The Community

Written by lawyers for lawyers, by its very nature JUST. is an extension of the OBA community. Learn how your peers are dealing with common challenges; read about the struggles and achievements of your favourite legal icons and hear what other lawyers have to say about the state of affairs within the legal profession.  This section is all about learning, sharing and exchanging, lawyer to lawyer.

Today
Today
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Ebb and Flow

  • August 01, 2013
  • Trevor Branion and Chris Williams

The tides are changing in some of the hottest areas of practice. Is it time to make changes of your own?

Pascale Daigneault

New World Style

  • August 01, 2013
  • R. Lee Akazaki

Incoming President Pascale Daigneault goes back to basics to clear the road for progress

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Google Glass

  • August 01, 2013
  • Fazila Nurani and Sujoy Chatterjee

A Challenge to Privacy as We Know It

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Wisdom of the Crowd

  • August 01, 2013
  • James Morton

Crowdsourcing is a fairly new buzzword in the media these days, with thousands of citizens forming online communities to get involved in prominent investigations such as the recent Boston bombings, the 2011 Vancouver hockey riots and the tragic cyberbullying cases of Amanda Todd and Rehtaeh Parsons. In the criminal justice system, however, the crowdsourcing concept is not as new as some may think.

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Open Doors: A Peek into Ontario Law Firms

  • April 01, 2013

Five firms, varying in size, location and specialty, open their doors to share with us their unique working culture, and how that culture is intertwined with the strength of their local community.

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An Untenable Situation

  • February 01, 2013
  • Anthony Marchetti

What happens when your duty to the client conflicts with your duty to the court?