September 2010


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The Lawyers Weekly Profiles Law is Cool Founder

The Lawyers Weekly, Canada’s first print news publication for legal professionals, has profiled Omar Ha-Redeye, founder of this site. You can read the profile by Christopher Guly on the website here, Ha-Redeye established the Western…






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Wise Advice for 1Ls

Christopher Bird, an articling student with Wise Law, offers some advice to law students who started this fall: 1.) Distinguish yourself. 2.) Your marks are important. 3.) Don’t assume it’s the end of the world…




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More Collaboration Between NCRs

One of the upsides from the fallout of the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque” is that there is a clear acknowledgment that Islamophobia likely ranks the highest out of any form of discrimination. This has likely…


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A Two-Year Law Career

The Globe has a story of Chris Graham, a Canadian who ended up on Wall Street doing corporate law, and then quit the law – at the age of 26. Even more mind-boggling is that…


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What Does Law School Tuition Cost?

What does law school cost in Canada? Maclean’s magazine has the stats: Common Law Schools Tuition Canadian Students Tuition International McGill $2,068 /$5,668* $21,600 Moncton $4,920 $8,343 Dalhousie $7,883/$8,905* $16,426 Saskatchewan $8,070 $20,982 Victoria $8,341…