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Verdicts & Voices

Canadian Bar Association

Verdicts & Voices is a legal current affairs podcast presented by the Canadian Bar Association. With her retinue of expert guests, host Alison Crawford keeps listeners up to date on news, views, and stories about the law and the justice system in Canada.

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S5 · E4
Wednesday · 26 min
The pith and substance of Alberta’s referendum questions
Legal scholars are finding the questions hard to parse. How will voters manage?
S5 · E3
October 7 · 22 min
Supreme Court fall preview
Highlights of the Supreme Court’s fall docket with Nadia Effendi, court-watcher extraordinaire
S5 · E2
September 23 · 19 min
A remedy for people who can afford it?
Three family lawyers discuss how the new tort of intimate-partner violence is working in practice.
S5 · E1
September 16 · 18 min
Kudos to the humans
University of Ottawa law professor Amy Salyzyn on the evolving use and misuse of AI in the courts
S4 · E17
June 22 · 26 min
Indigenous practice in Canadian courts (from the archives)
Two provincial chief justices on how they’re making their courts more inclusive of Indigenous law, culture and people
S4 · E16
June 10 · 23 min
Approaching the bar
How do today’s law students view justice, the rule of law, and the legal profession in Canada?
S4 · E15
June 3 · 22 min
“I thought she was nuts when she said I’d be a judge.”
Harvey Brownstone, Canada’s first openly gay judge, recounts his cinematic life.
S4 · E14
May 21 · 20 min
A turning point for a tort of family violence
Shelley Hounsell and Vanessa Lam break down why the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision to create a new tort of family violence is so significant.
S4 · E13
May 13 · 22 min
Nunavut’s Gladue dilemma
Where systemic discrimination affects the whole community, how should it factor into criminal sentencing?
S4 · E12
May 6 · 14 min
“A landmark decision for the independence of the bar”
Connor Bildfell finds the silver lining in a court ruling that upholds controversial changes to the regulation of lawyers in BC.
S4 · E11
April 29 · 23 min
When courts get vexed
How should Canadian courts deal with vexatious or abusive litigation?
S4 · E10
April 15 · 16 min
How to judge slop
How are Canadian judges handling generative AI?
S4 · E9
April 8 · 22 min
The badge of good character
How do law societies enforce “good character” requirements for members of the bar?
S4 · E8
March 25 · 23 min
Will the Protecting Victims Act do just that?
A discussion about the pros and cons of Bill C-16, the Protecting Victims Act
S4 · E7
March 18 · 19 min
Quebec’s secularism law gets its day in court
A preview of upcoming Supreme Court hearings about Quebec’s secularism law and the notwithstanding clause
S4 · E6
March 11 · 17 min
A lightning rod and a symbol of courage (from the archives)
Corinne Sparks of Nova Scotia was Canada’s first black woman judge. She was also the object of a racial bias complaint that reached the Supreme Court and stunted her career.
S4 · E5
March 4 · 19 min
Jordan turns ten
A decade ago, the Supreme Court issued its landmark Jordan decision with the goal of speeding up Canadian court proceedings. Has it worked?
S4 · E4
February 18 · 20 min
From law to order
Two former police officers discuss their transition to the practice of law.
S4 · E3
February 11 · 22 min
Motion to intervene
One case, two judges, two completely different decisions on a motion to intervene.
S4 · E2
February 4 · 29 min
Who needs international law?
Canadian international law experts Gib van Ert and Joanna Harrington argue international law is real and necessary, whether it’s followed or not.

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