AI
AI and the Practice of Law
Not addressed in their statement.
Damian J. Rogers
- District
- Edmonton
- Organization
- Alberta Crown Prosecution Service
- Location
- Edmonton
- Call year
- 2011
Also listed as: Alberta Crown Prosecution Service, Wetaskiwin · Call: 2002
Perspectives
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Rural
Rural and Remote Practice
Not addressed in their statement.
Regulatory Burden
Regulatory Burden on Solo and Small Firm
Not addressed in their statement.
Pathways
Pathways to the Profession
Believes the Law Society has an important role in developing competence among new and continuing members, with mentoring junior counsel and supervising articling students as supporting experience.
Evidence and limits
Addressed · Policy principle. A relevant principle, priority, issue recognition or reported practice is directly expressed. This does not necessarily mean a specific policy change is proposed.
The Law Society of Alberta has an important role to play in fostering competence among new and continuing members of the profession. Through the Law Society, I have mentored as part of the Mentor Express program for two seasons. Within the ACPS, I have mentored junior counsel through their first trials and jury trials, and I have been a principal for two articling students.
The statement expresses a regulatory role in new-member competence and connects it to practical mentoring and articling.
What this doesn't show
- No change to entry requirements, training capacity or professional categories is proposed.
A2J
Access to Justice through Allied Professionals
Values understanding the circumstances of people in specialized courts and connecting them with supports and service providers outside the justice system. This is a coordinated-support perspective.
Evidence and limits
Addressed · Policy principle. A relevant principle, priority, issue recognition or reported practice is directly expressed. This does not necessarily mean a specific policy change is proposed.
I also supervise prosecutors working in three specialized courtrooms: the Edmonton Indigenous Court, Edmonton Mental Health Court, and Edmonton Drug Treatment Court. These courts have reinforced the value of understanding the circumstances of people who interact with the justice system and connecting them with supports and service providers outside of the justice system.
The statement expressly endorses connecting people in the justice system to outside service providers, which fits the agreed collaborative client-service scope.
What this doesn't show
- The providers’ professions and regulated status are not specified.
- No new regulated profession, independent legal advice authority, representation right or scope-of-practice change is proposed.
Candidate statements
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