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Read about some of the hurdles and obstacles of law school in Completing the Circle of Blood for Future Law Students, in the 6th annual Black Law Students Association of Canada (BLSAC) magazine.  A text version is also available on Slaw.

Mitch Kowalski of the Legal Post catches this post about a video by Andrew Black of Windsor Law:

Charon QC points out that for four weeks Blawg Review will be headed by Canadians, starting with Blawg Review #249.

Rania Combs also mentioned it on her site:

Blawg Review is a roundup of the best recent legal blogs, hosted each week by a different site. This week’s edition was hosted by Slaw, a Canadian co-operative law blog, and authored by Omar Ha-Redeye, who wrote an informative and interesting review following the theme of African slavery in America. I was honored and flattered that my article about the problem with LegalZoom was mentioned in this week’s review. You can read the full post by visiting Slaw.

Law Shucks gives it a shout out,

Blawg Review #249 – Slaw – Why did we have to learn that February 1 is National Freedom Day in the US from a Canadian law blog? Enjoy Blawg Review #249- Roots: The Legality of an American Slavery

Here’s what the Editor of Blawg Review had to say:

If you’re wondering what’s the point of blogs and other social media, in the context of the legal profession’s greater concerns, take a look at this week’s presentation of Blawg Review, on Slaw.ca, a Canadian law blog with a global perspective.

Be sure to check out the following sites in coming weeks:

• Feb 8 The Trial Warrior Blog
• Feb 15 Canadian Trademark
• Feb 22 Law Firm Web Strategy

Blawg Review 249 is on Slaw, with the theme of Black History Month, National Freedom Day, and National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month.

Cameron MacLean and Chanakya Sethi of The Court picked up on an amusing post about a reference to American Idol in the New Brunswick legislature,

Former AG Charges: “Pants on the Ground”
T.J. Burke, New Brunswick MLA and the province’s former attorney general, recently accused Conservative opposition leader David Alward of being caught with his “pants on the ground/pants on the ground/looking like a fool with his pants on the ground.” The result? ”[M]any requests from television and radio stations in Canada and the United States to repeat his performance, but [Burke] has no plans to do so or to seek a career in singing or dancing,” reports the CBC. Confused readers should watch a video of the speech given in the legislative assembly (HT: LawIsCool) and check-out this episode of American Idol.

Alex Smith of The Radio Ecoshock Show interviews Dr. Jonathan Patz on climate change.  He mentions a presentation that Omar Ha-Redeye attended in 2009 where Dr. Patz spoke.

NASA just declared 2009 the second hottest year since modern measurements began in 1880. The warmest year was 2005. And the past decade was the warmest on record. Global climate change is upon us.

In this program, you’ll hear two of the world’s top authorities explain how this will impact our health, and the survival of the species.

I interview Dr. Jonathan Patz, a physician and lead author for the IPCC, on health and climate change. He is now advising emergency doctors and disaster agencies on what to expect as climate disruption proceeds…

Then, we’ll go straight to Paris, for a speech by Thomas Lovejoy, the inventor of the term “biological diversity.” His speech, recorded January 25th, 2010 opened a United Nations conference to celebrate this year of biodiversity. But Lovejoy warns we are entering the sixth great extinction. Don’t miss this powerful overview on climate change and the species, in our second half hour.

Climate change is an important issue, and one that all citizens of the planet must work together to raise awareness of.

Omar Ha-Redeye was quoted in the November/December 2009 issue of Lexpert Magazine in The Virtual Legal Marketplace by Marzena Czarnecka of Falstaff Productions,

That’s the thinking behind Torys‘ new YouTube Channel (www.youtube.com/torysmedia). “We had the podcasts and videos on our website anyway,” says [Stuart] Wood. Cost and effort of putting them on YouTube? Minimal. The pay-off? Still under evaluation at Torys. The online legal community has given the venture a thumbs-up. Law is Cool (www.lawiscool.com). the law school blog and podcast from Canada, loves it. Writes founder Omar Ha-Redeye, “This is what I’ve been waiting for…. This project shows that the firm understands that students want a human face to firms that often appear intimidating.~ (He adds that the venture proves that “social media and viral videos are no longer for small firms or solo practices~ – if Torys is doing it, they’ve gone mainstream.)

A copy of the article can be found on the Davis LLP website.

Shyama Menon of the Reputation Mangement for… blog picks on on a post on reputation management being the next big thing.

And for good reason – the site specializes in offering services for online reputation management.  There is obviously demand here in this growing field.

Cameron MacLean and Chanakya Sethi of The Court pick up on a post on Law is Cool about mixed messages from Ministers on body scanners at airports.