A Legal Student – Then and Now
It’s a lot of tuition, and even more hard work. But the journey to be a lawyer in Canada just might be worth it. In my column of this week’s Lawyers Weekly I ask the…
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Presentation on Free Legal Resources
Here’s a presentation of some tools and resources available which might be useful for law students and small firms looking to keep costs down:
OMG! Law Talk Episode 2
Law Blawgers Omar Ha-Redeye, Michael Carabash and Garry J. Wise return with Episode 2 of OMG! Law Talk. THIS WEEK ON OMG! – ·Google Juice ·Law Firm Public Relations Strategies ·Getting Legal Information Online ·Blogging…
Luigi Benetton on Collaboration Systems
In his regular column for Lawyers Weekly Magazine, freelance technology writer Luigi Benetton has a piece in the Aug. 21, 2009 issue on drafting and editing documents in real-time. He discusses real-time applications like NetMeeting,…
Sick of Printed Ontario Reports Yet?
Michael Carabash of Dynamic Lawyers has this skit on why we need to go digital. Michel-Adrien Sheppard, also known as Library Boy, agrees – and says it applies equally to other provinces.
Canadian / US Law Outline Wiki
A new Wikipedia-type site for law outlines has been created by law students at Queen’s University. Law students across Canada and the USA can post to the wiki, which works just like Wikipedia; anybody can…
It’s Official: E-Laws Printouts are Good Law!
Mr. Wisdom has pointed out how reliant we soon-to-be-lawyers are on technology. I, like him, cannot imagine living without CanLII, electronic library catalogs, and e-laws. However, there has always been an undercurrent of resistance to…
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…
UofO Law Students File Against Facebook
We’ve talked about how litigious law students can be, but these four Canadians from the University of Ottawa recently filed a complaint against Facebook to the Federal Privacy Commissioner. One of the students, Harley Finkelstein,…
Docstoc for Online Collaboration
Although law school is highly competitive (mostly for marks), those that collaborate usually do get ahead. Online and Internet technologies are greatly facilitating collaborative learning in law. This site, which draws from first-year students at…
Statute Citator on LexisNexis Canada
LexisNexis has a new feature, QuickCITE™, which will help interpreting statutes. See the announcement here.  Thanks to Steve Matthews for the heads up.
2007 International Privacy Ranking
Privacy International and Electronic Privacy Information Center recently published their 2007 privacy rankings of the state of surveillance and privacy protection in 70 countries. Prof. Simon Fodden of Osgoode Hall comments on Slaw, Clearly intended…