Consolidating its position at the cutting edge of new media technology, the Guardian today announces that it will become the first newspaper in the world to be published exclusively via Twitter, the sensationally popular social networking service that has transformed online communication.
It’s a gag of course, but a good one.
The UWO Labour Law Society hosted a career panel on March 31.
Speakers included:
Mr. Liberman talked about his background and love for the construction industry, where his practice is still primarily focused. His firm is the oldest boutique labour law firm in Canada, and covers a wide range of practice areas within this field. Their clients range from small businesses to multi-national corporations. He claimed that if you have an interest in advocacy, this is the area you should be in. It’s a people practice, but also an issues practice, often the issues on the front-page of newspapers.
Ms. Vicencio graduated from law three years ago after practicing as an academic in the social sciences. She had been involved in unions since her graduate work, so labour relations was something she had been doing for some time through participation. Labour law is a great area to get a broad exposure to many areas of law because of the type of work they do. She does not actually practice as a lawyer as part of the Ontario Nurses Association, and has a somewhat unique role. She eals with discrimination issues, which is an area that is often changing in law.
Robyn White is a new graduate, and spoke about the type of work young lawers do. Working in a larger firm allowed her to have exposure to many areas of labour law. Some of the work she deals with is criminal law in the labour context. A lot of the work is very fast paced, and files can close within three days.
Cathy Phan explained her work as typically when an employee of the government has an issue and files a complaint to their manager. When it doesn’t get resolved it proceeds to her office, where she defends the government. She does settle cases, and she has to, due to the high volume and a need to be reasonable.
I first met Michael Rabinovici at a Legal Marketers Association (LMA) event on Social Media Success. We’ve stayed in touch periodically since, and he helps run a strategic consultation company, AR Communications Inc.
He recently gave a presentation on social media marketing and lawyers that I thought would be of interest to our readers, so I asked him to upload his slides and audio to SlideShare.
The article on George Galloway was republished on Global Research.
Omar Ha-Redeye spoke to Charles Adler on his radio show.
They discussed the book by Robert Shiller and George Akerlof, Animal Spirits – How Human Psychology Drives the Economy and Why it Matters for Global Capitalism.
A summary of a talk by Shiller at UWO is posted at LawIsCool. Adler interviewed the Nobel Prize winning author Akerlof, followed by a discussion with Omar Ha-Redeye.
He also asked about the role of government managing the economy. Specifically, he asked about President Obama’s move to axe GM chief Rick Wagoner.
A recording of the interview can be heard here.
George Galloway is a British MP whose views are controversial, to say the least.
But does that mean that these views should be banned from Canada, especially if he does not promote violence or hatred?
This was the topic of a motion for an interlocutory injunction at the Federal Court today.
Omar Ha-Redeye’s write-up can be found on LawIsCool and Slaw.
Omar Ha-Redeye was interviewed by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on the celebration of Earth Hour.
He spoke of the importance of the event for raising awareness, and thanked the WWF for their support of the event.
The video can be seen on the Earth Hour site.
Robert Shiller spoke about “Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology caused the Current Economic Crisis” at UWO Law.
Lee Hopkins of Better Communication Results picked up on this post from Social Media Mafia:
News fresh to hand:
From Social Media Mafia and a Facebook link courtesy of Omar Ha-Redeye comes this frightening correlation:
A new study suggests that Twitter is the root cause of the current economic malaise. Policy experts predict a Twitter moratorium may be declared for Summer 2009 as part of an effort to stimulate economic production and reverse GDP declines.
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