Articles by Devin Johnston

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Law is Cool Podcast – Episode #16

Alternative Lawyer Jobs On today’s show Omar Ha-Redeye interviews Stephen Fine, creator of Alternative Lawyer Jobs. They discussed how many law school graduates and practising lawyers are looking for careers that are slightly off the…


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Students Systemically Denied the Right to Vote

Surely the most important story of Tuesday night’s election was the record low turnout, estimated at 59.1%. So low was the turnout that the Conservatives, Liberals, Bloc Québecois, and NDP all lost votes in absolute…


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Law is Cool Podcast – Episode #15

Is the current federal election illegal? That’s what Ottawa-based non-profit Democracy Watch is alleging in an Application for Judicial Review that it filed in the Federal Court of Canada. The allegation is that the Conservative…


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Law is Cool – Podcast #14

A stir was created in the federal election when a group of progressive voters started a Facebook group to facilitate vote swapping. Elections Canada investigated the matter and concluded that vote swapping is legal, but…


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Law is Cool – Podcast #13

In this episode, Omar Ha-Redeye interviewed Caitlin Rose, a summering student with Fasken Martineau. A recent graduate of the McGill Faculty of Law, Caitlin was a co-founding Executive Editor of the McGill Journal of Law…


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Law is Cool – Podcast #12

In my first podcast for Law is Cool, I had a conference call with Dr. Sam Trosow and a group of political bloggers about copyright and Bill C-61. They are concerned about the impact of…