Building Careers in Health Law
Building Careers in Health Law: Inaugural Event of the HLSA at UofO by Natasha Danson and Darcy Ammerman of UofO Law Health law is an emerging and exciting field in Canada. The Health Law Student…
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My Race to the Finish
By Dany Horovitz Whenever anyone asks me what the difference is between an MBA and a JD for a joint degree student, I tell them that an MBA is more much more intense, and a…
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,…
Osgoode Picket Site
They have a site. You can even sign-up for a shift to picket. The pay isn’t great, You are expected to take on FIVE 4 hour shifts per week (20 hours) in order to receive…
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…
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…
Strike Confirmed at York
Last night at around 11 p.m. the strike at York University was confirmed. The union began their strike today. Resources: Strike cancels classes at York University (The Star) Classes cancelled at York University as strike…
CIRA, whois and IP Osgoode
Check out my post about CIRA’s ‘whois’ policy on the recently launched IP Osgoode wesbite. I wrote it as an assignment for my IP law class with professor D’Agostino.
Yet Another Strike at York University (and Osgoode Hall)?
On November 6 at 12:01am, the York University community could experience its third strike (pun intended) in just over a decade. All three Unit Members represented by CUPE 3903, which include approximately 950 contract faculty,…
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….
SNAIL Offences Act
Thomas Wisdom and I were discussing the issue of Students Not Actually In Law (SNAILs), and how the phenomenon seems prevalent across different law schools. He mentioned a post on Slaw by Simon Fodden from…