The Barreau du Québec, seemingly blessed with a knack for pushing the boundaries over the raison d’être of a professional corporation, is now in the television business.

In association with the French-language public educational television network Télé-Québec, the Barreau recently launched a television series on a popular French-language cable station called Canal Savoir. Entitled “Le Droit de Savoir,” a play on words that literally means “right to know,” the show boasts being the only television series – at least in Quebec – devoted to legal information. On air as of September 17, the television show will broadcast 13 episodes of 27 minutes each on Thursday evenings. Each episode will be re-broadcast four times a week as well as be available on the show’s website.

“People have a thirst for legal information that explains their rights and obligations,” remarked Michel Doyon, the former batonnier who spearheaded the project. “Law is complex and misunderstood, and people’s knowledge of law emanates from all over. We want to make it more accessible.”

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