Court rules US not “Safe Country”
The Safe Third Country Agreement was struck down yesterday in Federal Court. The U.S. was the only country under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act designated as a safe country. The agreement stated that a…
Articles by Law is Cool
Even God doesn’t think he’s a lawyer.
An oldie but goodie: What’s the difference between a lawyer and God? God doesn’t think he’s a lawyer. And a follow-up by Eduardo J. Couture (1904-1956), who taught law at University of Montevideo in Uruguay…
Healthy Canadian Refugee Law
Sarah Boyd of UofT Law raises some interesting issues with the Laibar Singh case on Thinking Out Loud. Singh is a 48-year man from India who entered Canada on a forged passport in 2003. But…
Cherniak “Shames” B’nai Brith Canada
Jason Cherniak has some sharp critique for B’nai Brith Canada. He says on his blog, If you read this article in the Canadian Jewish News, you will learn that B’nai Brith Canada is expelling 12…
Canada puts US on Torture Watchlist
The Canadian Foreign Ministry produced a training manual that has Guantanamo Bay on its sites of torture spots. The document goes further, and lists the U.S. as a potential site for torture, along with Iran,…
Devil’s Advocate
Your Only Friend in Law School…
…are course outlines, what many of us call summaries or Condensed Annotated NoteS (CANS). LawIsCool tries to be your friend by providing the only centralized collection of all the online summaries in Canada (that we…
Law is Cool – Podcast #7
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…
Still Rebuilding
Our audio files are down, and we’re still reconstructing the site after problems last week. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we make adjustments.
Critical Mood on Toronto 18
On June 2nd, 2006, 18 people in Toronto were arrested on terrorism charges. Several have since been released on bail or had the proceedings stayed. But activists have issues with the proceedings and treatment of…
More Trolling
We’ve had a number of recent incidents of false front groups posting comments here, a pattern repeated on other sites. Comments are being moderated for review.
More Aboriginals Shouldn’t Mean More Problems
The Globe and Mail reported today a 45% increase in Aboriginal populations over the past decade. Nunavut has the highest birthrate in the country, and also the highest proportion of Aboriginals at 85%. But many…