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A top legal scholar explains Canada’s national tragedy of wrongful convictions, how anyone could be caught up in them, and what we can do to safeguard justice.

Canada’s legal system has a serious problem: a significant but unknown number of people have been convicted for crimes they didn’t commit. There are famous cases of wrongful convictions, such as David Milgaard and Donald Marshall Jr., where the system convicted the wrong person for murder. But there are lesser-known cases: people who feel they have no option but to plead guilty, and people convicted of crimes that were imagined by experts or the police that never, in fact, happened.

Kent Roach, cofounder of the Canadian Registry of Wrongful Convictions, award-winning author, and law professor, has dedicated his illustrious career to documenting flaws in our justice system. His work reveals that the burden of wrongful convictions falls disproportionately on the disadvantaged, including Indigenous and racialized people, those with cognitive issues, single mothers, and the poor.

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The Right Not to Remain Silent: The Truth About Mental Health in The Legal Profession is a groundbreaking book that sets the stage for revolutionizing how mental health is perceived in the legal profession and beyond. It contains a series of candid and courageous memoirs by members of the legal profession living with mental health and addiction issues. The authors are judges, lawyers, and law professors with wide-ranging legal practices in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario including at Bay Street and small boutique firms.

Young lawyers and senior members of the profession share their experiences of working while living with various types of challenges - depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, eating disorders, addiction, grief, imposter syndrome, and perfectionism.

The Right Not to Remain Silent: The Truth About Mental Health in The Legal Profession addresses the insidious nature of mental health stigma and isolation in the legal community. But it is fundamentally a book about hope. As the authors discuss their sometimes harrowing journeys, they also show routes back to meaningful engagement with colleagues and work.

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Decoding Canadian Legal Research, Writing, and Conventions: A Guide for Internationally Trained Lawyers, 1st Edition is an essential resource for internationally trained lawyers seeking to work in Canada. It bridges common gaps in legal research and writing knowledge arising from foreign legal education and legal systems. It provides readers with the necessary cultural context as well as the foundation and skills to write effectively for the Canadian market.
 
Part 1 of the text introduces readers to the Canadian legal market, with a focus on the National Committee on Accreditation (NCA) and the NCA system and licensing processes. Part 2 then explores legal research and writing, highlighting skills such as writing a memorandum of law, answering problem-based law exam questions, and writing skills unique to legal workplaces in Canada. Finally, Part 3 provides in-depth information on drafting effective cover letters and resumes, interviewing with Canadian employers, and preparing for the articling system.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART 1: Understanding the Landscape
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Cultural Differences and ITLs in Canada
Chapter 3: What the Study of Common Law in Canadian Law Schools Looks Like and How It Differs from Other Countries
Chapter 4: Cultural Context and Why Legal Research and Writing Is a Requirement of Lawyer Competency in Canada
Chapter 5: The Doctrine of Precedent as the Foundation Stone for Common Law Legal Research and Writing

PART 2: Legal Research and Writing Through an International Lens
Chapter 6: How to Understand and Use Legal Research Databases and Other Sources
Chapter 7: Problem-based Thinking as the Starting Point for LRW
Chapter 8: The Case Brief
Chapter 9: The Memorandum of Law
Chapter 10: Facta/Appellate Briefs, Briefs of Argument, Mediation Briefs, and Opinion Letters
Chapter 11: Pleadings
Chapter 12: Writing Skills in the Law Workplace
Chapter 13: Knowledge as Property

PART 3: Last Words
Chapter 14: What Now?

Conclusion
Appendix A: Legal Research Plan
Bibliography
Index

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The Regulation of Drugs in Canada: The?Food and Drugs Act?and Related Intellectual Property Regimes provides an overview of the laws in Canada that govern the manufacture and sale of drugs that are subject to the?Food and Drugs Act, including?pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and natural health products.?Among the laws that are discussed are the new regulatory pathways that were made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

This book also describes the intellectual property framework that applies to drugs and explains the impact this framework has on the drug approval process, as well as its unique objective:?to encourage innovation and incentivize bringing new therapeutic options to market. Authors Simon Carvalho, T. Nessim Abu-Zahra, and David Edwards explain how this framework regulates the competition between “brand-name manufacturers” who are the first to bring a drug to market and obtain patents and other intellectual property, and “generic” or “biosimilar” manufacturers, who manufacture and sell copies of brand-name products.

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