It’s a time to reflect, as both of Canada’s French common law programs have recently celebrated their 30th anniversaries.

It’s a rainy, dreary night, and the mud-splattered black SUV finally pulls away from the Canadian border. The child in the back has thankfully cried herself to sleep in her car seat, amidst a clutter of sippy cups, overturned picture books, and plastic toys.

It’s tough in our industry,” said Neil Macdonald, vice president, general counsel, and secretary of General Motors of Canada Ltd., when asked about the challenges of working in the automobile sector.

No kidding.

With the 2010 Winter Olympic Games coming to Vancouver, legal work is already well underway to ensure all goes smoothly for organizers, sponsors, and most importantly, athletes.

Faculties across the country are offering a slew of cutting-edge and innovative courses to prepare young lawyers for the future of law.

 

It’s the kind of thing that articling students’ nightmares are made of — the wake-up-screaming-and-drenched-in-sweat kind of nightmares: you’ve botched your legal research and advised a client incorrectly.