John van der Luit-Drummond speaks to producer Laura Shacham about the independent documentary film that is set to blow the lid off America's death penalty shame In November I attended a Kickstarter ...

Deepa Mattoo is the executive director of the Barbra Schlifer Commemorative Clinic. Pam Hrick is the executive director and general counsel of the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF). “Why ...

A book recently published in the United Kingdom has created a sensation in that nation’s legal and political circles. The Secret Barrister: Stories of the Law and How It’s Broken describes the ...

In 2015, the American lawyer Bryan Stevenson was cast away by Kirsty Young. Bryan is the founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, a private, not-for-profit organisation in the ...

It must be said that the federal government did an admirable job in providing emergency funding during COVID. If our institutions and businesses survive COVID and resume some sort of new normal, ...

With huge court backlogs and prisons at breaking point, the very future of our criminal justice system is in peril. As David Lammy takes up his post as Lord Chancellor, the challenge of saving this ...

A UBC law professor is calling for mandatory training in victim's rights for all Canadian judges, police and criminal prosecutors. Prof. Benjamin Perrin's recommendation is a key takeaway from a three ...

Kent Roach, a professor in the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law, and four alumni of the JD program – Amanda Carling, Jessie Stirling, Joel Voss and Sarah Harland-Logan – have launched the ...