Michelle Lawrence

CALL FOR PAPERS: Closes Nov 1, 2023 @MBLawJournal's RobsonCrim Annual Criminal Law edition robsoncrim.com/call-for-paper… plz share widely @MBLawJournal @JamesGacek @Tomharri @nobyrnelaw @Kjell_Anderson @robsonhall @DrMMurchison @UManitobaMHR @NathanDerejko @UManitobaMHR @robsonhall

Please join us for a series of important conversations on recent shifts/movements/entrenchments/refusals in Canadian constitutional law on April 14 at the @OsgoodeNews Constitutional Cases Conference. In-person in waitlist. Online tickets: yorku.ca/osgoode/concas… Kindly share.

The open-access casebook "Criminal Law: Canadian Law, Indigenous Laws & Critical Perspectives" (edited by @profbenperrin, @DavidMilward99, @mlawrenceuvic, and @theTILPodcast) is now available on CanLII! Read more here: zurl.co/5NTh

On March 28, join us on Zoom for the launch of a new open-access Criminal Law casebook, edited by Allard Law's @profbenperrin, UVic Law profs David Milward & Michelle Lawrence (@mlawrenceuvic) and Métis/Cree lawyer Myrna McCallum (@theTILPodcast). allard.ubc.ca/about-us/event…

Proud to Chair alongside @sonialawprof & @blberger the 26th Osgoode Constitutional Cases Conference on April 14th. We have exceptional speakers set to critically review the year's SCC decisions. Please join us. In-person (a few left) & online tickets: yorku.ca/osgoode/concas…

The Canadian Centre for Elder Law is hiring a Director! 
  Join us in this great opportunity to lead and deliver projects on issues related to our aging population. Submit your application or share the opening before it closes on March 24, 2023. bcli.org/get-involved

Join us Tuesday, March 28, 12:30 PM (Pacific) for the launch of an open access first year Criminal Law @canlii ebook! - Zoom registration: tinyurl.com/3f8b7ef5 - In-Person: Moot Courtroom @UVicLaw - Edited by myself, @mlawrenceuvic David Milward @theTILPodcast #cdnlaw

Interested in clerking? Judges and legal counsel from the Court of Appeal & @BCSupremeCourt will discuss judicial clerkships at a virtual information session together with members of the OutLaws groups from @AllardLaw, @TRUFacultyofLaw & @UVicLaw on Monday, Nov. 14 at 12:45 p.m.

What's your experience with accessing legal services in BC? What do you think about how legal services should be regulated? We want to hear from you! Link to online survey and intentions paper below. #A2J #bclegal #bclaw news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2022A…

Call for Papers: due Nov 15 2022 - share!! @MBLawJournal –Special Volume on Law & Prison Policy edited by @JamesGacek robsoncrim.com/prisonpolicy @Tomharri @Ideablawg @nobyrnelaw @Kjell_Anderson @robsonhall @DrMMurchison @UManitobaMHR @irelanddavy @RebeccaBromwich @UMLawResearch

Hey #lawtwitter - breaking news from Alberta. Decision not yet available online, but Alta CA in R v Brown has upheld s 33.1 of the Code, disagreeing with Sullivan. SCC gets its chance at this in October.

It was an honour to work with the dozens of contributors and the @OUPLaw /@OUPAcademic team in bringing this volume to life: bit.ly/Covid-19-in-As…

The BC Provincial Court is hiring a new Legal Officer to work closely with the Chief Judge and Associate Chief Judges, doing varied legal & communications work in a collaborative environment. Deadline for applications is Feb. 22. bit.ly/3aO2TOL

Very excited for this panel on Customary Intl Law w/ heavyweights Natasha Affolder, @AsadKiyani, Ted McDorman & Joanna Harrington. One of the quickest panels we have put together due 2 live issues on extradition, human rights, climate. Not to be missed. bit.ly/3s6ruW3

The BC Provincial Court is hiring a new Legal Officer to work closely with the Chief Judge and Associate Chief Judges, doing varied legal & communications work in a collaborative environment. Deadline for applications is Feb. 22. bit.ly/3aO2TOL

In April of 2021 BC will have lose almost 7,000 people to toxic drugs. The province will have been in Public Health Emergency for 5 years by then. @CTVNewsVI

Our guest in the Spotlight this month is Professor Michelle Lawrence (@mlawrenceuvic) of @UVicLaw. Michelle is currently the primary contributor to our Canadian Criminal Jury Instructions (CRIMJI). You can read our Q&A with Professor Lawrence here: cle.bc.ca/professor-mich…

With CrC 33.1 getting so much attention today, I’m sharing this link to my 2017 article on the constitutional question: docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/bab59a_9a4…

@NeilBoydSFU For your many contributions to the field, we’re so very glad you made that choice!

Exciting news: Pivot is hiring a Director of Policy & Engagement! An ideal candidate will be a strategic thinker with a strong anti-oppression framework and an orientation to community-led change. For further details, click below: pivotlegal.org/work