Papers from past colloquia
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12th Colloquium - March 2009
The Independence of the Bar and If It Matters
- Agenda
- Papers
- Richard F. Devlin
The End(s) of Self Regulation? - Roy W. Millen
Money Laundering and the Regulation of the Legal Profession - Clayton Ruby
Speaking Notes of Clayton Ruby - The Honourable Mr. Justice James M. Spence
Why the Independence of the Bar Matters
Professionalism and Serving Communities
- Agenda
- Papers
- Susan Ursel
Some Notes on the Experience of Working in Community with the Gay and Lesbian Communities of Ontario - Yedida Zalik
Linguistic Access and the Legal Profession: reflections from work in rights education - Clare E. Burns
Child Clients: An Ongoing Ethical Dilemma - Louise A. Stratford
Protecting Vulnerable Adults - A Community Responsibility - Dennis W. Archer
Lawyers As Healers - Loretta P. Merritt
Civil Sexual Assault: Representing The Plaintiff - Larry Wilson
Victims of Sexual Assault: Who Represents Them in Criminal Proceedings? - Suzan E. Fraser
Sanism and The Legal Profession: Why Mad People Should Be Angry - Lana Kerzner
Providing Legal Services to People with Disabilities - Dr .Christopher Waters
Oversight of Our Troops 'Over There' - David M. Tanovich - Revised January 8, 2009
Learning To Act Like A Lawyer: A Model Code Of Professional Responsibility For Law Students - David Lepofsky
Carole Riback Memorial Lecture (MP3)
Professionalism: Ideals, Challenges, Myths and Realities
- Agenda
- Video recording of this program
- Papers
- Margaret A. Ross
Challenges to the Standards of Professionalism in the Legal Profession - Jordan Furlong
Professionalism Revived: Diagnosing the Failure of Professionalism among Lawyers and Finding a Cure - The Honourable Justice Michael J. Moldaver
Preventing the Criminal Law Process from Undermining Justice - Gavin MacKenzie
How Murkey can a Bright Line be?
Coping with Conflicts of Interest in the wake of R. v. Neil - Ronald F. Caza
La profession juridique contribue à la préservation d'un Canada uni lorsqu'elle assure un accès à la justice en français en Ontario - M. Virginia MacLean, Q.C.
Fashioning the Economic Model to Prevent Marginalization of Women and Minorities - David W. Scott, Q.C.
Are Radical Solutions in Order? Affordable Legal Services & Access to Justice - Avarita L. Hanson
Professionalism and the Judiciary: Lessons Learned As Georgia Approaches 20 Years of Institutionalizing Professionalism - The Honourable Mr. Justice Paul M. Perell
The Civil Law of Civility
- Margaret A. Ross
Legal Ethics in Action
- Agenda
- Papers
- Edward J. Waitzer
Ethics in Business Law - Thomas G. Heintzman O.C., Q.C.
Ethical Issues Relating to Lawyers and Unrepresented Litigants in the Civil Justice System - Wendy Matheson
Civility: Ten Litigators to watch out for - Raj Anand
Chief Justice of Ontario's Advisory Committee on Professionalism - Paul Calarco
Not in my Court You Don't!!
The Challenges of Leadership
- Agenda
- Papers
- Diana C. Miles
Leadership in Legal Education: Evaluating Expectations - Professor Stephen G.A. Pitel
Charting New Courses: Leadership in Curriculum Reform
A revised version of this paper has subsequently been published at (2007) 5 Journal of Commonwealth Law and Legal Education 39. - John McKellar Q.C.
Leadership in the Non-Profit Sector - Claude Pensa, Q.C.
Lawyers in the Community - Judith M. Potter
Panel: Leadership in the Non-Profit Sector - The Honourable Sue Barnes, P.C., M.P.
The Challenges of Leadership - Heather Joy Ross
What Would Henry Think? - M. David Lepofsky
The Long, Arduous Road To A Barrier-Free Ontario For People With Disabilities
Reprinted from (2004) 15 N.J.C.L. 125 by permission of M. David Lepofsky, and Thomson Carswell, a division of Thomson Canada Limited. - Geoff Beattie
A Thousands Paths to Leadership: Observations and Learnings on Leadership in Business - Professor Emeritus David Mullan
The Challenges of Leadership - Leadership and Governance - Bruce P. Elman
Creating a Culture of Professional Responsibility and Ethics: a Leadership Role for Law Schools
Polemics and Professionalism
- Agenda
- Papers
- David Tanovich
Law's Ambition and the Reconstruction of Role Morality in Canada - Earl A. Cherniak, Q.C. and Shelby Z.C. Austin
Standing for Justice: The Lawyer's Role in the Client Selection Process - Professor Emeritus Harry Glasbeek
Background Notes to Professionalism and Commercialism: The legal profession has sold its soul to Mammon - Jay L. Naster
Divided Loyalties - Paul D. Paton
Corporate Counsel as Corporate Conscience: Ethics and Integrity in the Post-Enron Era
Law and Lawyers in Literature and Film
- Agenda
- Papers
- Michael Asimow
When the Lawyer Knows the Client is Guilty:
Legal Ethics, and Popular Culture - The Honourable Mr. Justice James M. Farley
Law, Lawyers and Judges in Literature - Angela Fernandez
Legal Education & A Civil Action in Canada: (In)visibility of the Courtroom in Film - Greig Henderson
Keeping Fury Underground: Rational Justice in Aeschylus's Oresteia - The Honourable Mr. Justice Gordon Killeen
Judgments as literature: Some Thoughts on Masters of the Craft - Treasurer Gavin MacKenzie
Shakespeare and the Law - Dermot P. Nolan
Showtime: Courtroom or Theatre; "It's the Performance, Stupid" - Justice Gary Trotter
Integrity and Honour in Criminal Litigation: Hollow Aspirations or Enforceable Standards?
Honour, Integrity and Professionalism in the Legal Profession
- Agenda
- Papers
- Professor Fiona Kay
Integrity in a Changing Profession: Issues of Diversity and Inclusion - Professor Paul Paton
Ethics and Integrity: In-House and Corporate Practice - Margaret O'Sullivan
Integrity in Estates Practice
Accessing the Justice in Professionalism
- Agenda
- Papers
- The Honourable Eleanore A. Cronk
Professionalism and Barriers to Justice - David M. Tanovich
The Reconstruction of a Distinctly Canadian Role Morality "In the Interests of Justice" and the Implications for Reform - Kwasi Kafele
Understanding Cultural Competence - Rose Voyvodic
Advancing the Justice Ethic Through Cultural Competence - Avvy Y.Y. Go
Playing Second Fiddle to Yo-Yo Ma - Charles C. Smith
Who is Afraid of the Big Bad Social Constructionists? Or Shedding Light on The Unpardonable Whiteness Of The Canadian Legal Profession - Bryan Finlay, Q.C.
Public Interest Lawyering: Working in Partnership - Frank H. Wu
The Implications of 'Bleached-Out' Professionalism for Racialized Lawyers and Communities
- Agenda
- Video recording of this program
- Papers
- The Honourable Roy McMurtry
The Legal Profession and Public Service - Paul M. Perell
Deceived with Ornament: Law, Lawyers and
Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice* - The Honourable Louise Charron
Journal intime d'une juriste franco-ontarienne - The Honourable Mr. Justice Allan Hilton
The Practice of Law in Quebec:
The Perspective of an Anglophone Quebecer - Jim Varro and Paul Perell
Elements of Professionalism - Other Papers on Professionalism
- Agenda
- Papers
- The Honourable Louise Arbour
Lawyers in a World Criminal Court - Professor Bruce P. Archibald, Q.C
Restorative and Other Models of Justice - Austin M. Cooper, Q.C
The "Good" Criminal Law Barrister - Christine A. McGoey
The "Good" Criminal Law Barrister A Crown Perspective - The Honourable John W. Morden
The "Good" Judge - The Honourable Robert J. Sharpe
The Life of Chief Justice Dickson
- Agenda
- Papers
- The Honourable Robert Rae
Society and the Rule of Law
Transcription of The Honourable Robert Rae Presentation - The Right Honourable Justice Beverley McLachlin, P.C.
Judges in a Multi-cultural Society - The Honourable Justice Rosalie Abella, Court of Appeal for Ontario
Justice and Literature - Dr. Randal Graham
"The Good Lawyer" - Professor Constance Backhouse
Gender and Race in the Practice of Law