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Osgoode Mock Trial 2008 LawyerBear Trailer Park Boys at CLASP Biller Summary for Torts Attack of the Killer Summary Evidence Jersey Style No Business Like No Business
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University of Alberta Videos
Carbolic Smoke Ball 2008 The legend of the McLean Reading Room. President Mandamus and the brave half dozen or so defend the Weir Memorial Library from SNAIL intrusion Part 1 Part 2 Carbolic 2008 –…
University of Saskatchewan Videos
Legal Follies 2008 King of Torts intervention: law school
How do you Counsel a Distraught Client?
We asked some of our contacts the following questions: When doing your client intakes, how do you deal with a client that is distraught and troubled over their situation? Is it appropriate to to counsel…
Alumni Consultation Next for Western’s JD Proposal
by Alex Dimson (from the February Issue of Nexus, Western Law’s Student Newspaper) Western Law has begun to discuss with alumni the possibility of changing to a Juris Doctor (JD) degree after students voted decisively…
Law is Frugal
Most of the critique around law school center on the crushing debt students will incur. A lawyer collegue of mine (they seem to abound) once warned me, Live like a lawyer when you are a…
Planning, not Stressing, over your Career
As law students progress through their second semester of school, they invariably worry about obtaining a summer job after their first year. Andre Bacchus, former Acting Director of the Career Development Office at Osgoode Hall…
First-Year Law Student Teaches Ethics to Chinese Delegation
(reproduced with the author’s permission) First-Year Law Student Teaches Ethics to Chinese Delegation TORONTO – Omar Ha-Redeye, a law student at the University of Western Ontario, presented a seminar on ethical behaviour in disasters to…
MIT: Intro to Copyright Law (US)
Massacussetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has a free open course available on Introduction to Copyright Law. Although the course content has an American focus, there are considerable implications between intellectual property and NAFTA. The course…
(Relationship) Advice to Law Students
If I could give one piece of advice to my fellow law students it would be: When you go to moot, don’t forget your suit. If I could give two pieces of advice I would…
Practicing Attorneys Don’t Make that Kind of Money
The Wall Street Journal blog interviewed Kirsten Wolf, what they describe as a law-school “naysayer.” They asked her how she liked law school, and although she liked the intellectual aspects of it, she disliked the…
No More Articling?
It’s possible. This report is considering three options for the future in Ontario: The Status Quo – Continue with articling, but make it clear that the Law Society makes no guarantees that students will find…