Broken Links
We’ve upgraded our WordPress platform again. Some of our links have been reformatted, so you may have to update them if you’re pointing to a specific post. And there are some scripting bugs for older…
Administrative
Welcoming Will McNair
Will McNair is a second-year law student at Osgoode Hall. He has a BA in History from Huron University College at UWO. He’s been posting on How the Other Half. Will caught my eye with…
Welcoming Aditya Swarup
Aditya Swarup is originally from Bangalore, India, and is in the 2010 class of NALSAR University in Hyderabad. He’s on exchange right now at the University of Western Ontario and was kind enough to help…
Technical Difficulties
Some readers are reporting difficulties with the site, so please be patient while we look into it. Update Problem seems to be resolved for now. It appears as if it may be from high traffic…
Don’t Freak Out, It’s Only Law School.
It’s exam time again. The pressure is on – yet again. Don’t freak out, it’s only law school. Hahahahaha or should I say Muwhahahahaha I know what you are thinking: ‘he is either a masochist…
Maisonneuve Article Online
We’ve mentioned several times now the piece by Pearl Eliadis on Human Rights Commissions in the Montreal magazine Maisonneuve. The article is now available online.
Vote for Law is Cool!
Law is Cool has been nominated for the Canadian Blog Awards. You can vote for us here: Best Group Blog Best Professional Blog One of our contributors, Devin Johnston, can also be found here: Best…
Welcoming Dany Horovitz and Darcy Ammerman
Law is Cool is forever growing and expanding. We welcome our two newest contributors, Dany Horovitz of the University of Western Ontario, and Darcy Ammerman of the University of Ottawa. Dany Horovitz is in his…
ABA Journal Survey on the Economy
The ABA Journal asked us to post a survey on the state of the economy and the current job market for lawyers. The results will be posted in their January issue. You can help them…
Mister Thorne on How Lawyers Write
One of our readers, Mister Thorne, wrote in to us about a recent legal writing cartoon we posted earlier this week (the (new) legal writer also picked up on it). He pointed out an article…
Closure to the Free Speech Debate?
We are fairly confident that many of our readers are well aware that the CIC v. Maclean’s case has been officially closed (at least at this point in time; an appeal is still a legal…
Law is Cool Makes CBC News
We’ve been covered in local papers before, and frequently cited in other blogs. But Law is Cool just made CBC News. You can see the link to here from Ormiston Online‘s page on bloggers. Check…