The Every Lawyer is an English podcast.
The Every Lawyer is a Canadian Bar Association podcast to help you navigate the rapidly-changing legal world. Take advantage of trends and get the tools you need to advance your career and be the best version of yourself with actionable guidance and practical tips. Also on The Every Lawyer, we discuss social and political subjects important to all in the legal community.
Latest Episodes
Masters of Mediation
The Every Lawyer
April 2024
*Content warning: This episode includes descriptions of war atrocities.
Julia welcomes Christine Kilby from the CBA Dispute Resolution Section. Christine brings us snippets of interviews she did with four of the world’s absolute masters of mediation. They discuss making the professional move from litigator to mediator, peace building, melting angry warlords, rehabilitating child soldiers into their communities, women's role in peace-building, and the undeniable link between the local and the global.
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Actionable guidance on EDI in the face of a growing backlash – Charlene Theodore and Nikki Gershbain
The Every Lawyer
March 2024
Actionable guidance on EDI from two of Canada’s top experts on EDI in the legal workplace: McCarthy-Tetrault’s current and former Chief Inclusion Officers, Charlene Theodore and Nikki Gershbain.
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Remaining Vigilant - barbara findlay KC and Douglas Elliott
The Every Lawyer
February 2024
We get a brief history of 2SLGTBTQIA+ human rights jurisprudence in Canada in first person narration: barbara findlay KC and Douglas Elliott were personally involved in many of the applicable cases. In this episode the CBA SOGIC/SAGDA founders also discuss, among other things, the post-pandemic backlash, trans rights, importing the culture wars, Tucker Carlson and Danielle Steele, and Scott Moe’s disturbing, because possibly precedent-setting, use of the Notwithstanding clause.
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Touchstones 30th Anniversary – Ep.4: The Next 30 Years
The Every Lawyer
November 2023
The Next 30 Years - Episode 4/4 in our series marking the 30th anniversary of the release of the CBA Task Force on Gender Equality’s groundbreaking Report “Touchstones for Change: Equality, Diversity, and Accountability”.
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Touchstones 30th Anniversary – Ep.3: Intersectionality
The Every Lawyer
November 2023
In 1993 they were using terms like double discrimination or double inequality. In addition to Daphne Dumont, Melina Buckley, Justice Sophie Bourque, and Patricia Blocksom, we hear from a diverse group of women lawyers and some of their experiences of intersectionality both past and present.
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Touchstones 30th Anniversary - The Bertha Wilson Task Force
The Every Lawyer
November 2023
Episode 1/4 marking the 30th Anniversary of the CBA Touchstones Report, with Patricia Blocksom, Daphne Dumont, Sophie Bourque and Melina Buckley. Hosted by Julia Tétrault-Provencher.
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YLIP Goes IDLO Mongolia
The Every Lawyer
January 2023
Julia welcomes Stephen Gerald Kent and Agizul Sumber from the International Development Law Organization in Mongolia, and Abdu Murabit, who has just finished a YLIP internship with them. An exciting episode about combatting gender based domestic violence in Mongolia and around the world.
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SAGDA
The Every Lawyer
September 2023
SAGDA - The Sexual and Gender Diversity Alliance, formerly known as SOGIC. It’s about community support, intellectual exchange, professional networks, and advocacy. Julia welcomes lawyers Chris Ellis and Hossein Moghtaderi from SAGDA.
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Indigenous Peoples and the Criminal Legal System - Jennifer David & Andrea Menard
The Every Lawyer
March 2023
Julia welcomes Jennifer David from NVision and Andrea Menard from the University of Manitoba to discuss the CBA and NVision's highly regarded PD Webinar, The Path.
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Garde Préventive - Tory Hibbitt & Dr. Vanessa Cardy MD
The Every Lawyer
March 2023
Julia welcomes Tory Hibbitt, past chair of the CBA's Health Law Section and Dr. Vanessa Cardy MD, to discuss Garde Préventive and recent changes to Alberta's Mental Health Act.
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The Violence Link in Practice
The Every Lawyer
September 2023
*Content warning: This episode discusses serious and potentially triggering subjects, including family violence and animal abuse, as well as the recounting of real-life events. Julia welcomes Valerie Monckton, Kerri Thomson, Dr. Amy Fitzgerald and Jenny Mason to discuss the link between animal abuse and family violence.
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Mental Health in the Legal Profession – Dr. Cadieux & Glen Hickerson
The Every Lawyer
December 2022
Julia welcomes Prof. Nathalie Cadieux from the University of Sherbrooke and Glen Hickerson from the CBA Well-being sub-committee to discuss mental health in the legal profession.
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Anti-Corruption with Noah Arshinoff
The Every Lawyer
August 2022
Noah Arshinoff discusses the new edition of Prof. Ferguson's book and the CBA's involvement in the government led multi-stakeholder Anti-Corruption High Level Roundtable Task Team 1.
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Let's Talk About MAiD & End of Life
The Every Lawyer
July 2022
The current state of Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying legislation as well as its practical application with Dr. Vanessa Cardy, who is a family doctor and palliative care physician working in northern Quebec, and Shelley Birenbaum from the CBA's End Of Life Working Group.
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Temporary Reprieve from the Rain
The Every Lawyer
May 2022
Insight into the drafting process behind Bill C4 Banning Conversion Practices in which Florence Ashley participated extensively. Actionable guidance on working with clients who are survivors and why the hard work of litigation must still be done. With Florence Ashley and Julia Tétrault-Provencher.
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Exploring the CBA Pro Bono Initiative – Crisis in Afghanistan
Variety
December 2021
We welcome Anna Kuranicheva to discuss an initiative put in place by the CBA Immigration Law Section to provide pro bono services to those impacted by the situation in Afghanistan and what you can do to support.
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Discovering atypical careers in the law profession
Law Students/Young Lawyers
August 2021
We are chatting with Julia Kingdon about the new Law Students Section video project 20 minutes, 5 minutes. We look over the different guests and their atypical career paths.
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Exploring the CBA Truth and Reconciliation Toolkit For Firms
Conversations with the President | The President's Take on TRC's Calls to Action
July 2021
An interview with Jennifer David to discuss the CBA Truth and Reconciliation Toolkit for Firms.
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COVID-19 and Job Market Prospects for Young Lawyers
Law Students/Young Lawyers
October 2020
We analyse the effects of COVID-19 on the job market for young lawyers, with Adam Norget and how to stand out of the crowd while looking for work, with Mark Holthe.
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Pandemics in the workplace: Are you prepared?
Variety
February 2020
It’s the topic on everyone’s mind – what do you do in a pandemic. And for employment lawyers specifically – how do you protect the workplace? Learn more with guest Sheila Osborne-Brown.
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How to manage your stress in law school
Law Students/Young Lawyers
November 2019
It's beginning to look a lot like.... exam season! Don't let stress get the best of you. Our guests share advice on how to manage stress when it comes to exams or future career.
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Exploring Legal Aid
Variety
September 2019
Almost half of all Canadians will experience a legal problem over the course of a three-year period. It’s a startling statistic - and one we’re going to unpack on today’s episode focusing on legal aid across the country. #LegalAidMatters
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Exploring the Border Alert Toolkit
Variety
September 2019
The CBA has published a toolkit for lawyers who travel with electronic devices containing their clients' information. Cyndee Todgham Cherniak, founder of LexSage, counsels us on what to do when a custom’s officer asks us to do something that would breach our duty of confidentiality.
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The Travelling Lawyer: Welcome back home!
Young Lawyers International Program
Fourth and final episode in our series exploring the Young Lawyer International Program. After exploring the world, it's time to come back home. We meet with Laura MacLean who just came back from her placement and Mathieu Delorme who did the program 7 years ago, let's see what they are up to now.
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The Travelling Lawyer: When things go wrong
Young Lawyers
Today is the third episode in our series exploring the Young Lawyer International Program. Our topic today is what happens when things go wrong. We’ll talk to legal interns around the world about the funny and the scary moments when our carefully laid plans go awry… overseas.
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Exploring the Asylum Seekers toolkit
Variety
The CBA has published a toolkit for lawyers and asylum-seekers alike, breaking down the major legal processes that go into making refugee claims, as well as navigating the complex legal systems involved.
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The Travelling Lawyer: Intercultural work experience
Young Lawyers International Program
This episode is our second in a series exploring the Young Lawyer International Program. And today we’ll talk to interns around the world about what it’s like to work overseas, from the culture shock to the challenges of doing law in foreign jurisdiction.
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The Travelling Lawyer: From Packing up to Settling in
Young Lawyers International Program
Today we are packing up, taking off and settling in! This is the first episode of a four part series where we explore the Young Lawyers International Program, funded by Global Affairs Canada. It’s a CBA internship initiative in 10 different countries giving young lawyers international legal opportunities in law reform, human rights and access to justice.
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