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Curious about all nine issues of 2022? The Golden Thread profiled the latest news in criminal law and gave you Professor Sankoff’s thoughts on big cases, statutory changes and emerging trends. In addition, Professor Sankoff was joined by commentators from across the country. Each edition will have guest commentators on current trends in the law. Nine editions were produced for 2022.
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Issue Four: FEBRUARY 2022
ISSUE TWO
In this issue...
- Recap: R v JJ
- Recap: R v Sullivan
- Case Alert: R v Anderson
- Confessions of a Rookie Criminal Defence Lawyer
- Proportionality as Constraint on Indigenous Pre-Trial Detention...
- Brown in a Small Town: The LSO’s Access to Justice Week
- Case Alert: R v McColman
- and much more!
ISSUE THREE
In this issue...
- Farewell to Justice Watt
- Case Alert: R v Charles
- Recap: R v Kirkpatrick
- Case Alert: R v Aec
- Case Alert: R v Badger
- How Not to Get Lost in Translation
- Brown in a Small Town: Neha Chugh on the historical…
- and much more!
ISSUE FOUR
In this issue...
- Power Imbalance: Articling Under an Unscrupulous Principal
- Self-Identity and Gladue Principles Applied
- Tips for Criminal Lawyers Starting their Own Practice
- Criminal Law and Covid-19 Part 1
- The Reimagining of Starting Points: R v Parranto
- Case Alert: R v JK
- Introducing: Solo Queens
- and much more!
ISSUE FIVE
In this issue...
- Criminal Law and Covid-19 Part 2
- Case Alert: R v Cowan
- How Not to Get Lost in Translation: Guilty...
- Case Alert: R v Dhingra
- Confessions of a Rookie Criminal Defence Lawyer
- To Docket or Not to Docket?
- An Absence of Mentorship
- and much more!
ISSUE SIX
In this issue...
- Criminal Law and Covid-19
- Case Alert: R v Fraser, 2021 BCCA 432
- Is It Time for a Federal Evidence Code?
- Case Alert: R v Cole, 2021 ONCA 75
- Confessions of a Rookie Criminal Defence Lawyer
- Investigation of Articling in Criminal Defence
- The Rural Attraction
- and much more!
ISSUE SEVEN
In this issue...
- Professor's Podium: Professor Sankoff reflects on the Supreme Court's Delivery on Extreme Intoxication
- Criminal Law and Covid-19
- Case Alert: R v Stairs
- Who will be the next Supreme Court Judge?
Picking the next Criminal law Giant - Case Alert: R v Merkel
- Leó Fugazza discusses a budding crisis in Quebec’s criminal justice system
- Investigation of Articling in Criminal Defence
- Neha Chugh on getting your name out - literally!
- and much more!
ISSUE EIGHT
In this issue...
- Professor's Podium: Myths, Stereotypes and JJ
- Case AlertS: R v Downes, R v Leventis, R v Furey
- No Confidence in the Test to Obtaining Bail Pending Appeal
- Brown in A Small Town: Building Your Network
- The NCLP Conference: Expectation vs Reality
- Confessions of a Rookie Criminal Defence Lawyer
ISSUE NINE
In this issue...
- Professor's Podium: The Fight for Changes to Legal Aid in Alberta
- Case AlertS: R v MJZ, R v Kirkpatrick, R v Skye View Farms
- How Not To Get Lost in Translation: Léo Fugazza on advancing Indigenous background to help courts understand a case
- Evidence Primer: Bad Character Evidence, Direct Relevance and Prejudice
- Brown in A Small Town: The Good Vacation
ISSUE TEN OUT NOW!
In this issue...
- Professor's Podium: It's Time to talk about Ineffective Representation
- Case Alerts: R v Schneider, R v King, R v Nahanee
- JJ's Legacy: Whither the right to remain silent
- Bill C-5
- Brown in A Small Town: The Conference Circuit
