Todd Harrison of Precedent Magazine picked up a post on Slaw about Canada attracting lawyers from the U.S. An example cited of this was a post on Law is Cool by Linelle Mogado.
Canada is lucky to have her, for sure.
Blawg Review #278 is live on Law is Cool, recognizing the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition.
For previous episodes of Blawg Review by Omar Ha-Redeye, see Blawg Review #228 and Blawg Review #249.
Reviews of this episode can be found at:
Can we try to get Randy Couture called to the bar in Ontario?
Read about it more on Slaw.
The G20 has proven a disaster for all parties involved, including the protesters, the City, and law enforcement.
Post-detention conditions and inappropriate conduct in facilities suggest more could have been done to prepare officers. Conduct of some officers suggest that the worst offenders were likely from outside of Toronto.
The cases of Emomotimi Azorbo and John Pruyn raises questions of competency and sensitivity among law enforcement during the G20 protests. Hundreds of police officers from across the province did receive this training in 2006, emphasizing vulnerability assessment for minorities and disabled populations.
See Slaw for more on Regulation 233/10 and whether municipalities should be given more constitutional power to avert situations like the G20. Also worth reading is a post by Jean-Marc Leclerc of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP on this application of the Public Works Protection Act.
Not if the Canadian Labour Congress (CLC) and the Canadian Civil Liberties Union (CCLU) can help it. They’re seeking an injunction today.
Read more at Slaw.
The lawyers of Borden, Ladner, Gervais LLP are climbing up the mountain of Africa, Mount Kilimanjaro, for a charity project.
Listen to the podcast with Christopher Bredt on Law is Cool.
Contributors from Slaw gathered at the offices of Heenan Blaikie to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the site. Bryan Smith of Canadian Lawyer was on hand to record the event and interview Simon Chester and Simon Fodden.
What does this song have to do with waiver of tort? See Slaw to find out.
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.
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