When the University of Ottawa Campus Conservatives invited U.S. political pundit, Ann Coulter, to speak, they had to know she would attract attention. Coulter has always been outspokenly controversial with her political positions. But it’s…
Here’s an interesting Facebook group that’s popped up: How to Date a 1L: First Year Required Companion Class. For anyone who has been there, you know how bang-on this is. From their wall: Fidelity: •…
The Times Colonist reports that BC’s Ministry of the Attorney-General is launching an action against a former University of Victoria Law student to recover $20,000 in student-aid debt. The student, one Kent Daniel Glowinski, is…
Of interest to law students, from Western News: The Absolute Violation: Why Torture Must be Prohibited by Richard Matthews Is torture ever a justifiable means to an end? Richard Matthews tackles that question at a…
Law students should seriously contemplate their alternatives if ever approached to act as a student prop for the Prime Minister. Not only was the reaction time disappointing, but the lack of empathy and concern expressed…
Sometimes a court case comes along that I simply love. Usually I love a case because it teaches me something about law, or because it is uniquely Canadian, or because it’s worth blogging about. This…
It’s kind of like kiddie soccer.
WikiLeaks, the whistle-blowing website that provides confidential and sensitive documents for free to the media, human rights groups and the public, has been deemed a threat by the US Army. WikiLeaks has been responsible in…
Interesting post at Persuasive Authorities on the implications of Holder v. The Humanitarian Law Project and Al-Haramain v. Bush, These two cases raise some serious issues for lawyers and law professors who provide legal opinion,…
Lawyers, it seems. See more on Hot Air.
A great article just came off the Canadian Press wire. The upshot is that the Canadian government is ignoring the results of social science studies about crime and punishment. Here are some quoteable quotes: Federal…
