COVID-19 Legal News Roundup: May 28th Edition

May 28, 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 aggregate 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

• Comfortable Being Uncomfortable | Julie MacFarlane & Dayna Cornwall, Representing Yourself Canada (May 26) Podcast
• Leading the way forward: Modernizing access to justice | Colin Stevenson, The Lawyer’s Daily (May 25)
• Resuming family court should be a priority as B.C. eases pandemic restrictions, former AG says | Bridgette Watson, CBC News (May 26)

Courts

• National COVID-19 action committee issues first guidance for reopening courts during pandemic | Cristin Schmitz, The Lawyer’s Daily (May 28)
• The virtual courtroom | Nicole Rodych, CBA National (May 27)
• Webpage launched to track COVID-19 impact on court, ADR procedures | Bernise Carolino , Law Times (May 27)

Legal Innovation

• Crisis gives firms “platform to accelerate change” | Nick Hilborne, Legal Futures (May 27)
• The FT Innovative Lawyers-Global Legal Hackathon: Meeting The Challenge Of Law In The Digital Age | Mark Cohen, Forbes (May 26)
• Join Us for Another Live Recording of the Legaltech Week Journalists’ Roundtable | Bob Ambrogi, Lawsiteblog.com (May 28) Podcast

Legal Practice

• Double Whammy on Law Firms: COVID-19 and the Troubled Economy | Sharon Nelson & John Simek, Slaw (May 28)
• How I’m Using Client-Centered Design in My Law Firm | Robert Theofanis, Attorney at Work (May 28)
• Moving Forward with Your Law Firm in a Pandemic | Sharon Nelson & John Simek, Legal Talk Network (May 28) Podcast

Remote Working

• After the Pandemic: Redesigning how we work | Yves Faguy, CBA National (May 27)
• Covid-19 remote hearings “must not become settled norm” | Neil Rose, Legal Futures (May 26)
• Video Conferencing for Lawyers: How to Video Conference Like a Pro| Sharon Miki, Clio (May 27)

Students & Articling

• An unprecedented finale to the first year of law school, starring COVID-19 | Jamie Hwang, ABA Journal (May 28)
• Law School Grads From Recession Years Feel The Class Of 2020’s Pain When It Comes To Employment | Staci Zaretsky, Above the Law (May 27)
• The Year of Distancing Physically: Six Tips for Online Learning in Law Schools | Jordan Furlong, Slaw (May 26)

Wellness

• Five Ways to Combat Apathy and Feel Good Again | Jamie Spannhake, Attorney at Work (May 22)
• Managing stress during and after lockdown | Sam Warner, Legal Futures (May 26)
• Resilience During Times of Uncertainty | Jack Newton Warner, Clio Futures (May 22) Podcast