COVID-19 Legal News Roundup: April 16th

April 16, 2020

By 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 we’ll aggregate some of the leading legal news headlines on COVID-19 on topics that matter to you: access to justice, the Courts, legal innovation, legal practice, remote working, students & articling, and wellness.   

Access to Justice

• How COVID-19 could force changes to family courts, modernize access to the justice system | Marcus Sixta, CBC (April 15)
• Still Open for Business| Julie Macfarlane and Dayna Cornwall, Representing Yourself Canada (April 14) Podcast
• Social Justice and A2J Entertainment | Representing Yourself Canada (April 14) Podcast

Courts

• COVID-19 and the courts: April 15 update | Bernise Carolino, The Lawyer’s Daily (April 15)
• Maybe COVID-19 is what it will take to modernize Canada’s antiquated courts | Kathryn Marshall, National Post (April 8)
• ‘Paper-based system is not going to exist anymore,’ Chief Justice Morawetz says of post-COVID-19 court | Amanda Jerome, The Lawyer’s Daily (April 15)

Legal Innovation

• COVID-19 And The Reformation Of Legal Culture | Mark Cohen, Forbes (April 14)
• COVID-19 forces change on legal system | Ian Mulgrew, Vancouver Sun (April 14)
• Never let a good crisis go to waste | Gary Goodwin, Canadian Lawyer (April 9)

Legal Practice

• 12 tips to market your law practice during the COVID-19 pandemic | Larry Bodine, ABA Journal (April 14)
• Leading and Managing Through the Coronavirus Crisis | Ralph Baxter, Law Technology Now (April 15) Podcast
• The pandemic shows why Ontario needs to revamp its licensing process | Samantha Peters Baxter, CBA National (April 6)

Remote Working

• Protecting Privacy and Other Concerns of the Remote Workforce | Kimball Parker, Un-Billable Hour (April 15) Podcast
• Six positive things about COVID-19 and working | Jana Schilder, The Lawyer’s Daily (April 14)
• Top tech problems and solutions when working from home | Russell Alexander, Family Law LLB (April 15)

Students & Articling

• Is my law firm preparing me for success in the next decade? | Thomas Aertgeerts, ABA Journal (April 16)
• Legal Recruiting In The Time Of COVID-19 | Nicholas Alexiou, Above the Law (April 9)
• ‘No jobs left to be found’: Edmonton lawyer launches internship project in response to COVID-19 | Andrea Huncar Parker, CBC Edmonton (April 12)

Wellness

• Approaching Lawyer Wellbeing | Center on the Legal Profession, The Practice (March 26)
• Easter, Passover in time of COVID-19 focuses on true meaning of essential | Rachel Goldenberg, The Lawyer’s Daily (April 9)
• Wellness Articles & Resources | CBA Well-Being Subcommittee, CBA