Western Law hosted a panel discussion with counsel representing BCE and the bondholders in the groundbreaking Supreme Court of Canada case, BCE Inc. v. 1976 Debentureholders.
The panel consisted of:
Details here.
Colton Kaufman of the UWO Gazette covered the Patricia DeGuire Cup awarded at the 2nd Annual Koskie Minsky LLP Diversity Moot.
The Gazette is Western’s daily university newspaper. The article was on page 2 of the paper under News Briefs.
A pdf version of the article can be found here, and an html copy here.
Omar Ha-Redeye received the Patricia DeGuire Cup for first place in the Koskie Minksky LLP Diversity Moot.
(l-r) Omar Ha-Redeye, Judge Jean Whalen, Judge Corrine Sparks, Justice Valerie Miller and first-year Western Law student Keri Wallace at the Diversity Moot in Halifax.
This year’s marks the fourth time for the BLSAC Conference to be held in Halifax, as in 1993, 1999 and 2004. As evidenced by the theme this year, “Examining the Law, the Legal Profession and the Community: Assessing the Road Traveled, Strategizing for the Road Ahead we plan to offer a venue for learning, discussing and action planning
This year’s Conference highlights tentatively include:
• Plenary sessions and roundtables discussing community advocacy, environmental racism, community displacement, career planning, racial profiling, and case law led by leading academics, legal professionals, members of the judiciary;
• An Information Fair for legal, university and community firms and organizations;
• Networking activities including a firm tour and reception hosted by Boyne Clarke, and an entertainment showcase;
• The Second Annual Koskie Minsky LLP Diversity Moot;
• Annual General Meeting of BLSAC members;
• Presentation of the Justice Sparks Award;
• Unveiling of the portrait of James R. Johnston, the first Nova Scotian of African descent to graduate from Dalhousie Law School, hosted by the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society;
• Aboriginal welcoming ceremony;
• Film-screenings of three National Film Board films, and Sylvia Hamilton’s The Little Black School House;
• Closing Gala and Dance co-hosted by BLSAC, DBLSA, the Dalhousie University Black Student Advising Centre and the Black History Month Association
The conference will bring together students, academics, and legal professionals of diverse backgrounds nationwide to discuss common issues as we look to recognize Black Canadian Achievements in Law and look forward to address present concerns.
Dan Michaluk of Hicks Morley picked up on a post on privacy of unionized employees on Slaw yesterday, and points out a few other resources on the subject,
Thank you to the Proskauer Rose privacy law group for their excellent coverage of Quan. For more on this topic, law student and blawgger Omar Ha-Redeye posted a related piece at Slaw just today and I wrote a paper in 2007 on the the basics of employee surveillance law. These rough ideas to be developed and more to come.
The post was based on a talk by Richard Charney from notes on an OBA Employment Law conference.
Evan Schaeffer of The Legal Underground picked up on a post on continuity problems of law blogs,
Here’s your weekly list of good posts from the past week by law students, some current or almost current, some recently-graduated–
Continuity Why law-student weblogs struggle in the long term. [Law is Cool]
Akhila Kolisetty says thanks to law law students for blogging.
Seems she does a bit of blogging herself.
Omar Ha-Redeye spoke to the Pre-Law Society at UWO about:
Those chain letters that used to wish you bad luck now continue on, in the form of blog posts. I’ve been tagged, and I might as well play along because it’s now a sociological phenomenon worth examining more closely.
Nothing to do with luck though. It is a near Ponzi scheme, but apparently we’re getting SEO out of it.
In one of those rare moments on this personal site, comments will be allowed.
So, 25 things you never knew about Omar?
1) I have a natural red tint to my facial hair that has been there for a long time. It’s starting to turn white.
2) I used to be a techno-idiot. I knew nothing about code, blogs, or anything until relatively recently. I sought to change that, and did.
3) A big part of #2 was my reason for going to PR School.
4) I’m sure it didn’t hurt that I was certified a genius in Gr. 3. I used to have photographic memory.
5) I’m now out of film. #4 doesn’t apply any more.
6) I never knew I would end up in law school. It never occurred to me, even though everyone I knew has been telling me I should be a lawyer since I started talking. But it was always said in a disparaging way.
7) I really don’t like to argue. And please don’t argue with me that I do.
What I do enjoy is calm and rational discussions where people can clearly and convincingly articulate their point.
8) The reason I like #8 is that it’s a great way for me to learn.
9) The fact that I’m an auditory learner probably explains #9.
10) I love the nature. This might appear like a non-sequitur from the preceding point, but it’s not because 11) I hear birds and crickets sing from this point (though not in this cold).
12) I walk to school every day through a forest, sometimes passing the deer, wild turkey and fox. This can be explained by #11.
13) I can be a chronic insomniac. I am writing this, for example, at 1:30 AM. This would not be terribly unusual, except that I’ll be up for the day by 4 or 5AM.
14) When I do wake up according to #13, I like to exercise. Yes, I go to the gym at this time of the day. Or night, whatever…
15) #14 can probably be explained as a hang-over from my training days.
16) I used to train seriously. I don’t any more. Long story.
17) As for hang-overs, I don’t drink. Really, I do wish people would realize this before inviting me to places where everyone else is totally plastered.
18) Law students drink a lot. So do lawyers. Yes, that has nothing to do with me, but we’ll put that out there.
19) What I do tend to drink is caffeine.
20) I never touched caffeine before law school, except for maybe green tea.
21)I plan on kicking the caffeine habit eventually.
22) #21 will have no bearing on #13.
23) Referencing two of the above points is a great way to add to this list.
24) Adding to this list is great, because despite what you might expect I don’t like plastering things you don’t know about Omar online. The things I want you to know are already online.
25) Omar is really, really happy that this is done.
I promise not to break the cycle, interrupt the chain, and not put this on someone else. So no, I will not be tagging anyone else. Please don’t take it personally.
Doesn’t sound as exciting as it really is,
There are some interesting comments on the Volokh Conspiracy page about whether or not law professors should add their students as friends on Facebook. Exactly how close should you get with your students and still maintain your authority figure/teacher role? The same concerns arise with law students/junior associates at firms vis a vis senior lawyers. My sense is that being FB friends in those situations is far too close for comfort.
This is kindof a Law is Cool type of post. Sorry Omar for scooping it, but you guys seemed to be overly pre-occupied with groundhogs over there!
Law is Cool Slaw
