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  • 10 May 2024 8:47 AM | Anonymous


    Information provided on LexisNexis' website:

    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.


    For more information about this resource, click here.


    This item is available to PLA Members in good standing for sign-out. PLA Members can sign-out up to three items for overnight use for a seven day period. Overdue charges may be applicable to items that are not returned by their due date.


    Not a member, but looking to become one? Please follow the link for the Membership Form and Fees. You may also contact the PLA Library Staff by email, and they will be happy to assist you. It only takes moments to join, and the PLA Library Staff can process memberships on the spot. Once payment is received, you can take advantage of all your PLA Membership Benefits, including discounts on CPD programs and social events.

    As a friendly reminder, the Peel Law Association Library, Lawyers' Lounge and related services are open to all lawyers who are in good standing with the LSO, articling students, and LPP/NCA candidates.


  • 9 May 2024 8:37 AM | Anonymous


    Registration closes at 12:00 PM on June 4, 2024.


  • 9 May 2024 8:36 AM | Anonymous


    Registration closes at 12:00 PM on June 18, 2024.


  • 8 May 2024 8:47 AM | Anonymous


    Registration closes at 12:00 PM on May 28, 2024.


  • 7 May 2024 2:03 PM | Anonymous



    Please see the following Notice to the Profession Regarding Criminal Proceedings from Chief Justice Geoffrey B. Morawetz dated April 26, 2024, regarding the New Revised Criminal Proceedings Rules & Pre-Trial Conference Form.

    The Ontario Superior Court’s new Criminal Proceedings Rules will come into effect on May 27, 2024, and can be found here on the Court’s website.


  • 7 May 2024 8:47 AM | Anonymous


    Registration closes at 12:00 PM on May 7, 2024.


  • 6 May 2024 11:40 AM | Anonymous




    Click here for the .PDF copy of the flyer above.

    If you select full series, you will be sent a video replay link for Part One and Two.

    Registration closes at 12:00 PM on May 21, 2024.


  • 3 May 2024 8:54 AM | Anonymous

    There were a number of great resources that were mentioned during the Law Society of Ontario's 18th Family Summit earlier this year.

    The PLA has added a few of these resources to our library.



    Information provided on Overcoming Barriers' website:

    Overcoming the Alienation Crisis is a must-have resource for professionals and parents wanting to restore parent-child relationships. Psychologists Moran, McCall, and Sullivan present a balanced view of alienation, coparenting conflict dynamics, and parent-child resist refuse problems. Drawing on decades of experience as clinical forensic experts with family court cases, they drill down into the everyday challenges and dilemmas parents face when a child resists or refuses contact with a parent.

    Why Read this Book?

    Simply put, an alienation crisis is a malignancy for any family. The parent-child contact problem must be managed. Going to court is what you do when you’re down to nothing but bad choices. Our central concern is the emotional damage to children that accumulate from parent-child contact problems. Of course, parents worry about their child and want the parent-child contact problem to end. We hope this book helps parents to better understand and navigate the painful choices that confront the family in the wake of refusal, alienation, and justified rejection.

    For more information about this resource, click here.



    Information provided on Unhooked Media's website:

    In this tenth anniversary edition of Don’t Alienate the Kids! attorney, mediator, and therapist Bill Eddy shows readers how to protect children from the harm of alienation and high-conflict divorce, boosting their resilience by teaching them to think flexibly, manage their emotions, and moderate their behaviors.

    No one can solve this problem alone. That’s because the wall of alienation between parent and child is built by:

    1. the family’s own patterns of conflict
    2. family court professionals who get emotionally “hooked”
    3. society’s rapidly escalating culture of blame


    Everyone involved must work together. This book shows how parents, family members, friends, counselors, lawyers, parenting coordinators, divorce coaches, and family court judges can become part of the solution, giving children a foundation of resilience that will last a lifetime.

    For more information about this resource, click here.


    Information provided on Dr. Warshak's website:

    Dr. Warshak reveals:

    • the typical behaviors of alienated children,
    • how and why parents manipulate their children,
    • seven rules for responding effectively to bad-mouthing without succumbing to the impulse to retaliate in kind, and
    • how the controversial diagnosis parental alienation syndrome is used in court to take children away from parents or to regain contact with alienated children.

    This groundbreaking work gives parents powerful strategies to preserve and rebuild loving relationships with their children--and provides legal and mental health professionals who work with families in which there have been accusations of alienation, whether true or false, practical advice to help their clients and safeguard the welfare of children.


    For more information about this resource, click here.


    This item is available to PLA Members in good standing for sign-out. PLA Members can sign-out up to three items for overnight use for a seven day period. Overdue charges may be applicable to items that are not returned by their due date.


    Not a member, but looking to become one? Please follow the link for the Membership Form and Fees. You may also contact the PLA Library Staff by email, and they will be happy to assist you. It only takes moments to join, and the PLA Library Staff can process memberships on the spot. Once payment is received, you can take advantage of all your PLA Membership Benefits, including discounts on CPD programs and social events.

    As a friendly reminder, the Peel Law Association Library, Lawyers' Lounge and related services are open to all lawyers who are in good standing with the LSO, articling students, and LPP/NCA candidates.


  • 2 May 2024 10:58 AM | Anonymous



    The Board of the Peel Law Association is calling a SPECIAL MEMBERS' MEETING on Thursday, May 2, 2024 at 4:30 PM.

    This meeting has been called to present the membership with the
    PLA 2024 Budget and new notes to the Financial Statements.

    Location: ONLINE VIA ZOOM

    This meeting is open to all 2024 PLA members.

    Click here to RSVP


  • 1 May 2024 9:13 AM | Anonymous


    Registration closes at 12:00 PM on May 28, 2024.


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