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LAWYERED is a bi-weekly, independent podcast series that focuses on Canadian legal issues. Each episode features a conversation with a different legal professional who will provide their insight on recent developments in the law.
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Now displaying: August, 2020
Aug 19, 2020

In our Ask-Me-Anything Segment with minority rights advocate, Joshua Sealy-Harrington, we discuss the listener-submitted questions regarding race and the law:

πŸ”΅ What can lawyers do to mitigate the over-policing of racial minorities?
πŸ”΅ How can senior management address systemic inequalities in the workplace?
πŸ”΅ How can law schools become more accessible to persons of different backgrounds?
πŸ”΅ What are the impacts of cancel culture on due process?
πŸ”΅ What can racialized minorities do to address a lack of awareness of systems of inequality in the workplace?
πŸ”΅ As culture becomes better at identifying subtler forms of racism, how does the law keep up?

Aug 19, 2020

In part three of our interview with minority rights advocate, Joshua Sealy-Harrington, we discuss the SCC decision of R. v. Le, regarding the controversial police practice of carding

Aug 19, 2020

In part two of our interview with minority rights advocate, Joshua Sealy-Harrington, we dissect the debate regarding the (now-repealed) Statement of Principles in the Law Society of Ontario, and reflect on diversity in the profession

Aug 19, 2020

In part one of our interview with minority rights advocate, Joshua Sealy-Harrington, we unpack the principles of critical race theory as a lens to understand the relationship between race and the law

Aug 19, 2020
It's our Season 6 finale and we're ending with a big one!

In this highly-anticipated episode, we're speaking with Joshua Sealy-Harrington for an honest and critical look at the relationship between race and Canadian law.

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Here's what you'll hear:
⚫ How can critical race theory help us understand the intersection between race and the law? (7:56)
⚫  What does the 'statement of principles' debate tell us about the future of diversity in the Law Society of Ontario  (18:44)
⚫ How does the police's use of 'carding' create different versions of the 'reasonable person'? (29:32)
⚫  Our Ask-Me-Anything segment about race issues, including: 
πŸ”΅ What can lawyers do to mitigate the over-policing of racial minorities? (40:30)  
πŸ”΅ How can senior management address systemic inequalities in the workplace? (43:42)  
πŸ”΅ How can law schools become more accessible to persons of different backgrounds? (46:08)  
πŸ”΅ What are the impacts of cancel culture on due process? (49:07)  
πŸ”΅ What can racialized minorities do to address a lack of awareness of systems of inequality in the workplace? (53:00)
 πŸ”΅ As culture becomes better at identifying subtler forms of racism, how does the law keep up? (56:04)

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Aug 5, 2020

In our Ask-Me-Anything segment, we invite KJ Chong to answer the agricultural law-related questions submitted by members of the Patreon community:

 

  • What are some of the unexpected elements about working in the agricultural law space?
  • What role does trust play when dealing with trading relationships among farmers?
  • What role do politics and trade patterns have on a lawyer's day-to-day work?
  • How can in-house legal counsel deal with under-resourced departments?
  • How can the food service industry bounce back post-COVID?
Aug 5, 2020

In part three of our interview with agricultural lawyer, KJ Chong, we chat about the new NAFTA (CUSMA) requirements for the declarations of eligibility and the Canada Grain Act

Aug 5, 2020

In part two of our interview with agricultural lawyer, KJ Chong, we discuss the GAFTA background contract system and lessons for lawyers that draft agreements across sectors.

Aug 5, 2020

In part one of our interview with agricultural lawyer, KJ Chong, we speak about food exporting and safety considerations in light of the coronavirus.

Aug 5, 2020

In this conversation, we speak about the growing (pun intended) world of agricultural law, with KJ Chong, legal counsel from BroadGrain Commodities.

Topics: food exporting and safety during COVID; the one-page agreement for the agricultural sector; new grain declarations in NAFTA 2.0 and our Ask-Me-Anything segment.

⚫ How has COVID changed the food safety rules for companies that are shipping and receiving food products? (7:49)
⚫ How are agricultural lawyers able to draft complex legal agreements in just one page? (18:21)
⚫ How is the new NAFTA impacting the way that grain traders verify the quality of their own products? (27:35)
⚫ Our new Ask-Me-Anything segment, featuring five questions submitted by patrons of the Lawyered community (37:02)
  πŸ”΅ What are some of the unexpected elements about working in the agricultural law space? (37:44)
  πŸ”΅ What role does trust play when dealing with trading relationships among farmers? (39:23)
  πŸ”΅ What role do politics and trade patterns have on a lawyer's day-to-day work? (40:55)
  πŸ”΅ How can in-house legal counsel deal with under-resourced departments? (44:44)
  πŸ”΅ How can the food service industry bounce back post-COVID? (50:10)

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