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Mix of articles, practical training seems to be popular option January 23, 2012 While the Law Society of Upper Canada is looking at solutions to the articling crisis, practical training remains a key requirement, says the head of its articling task force.	Western law launches new student journal January 23, 2012 The University of Western Ontario’s law school has a new student-run online law review. The Journal of Legal Studies published its first issue on Jan. 20.
Perell was right, the others wrong Class Acts January 23, 2012 Last May, Ontario Superior Court Justice Paul Perell certified a class proceeding under the Class Proceedings Act on the condition that the representative plaintiffs plead a fresh as amended statement of claim with revisions to the proposed class definition and proposed common issues. This decision was overturned by the Divisional Court on the basis that the defendant would be denied an opportunity to make submissions in respect of the amended statement of claim.	Processing delays in the age of increased scrutiny The Immigration Line January 23, 2012 So far it’s been a quiet 2012 for the immigration bar, except for one area that is heating up: the myriad issues facing the Temporary Foreign Worker program and new temporary foreign worker audits.
Follow the money January 23, 2012 Whether an in-house legal department is large or small, having a solid understanding of the time and cost being billed by outside law firms has become more important than ever as executives eye the bottom line.	Made-to-order books, 21st-century style The IT Girl January 23, 2012 In my Christmas wish list, I mentioned a most amazing machine — the “espresso” machine. No, not the kind that makes coffee, the kind that can print a made-to-order softcover book. How incredible is it that one-off printing of paperbacks might be coming to a coffee shop near you? OK, maybe not a coffee shop, but possibly the corner bookstore you thought would never be able to keep up with the big-box retailers. The more I thought about the possibilities, the more intrigued I became, so I did
Even Brad Pitt can’t make tax sexy Legally Brunette January 23, 2012 I’m going to be brutally honest — I don’t like tax law. Although my professor is charismatic and engaging, I don’t think I would like tax even if Brad Pitt was teaching it to me. In the upper years of law school, there are no mandatory courses, so why enrol in tax law? The answer is pragmatic: I want to be prepared for the Ontario bar exams.

Current Issue

January 2012 • Volume 36, Issue 1

The death of collective bargaining?
- Subtitle Cover Story
Written by Jeff Mackinnon
Issue Date: January 2012

Air Canada has had two strikes. The one in 1998 involved pilots; it lasted 13 days and was settled through…
IP boutiques holding their own
- Subtitle Top Boutiques: January 2012 — Part One
Written by Michael McKiernan
Issue Date: January 2012

When Philip Mendes da Costa started out at Bereskin & Parr LLP in the mid-1980s, intellectual property boutiques were small…
Labour & employment boutiques holding their own
- Subtitle Top Boutiques: January 2012 — Part Two
Written by Michael McKiernan
Issue Date: January 2012

This article is a continuation of "IP boutiques holding their own" from the January 2012 issue of Canadian Lawyer magazine.…

Departments

Tipping toward the plaintiffs
- Subtitle Legal Report: Litigation
Written by Richard Foot
Issue Date: January 2012

ustice Paul Perell cracked open a hornets’ nest last July when he delivered a decision from the Ontario Superior Court ordering a group of corporate defendants to file their defence in a proposed class action, even though the case hadn’t yet been certified. The judge’s order in Pennyfeather v. Timminco…
What is predictive coding and can it help me?
- Subtitle Tech Support
Written by Dera J. Nevin
Issue Date: January 2012

In large civil litigation and regulatory cases, the discovery process is becoming increasingly automated, scientific, and objective. This is evident by the increasing use of “predictive coding.” Predictive coding are the new e-discovery buzzwords. Articles about the benefits of predictive coding have appeared in Forbes magazine and The New York…

Columns

Conflict case a circus
- Subtitle Back Page
Written by Jim Middlemiss
Issue Date: January 2012

It took the U.S. legal system 15 weeks to convict Conrad Black of fraud charges, the majority of which were overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court. It will take the Law Society of Upper Canada almost two years to decide whether or not Black’s lawyers, Beth DeMerchant and Darren Sukonick…
Good things ahead for 2012
- Subtitle Editor's Desk
Written by Gail J. Cohen
Issue Date: January 2012

With this January 2012 issue of Canadian Lawyer, we kick off our 36th year of covering the issues and trends that matter to the legal profession in Canada. And we have seen a lot of changes, particularly in the last few years. One of the biggest shifts has been the…