DoJ (US) Launches Mounted Prosecutors
Well it’s twice as nice when the Onion covers legal issues a second time in two weeks. The Department of Justice is considering going the way of the Canadian Mounties, and launching a division of…
“We Object!” – The Impossibility of Satisfying Everybody
As everyone probably knows by now, Osgoode Hall Law School at York University has resumed classes despite the ongoing strike by CUPE 3903. On top of the obvious controversy a move like this will stir…
Don’t Freak Out, It’s Only Law School.
It’s exam time again. The pressure is on – yet again. Don’t freak out, it’s only law school. Hahahahaha or should I say Muwhahahahaha I know what you are thinking: ‘he is either a masochist…
Social Media and Blogs Banned for Lawyers?
Apparently these fears have arisen in the U.S. in the past. A new case in Louisiana objects to advertising rules that would take effect in November 2009. The Wolfe Law Group, L.L.C., who appear to…
Stuff Lawyers Like
We’ve heard of sites like Stuff White People Like, which in turn led to a number of spin-offs like Stuff Black People Love and Stuff Educated Latinos Like. Perhaps safer ground than engraining racial-based stereotypes…
Classes Resume at Osgoode Hall
Today York University’s Executive Committee of Senate approved the Remediation Plan put forth by Dean Monahan which will permit Osgoode Hall to resume classes on December 1 for all LL.B courses not instructed by members…
Doing an MBA is intense; doing a law degree is far more stressful
Published in yesterday’s print version of the National Post The difference between an MBA and a JD (I am completing a joint degree), is that an MBA is more intense; a law degree is far…
ABA Recalls Defective Lawyers
The American Bar Association has recalled 230,000 defective lawyers who pose a danger to the general public and the judicial system. This is the biggest recall since the 1986 outbreak of Mad Barrister Disease in…
Maisonneuve Article Online
We’ve mentioned several times now the piece by Pearl Eliadis on Human Rights Commissions in the Montreal magazine Maisonneuve. The article is now available online.
Beans, beans, the magical fruit / The more you eat, the more you go to jail.
A 12-year old boy attending Stuart’s Spectrum Jr./Sr. High School in Martin County, Florida, was arrested November 4, 2008, by a member of the county Sheriff’s Office, after a teacher said that he had “deliberately passed gas to…
“I hereby sentence you to crappy music.”
You don’t have to be a law student to appreciate the rare tendency among judges to employ novelty in their analyses or judgments. Many of us have heard what we first consider to be urban…
Law Blogs, Aggregated (Courtesy of Garry Wise)
Everything I know about social media I learned from PR professionals in my brief career in that field prior to law. Neville Hobson (a social media guru in the U.K. who hosts one of my…