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Alberta criminal lawyers want law society out of legal aid
As concern grows over the state of legal aid in Alberta, the province’s criminal lawyers are moving a motion this week to end the Law Society of Alberta’s direct role in the legal aid system.At the law...
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Robidoux resigns from Gowlings
Prominent Calgary lawyer Kristine Robidoux, best known for her work defending corporate clients on bribery charges, has been suspended by the Law Society of Alberta and resigned from Gowling Lafleur...
View ArticleCalgary lawyer being sued by residential school survivors disbarred
A Calgary lawyer being sued by residential school survivors has been disbarred by the Law Society of Alberta and is prohibited from practising law in the province following his resignation last...
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Gowlings partner to become new president of Law Society of Alberta
James T. Eamon, a partner in the Calgary office of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, will be the next president of the Law Society of Alberta. Under s. 12(4) of the Legal Profession Act, Eamon as...
View ArticleCalgary lawyer’s brawling, axe wielding lead to reprimand
Two immigration lawyers with seperate offices just a door apart on the second floor of a strip mall in northeast Calgary have had their disagreements. Perhaps that is not so unusual for two direct...
View ArticleFrom face-to-face to FaceTime for articling students?
Carolyn Grogan is making history — as far as she knows — as the first articling student at a virtual law firm. “I think she must be the first . . . in the history of Alberta,” says Jason Morris of...
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