Exploring Theme: "Commitment of Law Societies"

NationTalk: The Law Society of Alberta remains committed to responding to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action in a thoughtful and collaborative way that builds and strengthens relationships with Indigenous peoples and communities. Hearing a wide array of Indigenous perspectives is crucial for advancing this work, which is why the Law Society is...

NationTalk: Law360Canada – This fall, lawyers in Manitoba will have to start taking a new course on Indigenous culture as part of their law society’s competency mandate — something the regulator’s departing president hopes will start a “voyage of understanding and empathy.” As of Oct. 1, members of the Law Society of Manitoba (LSM) will...

Requirement aims to fill gaps in knowledge, advance reconciliation, law society says  CBC News: Manitoba lawyers will soon have to take mandatory training about Indigenous rights and history as part of a new requirement from the Law Society of Manitoba.  The one-time, mandatory training is a new requirement from the Law Society of Manitoba, which...

3,400 voted Monday in Law Society of Alberta special meeting CBC News: Alberta lawyers have voted to keep the rule allowing the law society to mandate legal education which has, so far, only been used for an Indigenous course.  On Monday, more than 3,400 lawyers logged into the Law Society of Alberta’s “special meeting,” which resulted...

Since the release of the TRC report in 2015, momentum has been building toward Indigenous justice and reconciliation. But stronger and deeper commitments and actions are necessary. BY SCOTT FRANKS 11 OCT 2022 Education is vital to reconciliation, former Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin affirmed back in 2015: “Those involved with the justice system, be they judges, lawyers or justice...

The Advocates’ Society, the Indigenous Bar Association and the Law Society of Ontario are pleased to announce the release of the 1st Supplement to the Guide for Lawyers Working with Indigenous Peoples today, in advance of Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The Supplement provides guidance to the legal profession on issues that are emerging and...

Pipestone Flyer – All lawyers in Alberta will take Indigenous Cultural Competency training starting in early 2021 as part of the Law Society of Alberta’s response to the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). The new mandate will give lawyers a “base understanding of how Indigenous clients experience the law in Alberta and in Canada.”...

The Law Society of British Columbia has moved to require Indigenous cultural competency training for all practising lawyers in the province, in response to gaps in legal education that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission identified. The law society’s board of governors determined that lawyer competence includes knowledge of the history of Indigenous-Crown relations, the history...

Announced funding for the University of Saskatchewan Nunavut Law Program at the Nunavut Arctic College, a legal education program designed to increase the number of practicing lawyers in Nunavut and to improve access to justice for Nunavummiut. The program is a partnership between Nunavut Arctic College and the University of Saskatchewan College of Law. The Government...

The Law Society of Saskatchewan (the “Society”) recognizes the significance of the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and is committed to implementing the Calls to Action that came out of that work.  As such, the Benchers approved the creation of a Truth and Reconciliation Advisory Group to guide the Society’s efforts in this...

A series of strong recommendations designed to make the Law Society’s regulatory and hearing processes more culturally competent and culturally safe for Indigenous Peoples was approved by Convocation. the Review Panel made nine far-reaching recommendations, including the need to: establish and maintain a culturally competent regulatory process and a culturally safe environment; establish better communication...

Strategy 3.3 of the Law Society of Manitoba Strategic Plan 2017-2020 states “There are two activities included in support of the strategy to address the Call to Action # 27 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC):   Activity 3.3.1 is to “Increase cultural competency in the delivery of legal services” and Activity 3.3.2 is...