Omar Ha-Redeye spoke at the Federation of Asian Canadian Lawyers (FACL) Conference on November 12, 2011 on Social Media and Privacy Law.

Social Media and Privacy Law
FACL Conference 2011

Conference was sponsored in part by McCarthy Tetrault.  For media coverage, see Precedent Magazine.  See comments on mentorship panel on Slaw.

More photos available at the University of Ottawa – Asian Law Students’ Society.

Omar Ha-Redeye spoke at the Ontario Bar Association (OBA), Social Media in Schools: Friend or Foe?, on May 26, 2011.

OBA Education Law Program Speakers

Omar Ha-Redeye, Articling Student
Damien Liddle, Lawyer, McMillan LLP
Wendy Lopez, In-House Counsel, Toronto District School Board
Harris Rosen, Partner, Fogler Rubinoff LLP
Brenda Stokes Verworn, Board Lawyer, District School Board of Niagara

Moderators

Grant Bowers, Legal Counsel, Toronto District School Board
Lai-King Hum, McMillan LLP
Rob Barrass, McMillan LLP

The Canadian Bar Association‘s magazine, National, has an article in the December 2009 issue by Luigi Benetton on Canada’s Best Law Firm Websites.  A copy of the article can be found on Luigi’s website.

Law student and blogger Omar Ha-Redeye believes good bios are the exception today. He sees bios that vaunt lawyers instead of providing useful information to clients. “When looking for a lawyer, most clients could care less about the
things that lawyers care about, [like being a] Gold Medalist, or having clerked with so-and-so,” he says. “I would love to see social media linked from profiles (e.g., a lawyer’s blog), but this rarely if ever happens,” he adds.

The best sites listed in various categories were:

Ogilvy Renault LLP, Hyndman Law, Neff Law Office, Bull, Houser & Tupper LLP, Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP, Torys LLP, McInnes Cooper, Legault Joly Thiffault, Davis LLP,  Clark Wilson LLP, Hull & Hull LLP

Runners-up:

Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP, Clark Wilson LLP, Hicks Morley Hamilton Steward Storie LLP, McMillan LLP, Cox & Palmer, Bélanger Sauvé, Lavery, Torys LLP

Omar Ha-Redeye was also quoted for the multimedia award given to Hull & Hull LLP,

They’ve probably been doing it as long as anyone, and have fully integrated videos and podcasts into their practice. Experience with these formats has not only resulted in a highly polished product, but also content that is actually relevant to what they do.

See more on Slaw.

Canada’s Best Law Firm Websites