Read about some of the hurdles and obstacles of law school in Completing the Circle of Blood for Future Law Students, in the 6th annual Black Law Students Association of Canada (BLSAC) magazine.  A text version is also available on Slaw.

The working paper, A Trial to End All Terrorism: How the United States Could Have Won the War on Terrorism Before it Even Began, with the Trial of Only One Man, made the top ten list on SSRN for Conflict Studies.

Speakers included:

• Honorable Daniel Dortèlus, Judge to the Court of Quebec
• Flora Terah, Kenyan Community Advocate, Kenyan Parliamentary Candidate – 2007 and Founder of “Terah Against Terror”
• Phil Carpenter, Photojournalist, Montreal Gazette, Reports on Haiti and Rwanda
• Honourable Dr. Pemba Braveboy, Senator of Grenada
• Professor Emeritus Peter W. Hogg, Scholar in Residence, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
• Honourable Juanita Westmoreland-Traoré, First Appointed Black Judge, Court of Quebec, District of Montreal
• Honourable Mr. Justice Adrian Dudley Saunders, Caribbean Court of Justice
• Honourable Guylène Beaugé, Judge of the Superior Court, Province of Quebec, District of Montreal.
• Sean Robichaud, Toronto Criminal Defence Lawyer
• Frank Walwyn, Partner, WeirFoulds L.L.P
• Mr Will Prosper, Activist, Montreal-Nord Republik,
• Daniel Albahary, Producer, Why Copyright? Canadian Voices on Copyright Law
• Éloge Butera, Quebec Government “young volunteer of the year” and Claude-Masson Award Recipient
• Kent D. Lollis, Executive Director for Diversity Initiatives, Law School Admission Council
• Dr. Dorothy Williams, Historian & Author
• And much more!

Everyday EMS Tips has an interview with Ric Skinner, editor for an upcoming book where Omar Ha-Redeye has a chapter,

Author, editor, and GIS for healthcare expert Ric Skinner is the guest on this episode of the Medical Author Chat. Ric is the owner of Stoneybrook Group and writes the blog healthGISGuy. Ric is the editor of a book due out in May 2010 – GIS in Hospital and Healthcare Emergency Management. A description of the book can be read here.

Mitch Kowalski of the Legal Post catches this post about a video by Andrew Black of Windsor Law:

David Cruickshank of Kerma Partners spoke on “The Business of Law: Hot Topics and Emerging Trends in the Legal Profession.”

See notes from the talk on Slaw.

The paper, A Trial to End All Terrorism: How the United States Could Have Won the War on Terrorism Before it Even Began, with the Trial of Only One Man, has been accepted for the 3rd Annual Canadian Law Student Conference in Windsor, Ontario on March 18-19.

The conference is hosted by the University of Windsor Faculty of Law, Law Foundation of Ontario, and the Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues (WRLSI).

University of Toronto Faculty of Law and the Law Foundation of Ontario presented the third biennial symposium – Combating Hatred in the Twenty-first Century: Legal Remedies.
The Use of the Criminal Code to Combat Hate
Introductions & Overview
• Mark Sandler, Lawyer – Cooper & Sandler LLP, Barristers and Solicitors
Panel Discussion
• Acting Inspector Steve Irwin, Toronto Police Service
• Deputy Director Howard Leibovich, Crown Law Office – Criminal
Use of Civil Remedies to Combat Hate
Introductions & Overview
• Marvin Kurz, Lawyer – Dale Streiman & Kurz LLP
Debate: Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act
• Professor Richard Moon, Faculty of Law – University of Windsor
• Mark Freiman, Lawyer – Lerners LLP
A Menu of Innovative Remedies
• David Matas, Lawyer
• Professor Patrick Monahan, Vice President Academic & Provost –
York University
• Douglas Elliott, Lawyer – Roy Elliott O’Connor LLP

1:30 pm Fighting Hatred in Europe: A View from the Front Lines
(Colony Ballroom)
• Right Honourable Denis MacShane, MP – British Parliament
Concurrent Workshops
1. Hate on the Internet (Terrace Suite)
• Saleha Khan, Instructor – Ontario Police College
• Marvin Kurz, Lawyer – Dale Streiman & Kurz LLP
• Dr. Abbee Corb, Open Source Intelligence Specialist – Hate Crime Extremism Investigative Team

Campus Issues
• Professor Lorne Sossin, Faculty of Law – University of Toronto
• Julia Hanigsberg, General Counsel – Ryerson University
• Nouman Ashraf, Former Director of the University of Toronto’s
Anti-Racism and Cultural Diversity Office
• Bram Freedman, Vice President, External Relations and
Secretary General – Concordia University
3. What do Human Rights Laws have to do with Hate?
• Raja Khouri, Commissioner – Ontario Human Rights Commission
• Raj Anand, Lawyer – WeirFoulds and Chair, Ontario Human Rights
Legal Support Centre
• Nathalie Des Rosiers, General Counsel – Canadian Civil Liberties
Association
4. Sentencing for Hate Motivated Crime
• Mark Sandler, Lawyer – Cooper & Sandler LLP, Barristers and Solicitors
• Sandra Bacchus, Deputy Crown Attorney – Attorney General
• Julia Sandler, Assistant Crown Attorney – Attorney General

4:00 pm Voices of Experience
Moderator
• Justice Harry LaForme, Ontario Court of Appeal
Panelists
• The Honourable Irwin Cotler, M.P. for Mount Royal, Québec
• Zubeda Vahed, Senior Policy Advisor – Ministry of Education
• Reverend Dr. Brent Hawkes, Senior Pastor – Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto
• The Honourable Zanana Akande, M.Ed., B.A

The event was hosted by the York Federation of Students and Xpressions Against Oppression