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Lawyers We Can Trust? The Good Character and Mental Fitness Requirements

McGill Law Journal Jun 29, 2016 25 min

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Every law society in Canada requires that prospective lawyers satisfy some version of the requirements of good character and mental fitness.

In this episode, we discuss the meaning, purpose and effectiveness of these requirements with Professor Alice Woolley of the University of Calgary's Faculty of Law and Mr.

Raj Anand, a partner at WeirFoulds LLP and bencher of the Law Society of Upper Canada.