From UWO Law

Omar Ha-Redeye, a second-year student at Western Law, has published a chapter in a textbook that will be used in Australian universities.

Population Health, Communities and Health Promotion is published by Oxford University Press (OUP) and is primarily aimed at university undergrads, including students in nursing and public health.

Ha-Redeye has a background in nuclear medicine technology, health administration and corporate communications and has worked in the health field internationally.

His chapter entitled Meeting the Needs of Health Professionals, drew in part on some of his professional activities prior to law.

“It’s not every day that you can publish with someone as large as OUP.” says Ha-Redeye. “They are a major publisher, and it’s truly an honour to have worked with them.”

Ha-Redeye says it has been a challenge balancing law school with some of his professional extra-curricular activities, but feels his legal studies have enhanced his work outside of law as well.

Law students can occasionally follow lawyers during mediations and arbitrations.

On Dec. 15, Omar visited the Grievance Settlement Board in Toronto.

The Grievance Settlement Board provides dispute resolution services to the Crown employers and the trade unions/bargaining agents representing Crown employees in the Ontario Public Service and Crown agencies identified under the Crown Employees Collective Bargaining Act.

Volunteers and supporters of Bob Rae gathered at his campaign office on Bloor E. for a thank you gathering.

See the review on Law is Cool and Slaw.

Done for the calendar year, and compelted half of a law degree.

Only a year and a half to go.

Prof. Greg Elmer at Ryerson University produced this interesting chart of Facebook use during the recent coalition rallies.

He also has preserved Conservative election videos that they have tried to delete or take down.

After getting a mention earlier this week on Blawg Review #189, Infamy and Praise notes that all authors of blog posts mentioned in the review are also on Twitter.

Two-thirds of the early traffic to the post were driven by Twitter.  Here’s the list:

Kimberly Alderman: @nomadtoes
Robert Ambrogi: @bobambrogi
Venkat Balasubramani: @vbalasubramani
Mark Bennett: @houcrimlaw
Blawg Review Editor: @blawgreview
Susan Cartier Liebel: @scartierliebel
Charon QC: @charonqc
Ron Coleman: @roncoleman
Doug Cornelius: @dougcornelius
R. David Donoghue: @rdd
Carolyn Elefant: @carolynelefant
GeekLawyer: @geeklawyer
Gideon: @gideonstrumpet
Scott Greenfield: @scottgreenfield
Omar Ha-Redeye: @omarharedeye
Matthew Homann: @matthomann
Greg Lambert: @glambert
Adrian Lurssen: @jdtwitt
Victoria Pynchon: @vpynchon
Anne Reed: @annereed
Colin Samuels: @colinsamuels
Enrico Schaefer: @traverselegal

The mention hasn’t resulted in a huge increase in followers, but that could be because most of those reading the review are already connected.

Here’s a more comprehensive list of lawyers and legal professionals on Twitter.

When we first launched Law is Cool in 2007, we were pleasantly surprised to receive a Canadian Law Blog Award (CLawBie) only months after being online.

This year Steve Matthews is asking that we nominate blogs that we read.

1. Without question my top pick would be Jordan Furlong‘s Law21.  Jordan has years of experience in the field, and provides unique insights and perspectives that can’t find anywhere else online.  He’s also been an incredible support for us law students starting out, sending us notes and updates on a number of issues.
2. My next pick would be Garry Wise, of the Wise Law Blog.  His site is updated with amazing frequency for a guy who runs his own practice.  He’s also been instrumental in trying out some new initiatives like a video series (featuring me), and the Wise Law Reader.  Innovation is always great in a conservative field like law, and early adopters will always catch my attention.
3. One of my more recent top picks would be David Canton’s e-legal, a lawyer here in London that I have yet to meet in person (we have to change that David).  He regularly publishes articles in newspapers on tech related issues, and his site is a great way to keep track of what he’s up to.

Donna Seale also mentioned some of the difficulties of just picking three, so I’ll note some honourable mentions, including her site:  Connie Crosby, The Court, Rob Hyndman, Michael Geist, Legal Post, Stem Legal, UofA Faculty (despite their politics)

Steve also mentions that through the nomination process we automatically submit our own site.  Please don’t consider this site at all, it’s used for personal use only.  Do consider Slaw and Law Is Cool though, and I will disclose that Jordan and David are contributors at Slaw, and The Court has contributors at Law Is Cool.  It’s really tough avoiding conflict of interests here.

Collin Samuels of Tracy, California of Infamy or Praise picked up on a post today about a Legal Marketers Association (LMA) event,

For those legal marketers who are looking to do things correctly, Omar Ha-Redeye covered a seminar concerning social media awareness for legal marketing professionals: “What used to be a book is today a long series of blog posts or a couple dozen podcasts. The format is much more cost effective, and produces more palatable consumer content.” Perhaps the American Bar Association should’ve attended that social media seminar.

Meanwhile, The Legal Underground picks up on a post by Thomas Wisdom on surfing the net during class in law school.

One of the sites Omar contribute to, Slaw.ca, has been nominated by the American Bar Association (ABA) as one of the Top 100 list, “by lawyers, for lawyers, as chosen by the editors of the ABA Journal,”

Moderated by Simon Fodden, professor emeritus at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Slaw was start­ed largely for the legal research and IT community in Canada, but it may soon transcend its tech designa­tion. The name Slaw was chosen in deference to Salon and Slate and “the notion that a cooperative weblog with many contributors is bound to consist of a great many (nutritious) small pieces in rather a jumble.” Despite its Canadian emphasis, Slaw’s topics are techno­-logi­cally universal and insightful.

Slaw has been Omar’s new home since moving there from Law is Cool, though he does frequent his hold haunt quite regularly.

Although the site is currently a front-runner in the process, you can help secure the win by voting here.

Voting ends Jan. 2, 2009.