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About Articles The articles below are published by the Young Lawyers Division of the Ontario Bar Association. Members are encouraged to submit articles. 

Editors: Emily OKeefe - Central Region; Caroline Bedard - East Region

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Public Photography, the Police and Our Rights

  • January 29, 2014
  • Andreas Kalogiannides

If a police officer asks (orders?) you to stop filming them, are you legally required to stop? Can they legally take your smartphone and delete the pictures? This article briefly discusses our Charter and privacy rights in the context of public filming and dealing with police.

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The Duel in Early Upper Canada

  • January 29, 2014
  • The Honourable Mr. Justice William Renwick Riddell

Civility among members of the Ontario legal profession has come a long way since the early nineteenth century, when duels were tolerated as a method for settling disputes between lawyers. This 1915 article by Mr. Justice Riddell is published by Northwestern University and made available by JSTOR.

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Osgoode Hall: Reminiscences of the Bench and Bar

  • January 10, 2014
  • James Cleland Hamilton

The classic work published in 1904 on the personages, stories, legends, and lore of the Ontario legal profession. From the University of Toronto collections and Internet Archive (2008).

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The Alternative to the Articling Process

  • December 09, 2013
  • Dionne Coley

The Law Society of Upper Canada has recently announced the creation of the Law Practice Program to help law students become licensed lawyers. It is innovative, controversial, and overdue. But will it work?