10 Things You Shouldn’t Put in an E-mail
Roger Mathus of Death by Email quotes Elizabeth Charnock, CEO of Cataphora on 10 things you should probably never write in an e-mail: “I could get into trouble for telling you this, but…” “Delete this…
Law Career
7 Ways To Lose An Argument Before It’s Started
Jonathan Fields provides 7 things you don’t want to do if you want to win an argument. For most advocates, that’s usually an important thing: Don’t Attack Don’t fail to acknowledge and validate another person’s…
Life Beyond OCI – Not the Only Option
On Nov. 14, the Career Services office at UWO Law held a session On Campus Interviews – Not the Only Option. Some of our contributors attended and provided their notes from the event below. There…
Meeting the Man Behind “Lawyers are Rats”
After gaining a hard-earned acceptance to law school, there’s nothing like walking into your first day and having your future existence branded as being on a par with that of malign, dirty rodents. Last summer,…
Great Reasons Why Every Law Student Should Blog
To follow-up on our previous post about the benefits of legal writing – and blogging in particular – I found this rather timely post over at The Frugal Law Student. Brett McKay writes: Blogging has…
No OCI Call-Back?
Don’t sweat it. Here’s some real world for you and the other 90% of your class.
Obama Win Might be a Boon for Law Firms
Carolyn Elefant thinks that some law firms are going to see a major increase in business as a result of this week’s election. Obama is expected to increase regulation in a number of areas, including…
Confessions of an Obamaniac in Canada
Obamania… Mania.. in the House With the U.S. presidential elections only days away now, it seems we might just have a president that is more popular abroad than he is at home for the first…
Economic Downturns Might Mean Less Summer Hires
Here’s a tip today for OCIs (on campus interviews) from Dan Slater of WSJ Law Blog. If a firm offers you a position, take it up ASAP. There might not be many to go around….
Jobs for Law Grads
US law students are worried about jobs after the best job market in 20 years starts heading down. Should we be too?
And the Layoffs Continue…
Jules Melnitzer comments on the Legal Post on the mass firings of lawyers in the U.S. Will it come to Canada if our economy goes their way too?
Osgoode Looking to Undergo Makeover
“I was practically embarrassed to see such a horrible looking building,†[business leader and philanthropist, Ignat Kaneff, said] of his visit to the school where his daughter, Kristina, is a student. “It was awful.†Many…