For more than two decades, #probono service has been an important part of my legal career. This Pro Bono Month, I’m grateful to continue that commitment at my local Champaign County Courthouse, where ...

Samuel Murray, highest scorer on the July 2026 Texas bar exam, told new admittees to view their license as a service obligation, noted challenges including COVID disruptions and rising AI questions, and closed with practical '5 F's' advice for sustaining a legal career.

The article by Chris Selley, published in the National Post, critically examines the declining reputation of Canadian law schools and legal societies. Selley argues that these institutions have made poor decisions that undermine public trust, citing several recent controversies. The piece begins with the case of Jeffrey George Ewart, a convicted murderer and sex offender admitted to McGill Law School despite his 1984 conviction for killing a woman and injuring a 15-year-old girl. The Parole Board assesses him as a 'moderate to high risk' of reoffending violently against women. While some McGill students demanded his removal, others petitioned to allow him to stay, though the former position prevailed. Selley then discusses other issues plaguing Canadian legal education: the U of T controversy involving Indigenous law professor Holmes Skinner, who lacks documentation for her Anishinaabe heritage; the case of Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, a UBC law professor with unsubstantiated claims of Cree ancestry; and the University of Manitoba law faculty dean who disappeared after being accused of misspending $500,000. The article also covers the Law Society of Ontario's controversial decisions, including approving Saad Gaya, a member of the Toronto 18 terrorism plot, to practice law, and the CEO's unauthorized pay raise. The author criticizes the Law Society of Ontario's refusal to accredit Trinity Western University's law school due to its covenant requiring students to abstain from sexual relations outside heterosexual marriage, calling it unjust discrimination. Selley argues that the real issue is the lack of standards in legal education, noting that McGill's admission of a convicted murderer is more concerning than the TWU controversy. The article concludes that these institutions, which train future legal professionals, are failing to make sound institutional decisions, undermining their credibility and the public's trust in the legal profession.

Iceland’s Court of Appeal has overturned a disciplinary ruling against lawyer Ómar R. Valdimarsson, finding that Reykjavik District Court lacked standing to file the complaint, mbl.is reported on Thursday. The ruling by the Lawyers’ Disciplinary Committee had criticised and warned Ómar over his c…

Supreme Court-admitted attorney Mary Kaye Holmes is encouraging people to embrace their personal histories without shame, sharing a powerful reminder that past… The post ‘My Past Doesn’t Define Me’: Supreme Court-Admitted Attorney Mary Kaye Holmes Opens Up About Her Previous Incarceration appeared first on Shine My Crown.

Jamil Mohammed <http://33bedfordrow.co.uk/people/mohammed-jamil?preview_mode=1>, UK Pegasus Scholarship 2021 recipient