Free Mumia – Not an American Gangster
Fry That What? The case of Mumia Abu Jamal, on death row in Pennsylvania for killing a white police officer in 1981, is raising some interesting issues surrounding jury selection. The court found that the…
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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…
Free to Attack Marginalized Groups
The Ahenakew affair: a bad law, an opportunity missed By Marjaleena Repo The David Ahenakew Affair, after five years in the courts, has sprung back with full force after the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations…
A Fantastic Copyright Finally Paying Big
The largest copyright infringement payment in Korea was recently passed down. A Korean music company, Fantom Entertainment Group, has been ordered by Judge Gu Hoe-geun the Seoul Central District Court to pay 300 Million Korean…
Got Summaries?
Exam time treat. Here are some resources our team has collected: Manitoba Law Students Association McGill Osgoode Hall (Legal and Literary Society) UBC (UBC Law Society) UofM (Courtesy Ed Chan) University of Ottawa (Common Law…
LSUC Seeking Consultation on Articling Reforms
 We previously mentioned some of the articling reforms under consideration in Ontario. The Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) is holding a townhall meeting on the articling requirements of the licensing process. Details below.
Scientific Ecumentalism
Chris Blattman, an Assistant Professor of Political Science & Economics at Yale University, and a Visiting Fellow at the Center for Global Development, has an interesting post on some of his recent work in West…
Osgoode Launches Online Journal
Free online law journals is something we all want in the blawgosphere. Well, Osgoode Hall is delivering with its new Osgoode Hall Review of Law and Policy. As a Canadian student-edited publication with student articles,…
Not Cool to Segregate Gay Dead
That’s what a cemetary in Copenhagen is proposing. They’ve set aside a specific area of the cemetary for gay people, based on requests of a gay advocacy group called Regnbuen (Rainbow). Matt Guerrin disagrees. Read…
ON Human Rights Commission Condemns Islamophobia
Although the OHRC decided not to hear the complaint against Maclean’s, they have issued a strong condemnation of Islamophobia in the media. The Human Rights Code in Ontario covers: (1) goods, services and facilities (2)…
Wounder of Rivers Seeks Refuge in Canada
Rabbi Elior Chen fled Israel to hide in Canada. Not because he was being persecuted in his country of origin, as so many others do, nor was he claiming to flee a war-torn area. Chen…
Open Discussion with Michael Geist
The CBC is hosting a live open discussion with Dr. Michael Geist, law professor at the University of Ottawa and author of the Michael Geist blog. An example of some of the issues raised include:…