CRIM 332 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Practical Education, Class Discrimination, Law Society
12 Dec 2020
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Lec 10: roles in the canadian legal system. P1: legal education in canada: apprenticeship model. *not in the textbook* (wants us to google it lol: ethelbert lionel cross, first black lawyer to practice in toronto, called to bar in 1924, previously called to the nova scotia bar in 1923. Lecture article reading: "righting a wrong": 1st canadian-born black lawyer named to. "racism was systemic and institutional: for example, a local barrister organized a celebration for the law. So they took his name off the list. : a few years later, prime minister wilfrid laurier promised walker a. "promotion of what he called "fair play and justice;" what we call civil rights today" In 1903, walker became the first black new brunswicker to publish a magazine. It focused largely on race issues, but also dealt with history and philosophy, literature, and art: the overall point, is that the apprenticeship model really solidified social hierarchies and excluded racial minorities from the legal profession.
