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John Hollander
Lawyer, Trainer, Author

Juliet Knapton
Lawyer, Educator, Adjudicator

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john.hollander2@gmail.com
A civil litigator in Ottawa from 1978 to 2021, John founded the Advocacy Club in 2007, training junior civil litigators and students in the arts of advocacy. ​​
​The Advocacy Club now has more than 500 members across Canada, many of whom are leaders in the legal community. With Zoom, programs are available throughout Canada. John's techniques are presented in French by the Association des juristes d'expression française de l'Ontario (AJEFO).
 
Since 2012, John has taught 
trial advocacy ​techniques at the University of Ottawa's school of common law. This is an experiential course, using Advocacy Club's methodology to train upper-year law students to become junior associates in litigation practices. Advocacy Club members serve as teaching assistants. Many students join the Advocacy Club on graduation.

Through Irwin Law, John has published eight handbooks for lawyers on the subjects of interview skills, legal writing, discovery techniques, courtroom skills, mediation, case analysis and examination skills. 
John has also produced five self-published handbooks. Introduction to Trial Advocacy, Outlining Examinations, Estate Litigation, Authenticity: 
Public Speaking for Professionals and Think! Write! Speak!: Persuasive Speechwriting for Professional. 
For details of all handbooks, visit Handbooks on this website.

John has recently branched off to learn and practice the techniques of creative writing. Using Advocacy Club methodology of 'learn-by-doing', John created the Canadian Lawyers Creative Writing Workshop.  His first novel, Murphy's Law, chronicles a litigator's first year in practice, which doesn't go as planned. It's available at the Creative Writing tab on this website, with sequel in progress. Along the way, John writes short stories and parables for junior lawyers based on the characters from Murphy's world.
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juliet@advocacyclub.ca
Juliet Lucy Chang Knapton has a passion for education and loves to witness the growth in each Advocacy Club member she trains and mentors. ​Juliet leads the Advocacy Club advanced sessions and Boot Camps.​
A former tribunal member and civil litigator, she is currently the Advocate-in-Residence atthe University of Ottawa law school. She also serves as a Mentor and Assessor for the Toronto Metropolitan University
(TMU) Law Practice Program (LPP).

Before her appointment to the Immigration Appeal Board of Canada, Juliet represented clients at the trial and appellate court levels as well as in front of several administrative tribunals. Because she acted on behalf of
both plaintiffs and defendants, she understands the motivations and challenges of litigation in each context.
Juliet is the Vice-Chair of the Roundtable of Legal Diversity Associations (RODA) and has held a number of leadership positions at the Ontario Bar Association, currently as the Chair of the Recognition and Leadership
Development Committee. She served as a member of the Judicial Advisory Committee and has been actively involved with a variety of community and advocacy groups including the County of Carleton Law 
Association (CCLA), the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers (FACL), the Wilson (Charter Section 15) Moot, public and Chinese language school councils, and sat for many years on the executive board of the Emily
Murphy House in Ottawa.
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E-mail: john.hollander2@gmail.com
LinkedIn: 
linkedin.com/in/john-hollander-80687112 
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