Jay Brecher, B.A., LL.B.

Jay Brecher, B.A., LL.B., manages LexisNexis Canada's legal writing team, and he is also the Managing Editor of Halsbury's Laws of Canada. He has extensive experience as a legal researcher, writer and editor. He has authored or co-authored several Halsbury's titles, including Athletics, Civil Procedure and Judges and Courts, and he has served as a contributing editor for numerous others, including Administrative Law, Employment and Torts. Keenly interested in social justice issues, for over a decade he has been actively involved as a volunteer coordinator and fundraiser for Lawyers Feed the Hungry, a meal program administered by the Law Society of Upper Canada. As a member of LexisNexis Canada's Rule of Law Committee, he co-founded the LexisNexis Book Bank, which has donated thousands of legal textbooks to students in developing countries, including Afghanistan, Cambodia and Vietnam. While in law school, he volunteered as a legal researcher and advocate for the London Unemployment Help Centre.