Brian Greenspan is highly regarded as one of Canada's foremost criminal law practitioners, having represented a wide variety of celebrities to some of the country's top business groups.

In this conversation with Departures host Robert Amsterdam, Greenspan shares his views on a diverse range of issues, including how he sees rule of law and criminal justice holding up under the immense pressures of the coronavirus pandemic, the contrasting political cultures between the US and Canada and what it means for mass incarceration, and what are some of key rulings that didn't go his way over the years that still keep him up at night.