Web Apps for Back to School
Who likes to lug around those big, heavy law textbooks? Not me, that’s for sure. Frederic Lardinois of ReadWriteWeb provides some web applications and plug-in extensions to help reduce the number of books and resources…
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Twist Law Wiki for Case Summaries
My name is Costa Ragas and I’m starting my third year at McGill. Last year I developed a website called Twistlaw.ca. It’s a case summary wiki! Here’s how it works: Step 1: Register & Login…
OHLJ’s Environment Law issue is out
The Summer 2008 issue of the Osgoode Hall Law Journal is out, and it’s completely dedicated to environmental law. Stepan Wood, an associate professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, is the guest editor. Most in…
Get a Head Start in Law School
Here’s an interesting new service. LawPrepPro is offering a pre-law program in the Toronto area. I plan on checking it out and will report back.
Win $2,500 from Privacy Commissioner for Essay
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada launched an essay competition for law students earlier this week. This essay competition is designed to encourage students in law schools and legal studies programs across Canada…
A Canadian Law Student in Florence: Lessons from Europe
Monash University’s faculty of law, based in Australia, has a satellite location in Florence, Italy, where law students have the option of spending a semester. This is quite possibly the best idea I’ve ever heard:…
100 Tips and Resources to be a Happy, Successful Lawyer
Is it possible to be both happy and successful in law? Laura Milligan of Job Profiles thinks so. They wrote in last night and brought an article to our attention that provides tips and other…
Osgoode Francophone Society
Osgoode Hall Law School has had its own Francophone Society since January. We started with a tiny weekly conversation club last year even before officially registering with Legal and Lit. About ten or fifteen French language…
AutoAdmit.com Trolls Identified
In this story from the Washington Post, it was reported that a few individuals were alleged to have identified fellow poster’s actual identity on autoadmit.com, a popular pre-law and student discussion forum in the US….
Last year in Osgoode (and the Law Journal)
I am lucky enough to be a senior editor of the Osgoode Hall Law Journal in the year of its 50th anniversary. To mark this occasion the Journal is publishing a series of special issues…
Two Years of Law School
You heard us whine about the seven year law degree. But now there’s a school in the U.S. with a two year degree. Time This is a five-semester program that will begin in May. The…
Articling is Good for Your Mental Health
Articling is also good for relieving stress. At least that’s what Brian Bell would claim. Bell is CEO of the Windsor Public Library. He accumulated enough sick days to take time off from work. He…