David J. Bilinsky provides some advice to law students and mentions the importance of blogging for creating a profile,

Target the law that you wish to do and then start to find firms that practice that area..and try to get on their radar screen. How? Use social media!  The best way I know of is to start working in that area – by building a blog and start getting known for your interest in a certain area.  Omar Ha-Redeye was a law student in Canada that started a blog as a student on health and reputation management law (he is now a called lawyer) and this blog gave him immense exposure well before he graduated and led to his being included in award-winning legal blogs as www.slaw.ca.  You can see Omar’s blog here.

Alumni Western held a Summer Denning at the Duke of Devon.  The new Dean of Law, W. Iain Scott, greeted alumni and current students.   Scott begins his 5-year term on

Sept. 1, 2011.

Sponsors included Compushare and Georgeson.

Giving birth is a painful process, even it it’s just a law review.

Suzie Chiodo, law student at the University of Western Ontario, wrote about the new student-run law review at the University of Western Ontario in the April 2011 edition of Amicus Cuirae:

Read more about the University of Western Ontario Journal of Legal Studies on Slaw.

Omar Ha-Redeye spoke at Osgoode Hall law school on February 9, 2011 on Life After Law School.

Life After Law School Osgoode 2011

CanBarPrep, a proprietary service by legal academics to assist law graduates in preparation for the Ontario law exams, has published a testimonial by Omar Ha-Redeye on their website. Omar Ha-Redeye enrolled in the course in May/June of 2010.

“A lot of these subjects were unfamiliar to me from law school. This course really helped with bar prep, which is otherwise self-study under tight timelines.”

— Omar Ha-Redeye, Western, 2010 CanBarPrep Student

On June 18, 2010, Omar Ha-Redeye officially graduated from law school, awarded with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree.

An honourary doctorate was provided to Arkadi Kuhlmann of ING Direct, who spoke at the ceremony.

UWO Law June18 Convocation

To augment his legal education, Omar Ha-Redeye registered in a bar prep course with CanBarPrep.

Instructors for the course included Professor Stephanie Ben-Ishai of Osgoode Hall Law School, Howard Black of Minden Gross, Craig Carter of Fasken Martineau, Kim Crosbie of the Crown Law Office – Criminal, Professor Trevor Farrow of Osgoode Hall Law School, Lorne Wolfson of Torkin Manes, Professor Benjamin Alarie of University of Toronto, Professor Poonam Puri of Osgoode Hall Law School, Reuben Rosenblatt of Minden Gross, Freya Kristjansen of Cavalluzzo, Hayes, Shilton, McIntyre & Cornish, and Sid Troister of Torkin Manes.

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 Minister of Justice, the Honourable Rob Nicholson, held a question and answer period for law students.

The Chief Justice of Ontario, Warren Winkler, gave  a lecture on “Judicial Mediation – Reality vs. Fantasy.”