The 2007 Equal Justice Conference is coming up, as well as the concurrently-held annual gathering of State Access to Justice Commissions. What will the big topics be, according to the advance agendas? Pro bono, pro bono, pro bono, and pro bono (43% of agenda items, by my rough count). Also, a little […]

Arrived in the nation’s capital about twenty-four hours ago. The national iglooo is located here, and I accidentally had the good sense to arrive cloddily in the thick of Winterlude. So, I get to eat beaver tails and ogle ice sculptures while dashing between meetings that seem slightly more important than usual because […]

Today was a pan-Canadian “Student Day of Action” for demonstrations in support of reduced university tuition fees. I got to see these protests in both Montréal and Ottawa today—lots of students bundled up with toques and mitts and carrying signs in frigid weather. How bad are the fees? Well, they’re at their […]

This afternoon I could be found way in the top of the Centre Bell, watching golden boy Sidney Crosby and his fellow Pittsburgh Penguins fall in overtime to les Canadiens de Montréal. Why blog this? During the singing of the American national anthem, a row of three folks in Habs sweaters in front […]

I have spent the last couple days in Fredericton, capital city of the officially bilingual province of New Brunswick. My too-short stint (Wednesday evening through Saturday morning) in that picturesque city was frenetic and mostly internet-less. Hot and fresh donuts from the Boyce market, a specially arranged tour of the beautifully restored legislature […]