Lawyers in the province were given 18 months to finish an online course called The Path or risk suspension.
the move was part of a “woke” agenda, while an Indigenous lawyer used the opportunity to question the extent of the harms caused by residential schools.later signed a letter supporting Indigenous education, along with all 24 members of the law society board, known as benchers.
“I’m really happy to see so much of our legal profession come out and support the law society’s authority to mandate courses like this,” she said. “The Path itself is not cultural or political indoctrination, it’s about learning and understanding facts that a lot of people in the legal profession — in particular those who have been in the legal profession for a long time — didn’t learn about in high school or elementary school or law school. So it’s just ensuring a minimum level of competence.
“I think a lot of people who turned up were mainly concerned with potential overreach by the law society and not so much about The Path. It was great to hear a lot of the speakers for talk about how the enjoyed The Path, they thought it was great, but they’re concerned about the authority of the law society to mandate professional development.”
In a statement, law society benchers called the level of interest in the issue “unprecedented” and said there are no current plans to mandate another program such as The Path.
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