CLA in Press

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1. Starving legal aid is threatening Ontario’s justice system (published September 12, 2022)
2. Lawyers are speaking out about the stressors of lengthy virtual hearings and Zoom fatigue (published February 1, 2022)
3. Lacy and Brown: Trudeau government is falling short on justice reform (published January 30, 2018)
4. London-Weinstein and Russomanno: Why we need preliminary inquiries (published March 1, 2017)
5. Making the case for preliminary hearings: Opinion (published February 24, 2017)
6. Henein should be praised not villainized (published December 2, 2016)
7. Confusion over pot laws has consequence (published August 18, 2016)
8. Inmate suffering during lockdowns being used as a bargaining chip (published May 17, 2016)
9. Time to tear down last of the Tory crime agenda (published April 28, 2016)
10. Time to overhaul Canada’s unjust bail system (published March 22, 2016)
11. Women leaving criminal law practice in alarming numbers – Canada – CBC News (published March 7, 2016)
12. Appeal lawyer goes to court over high cost of court transcript (published February 8, 2016)
13. Convicting Jian Ghomeshi will be hard — for good reason (published February 02 2016)
14. Wrist-slap not enough for police who break the law (published December 1, 2015)
15. The Harper Shift: Where’s The Outrage? (published October 4, 2015)
16. Battle to make public complaint about judge drags on (published July 27, 2015)
17. Federal victim surcharge bound for Supreme Court, defence lawyers say (published July 16, 2015)
18. Have jurors won the right to Google the accused? (published June 4, 2015)
19. Stephen Harper defangs another watchdog (published May 26, 2015)
20. Judge blasts Toronto cop for ‘fabricating’ reason for search (published April 22, 2015)
21. Sick Kids shuts down hair tests at Motherisk lab (published April 17, 2015)
22. CLA to push for more certificate work as rate hikes end (published April 13, 2015)
23. Justice of the Peace retires, avoids disciplinary hearing (published April 8, 2015)
24. Scope of Motherisk review should be widened, say criminal lawyers (published April 1, 2015)
25. Brampton judge blasts Ontario government over courtroom shortage (published March 25, 2015)
26. Peel police flip-flop on courthouse arrest draws ire of legal community (published February 19, 2015)
27. Peel police change their story about arrest of lawyer (published February 18, 2015)
28. Criminal lawyers question why Toronto colleague was arrested inside courthouse for allegedly bringing in drugs (published February 15, 2015)
29. Time to get rid of solitary confinement (published January 17, 2015)
30. No hospital at new Ontario superjail; sick inmates kept in solitary (published December 18, 2014)
31. Wrongful convictions expose troubling holes in justice system (published December 18, 2014)
32. Ontario fails to track complaints against Crown attorneys (published December 16, 2014)
33. Truth about police who lie in court (published November 12, 2014)
34. ‘Sweeping’ secrecy surrounding complaints against judges challenged by Star (published October 10, 2014)
35. CLA concerned about duty counsel expansion (published August 25, 2014)
36. Innovative recommendations for Toronto police dealing with the mentally ill (published July 26, 2014)
37. Mental health experts have high expectations for police use-of-force report (published July 25, 2014)
38. Lack of women, minority judges not due to baby-making (published June 24, 2015)
39. Here’s why the Supreme Court made it tougher to look into your online life (published June 16, 2014)
40. Ontario is keeping secret complaints about JPs (published June 16, 2014)
41. In crisis: Can Mobile Crisis Intervention Teams end police killings? (published June 2, 2014)
42. Law groups urge government to revamp cyberbullying bill (published May 27, 2014)
43. Rules governing police records and background checks dangerously murky (published May 27, 2014)
44. Prime Minister Harper’s allegations are an attack on the integrity of Chief Justice McLachlin (released May 5, 2014)
45. By latching onto victimhood, bill of rights is just cruel political calculus (published April 9, 2014)
46. Curtis Young case shows need for body-worn cameras on police (published March 31, 2014)