Smith said those bodies should focus on things like malpractice complaints.
She suggested complaints appear to be coming from professionals who don’t share the same philosophy or politics as their peers.
Lawyers in the province were given 18 months, ending last October, to finish an online course called The Path, designed to help them “increase their Indigenous cultural understanding in a Canadian context,” or risk suspension.
Some of the original petitioners said they did not oppose Indigenous education per se but objected to the ability of the law society to suspend members for not completing the work.
“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 society is an independent body, guided by the Legal Profession Act.
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