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Law is Cool: Discrimination at the University of Ottawa?
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
Continue readingLaw is Cool: Justice Binnie at the 3rd annual Rights Watch
The Honourable Justice Binnie spoke at RightsWatch on October 21, 2011 in Calgary, Alberta.
Continue readingLaw is Cool: How Hate and Law Collide
2nd When Law and Hate Collide Pan-European Hate Crime Symposium
Continue readingLaw is Cool: Tea Party Ignorant of the U.S. Constitution
Eight reasons why the Tea Party appears ignorant of the American constitution: 1. Congress enjoys a Constitutional authority to provide social services. 2. SCOTUS has upheld broad federal powers under the Constitution. 3. Far from outlawing gay marriage, Constitutional Amendments actually protect it. 4. The 14th Amendment forbids severe immigration
Continue readingLaw is Cool: Law Students at Occupy Toronto
Courtesy of Canadian Lawyer for Students:
Featuring Dave Shellnutt of Osgoode Hall.
Continue readingLaw is Cool: The Bloody Vibrator Suit
The title says it all. SF Weekly: A Northern California woman is suing Pipedream Products, which manufactures sex toys, claiming her experience with her dildo was anything but pleasurable. According to the claim filed in Yreka, April Bonjour and her boyfriend were getting frisky and decided to bring out the dildo for some foreplay. But while […]
Law is Cool: Occupy Bay Street’s Open Letter to Toronto Police
Given the backdrop of the G20 in Toronto, this is worth sharing: To Chief Bill Blair and the Toronto Police Service: In June, 2010 at the G20 summit Toronto saw the largest mass arrests in Canadian history. Complaints too numerous to mention were filed against police officers and many of the investigations and law […]
Law is Cool: My Fellow American
Check out the website, My Fellow American.
Continue readingLaw is Cool: Should You Go to Law School?
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 students in evaluating all of these different factors. Read more about Should you go to law school on […]
Law is Cool: International Intervention in Libya
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 in this wave of unrest, collective international reaction must be carefully […]
Law is Cool: Jason Kenney’s Failed Immigration Reforms
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 “bogus” refugee claimants were overrunning Canada. Pretending to punish smugglers—who were largely phantoms out of reach of […]