Advocacy Matters - Spring 2024

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Connect on the TAS Mentoring Portal The Advocates’ Society has launched a mentoring program for TAS members to connect junior lawyers with senior members for career advice and networking. There are no long-term commitments, extensive questionnaires, or heavy agendas—just simple connections and conversations. If there’s a fit, mentors and mentees can choose to connect again. Click here to learn more or visit www.advocates.ca
JUSTICE DELAYED PART II Justice Delayed (Part II): Long-Term Solutions Joe Thorne, Stewart McKelvey, and Jeff Van Bakel, Scott Petrie LLP Even though we make our living as civil litigators, we spend a lot of time imploring our clients to avoid the costs and delays associated with litigation. We habitually recommend that clients work something out directly with the adverse party before resorting to litigation. That said, many disputes require judicial intervention to come to a final resolution. The endemic delays in our civil justice system need to be addressed by all stakeholders before the public loses confidence in the system. In the last issue of “<strong>Advocacy</strong> <strong>Matters</strong>”, we published an article called Justice Delayed (Part I), which addressed court delays and highlighted some practical shorter-term solutions to assist counsel with getting on the docket. In this issue, we tackle fundamental, long-term solutions that 15
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