The way legal services are delivered in Canada is changing. Increased competition and a demand for lower prices has pressured law firms to slow hiring and deliver their services more efficiently. After finishing my first year at Queen’s Law I started thinking about how law students can help firms meet the demand. It starts
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Anti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Video from the BC Humanist Association
We were sent a link to the following video on YouTube. It is a presentation from August 17, 2012 by Edwin Hodge concerning white supremacy in the digital age. Overall, this was a very well done presentation. Any issues we have are relatively minor: “88” does not refer to Hitler’s
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Paulie Shows His Hand on Section 319
Well, it's not as if we didn't know this already. When the Conservatives voted to remove Sec. 13 from the Human Rights Act, they justified it in part because of the existence of Section 319 of the Criminal Code (in layman's terms, the hate crimes law) which they claimed was
Continue readingThose Emergency Blues: Those Nortriptyline Blehs
Nortriptyline, according to Wikipedia, is a second-generation tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) marketed as the hydrochloride salt under the trade names Sensoval, Aventyl,Pamelor, Norpress, Allegron, Noritren and Nortrilen. It is used in the treatment of major depression and childhood nocturnal enuresis (bedwetting). In addition, it is sometimes used for chronic illnesses such as chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain and migraine, and labile affect in some neurological conditions. A few weeks ago I had a
Continue readingThe Equivocator: John Cleese on Creativity
(Via Boing Boing.) Filed under: Politics Tagged: creativity, humour, John Cleese
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