Vancouver. West Coast Environmental Law is inviting law students from across Canada to participate in a unique social media competition. The “Twitter Moot”, to be held on Friday, February 28th, 2014, at 10am PST, will see teams from Law Schools from all across Canada participate in a mock court hearing
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Law is Cool: Lake Superior State Unicorn Hunting Regulations
Lake Superior State University apparently has a sense of humour. On the school’s website you can find an interesting regulation relating to an endangered species on campus: Unicorn Hunting Regulations The following regulations will be enforced by the Wildebeastle (Mythical) Division of the Department of Natural Unicorns of the
Continue readingLaw is Cool: Lawyer Files a Cartoon Brief in Antitrust Case
Bob Kohn, a lawyer and businessperson from New York, filed an amicus brief in the antitrust case against Apple by the American government. When the judge limited his submissions to five pages he adopted an unusual approach – and filed a graphic novel instead. The graphics begin on page 3
Continue readingLaw is Cool: Thomas Wisdom was Really Cool
One of the founding members of Law is Cool, Thomas Wisdom, passed away this weekend, just days before his 30th birthday. Service times at Ogden Funeral Home later this week can be found here. Thomas was a dear friend who helped get this site off the ground when we first
Continue readingLaw is Cool: Canada’s Newest Law Student – Helena Guergis
If you are starting law school this fall at the University of Alberta, you’ll have a celebrity of sorts in your class. Helena Guergis, the former MP who unsuccessfully sued Prime Minister Harper and the Conservative Party of Canada, is starting law school this year according to the Toronto Star,
Continue readingLaw is Cool: Dean Spade: For Those Considering Law School
Dean Spade of Seattle University School of Law gets lots of inquiries from people considering law school. Here are some points that he emphasizes they may have overlooked: Most legal work maintains systems of maldistribution, it does not transform them. Lots of legal work that needs to be done to help poor
Continue readingLaw is Cool: The 2nd Amendment Right to a Rocket Launcher
This morning on Fox News: WALLACE: What about… a weapon that can fire a hundred shots in a minute? SCALIA: We’ll see. Obviously the Amendment does not apply to arms that cannot be hand-carried — it’s to keep and “bear,” so it doesn’t apply to cannons — but I suppose
Continue readingLaw is Cool: Article with Ontario Ombsudsman
The Office is seeking an Articling Student, who will work as part of the Ombudsman’s legal team. To be eligible for the Articling Program, candidates must have either completed law school at the start of the articling period or have received a certificate of qualification from the National Committee of
Continue readingLaw is Cool: Pay Your Student Loan Off – In Cash
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
Continue readingLaw is Cool: A Dangerous Tuition-Raising Method
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
Continue readingLaw is Cool: lawTechCamp 2012 is Looking for Students
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
Continue readingLaw is Cool: About Those Robocalls…
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
Continue readingLaw is Cool: What Lawyers Say in Papers…
…And what they actually mean. Courtesy of Prof. Emir Crowne of University of Windsor.
Continue readingLaw is Cool: Legal Zoom Backs Law Student
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
Continue readingLaw is Cool: Ontario Human Rights Review
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 –
Continue readingLaw is Cool: Occupy Ties to former Bay Street Lawyer
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
Continue readingLaw is Cool: Toronto Mayor Rob Ford Lacked Legal Authority to Cancel Transit City
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
Continue readingLaw is Cool: Advocates Don’t Dance Alone
Here’s a great ad from the Advocates Society:
Continue readingLaw is Cool: These Days the Slaves Fight Back
The Seven Sister law firm Davies LLP ran the above ad in several issues of Obiter Dicta, Osgoode Hall’s law student magazine, the last one running on January 9, 2012. The law firm is known for working its law students and associates exceptionally hard, earning it the informal nickname, “Slavies.” As
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