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Welcome the New Recruits
If you’re seeing some new names and new perspectives around here at Law is Cool, it’s because as always we are ever expanding our list of contributors. Here are some of the new additions: Lawrence…
Scalia Openly Condones Torture
Creating a Legal Storm US Supreme Court Justice, Antonin Scalia, made his first major television appearance this week on 60 Minutes. Previously he has severely restricted media access, especially in his court, citing his, First…
Law Is Cool – End of Season 1
Most of us law students are entering final exam period over the next few weeks. There will be a considerable slow down during this period. You can expect a few more sporadic posts, but we’ll…
Site Down Again
Our site was apparently hacked again last night. In addition to uploading spam content, they also deleted all plug-ins and several pages, including the ones on the Macleans case and Blawger of the Year Daniel…
2008 Student Blawger of the Year
We’re pleased to announce the 2008 Student Blawger of the Year. The LawIsCool team selects an individual who has made a unique contribution for the past academic year worthy of recognition. This year’s award goes…
Problems with Podpress
If you can’t see the previous post, try viewing it with Firefox. We’re having some problems with our site after a security breach by individuals claiming to be affiliated with XTech Solutions Inc. from Calgary,…
LawIsCool hits Top 10 in Canada
Gerry Blackwell of Canadian Lawyer just named this site one of the “Luminaries of the Canadian blawgosphere.” Criteria he used in his selection include: consistency of posting (weekly minimum) lively and well designed brevity…
Canada Law Videos 2008
Law students across Canada have created videos and skits. We’ll be posting a few of these here on this site. And if you know of others we have missed, be sure to let us know.
Students discuss Maclean’s complaint on CTV
We’re not commenting on this at all, other than being glad they are finally speaking for themselves, leaving less room for speculation. We all hope they get their own site up soon, and you can…
More Maclean’s Resources
See the bottom of this page for some current resources on the Maclean’s tribunal case, including an interview with one of the complainants on Mike Duffy that aired last night. Note that we are not…
Docstoc for Online Collaboration
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…