Omar Ha-Redeye will be the Articling Student Ambassador for Ontario Bar Association for 2010-2011.

The responsibilities for the position include:

1. promoting the OBA
2. advocating for your articling student peers
3. promoting OBA membership
4. attending OBA Fall Council and attending 3-4 in person meetings in Toronto with the Student Division Executive

The Ontario Bar Association provides free memberships to full-time law students in the province.

After opening the Toronto Stock Exchange in the morning, Western Law celebrated its 50th Anniversary with its Golden Anniversary Reception at the Fairmont Royal York in the evening.

From the TMX website:

Thursday, April 29, 2010 – University of Western Ontario Law 50th Anniversary Opens the Market
Ian Holloway QC, Dean of Law at the University of Western Ontario joined Gary Knight, Vice President, Trading, TMX Group to open the market to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Western Law school. Founded in 1959, Western Law has grown, with a base of more than 6,000 alumni who occupy positions in the practice of law, business, and in community and public service. Western Law is commemorating their golden anniversary with a Grand Reception at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto tonight.

Photos from the event are available on Flickr.

The Parkdale-High Park Provincial Riding Association held a fundraiser at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP with a special guest, the Rt. Hon. Paul Martin, former Prime Minister of Canada.  The event was co-chaired by Alfred Apps and Elaine Flis.

Coming Up PR is a new podcast by Mary Attard, Mike Kerr, and Cheryl Brean, recent Corporate Communications graduates from Seneca College.  In Episode 6 they interview Omar Ha-Redeye at an IABC Toronto event.

Omar Ha-Redeye with Cheryl Brean (Left) and Michael Kerr (Right) of Coming Up PR

Facebook is notorious for constantly making changes.  Supposedly it keeps the users interested.

There’s a new beta language setting that might be of interest to users.  You can now change your preference to English (Pirate).

Sean Malarkey demonstrates in this video:

˙sıɥʇ ǝʞıl ʞool ƃuıɥʇʎɹǝʌǝ sǝʞɐɯ ɥɔıɥʍ ‘ƃuıʇʇǝs (uʍop ǝpısdn) ɥsılƃuǝ uɐ uǝʌǝ s,ǝɹǝɥʇ

Both of which would make for a great prank if you get access to a friend’s profile.

The Black Business & Professional Association (BBPA) held the 28th Annual Harry Jerome Awards at the Toronto Congress Centre.

IABC Toronto held a Munch n Mingle at the Fuzion Restaurant on 580 Church Street, Toronto.

Attendees included Sheila Corriveau, Michael Kerr, Vanessa Mickevicius, Derek Wuenschirs, and David Abbou.

Honourable Chris Bentley, M.P.P., London West, and Attorney-General of Ontario, held a fundraiser from 7:30-9:00am at The National Club on 303 Bay Street.

The event was co-chaired by Michael Barrack, Christopher D. Bredt, and Mitch Frazer.

Michael Carabash of Dynamic Lawyers has a new e-book on “20 FREE Tips to Boost Traffic to Your Legal Website.”

Laura Bergus describes her experience with how U.S. News used a photo of her in an article discussing the challenges that recent law graduates are facing due to the recession.

As expected, social media was key,

This is a social media success story. (Thanks to my Twitter friend Omar Ha-Redeye for pointing that out, clichéd as it may be.) If nothing else, it’s evidence of the point that most journalists start with Google, and if you’ve made any kind of SEOed name for yourself in a particular field, they can, and will, find you online.

Want to get interviewed by journalists, or increase your public profile for potential employers?  A social media presence is teh best place to start.