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2016

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Male, Pale, And Stale? Diversity In Lawyers' Regulatory Leadership, Noel Semple Sep 2016

Male, Pale, And Stale? Diversity In Lawyers' Regulatory Leadership, Noel Semple

Noel Semple

When lawyers elect the leaders of their self-regulatory organizations, what sort of people do they vote for? How do the selection processes for elite lawyer sub-groups affect the diversity and efficacy of those groups? This article quantitatively assesses the demographic and professional diversity of leadership in the Law Society of Upper Canada.

After many years of underrepresentation, in 2015 visible minority members and women were elected in numbers proportionate to their shares of Ontario lawyers. Regression analysis suggests that being non-white was not a disadvantage in the 2015 election, and being female actually conferred an advantage in attracting lawyers’ votes. …


Male, Pale, And Stale? Diversity In Lawyers' Regulatory Leadership, Noel Semple Sep 2016

Male, Pale, And Stale? Diversity In Lawyers' Regulatory Leadership, Noel Semple

Noel Semple

When lawyers elect the leaders of their self-regulatory organizations, what sort of people do they vote for? How do the selection processes for elite lawyer sub-groups affect the diversity and efficacy of those groups? This article quantitatively assesses the demographic and professional diversity of leadership in the Law Society of Upper Canada.

After many years of underrepresentation, in 2015 visible minority members and women were elected in numbers proportionate to their shares of Ontario lawyers. Regression analysis suggests that being non-white was not a disadvantage in the 2015 election, and being female actually conferred an advantage in attracting lawyers’ votes. …


The Legal Ethics Of The Two Kingdoms, Thomas L. Shaffer Aug 2016

The Legal Ethics Of The Two Kingdoms, Thomas L. Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

No abstract provided.


Business Lawyers, Baseball Players, And The Hebrew Prophets, Thomas L. Shaffer Aug 2016

Business Lawyers, Baseball Players, And The Hebrew Prophets, Thomas L. Shaffer

Thomas L. Shaffer

This article is a reflection on the ethics of practiving law for business, building on the career of Scott Boras, who acts as agent and lawyer for professional baseball players. The reflection wonders at the clout corporate lawyers have over their clients, mentioning, of course, some personal experiences (back before the invention of moveable type) from the author's two years in a large business-oriented law firm, as well as on Mr. Boras's significant influence in the baseball world. The object, finally, is ethical reflection on such things as the particular a lawyer has when she in in house rather than …


Book Review | Practice Perspectives: Vault’S Guide To Legal Practice Areas, Tina M. Brooks May 2016

Book Review | Practice Perspectives: Vault’S Guide To Legal Practice Areas, Tina M. Brooks

Tina M. Brooks

In this book review, Tina M. Brooks discusses Practice Perspectives: Vault’s Guide to Legal Practice Areas by Rachel Marx Boufford (editor).


The Fatf’S 4th Mutual Evaluations, The U.S., & Lawyers (2016 Ilec Slides; See Also Cited 2015 & 2010 Articles), Laurel S. Terry Dec 2015

The Fatf’S 4th Mutual Evaluations, The U.S., & Lawyers (2016 Ilec Slides; See Also Cited 2015 & 2010 Articles), Laurel S. Terry

Laurel S. Terry

These slides build on work found in my 2015 and 2010 FATF - legal profession law review articles. These slides were presented at the July 2016 International Legal Ethics Conference in New York City. I participated in a panel that focused on the impact of the Financial Action Task Force or FATF on the legal profession. Other panelists spoke about the 60 Minutes show Anonymous, Inc., FATF’s Mutual Evaluation of Canada and the Attorney General of Canada v. Federation of Law Societies of Canada case in which the Canadian Supreme Court struck down portions of an anti-money laundering law intruding …