140Law - Legal Headlines for Friday, November 23, 2012

Here are the leading legal headlines from Wise Law on Twitter for Friday, November 23, 2012:

• Top lawyers fear their profession is broken
• Canadian Employment Law Today: Transgender rights to be protected in Nova Scotia Human Rights Act
• Toronto’s Trump Tower sales tactics face probe as buyers revolt 
• OPP chief: LSUC directive for lawyers in SIU probes not practical
• An Update On Family Status Discrimination - Family Law - Canada  
• Articling Debate Exposes Convocation's Flaws
• Google cooperating with Peel cops in search for anonymous threatening emailer
• Ont. woman's right to choose place of birth stands; SCOC won't hear appeal 
• Articling Debate: New licensing programs approved | LSUC Gazette 
• Signing off...#articling
• Wrong outcome, but cudos to the LSUC for the open process and live streaming of this important debate #articling
• A couple abstentions on the second motion vote, but it passes as well. 37-13 #articling via Antonin I. Pribetic
• Well that was funnn....#articling
• Motion on member contribution to pilot project funding proceeds to roll call #articling
• Motion passes on roll call vote  
• LSUC #articling - Roll Call vote to begin
• Mercer - "The perfect is the enemy of the good. Suck it up and make a choice."  
• The #articling debate continues at the Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto 
• Robins - Not LSUC's responsibility to limit numbers. #articling
• I'm enjoying hearing all these perspectives. Again.
• Robins - Equity seeking groups oppose #articling - they fear that they will be overepresented in the second tier if it is created 
• #Articling debate continues at LSUC. 12:30 vote not happening. Perhaps 1:30? 
• The #articling debate - press and panel watching the proceedings
• The #articling debate war room 
• Translation: we have nothing to show you but trust us #articling

- Rachel Spence, Law Clerk

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