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Winners of the 2026 Lexpert Rising Stars Awards celebrate, look back on their careers so far

The 2026 cohort of winners was revealed at Toronto’s Liberty Grand on Thursday

MLT Aikins welcomes energy and mining group’s academic in residence

Rüdiger Tscherning is associate professor at University of Calgary Faculty of Law

Ecojustice laments feds’ refusal to appeal Alberta impact assessment ruling

Environmental law charity urges Canada to ensure robust legislation that affirms Indigenous rights

Here are the winners of the 2026 Lexpert Rising Stars Awards

Each year, Canadian Lawyer and Lexpert celebrate Canada’s most outstanding lawyers aged 40 and under

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Stronger immigration needs better research

A&M Canadian immigration uses data and case law to strengthen applications amid tighter rules

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How to run a business in addition to practising law

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How to run a business in addition to practising law

LEAP's on-demand webinar explores the business challenges facing lawyers running their own firms in 2026

Focus on labour and employment

Focus on labour and employment

Canadian Lawyer, Law Times and Lexpert will produce a series of articles on labour and employment throughout November. All coverage through the month can be found here

Opinion

McGill should be guided by the Parole Board, not the outrage

By Michael Spratt
Michael Spratt

The mentorship questions law students should ask during recruitment

By Peter Saad
Peter Saad

E-discovery is changing what lawyers ask and when they ask it 

By Tim Wilbur
Tim Wilbur

I thought AI would take my legal job. Instead, it gave me a better one

By Emily Feng
Emily Feng
Rankings

Top Legal Tech, Service Providers, and Products in Canada | Readers’ Choice

Canadian Lawyer’s Readers’ Choice Awards 2026 present 117 reader-voted awards to legal technology providers as AI raises the bar on verification

Top Legal Tech, Service Providers, and Products in Canada | Readers’ Choice

The Top Litigation Law Firms in Canada, Boutique

Canada's top litigation law firms exemplify standards of excellence

The Top Litigation Law Firms in Canada, Boutique

Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada

From constitutional rulings to firm-wide AI rollouts, these influential lawyers are taking Canada’s legal system forward

Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada
Resources

MLT Aikins welcomes energy and mining group’s academic in residence

Rüdiger Tscherning is associate professor at University of Calgary Faculty of Law

LSA bencher candidates talk Regulated Professions Neutrality Act at town hall

Burnout as a business risk: how workload erodes lawyers and law firms

M&A partner Nathalie Proulx joins De Grandpré Chait’s business law team

Dentons’ new global practice heads include four across Toronto, Vancouver

International

Taylor Wessing, Stephenson Harwood scrap combination plans

By Jacqueline So

The firms likely would have merged in May 2027

Taylor Wessing, Stephenson Harwood scrap combination plans

Facebook fined US$1.3 million following Brazil’s presidential election

By Jacqueline So

Brazil judges determined that the social media giant did not comply completely with court orders

Facebook fined US$1.3 million following Brazil’s presidential election

Elvis Presley Enterprises claims Suno violated Tennessee’s ELVIS Act

By Jacqueline So

Rapper Eminem also sued the artificial intelligence tool for copyright infringement

Elvis Presley Enterprises claims Suno violated Tennessee’s ELVIS Act

UK criminal bar committee head flags lack of diversity in top courts

By Jacqueline So

Black Barristers’ Committee founding chair Keir Monteith stressed the importance of allyship

UK criminal bar committee head flags lack of diversity in top courts

UK judge instructs expert witnesses to be transparent about AI use

By Jacqueline So

Instruction is in line with a recommendation presented in a recent UK Civil Justice Council report

UK judge instructs expert witnesses to be transparent about AI use