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17 Sep 2014, 4:00 am
Woolley of the University of Calgary. [read post]
28 Aug 2014, 6:00 am
Thanks to Malcolm Mercer and Alice Woolley for reading an earlier draft of this commentary and providing helpful comments. [read post]
5 Aug 2014, 4:00 am
Alice Woolley has written thoughtfully about the questionable claims often contained in these letters and the important ethical questions raised by the practice of some “lawyers sending out demand letters based on spurious claims in the hope of extracting funds because of the fear and ignorance of those who receive them” (see, e.g., here, here and here). [read post]
21 Jul 2014, 12:25 am
Article. [read post]
10 Jun 2014, 2:53 pm
Cross-posted at Slaw and written by Alice Woolley. [read post]
2 Jun 2014, 10:48 am
”Lawyers have a broad duty of confidentiality to their client, says Alice Woolley, associate dean of the University of Calgary Faculty of Law. [read post]
30 Apr 2014, 12:20 am
Article. [read post]
24 Apr 2014, 9:00 am
[1] Alice Woolley et al, Lawyers’ Ethics and Professional Regulation, 2d ed (Toronto: Lexis Nexis Canada, 2012) at 207 [read post]
24 Apr 2014, 5:00 am
[1] Alice Woolley et al, Lawyers’ Ethics and Professional Regulation, 2d ed (Markham: LexisNexis Canada, 2012) at 461 [read post]
23 Apr 2014, 9:00 am
In distinguishing the Hunter case from the prior case of Joseph, the court noted the importance of flexibility by stating, “…while the principles in the Joseph case do inform our decision here, we make the not uncommon observation that each case spins on its own facts”.[3] Law firms are ultimately better suited to handle the salacious matters of their partners and associates than the Law Society, who ought to be more concerned with policing conflicts of interest generally. [1]… [read post]
21 Apr 2014, 9:00 am
A great defence attorney is never going to win a Grey Cup, but they are quite possibly the true champions of criminal law. [1] Alice Woolley et al, Lawyers’ Ethics and Professional Regulation, 2d ed (Markham, ON: LexisNexis, 2012) at 463. [2] Ibid. [read post]
31 Mar 2014, 4:00 am
Alice Woolley, Understanding Lawyers’ Ethics in Canada (LexisNexis Canada Inc., 2011) at 7; Richard Devlin & Porter Heffernan, “The End(s) of Self-Regulation” (2008) 45(4) Alta L Rev 169. [read post]
23 Jan 2014, 12:30 am
Article. [read post]
6 Jan 2014, 12:02 am
I already published our Top Ten [USA] Legal Ethics Stories of 2013 and linked to the Canadian list (by Alice Woolley). [read post]
3 Jan 2014, 6:23 pm
Our own Alice Woolley, writing at Canadian Lawyering Mag, offers us the Top Ten Canadian Legal Ethics Stories of 2013. [read post]
3 Jan 2014, 10:45 am
Once again John Steele at Legal Ethics Forum has compiled his list of the top 10 ethics stories of 2013. [read post]
9 Dec 2013, 4:00 am
It is important to identify and separate at least three possible ethical concerns about articling (with thanks to Alice Woolley): (1) the possibility for harassment and discrimination during articling; (2) the lack of quality control over what actually goes on in articling; and (3) the systemic inequalities created by the articling system, i.e. poor working conditions, long hours and low wages (for some). [read post]
1 Nov 2013, 12:08 am
Our own Alice Woolley, writing at Slaw.ca, compares lawyers who write bogus demand letters to the (uniquely Canadian?) [read post]
8 Oct 2013, 4:00 am
Others, including myself and fellow Slaw columnist Alice Woolley, have questioned whether the potential downsides of formal civility regulation outweigh its possible benefits.[1] For the moment, I want to focus on another issue that is raised by the recent appeal in Mr. [read post]
24 Sep 2013, 4:00 am
In the now-mandatory Professional Responsibility course, most law schools use the text Lawyers’ Ethics and Professional Regulation by Alice Woolley, Richard Devlin, Brent Cotter and John M. [read post]
