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Supreme Court of Canada Releases 2024 Year in Review

2025-04-10T19:55:00.001-04:00

The Supreme Court of Canada has released its annual report 2024 Year in Review.

The report covers the Court's activities over the past year, including information about decisions and statistics.

From the message of the Chief Justice of Canada, Richard Wagner:

"In our democracy, legitimacy depends on public trust in the judicial system, and confidence is built and maintained when these principles are upheld. That is why I am committed to ensuring a judicial system that is open and transparent, accessible to the public and free from outside influence."

"In 2025, the Supreme Court of Canada is commemorating its 150th anniversary. This important milestone gives us an opportunity to reflect on our past and future. It is also a chance to remind Canadians of the Court’s role in our justice system and our democracy. We have many engaging anniversary initiatives planned throughout the year aimed at members of the judicial, legal and academic communities, the media, and most importantly, the general public. These activities will promote greater awareness of the Court’s role and function, while further strengthening public confidence in the Court and our justice system."

"In an era where misinformation and disinformation are so pervasive, judges and courts must do everything they can to explain who they are and what they do. Trust in our institutions depends on it."

"To that end, it is my pleasure to present the Supreme Court of Canada’s 7th annual Year in Review. In my view, reporting back on our work is essential, because our decisions have a significant impact on the lives of citizens. I trust that you will find value reading about our work and decisions, and the various ways we are nurturing broader understanding of our Court’s role in the Canadian justice system."

Most Recent Issue of the Canadian Law Library Review

2025-04-09T20:01:00.001-04:00

The most recent issue of the Canadian Law Library Review (CLLR) is available online.

The CLLR is the official journal of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL). It is an open access publication.

Check out the feature article "Unmasking Identities: A Diversity Survey of CALL/ACBD" (starts p. 10):

"To better understand the membership of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries / L’Association canadienne des bibliothèques de droit (CALL/ACBD), the Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization Committee (DIDC) conducted a diversity survey. This survey provides representative data on membership location and citizenship, education, employment, age, gender and sexual orientation, language, race and ethnicity, religious symbols, ability and accommodations, and caregiving needs. Through quantitative and qualitative survey data analysis, this survey report includes a discussion of law librarianship employment trends, the future of the profession in relation to worker age and career status, the ability and accommodation needs of members, and comparisons to other major diversity surveys that situate law librarianship within the larger profession of librarianship in Canada."

Canadian Association of Law Libraries Webinar on Copyright and Controlled Digital Lending

2025-03-20T16:24:00.003-04:00

The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) is hosting a webinar on Copyright and Controlled Digital Lending on April 4, 2025 at 1PM EST:

"The dream of shared library collections - whether print or digital - has long been seen as a solution to many of the issues that bedevil libraries of all stripes, including managing costs, limited space, conservation and preservation of print collections. Practical and legal considerations have historically been seen as barriers to shared print or controlled digital lending (CDL) programs. However, recent years have seen growth in the area of shared collections with the birth of a new national level shared print network, North/Nord and experimentation with CDL during COVID-related lockdown. Economic and political uncertainty have given an added sense of urgency to the need to ensure that collections are preserved and accessible."

Speakers include Stephen Spong, Western University; Katya Pereyaslavska, COPPUL and North/Nord; and a representative of HathiTrust.

Canadian Association of Law Libraries Draft Conference Program Available

2025-03-19T19:45:00.007-04:00

The draft program of the 2025 annual conference of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries is now available.

The conference takes place in late May in Calgary, Alberta

Canadian Association of Law Libraries Webinar on Tribunals for Access to Justice in Canada

2025-03-18T17:39:00.004-04:00

The Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) is hosting a webinar on April 2, 2005 from 12 to 1PM EST on Tribunals for Access to Justice in Canada: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly:

"Canada’s tribunals resolve many of the most important and frequently-arising legal disputes, within specialized spheres of jurisdiction assigned by statutes. Their potential to outperform courts in delivering speedy and accessible justice has long been recognized, and in many cases that potential is realized. However, some Canadian tribunals today (especially Ontario’s high-volume tribunals) are afflicted by politicization, delay, and endemic miscarriages of procedural and substantive justice. This discussion will explore tribunals’ promise as a path toward more accessible justice, as well as the pitfalls on this road."
"In this session, Professor Noel Semple will update CALL/ACBD members on recent research and observations about the significant delays facing litigants at a number of Ontario Tribunals. The session will raise awareness of the importance of tribunals in our justice system, the impacts on litigants, policy and political influences leading to this situation, and the implications on access to justice."

The speaker is Noel Semple, Associate Professor, University of Windsor Faculty of Law.

Report of the @Risk North 3 Digital Preservation Summit

2025-03-13T20:32:00.008-04:00

The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL), along with other partner organizations, hosted a summit on Canadian digital preservation at the Library and Archives Canada location in Gatineau, Québec on November 21-22, 2024.

The full report of the event is now available:

"The @Risk North 3 summit (Gatineau, November 2024), organized by the CARL Digital Preservation Working Group (DPWG) and partners, addressed current challenges in the digital preservation arena through presentations by key stakeholders, guided discussions and lightning talks. Areas under discussion included broad themes such as education and training, people strategy, funding and resource allocation, and more focused ones like web archiving, research data, benchmarking, and tools and technologies."

"Across the summit, participants emphasized the need for continued and deepened collaboration between institutions, organizations and practitioners for the purposes of advocacy, knowledge-sharing and skills development. Identifying sustainable solutions, shared infrastructure among them, addressing growing storage requirements and budgetary constraints was a priority. The community could benefit from establishing and sharing best practices, methodologies and workflows around key activities such as benchmarking, and greater mechanisms to facilitate access to resources. Varied and more extensive training, both formal and informal and at all career stages, would benefit individual practitioners and organizations."

"Moving forward, a follow-up webinar to share findings, the creation of a community of practice, and planning for future iterations of the @Risk North summit would continue the momentum and encourage the relationship-building the summit fostered."

Canadian Association of Research Libraries Launches Assessment Community of Practice

2025-03-12T19:47:00.000-04:00

The Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) recently created a Canadian Assessment Community of Practice (CoP) and is inviting people interested in joining to register by March 17:

"The purpose of this community of practice is to engage library workers based in CARL and non-CARL research libraries, who have a strong interest or functional responsibilities in assessment, an provide a forum to discuss issues, initiatives, challenges and opportunities for collaboration."
"The CoP planning group will support the planning of quarterly community calls and other forms of community engagement for the CoP."

Australian Law Reform Commission Report on Reforming Justice Responses to Sexual Violence

2025-03-11T20:16:00.002-04:00

The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) recently published its report Safe, Informed, Supported: Reforming Justice Responses to Sexual Violence.

From the press release:

"[The Commission] concluded that the justice system is currently failing to meet the twin goals of access to justice and accountability. The justice system is not supporting those who have experienced sexual violence to seek justice, nor holding those who use sexual violence to account (...)"
"In at least some Australian jurisdictions, between 75-85% of reports to police do not proceed to charge, and even fewer reports proceed to court. Once in court, many people report experiencing the justice system as retraumatising."
"The ALRC’s report shines a spotlight on under-engagement with the justice system as the primary issue that needs to be addressed. If people who have experienced sexual violence do not feel sufficiently safe, informed and supported to access and utilise the justice system, the justice system’s critical role in responding to and preventing sexual violence cannot be realised."

Human Rights AI Impact Assessment Backgrounder Released by Law Commission of Ontario

2025-03-06T19:37:00.003-05:00

In November 2024, the Law Commission of Ontario (LCO) and the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) published an AI human rights impact assessment based specifically on Canadian human rights law.

This week, the LCO published what it calls a Backgrounder that summarizes the benefits, limitations, and choices in artificial intelligence impact assessments.

"This Backgrounder accompanies the LCO/OHRC HRIA [AI human rights impact assessment]. It can be read as both an introduction to the HRIA and a summary analysis of AI impact assessments generally."

"The LCO/OHRC HRIA is based on extensive research on AI regulation and AI impact assessment tools. The LCO consulted with a wide range of stakeholders and key informants, including government officials, lawyers, technologists, academics, NGOs, and representatives from both large and small private enterprises."

"The Backgrounder summarizes the benefits, limitations, and strategic choices inherent in developing a HRIA. The LCO believes that policymakers and stakeholders will benefit from a comprehensive look at of the choices, opportunities, and challenges in this project."

Law Society of Ontario's Great Library Post About Finding US Textbooks

2025-03-05T18:59:00.010-05:00

The Law Society of Ontario's Great Library has published a blog post about Treatise Finders (US Legal Research) with useful information on where to find the top US textbooks in different areas of law:

"For Canadian legal practitioners, the need to research American law arises for a variety of reasons: client problems may involve U.S. business or real estate transactions, cross-border litigation, enforcement of judgments, or child custody and access. Researchers may also be looking for persuasive precedents on legal issues which have not been litigated in Canadian courts (...)"

"A quick way to identify relevant American texts is to use a treatise finder. This handy tool, found on the websites of many large U.S. law school libraries, provides you with short lists of recommended texts in all the main areas of law."

Library Newsletters: Should You Send Yours on the First of the Month?

2025-03-03T19:23:00.005-05:00

The website Super Library Marketing has a lot of very useful tips on how to promote library services and products.

The site is run by Angela Hursh who was recognized in 2023 as a Mover and Shaker by Library Journal.

A recent post was entitled Rethinking Your Library Email Strategy: The Surprising Truth About First of the Month Sends!

The post links to a video where Hursh ponders the pros and cons of sending out library newsletters on the first of the month, apparently a common practice.

Tracking Trump Presidential Actions

2025-03-02T16:47:00.004-05:00

PLLIP, the Private Law Librarians Interest Group of the American Association of Law Libraries, has created a list of resources to help people follow the numerous orders by US President Donald Trump as well as the many lawsuits trying to stop him:

"Private law librarians and information professionals have been busy keeping tabs on AI developments over the past two years. In our spare time (!), many of us are tracking EOs (Executive Orders) too, so we asked PLLIP members for recommendations of sources they use to monitor new presidential actions as well as any resulting court challenges. Please note that this is not a comprehensive list—it was compiled based on suggestions that were submitted. Also, this list includes general trackers, but trackers are available for specific topics if you search the web."

There are US federal government sources, associations, law firms, news sources, and law databases.

2025 NELLCO Symposium

2025-02-27T20:21:00.000-05:00

NELLCO, an international consortium of law libraries with headquarters in Albany, New York, will be holding a virtual symposium Tuesday, April 1, 2025 through Friday, April 4 2025.

There will be sessions on a wide variety of topics such as:

Rethinking Legal Research: Analysis as the New 'Why' for AI and the NextGen Bar Exam
Game Nights: Virtual Tools to Throw a Law Library Game Night
Connecticut Judicial Branch Law Libraries: Open to Everyone
Endangered Knowledge: The Fight to Preserve Legal Texts
From Data to Strategy: Managing Social Media for Law Libraries
The Human Side of the Law Library in the Age of Technology

There will also be roundtables of interest groups on access services, acquisitions and collection development, inter-library loans, and reference.

Many Canadian law libraries are members of NELLCO.

March/April 2025 Issue of AALL Spectrum

2025-02-27T20:12:00.001-05:00

The March/April 2025 issue of AALL Spectrum is now available online.

The issue has a number of feature articles on law library collection development.

It is a publication of the American Association of Law Libraries, one of the sister associations of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries.

Statistics Canada Article on Firearms and Violent Crime

2025-02-26T19:29:00.005-05:00

A new article on Firearms and violent crime in Canada, 2023 appeared this week in Juristat, a publication from Statistics Canada.

The article looks at the most recent police-reported data on firearm-related violent crime, including incidents where a firearm was present, as well as the firearm-specific violations of discharging a firearm with intent, using a firearm in the commission of an offence and pointing a firearm.

Among the highlights:

According to police data, there were 14,416 incidents of firearm-related violent crime in 2023, which includes violent crime where a firearm was present, and the firearm-specific violations of discharging a firearm with intent, using a firearm in the commission of an offence and pointing a firearm. Firearm-related violent crime accounted for 2.6% of all incidents of violent crime.
There was a decrease (-1.7%) in the rate of firearm-related violent crime, which went from 37.5 incidents per 100,000 population in 2022 to 36.9 in 2023. In contrast, overall violent crime increased 4.0%.
Despite the decline in 2023, the rate of firearm-related violent crime was 22% higher compared to 2018 and 55% higher compared to 2013, while overall violent crime was 25% higher since 2018 and 30% higher since 2013.
Compared to 2022, the overall rate of firearm-related violent crime decreased in the provincial urban south (-6.5%) in 2023, largely driven by declines in Toronto, Calgary, Montréal and Vancouver. All other regions had increases, the largest in the provincial rural south (+19%) and the provincial urban north (+13%).
In 2023, half (49%) of firearm-related violent crime involved the presence of a handgun, followed by a firearm-like weapon or an unknown type of firearm (31%), a rifle or shotgun (15%) and a fully automatic or sawed-off shotgun (4.7%). In the provinces, handguns were most common in urban areas while rifles or shotguns, and firearm-like weapons or unknown types of firearms, were more common in rural areas.
The large majority (80%) of incidents of firearm-related violent crime were physical assaults, robberies, and the firearm-specific violations of discharging a firearm with intent, using a firearm in the commission of an offence and pointing a firearm.

April 1 Deadline for Canadian Association of Law Libraries Education Reserve Fund

2025-02-25T18:50:00.002-05:00

The Education Reserve Fund of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) awards money to CALL members to further their education in pursuits that do not fit the guidelines of already established scholarships.

These include such activities as library and/or law courses given outside Canada, study leaves and/or sabbaticals, or other educational activities that do not involve structured courses.

These activities should be relevant to the applicant's career in law libraries and/or contribute to the development of law libraries or law librarianship.

Fund applications are due April 1, 2025.

Criteria for this award are available on the CALL website.

Applications can be made through the online form.

April 1 Deadline to Nominate Candidates for CALL Awards

2025-02-24T16:26:00.002-05:00

The Scholarships and Awards Committee of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) has announced that nominations are now being accepted for four of the association's major awards and prizes.

Denis Marshall Memorial Award for Excellence in Law Librarianship: For outstanding service to the Association and / or enhancement of the profession of law librarianship in the recent past. This award is generously sponsored by LexisNexis and provides for $3000.00 for the winner plus up to $2000.00 in expenses to attend the CALL Annual Conference.

Michael Silverstein Prize: For an outstanding contribution by a member of CALL to enhancing understanding, analysis and appreciation of primary law or legal taxonomy. This award is generously sponsored by Thomson Reuters and provides the winner with a monetary award of $1500.00.

Gisèle Laprise Prize: For an outstanding contribution to an understanding and appreciation of the civil and common law systems in Canada. This prize is generously sponsored by Thomson Reuters, and has been enlarged by Gisèle's family. It carries a monetary award of $1500.00.

Nancy McCormack Award: For a CALL member in good standing who is normally in the first ten years of their law library career that has made significant contributions to the Association and have shown excellent potential for continuing service and leadership. This award is generously sponsored by Thomson Reuters, and provides for a monetary award of $2000.00

Nominations are due April 1!

To make a nomination for any of these awards or prizes, please see the online form.

Canadian Association of Law Libraries Launches Revamped Law Librarians’ Institute

2025-02-23T18:19:00.002-05:00

The following is taken from In Session, the monthly bulletin of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL):

CALL is pleased to announced our revamped Law Librarians’ Institute, a specialized training program designed to help legal information professionals, law students, and other legal researchers build and refine their legal research skills.

Developed by Annette Demers and designed to meet the Competencies of a Legal Researcher in Canada, the program consists of two distinct components: a virtual learning program and an in-person workshop.

The virtual program will begin on March 3, 2025. It features self-paced video lessons, guided exercises, and live virtual discussions. Participants will work through skill-specific modules covering federal and provincial legislation, judicial decisions, secondary legal sources, as well as optional specialized research areas.

Following the virtual portion, participants will attend an in-person workshop on May 24, 2025, as part of CALL’s annual conference.

This hands-on session allows participants to engage in problem-based exercises, collaborate with peers, and apply their newly developed legal research competencies in a structured environment.

Participants who complete all required virtual modules and attend the in-person workshop will receive a Letter of Completion from CALL.

The cost to participate in the virtual portion of the course is included in your CALL membership fee. The cost to complete the in-person workshop at the conference can be found here.

More details, including a course syllabus, can be found on our website, here.

Government of Canada Consultation on Copyright in the Age of Generative Artificial Intelligence

2025-02-13T19:22:00.004-05:00

The government of Canada has released its report on what it heard during consultations on copyright and artificial intelligence that took place between October 12, 2023, and January 15, 2024.

"The consultation sought feedback on three key copyright policy areas related to generative AI technology:
the use of copyright-protected works in the training of AI systems, notably for text and data mining (TDM) activities;
authorship and ownership rights related to AI-generated content; and
questions of liability, notably when AI-generated content infringes copyright."
"While these issues were outlined in the paper, participants in the consultation were also able to raise any other issues they thought important. A number of additional concerns about AI were raised frequently in the consultation. Some of these concerns related to copyright, while others may require consideration outside the copyright framework."

The report summarizes various "observations" that emerged from the consultations as follows:

Observation 1: Creators oppose the use of their content in AI without consent and compensation
Observation 2: User groups support clarifications that TDM does not infringe copyright
Observation 3: Support for greater transparency regarding TDM inputs
Observation 4: Support for the centrality of human authorship
Observation 5: No consensus about whether existing legal tests and remedies are adequate
Observation 6: No consensus about who may be liable for infringing AI-generated content
Observation 7: Support for greater transparency to facilitate determining liability
Observation 8: Concerns raised on the use of Indigenous cultural expressions in AI
Observation 9: Some support for labelling of AI-generated content
Observation 10: Some concern over the use of performers’ likenesses in deepfakes
Observation 11: Concerns about negative impacts of AI on job security and unfair competition

Improved Government and Legislative Libraries Online Publications Portal (GALLOP)

2025-02-12T20:12:00.004-05:00

GALLOP, the Government and Legislative Libraries Online Publications Portal, was launched a little more than a decade ago by the Association of Parliamentary Libraries in Canada (APLIC).

It is a portal providing access to electronic provincial government publications.

It has moved to a new platform:

"The GALLOP Portal is intended as a one-stop access point to search electronic government documents collected by Legislative libraries in Canada for their jurisdictions."

"Portal scope is based on the collection policies and practices of individual APLIC libraries. Content varies with each jurisdiction. The portal is not comprehensive or exhaustive."

Read the scope notes to see what content has been provided by individual legislative libraries.

New Zealand Law Commission Consultation Paper on Hate Crime

2025-02-11T19:57:00.003-05:00

The Law Commission of New Zealand recently published a consultation paper on hate crime.

"This review has its origins in the 15 March 2019 terrorist attack on Christchurch masjidain (Muslim places of worship), which claimed the lives of 51 people, leaving 40 people with gunshot injuries. The murder, attempted murder and wounding of these people is a devastating example of a hate crime. It was committed by an individual with extreme right-wing views and lacking in empathy for “those he was able to ‘other’, most particularly Muslim migrants in Western countries”."

"A Royal Commission of Inquiry was established to investigate whether public sector agencies had done all they could to protect the people of Aotearoa New Zealand from terrorist attacks and whether more could be done to prevent attacks in the future (...)"

"In relation to hate crime, the Royal Commission recommended the creation of new hate crime offences. These would impose higher maximum penalties for crimes committed because of an offender’s hostility towards a group of people who have a common characteristic (...)"

"In March 2024, the Minister of Justice asked the Law Commission to review the law relating to hate crime. The Minister asked that we focus our work on whether the law should be changed to create hate crime offences as recommended by the Royal Commission."

The paper also discusses the experience of other jurisdictions, including England and Wales, Scotland and certain states in Australia.

Deadline Approaching for IFLA PressReader International Marketing Award

2025-02-06T20:17:00.004-05:00

For more than 20 years, the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) has been giving out an annual International Library Marketing Award in partnership with sponsor PressReader.

"These awards shine a spotlight on creative strategies and campaigns that promote library services, engage communities, and highlight the vital role libraries play in people’s lives."
"Every year, libraries of all types—academic, public, special, and more—share their most inspiring ideas and initiatives. The awards are a chance to showcase great work, exchange best practices, and demonstrate how smart, thoughtful marketing can make libraries more visible, more impactful, and more valued."

The deadline to apply is February 25, 2025. The top three contenders receive grants to help defray costs of attending IFLA's 2025 annual conference in late August that will take place in Astana, Kazakhstan.

The list of past winners is available on the IFLA website.

Canadian Bar Association Podcast Interview with Chief Justice of Canada Richard Wagner

2025-02-05T19:23:00.004-05:00

Modern Law: Verdicts and Voices is a monthly podcast produced by the Canadian Bar Association that looks at key legal stories and celebrates the 150th anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada.

The first episode features an interview with the Chief Justice of Canada Richard Wagner.

It also includes a discussion of the Constitution's notwithstanding clause and an exploration of a Prohibition-era case that continues to have an impact on interprovincial trade, Gold Seal Ltd. v. Alberta.

Supreme Court of Canada Calendar of February 2025 Hearings

2025-02-04T20:31:00.001-05:00

The Supreme Court of Canada has published its calendar of upcoming appeals that will be heard in February 2025.

To find out more about any particular case, click on a case number in parentheses to find docket information, case summaries as well as factums from the parties and any interveners.

Recent Government of Canada Publications from the Weekly Acquisitions List

2025-02-03T19:54:00.002-05:00

The Government of Canada's Weekly Acquisitions List is a list of publications by various public bodies and agencies of the federal government that were catalogued in the previous week

Among other documents, the most recent list features:

Public inquiry into foreign interference in federal electoral processes and democratic institutions : final report (The Honourable Marie-Josée Hogue, Commissioner): "I also note from the evidence that Canada has responded to attempts at foreign interference with measures and mechanisms to better detect, deter and counter them. I took note of the competence, dedication and experience of the members of Canada’s senior public service and national security and intelligence community who testified before me. These men and women, who work in the shadows and beyond partisan lines, play a crucial role in safeguarding our democratic institutions, and they do it well. That said, the government’s response has been far from perfect: I have observed that the government has sometimes taken too long to act, and that coordination between the various players involved has not always been optimal. Processes by which information had to be passed on to certain decision-makers, including elected officials, have not proved as effective as they should have been. In addition, the government has proven to be a poor communicator and insufficiently transparent when it comes to foreign interference. The measures implemented over the past two years, along with several statements made on the matter, suggest that the government is now prioritizing the fight against foreign interference. This must continue. (from Volume 1 - Word from the Commissioner)"
Protecting language rights : overview of the Commissioner's interventions in the courts (2018-2025) (Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages): "Here I am—already at the end of a seven-year mandate as Commissioner of Official Languages, during which great progress has been made in terms of language rights in Canada. As the cases I participated in—either as a party or intervener—throughout my mandate show, I have not hesitated to appear in court to both protect language rights and advance jurisprudence in this area. Unsurprisingly, I have been involved in many cases involving my enabling statute, defending fundamental rights such as access to the courts in the official language of one’s choice, the public’s right to receive services and communications in the official language of their choice, the right to work in the official language of one’s choice in the public service and the vitality of official language minority communities. Like my predecessors, I also took every opportunity to make innovative arguments before the Supreme Court of Canada regarding the right to minority-language education, as is constitutionally protected by section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Lastly, twice before the Supreme Court of Canada, I helped protect access to the courts in the official language of one’s choice under section 530 of the Criminal Code. Reflecting on all these cases, I am finishing out my mandate with cautious optimism about the protection of language rights for individuals and official language communities in Canada. (Raymond Théberge, Commissioner of Official Languages)"
What We Heard - The Law Commission of Canada in Listen & Learn Mode June to December 2024: "When the LCC officially resumed its operations in June 2023, it immediately began its formal engagement with individuals and organizations who, each in their own ways, embodied aspects of the agency’s raison d’être: living law, pursuing justice, renewing hope. Through roundtables, multilateral discussions, individual meetings, larger conferences, and informal conversations, the LCC sought to develop an understanding of the law reform and justice landscape in Canada and beyond. These engagements bore many fruits: they helped to uncover issues which interlocutors considered pressing or likely to emerge on the horizon; they presented an opportunity to understand interesting initiatives already underway, so as to avoid unintended duplication and to identify potential partnerships; and the roundtables and multilateral discussions served as a site for mutually beneficial exchange, allowing participants to learn about the work and perspectives of others, and to form connections across their endeavours (...) This is the LCC’s third What We Heard report, covering the period from June to December 2024. It sets out the preoccupations, projects, and possibilities that emerged from the LCC’s engagements during that period, including: Listen & Learn roundtables with faculties of law; meetings with Parliamentarians; participation in numerous conferences; discussions with scholars interested in questions of law and justice; focus circles with subject-matter experts; and rich exchanges with members of the judiciary, public policy makers, and community organizations."