First Law of Debate
First Law of Debate: Never argue with a fool – people might forget who’s who.
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AdviceScene Offers Free Legal Info from Practicing Lawyers
LawIsCool has recently begun a partnership with AdviceScene.com. The site is an online forum that provides resources to both lawyers and members of the lay public. Founded earlier this year by Nancy Kinney, an entrepreneur…
Education Equity Award for Ontario Law Students
The following was sent to us by Western Law admin staff. Posted because it may be of interest to Ontario law students. PURPOSE: To encourage diversity and the attainment of equity in legal education and…
Working on Briefs
Can Someone Say Spoliation of Evidence?
What do you call it when you destroy 92 interview tapes? (And what do you say when you previously claimed there were only 2?)
Law School Scam?
This is hardly an endorsement, but rather fodder for discussion. Probably produced by one of those “unsuccessful” lawyers.
Is Someone Going to Kill you with a Piece of Macaroni?
Okay, I can understand banning guns, rockets, even fertilizer… but macaroni? State Department spokesman Robert Wood: Aid should never be used as a political weapon.
Rethinking Afghanistan
See the Brave New Foundation’s site and blog.
Ret. Judge Paul Staniszewski Espouses Clear Hatred
Paul Staniszewski was a graduate of Osgoode Hall in 1954. He practiced law for 13 years until he was appointed as a federal judge in 1967. Several law school scholarships were set up in his…
Proposition 8 Maps on Who Donated
With privacy issues dominating the blawgosphere this week, here is an interesting development that might raise some eyebrows. Proposition 8, which prohibited same-sex marriage in California in the last federal election in the U.S., has…
Should Public Television be Supporting Hate Speech?
Earlier today Warren Kinsella pointed out that Steve Paikin’s The Agenda will be having a very interesting guest on their show. One who, without question, clearly promotes hatred for racial/ethnic minorities, the disabled, and the…
What’s Behind the Veil of Justice?
An abridged version of this piece was published today in the Toronto Star. Reproduced here for interest with permission of the author, all rights reserved. Veils and justice February 04, 2009 Faisal Kutty Here they…