What, like it's hard? Tier-ranking lawyer films

Max sits down with legendary environmental lawyer and former University of Victoria Professor Calvin Sandborn to talk about his long and incredible career.

Hosted, recorded, and edited by Max Gross. 
Theme song by Max Gross.
Recorded at CFUV Radio in Victoria, BC.

The Federal Court of Appeal recently held in La Rose v Canada 2023 FCA 241 that the novel claims of the youth challenging the federal government’s response to climate change can proceed to trial. Indi and Professor Chris Tollefson, who is co-counsel for the youth, discuss climate litigation, positive section 7 rights and what this decision will mean going forward. 

In 2014 the SCC unanimously recognized in Tsilhqot’in Nation v British Columbia that the Tsilhqot’in Nation has aboriginal title to over 1750 square kilometres of land southwest of Williams Lake in the Nemiah Valley. Indi talks to Chief Roger William, the original named plaintiff in the land title case, to discuss Tsilhqot’in law, Chief Roger’s 25 years of involvement with the land title case and his vision for his community’s future. 

Second half of 1L is a different kind of challenge but you will survive it - trust us, we've been there! Max, Indi and Jess introduce themselves as the hosts of the fifth season of Stare Indecisis and the tips that they wish someone had told them during spring semester of 1L. 

The Supreme Court of Canada is expected to release its decision on Dickson v Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation in the coming weeks. Krista Robertson, counsel for the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, represented her client in all three levels of court. Indi and Krista discuss whether the Charter should apply to laws passed by self-governing Indigenous nations and why the analogous ground of Aboriginality-residence should not be applied to the facts of this case. This case also gives the SCC an opportunity to provide its first definitive direction on how section 25 of the Charter should be interpreted and applied.

Host Cassidy Menard interviews Garima Karia, recent law school graduate and future clerk for the Supreme Court of Canada. Garima is one of six authors published in Volume 28 of Appeal: Review of Current Law and Law Reform. Her paper “When Words Can Do Justice: Assessing the Novel Relationship Between Legislative Drafting and Access to Administrative Justice in Yukon and Canada” explores the connection between thoughtful legislative drafting and access to justice. 

Tune in for a range of conversation, including Garima’s time at the Yukon Human Rights Commission, her use of Amartya Sen’s expanded capabilities approach in a legal context, her love for author Jesse Thistle, and her experience working with the editors of Appeal Law Review.

If you have any feedback you would like to share with the hosts, please send us an email at appealpodcast@gmail.com.

Host: Cassidy Menard 
Guest: Garima Karia
Editing: Cassidy Menard
Music: Machinery by Eddy

We respectfully acknowledge the Lekwungen peoples on whose traditional territory the University of Victoria stands and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

In this podcast, Patrick interviews Patricia Hughes about Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, also known as the notwithstanding clause. They discuss its history, recent invocations, and its potential for misuse.

Angus Reid Institute Study: https://angusreid.org/canada-constitution-notwithstanding-clause-bill-96-bill-28/

If you have any feedback you would like to share with the hosts, please send us an email at appealpodcast@gmail.com 

Hosts: Patrick McDermott (he/him)
Editing: Patrick McDermott
Theme Song by Logan Aitken
Interstitials: Machinery by Eddy

You can’t handle the truth!! (of these rankings).

Join hosts Cassidy and Max for a totally-not-definitive tier ranking of nearly 30 lawyer films from the 1950s to the present. With little to back their opinions besides personal taste and unreliable memory, they grade some of cinema’s most renowned courtroom dramas including Legally Blonde, The Firm, 12 Angry Men, Erin Brockovich, My Cousin Vinny, and more!

If you have any feedback you would like to share with the hosts, please send us an email at appealpodcast@gmail.com.

Hosts: Cassidy Menard and Max Gross
Editing: Max Gross
Music: Machinery by Eddy

We respectfully acknowledge the Lekwungen peoples on whose traditional territory the University of Victoria stands and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Tom speaks with Professor Rebecca Johnson about the modern true crime boom, its effects on victims and their families and whether it might actually be a good thing.

If you have any feedback you would like to share with the hosts, please send us an email at appealpodcast@gmail.com.

Guest: Rebecca Johnson
Hosting and editing: Tom Ndekezi
Outro Music: Machinery by Eddy
Theme Song: Logan Aitken

Media Matters, “Common portrayals of Indigenous people”, online (blog): <https://mediasmarts.ca/digital-media-literacy/media-issues/diversity-media/indigenous-people/common-portrayals-indigenous-people>.

We respectfully acknowledge the Lekwungen peoples on whose traditional territory the University of Victoria stands and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Cassidy and Max speak with four UVic law students about their renting experiences as a jumping off point to inquire more broadly about the scope and application of tenancy rights in BC.

They interview lawyers Robert Patterson and Zuzana Modrovic of the Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre (TRAC) and Doug King of the Together Against Poverty Society (TAPS). The conversation touches on vacancy control, eviction notices, tips for the arbitration process, the impact of the housing crisis on supported housing, and more. 

For more information about TRAC, visit https://tenants.bc.ca. 

For more information about TAPS, visit https://www.tapsbc.ca. 

If you have any feedback you would like to share with the hosts, please send us an email at appealpodcast@gmail.com. 

Hosts: Cassidy Menard and Max Gross
Editing: Cassidy Menard
Production: Cassidy Menard, Max Gross, and Kai Fig Taddei
Theme song: Logan Aitken 
Music: Machinery by Eddy

We respectfully acknowledge the Lekwungen peoples on whose traditional territory the University of Victoria stands and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.