Voting is now open for Canadian Lawyer's Top 25 Most Influential 2020

Canadian Lawyer invites you to vote in its annual survey of the legal profession’s prominent forces

Voting is now open for Canadian Lawyer's Top 25 Most Influential 2020

Each year Canadian Lawyer launches Top 25 Most Influential to determine who is having the biggest impact in the justice system and legal profession in Canada.

A place on the list is a clear recognition and affirmation of a candidate’s hard work and dedication to rising above the unique challenges that the industry faces over the past 18 months. 

Our Top 25 will be made up of the top 5 in each of the following categories:

  • Young Influencer:  Lawyers born in or after 1980, who have had an extraordinary impact on the profession or society
  • Human Rights, Advocacy and Criminal
  • Changemakers: lawyers in any are or type of practice who have been leaders, innovators, or catalysts for positive change in any area of the profession such as diversity, law firm management, education, etc.
  • Government/non-profits/associations: this includes public inquiries, officers of Parliament, academic institutions and the judiciary
  • Business

Readers are invited and encouraged to take part using this online form.

Entries close Friday, June 5, 2020.

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