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Get Involved: OBA Business Law Section Committees

  • 21 septembre 2021

Committee participation gives you a chance to play an important role in business law advocacy, education and legislative reform – all while building your profile and growing your network within this dynamic practice area.

Droit des affaires, Student Forum

Message from your SOGIC Chair and Vice-Chair

  • 20 septembre 2021
  • Julie DeWolf and Gregory Ko

Julie DeWolf and Gregory Ko, SOGIC chair and vice-chair for 2021-2022, respectively, provide an update on the Section’s activities from last year and a preview of what they have in store this year.

Orientation et identité sexuelles, Student Forum
Christine Vanderschoot,

Exceptional Women of the Bench and Bar

  • 15 septembre 2021
  • Christine Vanderschoot, principal, Vanderschoot Family Law

The “Exceptional Women of the Bench and Bar” webinar held on September 9, 2021 offered key insights from and networking and mentoring opportunities with leaders of the bench and bar. Christine Vanderschoot highlights some of the advice given to young lawyers, how the career paths of senior lawyers/judges changed over time, and tips for fostering sponsorship or mentoring relationships.

Droit de la famille, Student Forum
Mediating Just Cause Cases

Mediating Just Cause Cases

  • 15 septembre 2021
  • Stuart Rudner, Rudner Law

In this article, mediator and employment lawyer Stuart Rudner provides advice for how counsel should approach allegations of just cause at mediation.

Droit du travail et de l’emploi, Student Forum

Weaponized Access to Justice: Staying Individual Actions Pending Certification of a Class Action

  • 15 septembre 2021
  • Jasminka Kalajdzic, associate professor | clinic director, Windsor Law | Class Action Clinic

In a recent decision from Saskatchewan, the Court was asked by the representative plaintiffs in a proposed class action arising from the Humboldt Broncos bus crash to stay an individual action brought by family members of those killed in the tragedy. The Court granted the stay pending the April 2022 Certification hearing, effectively turning access to justice on its head. By depriving individual plaintiffs of control over their litigation, access to justice is both delayed and denied.

Droit des recours collectifs, Student Forum