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:

• John Finnigan and John Porter from ThorntonGroutFinnigan LLP
• Alex Moore of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP.

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.

From the Windsor Law website:

Second-year law student Omar Haredeye claimed the top oralist prize in the annual Koskie Minsky Moot Competition, heard by members of the judiciary, Justice Valerie Miller (Tax Court of Canada), Justice Corrine Sparks (Family Court of Nova Scotia) and Justice Jean Whalen (Provincial and Family Court of Nova Scotia).

Three Nova Scotia judges—Justice Valerie Miller (left), Justice Corrine Sparks (centre), and Justice Jean Whalen (right)—greet Windsor law students Qadira Jackson and Lily Tekle at the BLSAC national convention in Halifax.

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:

• what students should do prior to law school
• a rundown of what a typical day as a law student is like
• what to expect in law school (in terms of classes, courseload, readings, how much free time you have, etc.)
• what your course schedule may look like in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year
• what type of opportunities are available after graduation

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!