Law Is Cool

Law Is Cool is a new blawg and podcast addressing issues related to law school and the legal field with a Canadian focus. The contents are intended for 1) current and potential law students; 2) graduates reviewing for their bar exam; and 3) members of the general public interested in learning more about the law.

Author: Adrian Di Lullo and Gerard Kennedy are law students at Queen’s University this year; Thomas Wisdom is a law student at Osgoode Hall; Daniel Simard is in the joint LLB and Masters of Environmental Studies at Osgoode Hall and York University; Gail Geronimo is a law student at the University of Ottawa; Jacob Kaufman, Navjot Dhaliwal, Ken Saddington and Omar Ha-Redeye are are law students at the University of Western Ontario; Kashif Ahmed and Vimal Baid are law students at the University of Saskatchewan; Marie Winfield is a law student at the McGill University in Montreal; Rob Evans is in the LLB/JD joint program at the University of Windsor and University of Detroit Mercy.

Recent Posts from Law Is Cool

Belief in global warming protected from discrimination in UK labour law
Image From National Post via WattUpWithThat? In the public policy debates over climate change, critics of strong action to mitigate global warming have often described proponents as “religious zealots”, and vice-versa. Moreover, since the concern…
The new underclass
Who haven’t heard of immigration queue jumpers? The current federal government used this term when it shut down visa-free travel from the Czech Republic and Mexico. Federal officials blamed queue jumping refugee claimants. But if someone…
Mistakes
Woman declared dead gets apology Ms. Towle, a resident of Kamloops, B.C., was somehow declared dead by Human Resources and Skills Development Canada in September. “This is an unfortunate situation, which we are diligently working…
Federal Securities Regulation
On Oct 22 an anonymous Law is Cool contributor posted a comment about the Federal Government’s intention to submit a reference to the SCC about whether a federal securities regulator is intra vires the Constitution. …
Shocking confession on witness stand
Ex-boyfriend confesses to child’s murder Peter Small writes for the Toronto Star: In a scene worthy of movie-of-the-week witness box confessions, the former boyfriend of a woman charged with fatally beating her 2-year-old daughter testified…
Bailiffs behaving badly…
…Well, maybe not so much a bailiff, but a courtroom deputy. A report out of Maricopa County, Arizona amazingly shows Detention Officer Adam Stoddard taking a document from defence counsel’s files while she argues during…
Immigration exploitation
‘Guest worker’ abuses blasted Lack of oversight by the federal government has allowed foreign workers to be abused by their employers, Auditor General Sheila Fraser says in a scathing report on Canada’s immigration program. Fraser…
Two charges dropped, two to go
Two charges dropped against shopkeeper Jennifer Yang writes: Kidnapping and weapons charges were dropped this morning against a shopkeeper who was arrested for detaining a suspected shoplifter.
Will the Law Society of Upper Canada help this man help the homeless?
Law Times: Lawyer stymied in pro bono efforts My thoughts on what looks, basically, like gatekeeping: The first comment has it right, the Law Society is not addressing the fact that putting someone like Mukhtiar…
The Ocean Lady: Rethinking “Illegal” Migration in Canada
The recent arrival by boat in Vancouver of 76 Sri Lankan Tamil men has triggered heated debate about Canada’s refugee system. On October 28, the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British…