Western Law hosted a forum on pension reform this past Thursday, featuring community leaders, legal academics, and practitioners. Pension Plan Basics Prof. Robert Brown of the University of Waterloo explained some of the basics behind…
Canadian super-philanthropist Seymour Schulich is donating $20 million to Dalhousie Law School. At least half the money will go toward scholarships, and Schulich hopes that the boost will raise Dal Law’s standing in the annual…
Melissa Kluger of Precedent Magazine stopped by the University of Western Ontario to say hi to a few of the Law is Cool team: Melissa did a podcast with us last year, and Joel contributed…
It’s probably the most stressful part of many law students’ time at law school – the On Campus Interviews (OCIs). The Bitter Lawyer has a 3-part series on OCIs: Part 1 (Partners’ favorite interview questions,…
If you’re just starting law school, law blawgs can be your best friend. In addition to this site, here are 99 other blog posts that you should read to help prepare for your adventure. It…
Devon Moore of the Daily Kos features what he calls, a cesspool of some of the most vile hatred and misinformation on the internet… They range from academics such as Daniel Pipes, self-declared scholars like…
Stop! Runaway! Hide! Alas, students who enter law school later in life tend to be an intrepid lot. They need to be. Law school is tough on everyone but more so on mature students who…
Here’s some good news for you incoming 1Ls. Canada’s recent constitutional decisions by the Supreme Court are so complicated and contradictory, that even the experts cannot identify the overarching principles. Prof. Ed Morgan of UofT…
I’m doing a law program in Israel right now with an interesting guy – Michael Yadegari, a Persian-Jewish law student from Los Angeles who did this program last year. He is currently a JD/MBA student…
First, please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Digal Haio and I am second year law student at Osgoode Hall law school in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. I enjoy working in the fields of…
We’re pleased to announce the 2008 Student Blawger of the Year. The LawIsCool team selects an individual who has made a unique contribution for the past academic year worthy of recognition. This year’s award goes…
Some time in the future, when I weigh all the things Osgoode did to me, the Jurisprudence class I took last year will definitely add a ton to the good-things side of the scales. Taught…
