We’ve talked about how litigious law students can be, but these four Canadians from the University of Ottawa recently filed a complaint against Facebook to the Federal Privacy Commissioner. One of the students, Harley Finkelstein,…
How to Get a Law Job Dear <Firm’s name>, Thank you for your letter of . After careful consideration I regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me…
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…
The video is hard to turn away from. A sobbing 16-year-old sits in her bedroom and, staring into a camera, says she has been raped. This is how CNN covers a story of a 16-year…
Warren Winkler, chief justice of the Ontario Court of Appeal, raises the issue in today’s Star of the problem of access in our justice system due to rising costs and lengthening delays. He identifies measures…
We’ve all been waiting for this since forever. The understandably busy articling students from Osgoode Hall make time to debate Mark Steyn on TVO. A point of note: the poster of the videos introduces them…
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…
A parody of the Nigerian e-mail frauds in reference to the Conservative Elections Scandal, Courtesy of Calgary Grit: From: Conservative Headquarters To: Conservative Candidates Date: December 2, 2005 Subject: Urgent Request Dearest Candidate, Good morning,…
Sometimes when you’re studying for law exams, you’ll do everything you can to avoid actually reading the text.
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…
When “free speechers” publish letters by lawyers or put legal proceedings online, they themselves are attacking free speech by attempting to intimidate legal proceedings.
From Utah Law.
