Lisa Cumming

Lisa Cumming

Lisa Cumming is a former intern for Canadian Lawyer/Law Times/Legal Feeds and a journalism student at the Ryerson School of Journalism. She has written for Motherboard, VICE, the Oakham House Feminist Publishing Society Magazine and Torontoist.

Studying law south of the border

At the beginning of August my mom and I packed up a rented white Subaru with clear garbage bags full of clothing and boxes of books and knick-knacks and made the drive from Toronto and State College, Pennsylvania. I was to start law school the following week at Penn State and needed my mom with me for moral support, and to fill my fridge with groceries from Trader Joe’s.

Do you have a rehearsed cyberattack response plan?

Do you have a rehearsed cyberattack response plan?

Companies need to create and rehearse an incident response plan to avoid late intervention during a cyberattack, according to panellists speaking at a conference in Toronto last week.

Child protection law course offered at UofO

Child protection law course offered at UofO

The University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law has just wrapped up the first sitting of its new intensive child protection law course.

Photo gallery: LGBTQ group for broader legal community holds first event

Photo gallery: LGBTQ group for broader legal community holds first event

An LGBTQ social organization for people working in the broader legal community held its first event this Friday in Toronto.

Former tax lawyer takes feds to court over pension payout

Former tax lawyer takes feds to court over pension payout

A retired tax lawyer for the federal government sued his former employer because he alleges the government failed to fulfil its duty of care in regard to giving him complete and accurate information about his pension options.

LGBTQ group for broader legal community launching this week

An LGBTQ social organization for people working in the legal community is holding its first event this Friday in Toronto.

B.C. ruling on administrative segregation big win for prison reform, say lawyers

B.C. ruling on administrative segregation big win for prison reform, say lawyers

Lawyers say yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling, the one that found the use of indefinite solitary confinement in federal prisons as unconstitutional, could have implications on how all prisons are run across Canada.

Gowling WLG launches Northern Canada practice group

Gowling WLG launches Northern Canada practice group

Gowling WLG, an international law firm with offices across Canada, has launched a practice group of 34 lawyers who are working with clients in Northern Canada. This group, Canada North, is working in Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Yukon and northern regions of other provinces.