Omar Khadr’s Lawyer Dennis Edney Speech at FNC
Omar Khadr’s Lawyer Dennis Edney Speech at FNC from Ezra Winton on Vimeo.
George Stroumboulopoulos and Senator Romeo Dallaire discuss Omar Khadr
The full interview can also be accessed internationally online at http://www.cbc.ca/strombo/videos.html
UWO Law Welcomes AIDWYC @ Western
AIDWYC. Â Does that mean anything to you? I, Ryan Venables, am very please to announce that thanks to Jonathan Thoburn and Lisa Lutwak, a couple of very keen and persistent (that’s a good thing) 1L…
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Drinks were thrown and blood was spilt when two blondes clashed in a bar about who looked best in a silver dress, a jury has been told. Read more at, Two blondes, one dress –…
Law is Cool Podcast Featured in National Newspaper
The Law is Cool podcast, which has run on this site for over three years, was featured this week in The Lawyers Weeekly, one of Canada’s main legal publications. The article interviews Omar Ha-Redeye, the…
IRB Seeks to Halt Investigations
Montreal Gazette » Appointments investigated after serious flaws found in IRB hiring practices: The Public Service Commission is investigating 13 appointments made by the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, some involving its most senior…
So We’re Still Undergrads?
Undergrad degree, check. LSAT, check. Fourteen thousand three hundred and twenty-six dollar tuition, check. Still considered an undergraduate, check. WHAT??!! Still considered an undergrad? Welcome to The University of Western Ontario, where law, dental, medical, and…
Three things to know if you are applying to law school
It’s mid-October. Â I’m halfway through the semester, and a quarter of the way through first-year hell. One of my classmates has taken the liberty of describing what these first six weeks at McGill law have…
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Online Retailer Amazon Scores Victory in Canadian Patent Case
What had become a court case that took over ten years to resolve ended Oct 14 with the online giant Amazon.com emerging victorious. In 1998, Amazon filed to patent its one-click shopping method, which enables…
Managing Client Expectations – The Manifesto
Susan Cartier Liebel has this draft of a manifesto to help manage client expectations: ATTORNEY/CLIENT EXPECTATIONS What You Can Expect From Us Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You. Unless absolutely…