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Verdicts and Voices

Canadian Bar Association
Supreme Court Of Canada
Immigration Law
Trademark Scam
Notwithstanding Clause
Canadian Bar Association
Indigenous Legal Practices
Reconciliation
Safe Third Country Agreement
Ontario Court Of Appeal
Donald Trump
Abortion
Generative AI
Dagenais V. CBC
Police Powers
Women's Rights
Domestic Violence
Court Operational Data
Access To Justice
Data Reporting In Courts
Judge Corrine Sparks

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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Why can’t lawyers and judges just say what they mean? Legal documents – statutes, contracts, court decisions – are infamous for being dense and full of jargon (not to mention Latin). But a growing community of legal professionals is advocating plain ... more

In the coming days, Quebec’s National Assembly will hear testimony about a proposed new provincial constitution, known as Bill 1. Alexandre Forest, President of the Canadian Bar Association’s Quebec Branch, will attend and argue that the legislation ... more

The taboo once associated with Section 33 (the notwithstanding clause) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms seems to be fading. In recent months, Alberta has used it to end a teachers’ strike and pass bills affecting transgender youth and a... more

Passing the bar exam has long been accepted as a natural step for new lawyers. But in Canada, that seems to be changing. The Practice Readiness Education Program (PREP) has already replaced bar exams in PEI, Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Nova Scot... more

NYU professor Margaret Satterthwaite has been monitoring threats to the rule of law on behalf of the UN Human Rights Council since 2022. She has seen autocrats around the world unleash assaults on their legal systems, but now she finds herself writin... more

When the Government of Canada launched its AI Strategy Task Force on September 26, 2025, Dr. Gideon Christian noticed a significant omission: Black people. Three weeks later, he was among 60 signatories of an open letter warning that Canada’s Black c... more

On October 23, 2025, Canadian Justice Minister Sean Fraser introduced Bill C-14, the Bail and Sentencing Reform Act. The legislation notably aims to make bail “stricter and harder to get” and impose harsher sentences on repeat offenders. While some, ... more

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Recent Guests

Paul Aterman
Former chair of the Federal Social Security Tribunal, now a consultant in plain language and legal design.
Episode: Plain language (or, Eschewing unnecessary obfuscation in juridical discourse)
Karen Jacques
Vice chair at Ontario's Workplace Safety and Insurance Appeal Tribunal and Canada's representative at Clarity International.
Clarity International
Episode: Plain language (or, Eschewing unnecessary obfuscation in juridical discourse)
Stéphane Beaulac
Constitutional expert and Université de Montréal professor
International Commission of Jurists
Episode: “So fundamentally wrong”: Alexandre Forest and Stéphane Beaulac on Quebec’s constitution bill
Alexandre Forest
President of CBA's Quebec chapter and partner at Gowling
Canadian Bar Association
Episode: “So fundamentally wrong”: Alexandre Forest and Stéphane Beaulac on Quebec’s constitution bill
Marion Sandilands
Constitutional Law expert and member of CBA's Working Group on the Notwithstanding Clause
University of Ottawa
Episode: Expanding notwithstanding rebranding? (from the archives)
Geoffrey Sigalet
Political science professor and director of UBC's Research Group on Constitutional Law and Legal Studies
University of British Columbia
Episode: Expanding notwithstanding rebranding? (from the archives)
Gideon Christian
Expert in AI and Law, Excellence Research Chair in AI and Law at the University of Calgary.
University of Calgary School of Law
Episode: Artificial intelligence, genuine bias: law professors Gideon Christian and Jake Effoduh
Jake Effoduh
Researcher focusing on intersections of AI, human rights, and international law, and former Chief Counsel for the Africa Canada AI and Data Innovation Consortium.
Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University
Episode: Artificial intelligence, genuine bias: law professors Gideon Christian and Jake Effoduh
Nadia Effendi
Partner at BLG and an avid Supreme Court watcher
Borden Ladner Gervais
Episode: Supreme Court fall preview with Nadia Effendi

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Alison Crawford
Host of various legal discussions focusing on making legal language accessible and current affairs in the Canadian justice system.

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“So fundamentally wrong”: Alexandre Forest and Stéphane Beaulac on Quebec’s constitution bill
Q: What was your reaction when you first read the text of the bill?
Shock, especially regarding the process and how it was introduced like a regular bill despite its significance.
“So fundamentally wrong”: Alexandre Forest and Stéphane Beaulac on Quebec’s constitution bill
Q: Why has the Quebec section of the ICJ protested Bill 1 to the United Nations?
The bill is seen as potentially infringing upon human rights and freedoms, leading to a formal protest to international bodies.
Bye-bye to the bar exam? Jennifer Pink and Jordan Furlong
Q: What was the thinking behind making the change to the prep course?
The need for a more standardized, objective approach to lawyer preparation and to remove biases from the assessment process influenced the shift to the prep course.
Bye-bye to the bar exam? Jennifer Pink and Jordan Furlong
Q: What does a law school grad learn in a prep course that they don't get from a bar exam itself?
The prep course fills in the gaps of practical skills and competencies needed in real-world law practice, which the bar exam doesn't cover.
Expanding notwithstanding rebranding? (from the archives)
Q: What would be an example of some of those guard rails?
Examples include not using the clause preemptively, requiring a heightened majority for invocation, and ensuring transparent public consultation whenever it is used.

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