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Pay Your Student Loan Off – In Cash
Published on 2012-05-25 11:03:21
Do law school student loans have you feeling down? Well here’s a story to make you smile, of the UofT law graduate who paid off his student loans in cash. Alysha Hasham of the Toronto Star reports: There is only one way to pay off a $114,460.30 student loan in one go: in style. For [...] > read more
Serial Killers Wiki
Published on 2012-05-24 18:55:58
Perspective
Published on 2012-05-18 10:58:42
Would this have changed the George Zimmerman case? > read more
Charest’s Bill 78 Riot Guide
Published on 2012-05-18 10:38:42
Stand Your Ground Law
Published on 2012-05-16 11:44:28
10 Reasons to Ban Gay Marriage
Published on 2012-05-11 11:59:44
Somebody Better Tell Obama…
Published on 2012-05-09 14:38:09
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player As a side note, check out these comparisons: > read more
Reasonable Person Test
Published on 2012-05-09 08:19:17
When Lawyers Get Married
Published on 2012-04-16 12:03:56
A: “… You can’t say that, it’s inadmissible!” B: “Oh yeah? Well guess what else is inadmissible from now on?!” A: “No way! When you married me you created a categorical exception” B: “Who cares! Under a principled approach I can tell you that you are neither necessary nor RELIABLE!” A: “We’ll see, you’ve never [...] > read more
A Dangerous Tuition-Raising Method
Published on 2012-03-26 01:57:54
From A Dangerous Method: Yeah, about that… A law student of Fourah Bay College (FBC) University of Sierra Leone is in the nets of the police for defrauding Eco Bank of Le7.5 million. Sahr Jimmy, who claimed to be a law student at FBC yesterday found himself in the smelly Central Police Station cells for [...] > read more
Spare Some Change… For a Ticket?
Published on 2012-03-26 01:21:23
lawTechCamp 2012 is Looking for Students
Published on 2012-03-26 00:37:55
Are you interested in the intersection between law and technology? Here’s a message from the sponsors: After the great success we had last year with lawTechCamp,we are back again this year and are looking for people to suggest, present sessions, and volunteers. As a refresher, lawTechCamp is a BarCamp-style communityUnConference for new media and technology [...] > read more
Queen’s Makes “Outlines” Before Final Exams
Published on 2012-03-20 09:42:53
The law students at Queen’s University recently celebrated their annual talent show “Lawlapalooza”, and kicked things off with this parody of Drake’s “Headlines”. To all those law students preparing for final exams (and everyone who remembers what that’s like): enjoy. > read more
NPR Legal Crossword Puzzle
Published on 2012-03-19 07:47:29
NPR just released a legal crossword puzzle. An Across Lite and pdf version is available on their website. Solutions will be released March 20. > read more
Can You Imagine a World Without Lawyers
Published on 2012-03-18 11:36:14
On Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 Campaign
Published on 2012-03-15 07:39:22
If there was a prize for the NGO who best commodifies white man’s burden on the African continent, and more specifically in Uganda, Invisible Children would win.They recently struck again with a new video and campaign titled “Kony 2012.” I was surprised to see it popping up everywhere on my Facebook feedback yesterday: clearly, their [...] > read more
Sh*t Law Students Don’t Say
Published on 2012-03-14 06:44:13
University of Windsor – Faculty of Law Class of 2013 > read more
About Those Robocalls…
Published on 2012-03-13 14:32:35
Conservative MP Dean Del Mastro was himself behind two robocalls on election day, the Calgary Herald revealed today. Del Mastro’s campaign manager, Jeff Westlake, sent recorded messages to constituents reminding them that it was election day and offering rides, but only identified the caller as “Jeff.” The problem is that the Member of Provincial Parliament [...] > read more
What Lawyers Say in Papers…
Published on 2012-03-13 13:43:46
…And what they actually mean. Courtesy of Prof. Emir Crowne of University of Windsor. > read more
Daily Show on Iran-Israel-America
Published on 2012-03-08 16:26:16
Check out Jon Stewart here. > read more
How Litigation Should Be
Published on 2012-03-07 09:29:36
From a real ad in Ontario. > read more
Step on It
Published on 2012-03-06 14:10:24
People take their laws seriously, as they should. > read more
Sh*t Law Students Say
Published on 2012-03-04 13:38:18
Legal Zoom Backs Law Student
Published on 2012-03-03 09:14:25
After law student Sandra Fluke was called a “slut” by Rush Limbaugh for her testimony on birth control, several sponsors of his show have withdrawn sponsorship. The company stated in a Facebook post, We’ve listened to many concerns voiced from our LegalZoom team as well as our customers. As a result, we have pulled all [...] > read more
Life is Hard
Published on 2012-03-02 21:21:18
Truth or Dare Court
Published on 2012-02-29 20:33:37
Dear Me, Don’t Go to Law School
Published on 2012-02-28 18:43:50
Courtesy of University of Calgary. > read more
Articling How To – Canadian Lawyer4Students
Published on 2012-02-27 23:11:04
Articling How To - an article in Canadian Lawyer4Students discusses the ways students seeking articles can make themselves stand out from the crowd. > read more
Just In: Why They Really Hate Us
Published on 2012-02-26 21:12:44
Ron Paul’s Liberty
Published on 2012-02-21 11:11:53
Law Student Meme
Published on 2012-02-20 14:52:17
LawFacts: Online Legal Advice from Legal Aid Ontario
Published on 2012-02-15 18:17:58
Legal Aid Ontario (LAO) recently launched a website entitled LawFacts which is designed to provide information about the criminal justice system to people in Ontario. > read more
Ontario Human Rights Review
Published on 2012-02-13 16:54:06
The Ontario Human Rights Review is currently underway. You can attend one of the consultation meetings below, or send written submissions by March 1 to chair@ontariohumanrightsreview.org. Windsor – February 13, 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Hilton Windsor 277 Riverside Drive West, Windsor, Ontario Huron Room (519) 973-5555 London – February 14, 10:00 a.m. – [...] > read more
Islamophobia in Canada: A Primer
Published on 2012-02-08 01:34:00
by Fathima Cader and Sumayya Kassamali Ten years after September 11, 2001, the term “Islamophobia,” once largely obscure, has become all but inevitable when discussing contemporary politics. As Al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden became household names, Western fear of the world’s 1.5 billion Muslims has also grown. Canada has been no stranger to this phenomenon. [...] > read more
Occupy Ties to former Bay Street Lawyer
Published on 2012-02-04 14:02:16
The Occupy movement comes from all aspects of Canadian society, including those with close family ties to the wealthy elite. Jennifer Yang of the Toronto Star provides this backgrounder on Antonin Yvon Mongeau, He chose the pseudonym “Smith,” the most common of English monikers. It is a name for regular folk and the plebian masses; [...] > read more
Keep it in Perspective
Published on 2012-02-04 13:04:23
Discrimination at the University of Ottawa?
Published on 2012-01-31 10:06:42
Khalid Aba-Alkhail, Manal AlSaigh, and Waleed Alghaithy, three physicians from Saudi Arabia, have filed a lawsuit against the University of Ottawa for over $150 million dollars. The doctors were enrolled in postgraduate medical education programs at the university, where they claimed the experienced discrimination and harassment resulting in the termination of their enrollment. UofO Student [...] > read more
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Lacked Legal Authority to Cancel Transit City
Published on 2012-01-30 13:51:42
Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish released a legal opinion today concluding that Toronto Mayor Rob Ford did not have legal authority to cancel Transit City. The opinion concludes that the mayor does not have independent power to bind the city, and only exercises power delegated by council or specific legislative responsibility. Also see Pulat [...] > read more
Should Representative Plaintiffs Receive More?
Published on 2012-01-27 16:21:30
A. INTRODUCTION Under the Ontario Class Proceedings Act, 1992 (“CPA”) [1], the Representative Plaintiff (“RP”) is a member of the class that in most instances commits to a bigger responsibility than all other class members. Under section 5(e) of the CPA: (e) there is a representative plaintiff or defendant who, (i) would fairly and adequately [...] > read more
Breach of They Neighbour’s Wife
Published on 2012-01-26 16:19:57
Advocates Don’t Dance Alone
Published on 2012-01-24 16:15:47
Here’s a great ad from the Advocates Society: > read more
A Conversation with the Opportunity Maker
Published on 2011-06-30 09:17:01
Ari Kaplan, the author of The Opportunity Maker, and his new book, Reinventing Professional Services, spoke to Omar Ha-Redeye during his last visit to Toronto. > read more
Ontario’s Attorney-General on Human Rights
Published on 2011-05-25 15:26:38
Attorney-General of Ontario, Chris Bentley, spoke at the Canadian Club of Toronto on 50 years of human rights development, and the need to protect our current system. Full text below: AGHR Speech May24 > read more
Binnie and Charron Retire
Published on 2011-05-13 12:55:06
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OTTAWA, May 13, 2011 – The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, announced today that Justice Ian Binnie and Justice Louise Charron have written to the Minister of Justice, the Honourable Robert Nichols > read more
Federal Securities Regulation: The Saga Continues
Published on 2011-04-18 12:34:39
The concept of Federal Securities Regulation in Canada is perennial. It keeps on coming back, most recently via a reference to the Supreme Court of Canada. Pundits will talk, industry insiders will cross their fingers and hope for a favourable ruling > read more
Stockwell Day says Sorry
Published on 2011-04-13 14:00:51
Should You Go to Law School?
Published on 2011-04-13 13:36:11
The decision whether you should go to law school is fraught with complicated pros and cons, including opportunities, finances, salaries, and personal goals. Finally some anonymous law student has created a comprehensive site to help potential law stu > read more
Retro Is In
Published on 2011-04-07 17:26:56
This post is a response to this article from the Telegraph about a French female lawyer ripping off another young woman’s burqa (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7735607/France-has-first-burka-rage-incident.html). What a > read more
LOTR on Queen’s Pro Bono Radio
Published on 2011-04-01 13:08:32
This was inspired by lawiscool.com’s previous post about LOTR as property law. We tried to break down different methods of possession and discussed who we thought was the true lord of the ring. Speakers are Colin Brown, Heather Sagar and Joy > read more
International Intervention in Libya
Published on 2011-03-31 14:38:36
By David Olevson and Ekaterina Perchenok With the conflict in Libya and throughout the Middle East escalating every day, we must keep conscious of the inherent bias of our news outlets. While our hearts go out to civilians caught in the line of fire > read more
Jason Kenney’s Failed Immigration Reforms
Published on 2011-03-29 22:53:47
Jim Creskey at The Embassy: Kenney—with some help from Prime Minister Harper and Public Safety Minister Vic Toews—used the arrival of two boatloads of Tamil asylum seekers in an attempt to prod public opinion toward the idea that “bogusR > read more
Facebook ‘Friend Poaching’
Published on 2011-03-21 17:43:00
When was the last time you sent a friend request on Facebook? When was the last time you got sued for it? Complexions v Complexions Day Spa & Facebook, is, according to Santa Clara Internet Law professor Eric Goldman, the first case to involve > read more
The Virtual Lawyer
Published on 2011-03-19 16:38:28
So, you’ve slogged your way through law school and you survived the Bar exam. And, perhaps only now you’re realizing even the 75th percentile doesn’t add up to an office, much less a corner office, and all those pamphlets you read t > read more
Equity & Diversity Pre-Law Internship Program Proposal
Published on 2011-03-17 15:32:05
See below for an initiative by Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Equity & Diversity Pre-Law Internship Program Proposal Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (the “Firm”) has a strong commitment to providing legal services in a workplace which i > read more
Agenda: Access to Justice
Published on 2011-03-15 19:47:16
Justice Gloria Epstein, Dean Lorne Sossin, Matt Cohen, Judith McCormick, and OBA President Lee Akazaki on The Agenda with Steve Paikin: > read more
Law School Hustlin II
Published on 2011-03-10 16:28:05
Mike Lickver and Jesse Mighton do it again. > read more
From 3 Kilometres to 3 Clicks Away
Published on 2011-03-07 21:30:05
Most law students are not strangers to the limitless potential of the internet. The internet has been tamed for us to apply to write the LSAT(s), apply to law schools, receive our acceptance(s), select our courses, pay our tuition, download slides fo > read more
$650,000 lap dance
Published on 2011-03-06 23:18:32
A man has has accepted a substantial settlement for his injuries after he ventured too close to a stripper’s spiked heel during a lap dance. Michael Ireland claimed the stripper’s heel punctured his eye socket and broke bones in his face > read more
Law is Cool wins Blawg Review of the Year
Published on 2011-03-06 11:47:08
Blawg Review is an international peer-reviewed blog carnival, presenting various recent blog posts with a legal connection, traveling to different legal blogs every week. I had the pleasure of hosting Blawg Review 249 on Slaw, and Blawg Review 278 he > read more
How to land a Job after Law School
Published on 2011-03-03 16:39:56
A Glimpse into Future Recruitment: Got Game?
Published on 2011-03-03 06:41:54
You may think that I’m playing with you, but a Dutch law firm – Houthoff Buruma – uses “The Game” to separate the wheat from the chaff in terms of graduating law students in the Netherlands. > read more
EU Arms Exports to Libya
Published on 2011-03-02 21:53:34
Complete table data here. Seumas Milne: The “responsibility to protect” invoked by those demanding intervention in Libya is applied so selectively that the word hypocrisy doesn’t do it justice. And the idea that states which are the > read more
The Kidd’s Case Against Ashcroft
Published on 2011-03-02 15:12:55
Today, the court hears Abdullah al-Kidd’s case against John Ashcroft over the Bush administration’s detention practices Abdullah al-Kidd wasn’t what I expected when I met him on February 14 in a conference room at a legal firm in do > read more
Show Me Ghadafi’s Money
Published on 2011-03-02 12:49:30
Where is Gadhafi’s money? See Slate on whether the U.S. can now spend this money any way they want. > read more
Are You Considering Law School? Here are Some Helpful Online Resources
Published on 2011-02-20 17:17:17
Thinking about becoming a lawyer? Then did you know it’s illegal in Victoria, British Columbia for street musicians to give balloon animals to children? Did you know that Canada’s criminal code states that anyone “offending a public > read more
You’re not the boss of me
Published on 2011-02-19 09:55:23
Audrey Macklin and Lorne Waldman explain the concept of judicial independence to Jason Kenney: “In a speech to the University of Western Ontario’s law faculty last week, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney launched an attack on Federal Court ju > read more
Intervenors for Insite
Published on 2011-02-19 01:40:16
IHRA joins International Coalition Intervening to save Vancouver Safe-Injection Site: An international coalition of harm reduction experts — comprised of the International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA), the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, and > read more
SCC on Funding Orders
Published on 2011-02-18 14:55:03
Funding orders must be exceptional, says the Supreme Court: ‘For the first time the Supreme Court has ruled that superior courts are empowered to order governments to fund public interest litigation before statutory courts and tribunals. [...] > read more
Green Lantern?
Published on 2011-02-13 22:29:45
This is a link to the latest post at my website. Here is the London Free Press story I think this is very important for people to know… especially in Ontario. Read this, and you can save a life. If you do not want to read the post, just kno > read more
Clients Don’t Care Where you Went to Law School
Published on 2011-02-13 15:15:45
Via Matt Homann at the [non] billable hour: > read more
Madinat al-Autocrat the Ultimate Destination for Dicatators
Published on 2011-02-12 08:16:49
Via the Pan-Arabian Enquirer: JEDDAH: Saudi officials yesterday unveiled plans for a dedicated residential resort set to house deposed dictators, and rolled out the carpet for more of the world’s despots who might be forced to consider unexpected r > read more
Access Copyright: Outrageous and Unnecessary
Published on 2011-02-08 18:35:14
As a UWO student (and at many other Canadian universities,) you automatically pay an annual fee to an organization called Access Copyright. An item is included in your student activity fee, and it used to be $3.38 per student per year, plus an amount > read more
Pill Turns Man Into Gay Gambler
Published on 2011-02-01 21:11:28
In perhaps one of the most bizzare products liaiblity cases we’ll see in some time, Didier Jambart of France is suing GlaxoSmithKline over the company’s Parkinson’s drug, Requip (ropinirole), The 51-year-old’s lawyers say thei > read more
Judge Rules White Girl Will Be Tried As Black Adult
Published on 2011-01-22 12:17:03
Judge Rules White Girl Will Be Tried As Black Adult > read more
The Inhumanity of Western Refugee Detention Camps
Published on 2011-01-22 02:42:54
What makes this ruling is significant is that a high court is here recognising that the detention camps in which refugees are held in the West can themselves be inhumane to the point of people’s containment in them being illegal. This is of par > read more
Case Comment – Gomboc Decision, 2010 SCC 55
Published on 2011-01-16 11:52:25
Here is a link to my website for a case comment on the Gomboc that will be published in an upcoming issue of RegQuest. Enjoy the reading. > read more
Response to Law School, A Losing Game
Published on 2011-01-14 05:16:30
Susan Cartier Liebel of Solo Practice University has responded to the New York Times pieces, ‘Is Law School A Losing Game?‘ with a podcast interview of Rachel Rodgers and Jack Whittington. You can listen to the podcast here. > read more
Niqab, Sex Assault, And The Court: An Examination Of R v NS
Published on 2011-01-13 03:17:52
In a unanimous decision in October 2010, the Ontario Court of Appeal affirmed that a sexual assault complainant may wear a niqab, a Muslim facial veil, while testifying. The Muslim Canadian Congress had intervened on behalf of the two accused men who > read more
“Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”
Published on 2011-01-11 19:42:35
Although slightly unrelated to law qua law, this article published by the Wall Street Journal on January 11, 2011 has created much buzz in the legal world (and perhaps even typifies the upbringing of many students currently in professional schools) > read more
Free Internet to Citizens of Oppressed Nations: Genuine Interest in Democracy or Attempts to Monopolize Information?
Published on 2011-01-08 12:21:31
Uncle Sam has $30M to bypass Chinese, Iranian ‘Net filters By Nate Anderson Need to get around a Chinese government firewall? Burning to smuggle your samizdat writings past Iranian Internet censorship? Hoping to blog with impunity in Burma? Unc > read more
Clinical Legal Education
Published on 2011-01-07 22:03:04
In the Conference on Canadian Clinical Legal Education conducted by Western Law Professor and Director of Community Legal Services, Douglas Ferguson, that took place on 22nd and 23rd of October 2010, the emphasis was on ways to prepare the law studen > read more
How to Stay Healthy (and Sane) as a Law Student
Published on 2011-01-05 23:54:42
Much has been written about succeeding in law school, but not as much has been said about remaining healthy and sane while succeeding. Having just finished my first law school exams this past December, I thought it beneficial to engage in much need > read more
2010 CLawBies
Published on 2011-01-05 18:45:21
The 2010 Canadian Law Blog Awards are out! Law is Cool was a finalist for the Legal Culture Award. In the past, we won the Legal Culture Award in 2009 and 2007, and were finalists in 2008. This year we also scored a shout out in the Friends of the No > read more