About Law Is Cool
Law Is Cool is a new blog and podcast addressing issues related to law school and the legal field with a Canadian focus.
We’re currently in exams, but will be starting again in the summer and the new academic year. We’ve gone through some changes, and will likely have a slightly different focus and possibly some new partnerships in the next few months.
Law Is Cool is intended to be an exciting and engaging resource. This require your participation to make it happen. If you are a first year law student in Canada, feel free to contact us about joining the team.
We welcome your suggestions and comments.
Note: This site is student-run and always a work in-progress. If you are an advanced law student or practitioner and see what you consider to be a point in error or misunderstanding, please help us by contacting admin[at]lawiscool[dot]com.
If you are a blogger or web surfer that wandered over, please keep in mind that this is not your traditional blog. It is intended to be an academic site; a constant work-in-progress. We do use the “edit” button quite liberally and with good conscience in order to enhance the content.
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Adrian Di Lullo studied political science at Carleton, and is starting law school at Queen’s University this year. Adrian is heading up the international conflict section with a focus on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Daniel Simard is in the joint LLB and Masters of Environmental Studies at Osgoode Hall and York University, and is currently in his first year of law.
Gail Geronimo studied psychology at York University and is in her first year of law at the University of Ottawa.
Gerard Kennedy studied Canadian Studies, Political Science, Christianity and Culture at the University of Toronto, and is pursuing law at Queen’s Universiy.
Jacob Kaufman studied History and Economics at Queen’s University, and is currently a first-year law student at the University of Western Ontario.
Kashif Ahmed completed a Bachelor of Business Administration at the University of Regina, and is currently in his first year of law at the University of Saskatchewan.
Ken Saddington is an engineer from Queen’s University, and is starting Law at the University of Western Ontario.
Marie Winfield has a BS Engineering & Public Policy, BA French (Washington University in St. Louis) and an MA French Language & Literature (University of Pennsylvania). She is studying her first year of law at the McGill University in Montreal.
Navjot Dhaliwal graduated from the University of Waterloo in 2007, and is a first-year law student at the University of Western Ontario.
Omar Ha-Redeye has an educational background in nuclear medicine, health administration, and public relations. He has worked in all three fields for several years before deciding to pursue a law degree at the University of Western Ontario. Omar directs and runs the podcasts for this site.
Rob Evans has a BAA in psychology from Kwantlen University College in Surrey, B.C. He is starting the LLB/JD joint program at the University of Windsor and University of Detroit Mercy.
Thomas Wisdom is a political science major from the University of Toronto and a first year law student at Osgoode Hall.
Vimal Baid is a first-year law student at the University of Saskatchewan.
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AffiliatesWe do thank and appreciate the efforts of the other people who make this site possible, and would like to acknowledge them here.
Alex Dimson is editor-in-chief for Nexus, the law student paper at the University of Western Ontario, and shares stories of national scope and interest. (Alex is graduating this year, and we hope to continue the relationship with his replacement).
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Ajay Gajaria is a fourth-year political science major at the University of Western Ontario. He heads up the support team for the site.
Jonathan Kleiman is 23 years old, studying law at Queens University in Kingston, Ontario. He is the founder of the Canadian professional network Probook.ca, and author of the Legal Intellects Law Blog. Jonathan contributes occasionally to LawIsCool.
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I add you to our blogroll.
Thanks Moin!
As I’m sure you have seen, our latest entry actually features your work.
It’s a fascinating study and everyone I know at Queen’s Park was talking about it at a party last night.
Hopefully this provides the political impetus for judicial reform.
Thanks - please remind me when school starts to post a link to your website so the new and returning students can see it.
May I suggest that your group start questioning one or two things in Canada’s legal system rather than aquiescing lock step with whatever happens to be in vogue today. Your unquestioning commitment to the quasi-judicial Human Rights Commissions shows a lack of thought on your part. Think for a moment about how the Commissions operate. In every case the Human Rights Commissions receive the complaint, they investigate the complaint, they judge the complaint and they mete out the punishment. If the Canada’s real legal system operated under these terms we would, rightly, consider the system no better than the system of intimidation and intrigue leading to the show trials in old Mother Russia. Yet that is how the Human Rights Commissions operate.
Is a person judged by a jury of his peers? Or even by an independent judge? No judgements are made by a member of the Human Rights Commission. Who are the members of the Human Rights Commissions? Why members of “aggrieved groups”. In other words the very people laying the charges, investigating them etc. etc.
Fair? Of course not. But then in Canada we obviously care more about political correctness and ensuring uniformity of thought than we do about real justice and fairness for everyone.
Hi Jane,
Even though you posted an unrelated querry on our About Page, we actually chose to approve it as an example of the type of intelligent discourse that _should_ have occured on this site. It did not, and we can therefore not allow comments on that subject at this time.
Be assured, there is little that law students provide unquestioning commitment to.
We may very well likely elect to open dialogue on the general issue of Tribunals in the future, but for now the decision stands.
I just wanted to let you guys know that you are doing an excellent job with this site.
I know you have at times come under a lot of criticism for some of the controversial topics you present. But you have done so in a tasteful and intelligent manner that the sophisticated reader can definitely appreciate.
You really do deserve that CLawBie award!
I think your site is very informative, thank you. However, there seems to be a lack of information about mental health law.
LawIsCool: Thank you for your comments. We have a piece we are considering posting in the immediate future.