Category Archives: Ethics and the Legal Profession

By: Alice Woolley PDF Version: Ensuring Competent Representation: Know What You Don’t Know You’ve got to know when to hold ’em Know when to fold ’em Know when to walk away And know when to run You never count your … Continue reading →

By: Alice Woolley PDF Version: Trinity Western… Again I can’t stop thinking about the law society decisions on Trinity Western University (TWU). Part of the reason for that is the complexity and difficulty of the substantive issue raised by TWU’s … Continue reading →

By: Alice Woolley PDF Version: The Virtues and Limits of the Representation of the “Man-in-trouble”: Some Reflections on Jian Ghomeshi and Legal Ethics The scandal surrounding Jian Ghomeshi raises a myriad of legal questions across doctrinal areas: labour and employment; … Continue reading →

By: Alice Woolley PDF Version: Tweeter or Twitter? Teaching a Federation Approved Legal Ethics Course This summer I again provided the Federation of Law Societies with the syllabus for my legal ethics course. The Federation requested the syllabus for, presumably, … Continue reading →

By: Alice Woolley PDF Version: Don’t Gossip About Your Client to the Press… Some (Mildly) Complicating Thoughts on Robidoux Decision commented on: In the matter of the Legal Profession Act, and in the matter of a hearing regarding the conduct … Continue reading →