Law society to stop asking medical fitness questions

By Jeremy Hainsworth / Glacier Media
Decision casts uncertainty over fate of student’s human rights case stemming from old rules

B.C. ‘s legal profession regulator has changed its articling admission rules to remove questions about medical fitness including mental health, a move the Law Society of B.C. said would destigmatize such challenges. However, the change is an admission of guilt from the society, says Malcolm Brown, a law student who alleges such questions ended his dream of being a lawyer.…

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February 8, 2020

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