Tim Wilbur is a senior editor and licensed lawyer with over fourteen years of experience in the publishing industry. He is responsible for the editorial direction of Canadian Lawyer magazine, InHouse and Law Times. Email him here.
In-house counsel are often pointing out the delicate balance they must strike between being solution oriented and being a legal advisor, says Tim Wilbur
For this issue, we made an unusual decision. Vivek Narayanadas, the lawyer we featured on our cover, is not a Canadian lawyer. He went to law school in the United States and works there still.
I had the pleasure of interviewing Gillian Hadfield, who recently rejoined the faculty of law at the University of Toronto after teaching in California.
Reading case law is such a big part of legal education but many lawyers advise on issues that have never been litigated. Our cover story on food law is such an example.
When people ask me who my typical reader at Canadian Lawyer is, my response is that the name says it all. We write about and for all kinds of lawyers in Canada, in all parts of the country.
