Selected Bibliography – Effective S.C.C. Advocacy
Eugene Meehan Q.C., Supreme Advocacy LLP, Ottawa
General
1. The Honourable Ian Binnie, “A Survivor’s Guide to Advocacy in the Supreme Court of Canada” (John Sopinka Advocacy Lecture presented to the Criminal Lawyers’ Association in Toronto, 27 November 1998) online:
2. The Honourable Marvin Catzman, “The Wrong Stuff: How to Lose Appeals in the Court of Appeal” (August 2000) 19 The Advocates’ Society Journal No. 1 at 3.
3. The Honourable Joel Fichaud, “How to Catch the Judge's Wave” (Speaking notes for presentation to the Canadian Bar Association’s Administrative and Labour Law Sections, November 2007) online:
4. The Honourable George D. Finlayson, “Appellate Advocacy in an Abbreviated Setting” (1999) online: < http://www.ontariocourts.ca/coa/en/ps/speeches/appellate.htm>.
5. The Honourable Robert A. Graesser, “Advocacy: A New Judge’s Perspective” (2008) 76 C.L.R. (3d) 4 (WL).
6. The Honourable Renee M. Pomerance, “Appellate Advocacy: Presenting the Oral Argument” (May 2002) online:
7. The Honourable Karen Sharlow, “Appellate Advocacy in the Federal Court of Appeal Regarding Aboriginal Law: Simplicity, Context, Focus” (Notes for luncheon address to Canadian Institute’s 4th Annual Conference Aboriginal Law: Consultation & Accommodation, 23 February 2010) online:
8. The Honourable Robert J. Sharpe & Eugene Meehan, Q.C., Meehan & Sharpe on Appellate Advocacy, DVD (Aurora: Canada Law Book, 2010).
9. Sydney L. Robins, “Appellate advocacy” (October 1997) 16 The Advocates’ Society Journal No. 3 at 11.
10. The Honourable David Stratas, “Some thoughts on advocacy in judicial review proceedings” (Paper presented at the Law Society of Upper Canada’s conference The Six- Minute Administrative Lawyer 2011 at Osgoode Hall, Toronto, 24 February 2011) online:
Written Advocacy
1. The Honourable Kenneth L. Campbell, “Preparing the Factum” (Federation of Law Societies of Canada, National Criminal Law Program at the University of Ottawa, July 2002) online:
2. The Honourable Louise Charron, “The Governing Principle in Writing a Factum: Write for Your Reader” (Notes prepared while member of the Ontario Court of Appeal) online:
3. The Honourable Thomas Cromwell, ed., Effective Written Advocacy (Aurora: Canada Law Book, 2008).
4. The Honourable Eleanore Cronk, “Lessons from Lewis Carrol on Excellence in Written Appellate Advocacy” Canadian Lawyer Magazine (24 October 2011) online:
5. The Honourable Eleanore Cronk, “More Lessons in Excellence in Written Appellate Advocacy” Canadian Lawyer Magazine (31 October 2011) online:
6. The Honourable John I. Laskin, “Forget the Wind Up and Make the Pitch: Some Suggestions for Writing More Persuasive Factums” (Ontario Courts, Publications and Speeches, Archives, 1999) online:
7. David M. Lepofsky, “The unsung art of written advocacy: Strategies, tips, and a call for unorthodoxy” (Summer 2004) 23 The Advocates’ Society Journal No. 1 at 10.
8. Eugene Meehan, Q.C., “Strategic Legal Writing: Preparing Persuasive Documents” (Paper presented to the Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Vancouver, 8 November 2002) online:
9. Timothy R.B. Outerbridge, “Tactics for Written and Oral Advocacy: ‘Be Prepared, Be Brief, Be Gone’” (Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, April 2012) online:
10. Ted Tjaden, Legal Research and Writing, 3d ed. (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2010).