Precedent: The new rules of law and style is Ontario’s first independent legal magazine for young lawyers. We’re stylish, fresh, and a little bit irreverent. Mixing law and lifestyle, Precedent brings you legal news, fashion, entertainment — all with a sense of humour. We think it's exactly what lawyers have been waiting for.

Precedent: The new rules of law and style is published quarterly by Law and Style Media Inc. 

About Melissa Kluger

Melissa is the editor and publisher of Precedent. She is a Toronto lawyer. She articled at Bay Street firm Cassels, Brock & Blackwell LLP and spent two months on a secondment at the criminal law office of Edward L. Greenspan. After being called to the Bar in 2002, Melissa practiced media law with one of Canada’s leading lawyers in the field. Her work included libel litigation, pre-publication advice and freedom of expression issues.

As a law student at the University of Toronto, Melissa created Ultra Vires — the law school’s independent student newspaper. The publication received national media attention for its investigative reporting.

About Todd Harrison

Todd is Precedent’s online editor. He’s also managing editor of Spacing magazine, which he co-founded in 2003, and a freelance writer, editor and web content specialist. Todd loves exploring Toronto’s green spaces – often with his wife and sons in tow – and finds it impossible to resist offering help to tourists poring over maps on street corners. By night, he plays bass and synthesizer in the band EX~PO.

About Matthew Sullivan

Matthew is a civil litigator in Toronto. His column "The Short Cellar" tells the story of one lawyer's quest for a better bottle of wine. His online column appears every Thursday on lawandstyle.ca and his print column appears in every issue of Precedent.

When not jetting around the world as his alter ego, The Crime Traveller, Edward is a Toronto-based criminal defence lawyer. Follow Ed's criminal law commentary (@prutschi) and The Crime Traveller's adventures (@crimetraveller) on Twitter, or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Chelsea is a recent graduate of Osgoode Hall Law School. Called to the bar this past spring, Chelsea has now returned from a summer in Thailand ready to hit the town covering various events in the legal community. In addition to ensuring that our readers always have new party pictures, Chelsea assists Professor Simeon of the Centre for Refugee Studies on his various research projects and upcoming 2010 International Conference on “Supervising the 1951 Convention.” Email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it if you'd like to see your event covered on our website