How much is 2 + 2?
A businessman was trying to choose a lawyer, but was being very careful about it. He scheduled appointments to interview three lawyers. At the first lawyer’s office, after an initial exchange of pleasantries, the businessman…
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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…
Obama for Prime Minister of Canada in 2010?
It’s far more common to hear speculation about the U.S. absorbing or invading Canada. Now, a former KGB analyst, Igor Panarin, is predicting based on classified information that the financial crisis in the U.S. will…
When the Law is Really More Like a Rule
Ben saw this one in a bathroom in Mazatlan, Mexico. Don’t break the “law”, kids. From the The “Blog†of “Unnecessary†Quotation Marks; h/t Dave Munger of Davidson, NC
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…
Christmas Carols for Human Rights
AWAY IN DETENTION (Away in a Manger) Away in detention, no crib for a bed, The little child refugee lays down her sweet head. The guards look at her through the cracks in the door,…
‘Twas a Night Before Christmas (Legal Version)
Please accept without obligation, express or implied, these best wishes for an environmentally safe, socially responsible, low stress, non-addictive, and gender-neutral celebration of the winter solstice holiday as practiced within the most enjoyable traditions of…
The “Letters” of the Law for 2008
Michael Geist has an article in the Toronto Star on tech related issues from the past year. There was rarely a dull moment over the past twelve months in law and technology with no shortage…
Attention: Lunatic Atheists and Their Lawyers
This is a public service announcement: h/t Michael Lewchuk of Seton Hall
US Lawyers Predict the Future, in a Recession
We previously mentioned the ABA survey on the economy. Well here are the results from the almost 1,500 lawyers who responded.
Broken Links
We’ve upgraded our WordPress platform again. Some of our links have been reformatted, so you may have to update them if you’re pointing to a specific post. And there are some scripting bugs for older…