Underscoring lawyer commitment to keeping it civil, OBA members share the instances of kindness, courtesy and respect they have experienced in this profession that particularly impressed, inspired or stuck with them.

Lawyers are obligated to inform clients of their language rights, including the right to bilingual proceedings and the right to a trial in French. Here, the authors detail the procedures, rules and resources that will help you support clients in exercising those rights, navigating those processes, and enjoying full access to justice in French.

When it comes to suspected fraudulent conveyances, lawyers are often forced to become detectives, digging deep into where assets and funds may have been transferred and demonstrating a pattern of a payor spouse moving funds or selling assets, without a reasonable explanation, right around the time monies are coming due to the other spouse. Katherine Shadbolt shares the investigation techniques that should help you make your case.

From deftly setting the stage to cohesively crafting the narrative, star litigators and leading judges demonstrate how to combine the art and science of skillful advocacy into a compelling courtroom story and winning trial strategy.

Lawyers across practice areas can suffer from a particularly insidious form of burnout, often without even realizing it. In his 30 years of advocating for injury victims, Frank Van Dyke has learned how to identify the slow creep of specialty burnout and to deploy the strategies that will prevent it from taking hold.

Seven lesser-known practice and professional benefits lawyers reap by regularly volunteering time and expertise to serving clients and communities in need.

The Honourable Peter Lauwers, justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario and chair of the Civil Rules Committee's Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee, weighs in on some alarming implications of AI-generated evidence, the crucial questions litigators should be asking themselves when considering when to introduce or how to respond to such evidence, and his worries about how a “head-in-the-sand approach” might impact our justice system.

Agentic AI frameworks are increasingly being used in software development and customer service environments, but is there a place for them in law? OBA’s Innovator in Residence tackles that question with a look at a common law-firm scenario where the combined access and analytical and reasoning capabilities of these ‘agents’ could cultivate unexpected efficiencies and client satisfaction.

Ready to invest in AI but unsure of where to invest or allocate resources? Tali Green offers her top tips for lawyers on how to find the tools that will alleviate pain-points, increase revenue, and make your team happier and more productive.

From exam surveillance and facial recognition to access-to-information requests and risk evaluation, experts weigh in on the legal and practical challenges associated with the rapidly evolving landscape of technology in education.