By: Admin PDF Version: Judging Former Colleagues: A Collection of Justice Woolley’s ABlawg Posts Our former colleague Alice Woolley is being formally sworn in as a Justice of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench today. We take this opportunity to highlight Justice Woolley’s contributions to ABlawg over the ten years that she was a contributor, […]
By: Jennifer Koshan, Amy Matychuk, and Other ABlawg Contributors PDF Version: ABlawg Celebrates 10 Years ABlawg is celebrating our tenth anniversary this month. Anniversaries provide a good opportunity to reflect and share, so what follows are some statistics and favourite moments, and an ask of our readers for your thoughts on ABlawg’s first ten years.
By: Alice Woolley PDF Version: Defending Rapists Lawyers who defend people accused of sexual assault tend to be subject to one of two narratives in popular conversations, particularly on social media: The critical narrative: Sexual assault is a violent and under reported crime. Our criminal justice system further victimizes complainants by treating their claims with unwarranted […]
PDF Version: ABlawg’s Year in Review, 2016 ABlawg is pleased to provide this compilation of highlights from 2016, consisting of some statistics and synthesis of our bloggers’ contributions in substantive areas of law this past year. The Numbers ABlawg has published one hundred and fifty (150) posts so far in 2016, with more to come before […]
Matter Commented on: National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women PDF Version: Commemorating the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women December 6 is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada. This date marks the anniversary of the murders of fourteen women at the […]
