Some news…

Report & Recommendations of the National Requirement Review Committee (Federation of Law Societies of Canada) are out and accepted by the Council of the Federation. Have you seen them? links (en/fr) here acpd-calt.org/final_report_a…

March 22: "...a counterpoint to techno-deterministic & techno-optimistic narratives ...Mirrlees considers the ethical & social dimensions of ... EdTech ... impact on teacher labor, student learning, and public ed." library.mcmaster.ca/edtech-inc-rev… from McMaster Libraries

Some new opportunities in Canada ... Allard School of Law Global South Visiting Scholar In-Residence Program @ulaval L’École supérieure d’études internationales (ESEI)/ Graduate School of International Studies. Full ads here acpd-calt.org/home, deadline in May. Pls share widely.

Publication day! My copy is taking its sweet time to arrive in London, but I'm grateful to Howie for the preview. This book is full of absolute crackers (I believe this is UK-speak for "amazing chapters") - order it to your library today!

Wow wow wow. Great appointment. Congratulations CRM!!

We are so lucky to have these three scholars joining the Faculty University of Alberta Faculty of Law: Angela Lee, Caylee Hong & Adebayo Majekolagbe

Three legal scholars are poised to deepen and expand the research and teaching expertise at #UAlbertaLaw in their new positions as assistant professors. Caylee Hong, Angela Lee and Adebayo Majekolagbe bring valuable expertise to both their students and the research community at

We are meeting in Fredericton @UNBlaw later this month. Program here: acpd-calt.org/conference_pro… Nous nous réunissons à Fredericton @UNBlaw plus tard ce mois-ci. Programme ici : acpd-calt.org/conference_pro…

I'm getting ready to head out to another book event - tonight is the The Donner Prize, and the book I wrote with Joanna Baron, Pandemic Panic, is on the short list. Very excited to read the other short listed books, they all look fascinating!

Register now for the 2024 Public Law Conference uOttawa | COMMON LAW PublicLaw Conference ! The conference series is sponsored by @HartPublishing - we are grateful for their continuous support in our endeavours to grow public law across the globe. publiclawdroitpublic.ca/public-law-con…

#ACPDCALT2024 UNB Law Magnificent Obsessions... in place: language revitalization apps wolastoqey-latuwewakon.web.app/#/ ; TRC 27, 28; Ntoliwis Nil Wolastoq/My Name is Wolostoq film (trailer: watch.eventive.org/finfestival202…). More to come, program acpd-calt.org/conference_pro…

Feeling overwhelmed with gratitude to be among such an inspirational group of scholars contributing to a new volume on the history of women in the Canadian legal academy. Thanks again to our editors Anna Lund Virginia Torrie, JD, ICD.D (she/her) and CALT-ACPD 💜

Awards night! CALT PRIZE FOR SCHOLARSHIP OF TEACHING & LEARNING: Félicitations a @AudreyFG (2024). Unstructuring for insight: the legal profession in an age of AI and social change. The Law Teacher, 58(1), 74–91.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… Osgoode Hall Law School of York University OsgoodePD

2024 SCHOLARLY PAPER AWARD Lauréat du CONCOURS D'ESSAI JURIDIQUE @SarahRileyCase To Protest for Black Life during the Pandemic: Resistance and Freedom in a Settler State cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Honourable Mention: Jeffrey Kennedy, Beyond Judicial Solitude: Listening in the Politics of Sentencing.

2024 CALT ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD: Professor Eric Adams University of Alberta Faculty of Law Eric Adams ("exceptional contribution to research and law teaching by a Canadian law teacher in mid-career").

Merci à @nobyrnelaw et Adrien Habermacher d'avoir amené CALT-ACPD au Nouveau-Brunswick, et pour leur connaissance de la région, leur générosité et leur soutien. Thank you Nicole & Adrien local hosts par excellence - for bringing us to NB for our annual conference!

Retired NS Chief Justice Michael MacDonald was appointed by Toronto Metropolitan University to conduct an external review of the open letter written by Lincoln Alexander School of Law students last October. Justice MacDonald's report was released today. torontomu.ca/report-release/

It's happened. An assignment I used periodically in a masters' seminar has been rendered extinct by AI. The simple assignment is to locate a peer-reviewed article on assigned topic & critically review it. ChatGTP found 4 articles & provided pretty good analysis in 5 seconds.