives sur la numérotation des pages de documents électroniques, les signatures électroniques et la longueur des mémoires pour les appels en matière criminelle.

The Court of Appeal released amendments to its General Practice Direction Regarding All Proceedings in the Court of Appeal. The changes include direction on page numbering, electronic signatures, and factum length for criminal appeals. Read about the changes here www.ontariocourts.ca/coa/how-to-p...

The Court of Appeal and Pro Bono Ontario (PBO) have re-launched PBO’s Amicus at the Court of Appeal Program.

Each Wednesday, lawyers volunteering with PBO will help self-represented litigants with single judge motions.

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SCHEDULING NOTICE: The Court is only hearing urgent motions the week of May 20-23, 2025.

AVIS RELATIF AU CALENDRIER : La Cour n’entendra que des motions urgentes la semaine du 20 au 23 mai 2025.

Julia Hanigsberg, president and CEO, announces retirement, effective end of 2025 Holland Bloorview expresses deep gratitude for a decade of impactful leadership

After 10+ years I’ve decided to retire from my role as President & CEO of the incredible Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, effective Dec. 31, 2025. It had been an amazing time. Read more: bit.ly/43CCrow

It is with sadness that the Court of Appeal acknowledges the death of the Honourable Thomas Zuber, who served as a judge of the Court of Appeal for Ontario from 1975 until 1990.

Read more about his life and legal career here: www.arbormemorial.ca/en/glenoaks/...

Cheryl Appel has been awarded the first annual Mary Lou Benotto Award for Excellence in Family Law.

The award was presented March 27, 2025, at the 19th Family Law Summit.

The award was established by the Chief Justice of Ontario, Michael Tulloch...

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Please join @sonialawprof.bsky.social, Benjamin Berger, and myself on April 4 at our 28th Annual Osgoode Constitutional Cases Conference.

It's an important time to be thinking about the hopes and the limits of Canadian Constitutional Law.

Please share. Hybrid format: www.yorku.ca/osgoode/conc...

Congratulations to Justice Mohammed M. Rahman on his appointment to the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

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Si vous l’avez raté : La Cour d’appel de l’Ontario est maintenant sur LinkedIn! Suivez-nous pour vous tenir au courant des dernières nouvelles de la Cour. www.linkedin.com/company/cour...

📣 ICYMI: The Court of Appeal for Ontario is now on LinkedIn! Follow us for court news and updates. www.linkedin.com/company/cour...

Le premier Prix Mary Lou Benotto pour l'excellence en droit de la famille sera décerné chaque année à un avocat ou une avocate de l’Ontario qui s’est distingué(e) dans le droit de la famille.

Nous acceptons maintenant des candidatures.

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The first annual Mary Lou Benotto Award for Excellence in Family Law will be presented to an Ontario lawyer who has distinguished themselves in family law.

Nominations are now being accepted.

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The latest issue (vol 37 no 2) of the Canadian Journal of Law & Jurisprudence is now available on CanLII! Featuring content by Amin Ebrahimi Afrouzi, Ignacio Giuffré, Marc Goëtzmann, Kenneth Einar Himma, Lee McConnell, Michael Pal, David Tan, Sagi Peari, + Manish Oza. #legalcommentary zurl.co/qbQma

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.

Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada announces judicial appointments in the province of Ontario The Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointments under the judicial application process established in 2016.

Wonderful appointments in the Superior Court of Justice, Family Court of Ontario

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The Supreme Court of Canada has launched a new website. The changes reflect the final line of Chief Justice Wagner’s video message: “After all, this is YOUR Court.” scc-csc.ca/home-accueil/

The Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia is closed today to honor and celebrate the life and legacy of one our greatest Georgians and Americans: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Crusading lawyer Alan Young fought to lift restrictions on sex work, gambling and pot He successfully challenged prostitution laws before the Supreme Court of Canada in 2013, and convinced the courts to widen access to medical marijuana, leading the way to cannabis legalization

Beloved Osgoode Hall Law School professor Alan Young co-founded the law school's Innocence Project and brought a series of ground-breaking Charter challenges to the criminalization of sex work and cannabis www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Alan Young, lawyer and scholar known for landmark legal challenges, dies at age 69 TORONTO - York University says Alan Young, a lawyer and legal scholar known for leading the challenge of Canada’s prostitution laws before the country's top court, has died at age

www.thestar.com/news/ontario... - Such a huge loss for the Osgoode and legal communities!

Alan Young, Legal Trailblazer and Beloved Osgoode Professor, Passes Away at 69 | Osgoode Hall Law School - York University Alan Young, Legal Trailblazer and Beloved Osgoode Professor, Passes Away at 69 - Discover the global and local impact Osgoode Hall Law School is having in the media and legal culture.

RIP Alan Young, one of this country's progressive legal greats. We had been working with him on filing some precedent-setting litigation designed to give animals stronger protections. What a loss for our world.

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2024 Word of the Year: Polarization Plus 'demure,' 'totality,' 'allision,' and other words that defined the year

The Merriam-Webster Word of the Year for 2024 is ‘polarization.’

About half of you might take issue with this.

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Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada announces a judicial appointment in the province of Ontario The Honourable Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, today announced the following appointment under the judicial application process established in 2016.

I am so proud to see that Justice Gordon Cudjoe has been appointed to the SCJ in Brampton! Justice Cudjoe is a true gentleman and scholar. We will all be better for this.
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Remember their names: Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, Annie Turcotte, and Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz.

ILEC XI 2026 - Save-the-Date! The next International Legal Ethics Conference will be held at the University of Houston December 2-4, 2026

Lawyers' Ethics folk: the Eleventh International Legal Ethics Conference is announced. See you in Houston, December 2026! #legalethics legalethics.substack.com/p/ilec-xi-20...

Canadian law types! The #Clawbies2024 are back!

Post your nominations for the best online legal content (blogs, newsletters, podcasts, TikToks, skeets, whatever) produced in Canada this year, and we'll announce the winners New Year's Eve as always.

Nominations close December 16! Details below: 👇