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…
First OHS Fatal Negligence Conviction
A new positive duty to take reasonable steps to prevent bodily harm was added to the Criminal Code in 2004 under Bill C-45. Transpavé Inc. is the first company to be convincted under these new…
Athens Petitions PSC to Add Sparta to Entities
The city-state of Athens has petitioned Public Safety Canada to add Sparta to it’s list of terrorist entities. The list can be found under the Criminal Code, as enabled by the Anti-Terrorism Act. 83.05 (1)…
Defending Liebeck v. McDonald’s
The scope of negligence in tort law expands and contracts over time. One of the landmark cases in product liability, Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants, has received much criticism as a frivolous lawsuit, and has been…
Careers in Labour Law
A panel of experts spoke at the University of Western Ontario on careers in labour law on Feb. 14, 2008.
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…
Crack Tax “Unfair” to Pushers
Gov. Spitzer of New York has proposed a state tax on drug dealers that would exempt from criminal prosecution. An agreement of confidentiality would also be issued to the dealer, …none of the information may…
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…
Regional Discrimination in Immigration
Wait times are up. And no, we’re not talking about health care. Liberal MP Jim Karygiannis reports that applications for immigrations have increased by 20 per cent since 2004. But what’s worse is that the…