Law is Cool – Internationally
Here are some of the newest additions to our team. Daisy McCabe-Lokos is entering her second year at Windsor, and has a strong interest in international law. Amelio Thé is in his 6th term (3rd…
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Law is Cool Named Top 25 Political Blogs in Canada
The A dime a dozen political blog just announced the Top 25 Political Blogs in Canada. Somehow we got ranked, despite our main focus of law. But who said there was a difference between politics…
Canadian Lawyer Magazine Mentions Law is Cool
The June issue of Canadian Lawyer magazine mentions this site in connection with an article on how lawyers can use online platforms for client development. Even law students are using the Twitter-blog combination to get…
Party on Mitch
Mitch, you’re totally right, we would love to share this with our readers: How did I miss this one? More importantly, how did Law is Cool miss it? Professor Paul Caron reports on the SubtleDig…
Federal Court grants Kimberly Rivera a judicial review
Canadians renew pressure on Harper government to implement votes of Parliament TORONTO—On Tuesday afternoon the Federal Court of Canada granted Kimberly Rivera leave to appeal the decision in her Pre-Removal Risk Assessment (PRRA). The Federal…
Real Media Don’t Die, We Multiply
If you’ve been alive and on the Internet in the past year you would have read the obituaries – print newspapers are dead. Or dying, so they claim. Some are even claiming the recession with…
Facebook and Law Profs, and We got Scooped
It’s been a couple weeks (we’ve been busy), but Mitch Kowalski of the Legal Post caught an interesting post over at Volokh again. And yes, he rubs it in that he scooped us on it. …
Why Do Law Student Blogs Struggle in the Long-Term?
A couple weeks ago, Orin Kerr of the Volokh Conspiracy raised the issue of what he perceived as the decline of law student blogs. We know the folks at Volokh focus on American content, so…
Law is Cool Contributor Among Top 25 Political Blogs in Canada
Devin Johnston, who contributes to Law is Cool, was recently mentioned in the top political blogs in Canada. We’re glad to have him on board, even if he shares some very unsavoury company on that…
Finalist for 2008 Legal Culture CLawBie
The 2008 Canadian Law Blog Awards are out for the year. Law is Cool won the Legal Culture Award in 2007. This year we were a runner up for the Legal Culture Award, which we’re…
Site Updates
We’re experimenting with some new templates/site design for the new year. Thank you in advance for your patience if we’re down when you’re visiting. We should be back up and running on our regular schedule…
Bah, humbug to Tarek Fatah
Ihsaan Gardee, The Calgary Herald December 14, 2008 Reproduced with the permission While Canadians hunker down for the festive season, bombarded by incessant shopping jingles and reruns of A Christmas Carol, many are also simply…