COVID-19 Legal News Roundup: June 25th Edition

June 25, 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 I aggregate the leading legal headlines on COVID-19 on the topics that matter to you:   

Access to Justice

• App provides access to justice system | Bob Ambrogi, CityNews Edmonton (June 23)
• Justice and the pandemic: How Canada ranks | Julius Melnitzer, The Lawyer’s Daily (June 19)
• Sociologist Rebecca Sandefur on Enhancing Access to Justice | Bob Ambrogi, LawSitesBlog (June 22)

The Courts

• After the pandemic: Digitalizing our courts | Yves Faguay, CBA National (June 25)
• Getting jury trials back on track| Dale Smith, CBA National (June 24)
• Judges And Court Employees Are Heroes Of The Pandemic | Jordan Rothman, Above the Law (June 24)

Legal Innovation

• Conveyancing “roaring back”, says fast-growing ABS | Nick Hilborne, Legal Futures (June 24)
• Inclusive innovation is the future of lawtech | Chris Gorst, Legal Futures (June 24)
• World’s first restorative justice lab opens at Dalhousie University | Donalee Moulton, The Lawyer’s Daily (June 22)

Legal Practice

• Ethics during the pandemic: Avoiding Faustian bargain | Joël Roy, The Lawyer’s Daily (June 24)
• Law firm evolution | Brent Dowdall Smith, CBA National (June 25)
• Trial by Zoom: A strange but true story of how one lawyer prepared for court | David Lowe, Above the Law (June 24)

Remote Working

• Expert to lecture Manitoba lawyers on ‘practice portability’ | Terry Davidson, The Lawyer’s Daily (June 23)
• Leading a High-Performance Remote Team | Laura Briggs, Legal Talk Network (June 25)
• Top secure communication tools for lawyers during the COVID-19 crisis | Nicole Black, Above the Law (June 22)

Students & Articling

• Building Resiliency through Connection | Candice Pollack & Lexy Smith-Doughty, The Every Lawyer (June 23) Podcast
• Harvard Law School Student Sues Over ‘Outrageous Tuition’ For Online Classes | Staci Zaretsky, Above the Law (June 24)
• Rethinking the job search | Doug Beazley, CBA National (June 23)

Wellness

• CBA Well-Being Subcommittee | CBA Saskatchewan Branch
• Student health and wellness | U of S College of Law
• Unexpected Paths: Motherhood And The Law | Suzanne Hite, Above the Law (June 25)