Modern Law: Verdicts and Voices Season One Finale

In this episode, host Alison Crawford takes a look at the Safe Third Country Agreement. Our guests are renowned immigration lawyer Lorne Waldman, O.C., and Anwen Hughes, Senior Director of Legal Strategy, Refugee Programs at Human Rights First in NYC. (01:42 to 18:30)

In our regular feature about Supreme Court of Canada landmark decisions, Alison discusses R. v. R.D.S with legal historian Constance Backhouse. She wrote the book about the case, which considered a complaint of judicial racial bias against Corrine Sparks, the country’s first Black female judge. (18:30 to 34:44)

For a look at the lighter side of legal practice, we talk with two lawyers, Michael Currie and Nadia Halum, who litigate by day and self-deprecate by night, performing stand-up comedy in their spare time, and we learn about the Fantasy Courts league run by lawyer Thomas Slade that turns guessing how the Supreme Court will rule on decisions into a game. (34:44 to 57:57)

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