A Glimpse into Future Recruitment: Got Game?
You may think that I’m playing with you, but a Dutch law firm – Houthoff Buruma – uses “The Game” to separate the wheat from the chaff in terms of graduating law students in the…
EU Arms Exports to Libya
Complete table data here. Seumas Milne: The “responsibility to protect” invoked by those demanding intervention in Libya is applied so selectively that the word hypocrisy doesn’t do it justice. And the idea that states which…
The Kidd’s Case Against Ashcroft
Today, the court hears Abdullah al-Kidd’s case against John Ashcroft over the Bush administration’s detention practices Abdullah al-Kidd wasn’t what I expected when I met him on February 14 in a conference room at a…
Show Me Ghadafi’s Money
Where is Gadhafi’s money? See Slate on whether the U.S. can now spend this money any way they want.
Are You Considering Law School? Here are Some Helpful Online Resources
Thinking about becoming a lawyer? Then did you know it’s illegal in Victoria, British Columbia for street musicians to give balloon animals to children? Did you know that Canada’s criminal code states that anyone “offending…
You’re not the boss of me
Audrey Macklin and Lorne Waldman explain the concept of judicial independence to Jason Kenney: “In a speech to the University of Western Ontario’s law faculty last week, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney launched an attack on…
Intervenors for Insite
IHRA joins International Coalition Intervening to save Vancouver Safe-Injection Site: An international coalition of harm reduction experts — comprised of the International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA), the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, and CACTUS Montréal —…
SCC on Funding Orders
Funding orders must be exceptional, says the Supreme Court: ‘For the first time the Supreme Court has ruled that superior courts are empowered to order governments to fund public interest litigation before statutory courts and…
Green Lantern?
This is a link to the latest post at my website. Â Here is the London Free Press story I think this is very important for people to know… especially in Ontario. Â Read this, and you…
Clients Don’t Care Where you Went to Law School
Via Matt Homann at the [non] billable hour:
Madinat al-Autocrat the Ultimate Destination for Dicatators
Via the Pan-Arabian Enquirer: JEDDAH: Saudi officials yesterday unveiled plans for a dedicated residential resort set to house deposed dictators, and rolled out the carpet for more of the world’s despots who might be forced…