George Akerlof on Identity Economics
George Akerlof, a Nobel Prize winner in Economics, spoke recently at UWO Law on Identity Economics. See more about the event on the UWO Law webpage.
Exam Time Slow-Down
It’s that time of year again, so the frequency of posts will slow for the next couple weeks. Bear with us if it take some time for your comments to get approved as well.
The Solution to Climate Change is Texting
The Making of “Family Matters with Justice Harvey Brownstone”
Last weekend I had the opportunity to participate in the filming of “Family Matters with Justice Harvey Brownstone,” a new online television show featuring Justice Harvey Brownstone of the Ontario Court of Justice. Justice Brownstone…
NumbSkull News Episode 1
A fun re-enactment of a criminal being a numbskull.
George Lucas Doesn’t Like Legal Bloggers…
Ewok! At times I feel like legal blogging is like Mark Hamill’s career. It will lead to Broadway and cartoon voiceovers rather than Bay Street or serious advocacy. I look after my brother who is…
Bilingualism and the Supreme Court
As reported by the Globe and Mail, a bill requiring that all future Supreme Court justices be bilingual was passed last week and now awaits Senate approval. The private member’s Bill C-232, tabled by NDP…
Legal Fools Abound
It’s not unknown for bloggers to take opportunity of April 1 to do something humorous, and this year is no exception. Mashable provides their list of the best April’s Fools day pranks. You might need…
Why Québéc Cannot and Should not Ban the Niqab
An article jointly written by David Shulman and Lawrence Gridin Last week the government of Québéc announced that it would restrict female Muslims from covering their faces with the niqab.  This article is about the fundamental…
York U Rapist Appears Unrepentant
Want to get lucky with a couple of Jewish guys? Those are words that will probably haunt several York students for the rest of their lives. On Sept. 6, 2007, many York University students were…
Discussing Quan v. Cusson and Grant v. Torstar
The Ontario Bar Association (OBA) Young Lawyers Division has an interesting article by Karen Perron of Merovitz Potechin LLP discussing an event they held with Wendy Wagner of Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP and Ron Caza…
Jedi Freedom of Religion
Food for thought: Is being a Jedi a sufficient “nexus with religion” (see Syndicat Northcrest v. Amselem, [2004] 2 SCR 551) to invoke freedom of religion protection? The Guardian reports of a Jedi Knight refused…