Confessions of an Obamaniac in Canada

By: Omar Ha-Redeye · November 2, 2008 · Filed Under Civil Rights, Environmental Law, Health Law, Intellectual Property, International Law, Law Career, Politics, Pop Culture · 4 Comments

Obamania… Mania.. in the House

With the U.S. presidential elections only days away now, it seems we might just have a president that is more popular abroad than he is at home for the first time in many years.

The French are ecstatic, and have high hopes of reverting back to their name for fried shreds of potato.

Other Europeans offer more succinct explanations. Simon Heffer of the Daily Telegraph says,

Many Britons will feel it would be rather nice to have a vote, too. Well, maybe not a whole vote: I would settle for one worth 50 per cent of those cast by American citizens.

Canada is no exception, with “Obamania” sweeping the country. Some Canadian commentators attribute this to an anti-Bush sentiment – frustration with unilateralism and naked self-interests at the rest of the world’s expense.

But Thomas Walkom offers a word of caution,

Which U.S. presidential candidate talks of expanding the war on terror by attacking more countries? If you answered John McCain, you’re wrong. The correct response, of course, is Barack Obama.

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Law is Cool – Podcast #7

By: Law is Cool · January 16, 2008 · Filed Under Podcasts · Comments Off

Show Notes

0:26 Thomas and Omar catch up on the first semester of law, and the absolutely true horror stories of law school

3:10 Thomas and Omar discuss essay option classes

3:50 Thomas and Omar talk about motivation, actually doing assigned work, and study techniques

4:37 Omar talks about the CLawBie Award, and Marie Winfield’s focus on Global Conference on the Prevention of Genocide in Montreal

5:10 Stanley Khaing of UWO interned with Bridges Across Borders in Cambodia working on reconciliation with the Khmer Rouge

Ralph Nader 6:28 Lindsey Aufricht, President of International Law Association at Western, shares her experiences at the Global Conference on the Prevention of Genocide

7:29 Lindsey describes her work in chambers for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

9:45 Ralph Nader describes law as the catalytic profession, because they are not as easily intimidated and they can bring evidence from other fields to advance justice in society

10:32 Ralph Nader speaks on a public philosophy of life and creating a higher estimation of your significance

11:15 Ralph Nader speaks on Canada’s modest self-perception, and his book Canada Firsts, how Canada ranks highest in the world on dozens of issues

12:41 Omar and Thomas introduce Melissa Kluger, whose site was the runner-up for our CLawBie award

13:35: Melissa tells us how the idea for Precedent magazine developed

14:21 Melissa speaks on the transition from blog to magazine, and how it was useful in building relationships with readers

Melissa Kluger 15:14 Melissa shares some of the upcoming content in Precedent magazine, and examples of law and style coming together

16:21 Melissa explains how Precedent magazine can be useful to law students

17:00 Lawyers and students interested in the magazine are encouraged to read the material, and contact them with ideas if interested in getting involved Melissa [at] lawandstyle[dot]ca

17:36 Omar thanks everyone who has made LawIsCool possible: Gary Schlee at Centennial College, Donna Papacosta of Trafalgar Communications, and Terry Fallis and David Jones of Inside PR

18:14 Thomas signs off