Why Do Law Student Blogs Struggle in the Long-Term?
A couple weeks ago, Orin Kerr of the Volokh Conspiracy raised the issue of what he perceived as the decline of law student blogs. We know the folks at Volokh focus on American content, so…
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Law 101 for Health Care Professionals
Fourth post in a series on the First Annual Interprofessional Health Law Conference. Elyse Sunshine of Gardiner Roberts provided health care professionals the basics of the regulatory scheme governing the health sector in Ontario.
Sysomos Has Your Info, and Has Some Interesting Results
Yesterday, Nicole Baute of the Toronto Star covered a new social networking analysis company, Sysomos. The Canadian company gathers data from Twitter, Facebook, and 30 million blogs. Yes, 30 million. It’s a new start-up by…
The Harm Reduction Controversy & Injection Sites
Third post in a series on the First Annual Interprofessional Health Law Conference. The harm reduction panel spoke about strategies for reducing communicable diseases. Most of the discussion focused on the controversy over injection sites….
Law Students Can Network with Lawyrs
Devin Johnston, a second-year law student at the University of Manitoba, predicts the death of Facebook within three years. A major reason is alternative social media platforms that will compete with it more effectively. I’ve…
The Values and Ethics of Euthanasia
Second post in a series on the First Annual Interprofessional Health Law Conference. The euthanasia panel started off with Bob Parke, an ethicist with Humber River Regional Hospital. The discussion over euthanasia is often a…
Dr. Sarita Verma at the Health Law Conference
First post in a series on the First Annual Interprofessional Health Law Conference. Dr. Sarita Verma, Deputy Dean of Graduate Postgraduate education at UofT Medicine, is a family physician who originally trained as a lawyer…
First Annual Interprofessional Health Law Conference
The First Annual Interprofessional Health Law Conference is being held this morning at UofT law. The session is being broadcasted live to viewers across the world. Notes from the session can be found below. Dr….
Strange B&E May Signal Growing Practice Area
Police are chasing a man in Cairns, Australia for breaking and entering into a store and stealing their toys. He’s suspected of several break-ins at a s similar store in the city. But these stores…
YouTube Video Entered as Evidence in B.C. Trial
The B.C. Supreme Court entered a YouTube video of a Victoria man yesterday, the first time the Crown has done so in that province. “AR-15 Makes Swiss Cheese Out of a Couch,” now removed from…
Could Osgoode Law Students Sue Over Strike?
Most of our readers would be aware of the ongoing strike at York University led by CUPE 3903. York administrators have also indicated serious financial difficulties. What people may not have realized is that the…
10 Things You Won’t Learn in Law School
Gideon at a public defender, a popular Connecticut criminal law blog, told me recently, Whatever your professor tells you, do the opposite. I thought the statement was slightly extreme, but I did ask him what…