The House just passed a bill that pardons all members of the U.S. administration for any torture for detainees.
Elizabeth Holtzman, former NY congresswoman, explains,
Avoiding prosecution under the War Crimes Act has been an obsession of this administration since shortly after 9/11. In a January 2002 memorandum to the president, then-White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales […]
Bob LeDrew of FlackLife reports on an emerging trend, where governments themselves are getting involved in blogging.
He cites 2 sources:
an article in Canadian Government Executive by Anthony Williams, author of Wikinomics, …about “Government 2.0” in Canada
blogger Geoff Livingston provides a comprehensive overview of what’s happening in the United States federal government
See the full piece […]
It’s possible.
This report is considering three options for the future in Ontario:
The Status Quo – Continue with articling, but make it clear that the Law Society makes no guarantees that students will find employment.
The Alternative – Keep articles but offer another stream for students who don’t find placements.
The End – Abolish articles altogether.
See Melissa Kluger’s […]
Background
On Nov. 30, 2007, former Attorney-General Michael Bryant announced the creation of the new Law Commission of Ontario (LCO). The Commission is created to reconcieve the law and evaluate issues of reform.
Bryant said,
The goal is to create a modern, relevant and responsive commission that will bring forward recommendations to improve the administration of Ontario’s […]
Although law school is highly competitive (mostly for marks), those that collaborate usually do get ahead.
Online and Internet technologies are greatly facilitating collaborative learning in law. This site, which draws from first-year students at several different universities across Canada, is also an example of online learning.
Some lawyers are drawing on their experiences […]
We previously suggested that since half of all lawyers in Canada are self-employed, marks have a limited impact on the creative and ambitious lawyers’ career.
We asked some of our contacts in the field what they thought about the subject.
Eugene Rembor, Senior Partner of Rembor & Partners Ltd. in the U.K.:
If marks would matter in life, […]
Things You Should Know About Law School
1. No, a ‘tort’ is not a muffin. Surprise, surprise.
2. If your highlighting marker still has ink after the first week or so, you might as well drop out
3. Forget about a personal life … law students will gossip about something in your life even before you knew […]
The Non Traditional Law Student blog, from the Thomas M. Cooley law school in Michigan, has a series on how to case a brief, an essential skill for any new law student.
Here are the direct links:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3 (The Issue)
Part 4 (Facts and Rules)
Part 5 (Analysis)
Part 6 (Conclusion)
McCarthy Tétrault announced recently that they are the first firm to join Partners Without Borders with Avocats Sans Frontieres (Lawyers Without Borders or LWAB) in Quebec.
The organization was founded in 1992 in Belgium, and founded the Quebec chapter in 2002.
The news release states,
By becoming the first major Canadian law firm to be granted the […]
LexisNexis has a new feature, QuickCITE™, which will help interpreting statutes.
See the announcement here.
 Thanks to Steve Matthews for the heads up.
Jean-Paul Gerbet, a convicted killer, exchanged steamy letters and claimed to have exchanged underwear with Karla Homolka.
(sounds like a tabloid).
The parole board denied his request, his first.
Full story here.
(Thanks to Darryl Wesley of Timmins, ON for the heads up.)
AdvertisingAge reported today,
Although it’s been ad-supported for a little over two years, podcasting only recently has built an audience with enough scale in key categories…And the medium’s top two content providers, ESPN and National Public Radio, do the majority of their business by bringing in national advertisers to support their top-rated shows.
NPR… has been able […]
Circle = Justice; law be understood and exercised under its order
Square = Law, limited by the circle
Triangle = How law is implemented to exercise Justice
The author explains,
The figures are placed in an interdependent relationship, in a way that the one that dominates and encircles […]
Chimpanzees in Austria are citing discrimination.
The OG’s, or Oberster Gerichtshof (Supreme Court there), recently ruled that chimps are not people.
Spokesperson for the chip activists, Georgie, stated through sign language,
This is absurd. We share 99.4% of our DNA with homo sapiens. But apparently that isn’t enough.
Maybe they have something against our sexual prowess, and […]
