Pre-Law Books
Looking to whet your appetite for law school, or do some reading to get you mentally psyched? There are plenty of commercial books on the market, and here are a few we came across. Law…
Film: “Trials of Law School”
Ever wonder what it’s like to go through law school? A new film, released this summer, follows the life of eight students at the University of Oklahoma to answer that exact question. The movie runs…
First Year Classes
Most law schools have a standardized curriculum for first year law students. Electives, which allow students to specialize further, are taken in the second and third years. First year classes typically cover the following subjects:…
Class Action over Agent Orange to Proceed
Canadian soldiers have launched a class-action lawsuit for exposure to Agent Orange between 1956 and 2004. Agent 00range No, it’s not a James Bond character or the antagonist in a bad spy novel. Agent Orange…
Podcast Directory
Directory of Law is Cool podcasts Law is Cool – Episode #10 Law is Cool – Episode #9 Law is Cool – Podcast #8 Law is Cool – Episode #7 Law is Cool – Podcast…
2007 Census – Law Profs Blogging
Dan Solove, associate professor at George Washington School of Law, has compiled his annual survey of Law Professors blogging in the U.S. The survey, available on his Concurring Opinions blog, revealed that as expected blawging…
Vote Dilution means Minorities Have Less Voice
Not All Votes are Equal A study by University of Toronto Professor Sujit Choudhry and J.D. student Michael Pal released earlier this year by the Institute for Research on Public Policy found that under the…
Law is Cool – Podcast #1
Show Notes (12:04 total running time) o:17 – Thomas Wisdom and Omar Ha-Redeye introduce themselves 0:35 – Thomas and Omar explain the purpose of the blog and podcast 2:15 – Maclean’s magazine controversy discussed 5:11…
CBA Responds to Slayton
Update Jordan Furlong, Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA), sent us a comment that the CBA has provided a response to the Slayton interview. CBA President J. Parker MacCarthy stated, “By cherry-picking the worst…
Limits on Freedom of Speech
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Happy, Healthy, and Ethical
Money, Sex and Madness Maclean’s interviewed Philip Slayton, author of a new book entitled Lawyers Gone Bad: Money, Sex and Madness in Canada’s Legal Profession, for the August edition of the magazine. An excerpt from…
Much More than Moolah
The Allure of Bay Street Many aspiring lawyers these days seem to have interest in the field because they believe it to be especially lucrative. Specifically, myths abound about the prospects on Bay Street law…