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Law is Cool – Podcast #1

Show Notes (12:04 total running time) o:17 – Thomas Wisdom and Omar Ha-Redeye introduce themselves 0:35 – Thomas and Omar explain the purpose of the blog and podcast 2:15 – Maclean’s magazine controversy discussed 5:11…


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CBA Responds to Slayton

Update Jordan Furlong, Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA), sent us a comment that the CBA has provided a response to the Slayton interview. CBA President J. Parker MacCarthy stated, “By cherry-picking the worst…



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Happy, Healthy, and Ethical

Money, Sex and Madness Maclean’s interviewed Philip Slayton, author of a new book entitled Lawyers Gone Bad: Money, Sex and Madness in Canada’s Legal Profession, for the August edition of the magazine. An excerpt from…


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Problem-Based Learning of Law

PBL Around the World Using the participatory learning model introduced previously is not something new. Legal educators have been promoting the technique across the world, and it is especially prominent in European schools. The UK…


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Why Blawg at all?

Isn’t the life of a law student already hectic and busy enough as it is? Why on earth would anyone want to post material on the Internet for others to read or listen to? And…


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Disclaimer

Like any blawgger (a law blogger) worth their salt, this site should start with a proper disclaimer, so here we go: The contents of this site are provided for general information only, and is not…


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Advertise Here

LawIsCool provides logos and linkings to our many partners that make this site possible. We are always willing to consider linking to your law-related site as well, and are quite reasonable and flexible with our…


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About Law Is Cool

Law Is Cool is a new blog and podcast addressing issues related to law school and the legal field with a Canadian focus. The next few months will largely be preparation and construction of the…