Posts Tagged ‘Law Society of Upper Canada’
April 23, 2013
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Via the Toronto Star:
A Toronto criminal lawyer’s Twitter account has sparked outrage online after several offensive tweets were posted in the wake of the Boston bombing.
The tweets were sent last week from Twitter account @Dasilvalaw, which has since been deleted, though several retweets can still be found online.
“I pray for the suspects. May they slay the police army of satan. Death to all police!” reads one posting sent from @Dasilvalaw. Other tweets from that account contained vitriolic responses to offended Twitter users, including “am praying that u get violently raped. May cancer be upon u.!!!”
The lawyer, David Da Silva, 34, said in an emailed response sent Monday to the Star that he is “not the author of any such tweets.”
Asked in a follow-up email if his account had been hacked, the defence lawyer said he is “having this matter investigated at this time.”
Lawyer Nadia Liva, who sent an email to the Star saying she is acting as his counsel, said he is “very concerned” and “we are currently investigating the tweets, which were not authored by Mr. Da Silva.”
I don’t know Da Silva, either personally or professionally, but his website bio is generic: (more…)
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Tags:Law Society of Upper Canada, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Toronto Police Association, Toronto Star, Twitter
Posted in Law Society of Upper Canada, lawyer, lawyers, Legal Ethics, legal marketing, professional, professionalism, Rules of Professional Conduct, social media, Twitter | 17 Comments »
February 5, 2013
This Saturday (February 9th, 2013) mark my 20th year of practice since my call to the Ontario Bar in 1993.
I could take up this post talking about my experiences—my noble victories and my ignoble defeats— and what I have learned over two decades of having the privilege of membership in what I still consider a noble profession.
I could do that, but I won’t. (more…)
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Tags:Law Society of Upper Canada, Rule of law, Warren Buffett
Posted in client, ethics, Law Society of Upper Canada, lawyer, lawyers, learning, Legal Ethics, legal practice, legal profession, professional, professionalism | 8 Comments »
October 26, 2012
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The Law Society of Upper Canada has spoken about the future of articling.
Well, the Benchers sure spoke a lot during the Convocation meeting— motioning to vote, motioning to defer the debate, motioning for a “friendly amendment” to the deferral of the vote, and, amusingly, Treasurer Tom Conway motioning to one Bencher on the phone to press “*6″ and mute his line and stop talking about “Irene”.
Meanwhile, back at the War Room, my co-panellists and I listened, commented and tweeted. Check out the archive of the live discussion on the Law Society website here. (more…)
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Tags:Bencher, Convocation, Law Society, Law Society of Upper Canada, Tom Conway, Twitter
Posted in access to justice, accountability, articling, Articling Debate, Law Society of Upper Canada, lawyer, lawyers, legal practice, legal profession, Twitter | Leave a Comment »
October 16, 2012
I blogged about CanLaw recently in a post entitled “CanLaw Lawyer Directory: Some People Never Learn“.
I received the following reply letter this morning from Arwen Tillman, Counsel, Legal Affairs on behalf of the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC): (more…)
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Tags:American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct, CanLaw, Law Society of Upper Canada, Lawyer, Lawyer referral service, LSUC
Posted in law, Law Society of Upper Canada, lawyer, lawyers, Legal Ethics, legal marketing, legal profession, Rules of Professional Conduct | 2 Comments »
October 10, 2012
Last year I blogged on the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) warning about the so-called lawyer directory, CanLaw and its principal, J. Kirby Inwood. The LSUC issued the following Notice to the Profession entitled “Law Society Cautions Against Use of Canadian Lawyers Index”: (more…)
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