Still Rebuilding
Our audio files are down, and we’re still reconstructing the site after problems last week. We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we make adjustments.
Administrative
More Trolling
We’ve had a number of recent incidents of false front groups posting comments here, a pattern repeated on other sites. Comments are being moderated for review.
Trials of Law School
LawIsCool will be setting up viewings of the The Trials of Law School at select universities across Canada over the next few months. Contact the admin to see how you can set up a viewing…
Maybe they Wannabe Cool Too
The administrator of this site informed us today that, based on posting patterns, content, and [lack of] use of validated accounts, he has reason to believe that someone is impersonating this site. He has theories…
Technical Difficulties
We are experiencing some technical difficulties on the site. If you are having any problems, please contact us at admin [at] law is cool [dot] com.
Law is Cool wins Clawbie Award
The Canadian Law Blog Awards (CLawBies) has identified this site for the Legal Culture Award: 3) Legal Culture Award – LawisCool.com – This group of Canadian law student bloggers has offered up some great commentary…
ABA Blawg Directory
The American Bar Association (ABA) Journal has a directory of blawgs in the U.S. Although the listings are obviously with an American focus, they do have some valuable resources.
Party of Appointment, Gender & Court Outcomes
The study by Professors James Stribopoulos of UofT, and Moin Yahya of UofA, has finally been published. Law is Cool did a post that cited their work while it was still underway, and commented on…
Protecting Minorities in Canada from Free Speech
We’ve had over two thousand new visitors in the past 24 hours. We can track how people get to our site, so we know they are mostly readers of Mark Steyn or affiliated sites. Part…
Steyn responds to Law is Cool
As expected, Mark Steyn has responded within a day to Daniel Simard‘s last post on hate speech in Maclean’s. Perhaps not as expected, he makes some snide remarks about the Canadian Human Rights Commission. But…
Remove child from stroller before folding
Negligence, which comprises over 90% contemporary Torts actions, goes through a cyclical process of expanding and narrowing of liability. The Wacky Warnings website does a parody of this, demonstrating how fear of liability in the…
Pre-exam slowdown
As our team of first-year Canadian law students approach their first exams in law school, ever, the site will present content with less frequency. You can expect an additional podcast for the year of 2007,…