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COVID-19 Legal News Roundup: July 23rd Edition
July 23, 2020By Alan Kilpatrick, Reference Librarian
The COVID-19 pandemic, and its impact on the practice of law, is changing rapidly. We want to help you stay up to date with the latest news.
Each week I aggregate the leading legal headlines on COVID-19 on the topics that matter to you:
Access to Justice
- The Bar Exam Cancelation Means My Clients Won’t Have Access To Justice |Jenifer Gerson, Bustle (July 21)
- Ontario should eliminate civil jury trials |Joseph Campisi, Kingston Whig (July 22)
- San Diego lawyers create new pro bono program amid COVID-19 crisis | Lyle Morgan, Above the Law (July 20)
The Courts
- As courts use new technology during COVID-19, some clients are being left behind Kate Dubiniski, CBC News (July 20)
- Navigating the modern courtroom | Karen Heath, The Lawyer’s Daily (July 23)
- Sask. courts continue to wrestle with realities of COVID-19 | Dan Zakreski, CBC News (July 22)
Legal Innovation
- Bennett Jones enters ‘ideal’ videoconferencing design for legal hearings into legal tech conference | Aidan Macnab, Law Times (July 20)
- Education bridges divide between lawyers and legal innovators | Ridhey Gill, The Lawyer’s Daily (July 23)
- New COVID-19 Law Lab to provide vital legal information and support for the global COVID-19 response | World Health Organization Times (July 22)
Legal Practice
- The civil justice system: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it—but is it broke? | Marcel Strigberger, ABA Journal (July 23)
- Demand for legal services to surge after pandemic | Nick Hilborne (July 22)
- Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19 | Omar Ha-Redeye, Slaw (July 19)
Remote Working
- Are you live-chatting with your clients? | Legal Futures (July 22)
- 5 tips for virtual oral argument, now that I’ve watched some Zoom appeals | Caroline Mandell (July 22)
- Report Out Today On ‘Zoom Courts’ Raises Privacy and Due Process Concerns | Bob Ambrogi, Law Sites Blog (July 23)
Students & Articling
- Advice for New Lawyers in a Changing Legal Market | Heather Douglas, Slaw (July 22)
- Education – including for law students – could use a reboot | Fernando Garcia, Canadian Lawyer (July 21)
- Why Online Classes Are The Best New Thing | Nik Khakhar, inThough.ca (July 18)
Wellness
- Creativity, individual responsibility at core of lawyer wellness | Jerome Doraisamy, Lawyer’s Weekly (July 21)
- Importance of emotional intelligence for management during anxious times | Naveen Mehta, The Lawyer’s Daily (July 20)
- You Are Enough And Always Will Be | Brian Cuban, Above the Law (July 22)
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