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Law is Cool – Podcast #8
Show Notes (Total running time 24:19) 0:14 Jacob Kaufman and Omar Ha-Redeye introduce themselves 0:25 Jacob mentions Canadian Lawyer’s listing of Law is Cool as the Top Ten of the Canadian Blawgosphere 0:52 Omar congratulates…
UBC Videos
Law Revue 2008 Wet Hot Valedictorian Summer Thanks to Mike Berger of UBC for the heads up.
Product Placement in Popular Culture – Entertainment of Persuasion?
Ethics at Ryerson Speaker Series November 15, 2007, Noon – 1pm: “Advertising, Branding, Intellectual Property Issues Across the Professions” Product Placement in Popular Culture – Entertainment of Persuasion? Dr. Melanie Dempsey, Ted Rogers School…
ON Tory: “KKK White Power”
Justin Morris, a member of the Ryerson University Conservative Club, sent an e-mail to Heather Kere, the vice-president of education at Ryerson. But Kere is also a member of the United Black Students of Ryerson….
Everyone Pretends
Legally Rude – Jerks of the Web
Although we’ve discussed briefly boundaries that bloggers often cross, in addition to libel and slander, lawyers are not immune from offensive behaviour either. ABC Nightline covered a story of a 24 year-old Boston lawyer who…
High Demand and Rapid Growth Areas in Law
Starting out our legal career many students wonder what areas of law will experience the greatest growth, because demand often translates into stable work. We asked some of our contacts what they thought, and this…
The Law Accordion (sic) To Hanson Bridgett
One of our readers, Dave Burns of Hanson Bridgett in San Francisco, contacted us yesterday and said, In November, I wrote and directed a short video for the San Francisco law firm Hanson Bridgett, which…
Canada Law Videos 2008
Law students across Canada have created videos and skits. We’ve posted a few of these here on this site. And if you know of others we have missed, be sure to let us know. University…
LawIsCool hits Top 10 in Canada
Gerry Blackwell of Canadian Lawyer just named this site one of the “Luminaries of the Canadian blawgosphere.” Criteria he used in his selection include: consistency of posting (weekly minimum) lively and well designed brevity…
Virtual Genocide in the U.S.
Between Jan. 2004-Sept. 2005, the U.S. government killed 23,366 American citizens, 1,100 people a month, or more than 35 a day. On paper that is. Social Security erroneously recorded the people as deceased, much to…