Marcus Gee: Umar Zameer’s treatment was a travesty in our justice system /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto…

We - the bar - should be thanking, acknowledging and congratulating defence lawyers like Nader R Hasan whether they win or lose these big cases.

In my opinion, they have the hardest job in law: representing the unpopular in the face of the entire apparatus of the state … /2

Now that the prosecution of Mr. Zameer is over, there had better be a lot of questions asked about why it was prosecuted the way it was in the first place. And to be clear, I don’t mean the crowns in court. I am quite certain it was not their choice.

Umar Zameer found not guilty in death of Toronto police officer theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Important story from the Toronto Star’s Betsy Powell: What the jury didn’t hear at the murder trial of Umar Zameer thestar.com/news/gta/what-… via @torontostar

What world-class skating coach Barb Underhill knows (and what she taught me)/via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/sports/article…

Why a French bulldog named Gusgus looked at me with concern theglobeandmail.com/sports/article…

Great obit about a great reporter: Tenacious journalist Joan Hollobon helped make medical stories front-page news theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

My girl is going to be a lawyer, like her dad! #proudpapa

Pleased to report that I passed my defence and am officially done my PhD!

The last day of classes in my last term as dean, and it’s snowing a blizzard outside. So what’s a fellow to do? Buy pizza for the whole student body, that’s what! Thanks to our wonderful ⁦UCalgary Law⁩ students for another great year. I’m going to miss you!

Collective rights of Indigenous communities trump individual Charter rights in some cases, Supreme Court rules theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

My estimable colleague Campbell Clark: The Supreme Court of Canada went viral for what it didn’t say about ‘a woman’ theglobeandmail.com/politics/opini…

Read Ian Brown’s magnificent ode to endangered winter as he skis the warming back country theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Supreme Court ruling makes tribunal decisions subject to expanded judicial review /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Double murderer’s understanding of risk he poses not necessary for parole, board finds /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Alberta father asks court to stop 27-year-old daughter’s MAID death theglobeandmail.com/canada/alberta…

10 minutes of deliberation: Man who murdered two people granted full parole theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…