This talk was given to marketing professionals at the Schulich School of Business.

Presentation included questions and answers, as well as interactive exercises using the brands and companies of participants, but this content has been removed to respect the privacy of the companies involved and their representatives.

Legal cases discussed include:

• Hill v. Church of Scientology of Toronto, [1995] 2 S.C.R. 1130
• R. v. Cuttell, 2009 ONCJ 471
• York University v. Bell Canada Enterprises, 2009 CanLII 46447 (ON S.C.)
• Cohen v. Google, Inc., Index No. 100012/09 (N.Y. Cty. Aug. 17, 2009).
• Foda et al v. RateMDs, Inc., California Northern District Court

Glenn Kauth of Canadian Lawyer magazine mentioned Omar Ha-Redeye in the current June 2009 issue,

Even law students are using the Twitter-blog combination to get their names out there and position themselves in the field. Omar Ha-Redeye, a second-year student at the University of Western Ontario law school, has garnered a lot of attention through his blog as well as through the web sites Law is Cool and Slaw, too, which he says is already benefiting him as he develops a reputation well before he graduates. “I have lots of informal mentorships with lots of lawyers practising in the field.”

The article also interviewed Erik Magraken of MacIsaac & Co, Deborah Glendinning of Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Rick Powers of the Rotman School of Management, Simone Hughes at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Michael Rabinovici of AR Communications Inc, Dan Michaluk and Susan Carnevale of Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP, Michael Rynowecer of BTI Consulting Group Inc., and David Diamond of Diamond & Diamond Lawyers.

A review of the piece by Omar Ha-Redeye can be found on Slaw.

Consolidating its position at the cutting edge of new media technology, the Guardian today announces that it will become the first newspaper in the world to be published exclusively via Twitter, the sensationally popular social networking service that has transformed online communication.

It’s a gag of course, but a good one.

Dennis Jansen of the University of Minnesota Law blogs on No. 634.  He  picked up on an amusing story posted on Twitter by Omar Ha-Redeye,

Oh my goodness. From a tweet from Omar Ha-Redeye:

SAN DIEGO — A mistrial was declared Monday when a home-invasion robbery suspect smeared human feces on his attorney’s face then threw more at the jury.

Weusi McGowan, 37, was upset because San Diego Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Fraser refused to remove Deputy Alternate Public Defender Jeffrey Martin from the case, prosecutor Christopher Lawson said.

At the mid-morning break, McGowan produced a plastic baggie filled with fecal matter and spread it on Martin’s hair and face, then flung the excrement toward the jury box, hitting the briefcase of juror No. 9 but missing the juror himself.

And the ringer:

“That juror didn’t even see it coming,” Lawson said.

The rest of the story is on 10news.com.

This is probably one of the neatest Twitter tools to emerge recently.

It gives you tons of information, but it’s also just a little bit scary.

And yes, you will have to read the article to see what it’s all about.

Martha Sperry of the Advocate’s Studio talks about the intersection of writing and law.

And not the obvious connection of writing briefs, pleadings and memos.

Sperry is talking about writing outside of the law.

Not all legal writers were born to be memoir writers…

I am of the opinion that any writing practice is good writing practice.

She mentions various writers she has encountered that write while in the law or in law school.

She continues with some very kind words,

One of my Twitter follows, law student Omar Ha-Redeye, has just published a textbook on Population Health, Communities and Health Promotion that will be used in Australian universities. Now, THAT is impressive under anyone’s definition of the word.

While I am wowed by the sheer magnitude of the task of writing a book while negotiating Torts, Constitutional Law, Evidence and Commercial Paper, I am not surprised. I believe an interest in writing necessarily precedes an interest in pursuing law.

It wasn’t an easy task, so the encouragement is definitely appreciated.

After getting a mention earlier this week on Blawg Review #189, Infamy and Praise notes that all authors of blog posts mentioned in the review are also on Twitter.

Two-thirds of the early traffic to the post were driven by Twitter.  Here’s the list:

Kimberly Alderman: @nomadtoes
Robert Ambrogi: @bobambrogi
Venkat Balasubramani: @vbalasubramani
Mark Bennett: @houcrimlaw
Blawg Review Editor: @blawgreview
Susan Cartier Liebel: @scartierliebel
Charon QC: @charonqc
Ron Coleman: @roncoleman
Doug Cornelius: @dougcornelius
R. David Donoghue: @rdd
Carolyn Elefant: @carolynelefant
GeekLawyer: @geeklawyer
Gideon: @gideonstrumpet
Scott Greenfield: @scottgreenfield
Omar Ha-Redeye: @omarharedeye
Matthew Homann: @matthomann
Greg Lambert: @glambert
Adrian Lurssen: @jdtwitt
Victoria Pynchon: @vpynchon
Anne Reed: @annereed
Colin Samuels: @colinsamuels
Enrico Schaefer: @traverselegal

The mention hasn’t resulted in a huge increase in followers, but that could be because most of those reading the review are already connected.

Here’s a more comprehensive list of lawyers and legal professionals on Twitter.

Another interview from the last Podcaster Meetup in Toronto just went live.  NinjaRadio of Hot Fossils and Rebel Matter Show has an interview with Omar Ha-Redeye, Connie Crosby (Community Divas) and Shadow and James.

Strangely, the conversation turns to Omar’s voice, but also podcasting and podcamps, Twitter and of course a touch of  politics considering the time of year.

There’s also a really neat picture that just had to be reproduced here.

Live-blogging is a strange beast.

That’s what Ivor Tossell’s headline said in yesterday’s Globe.

Live-blogging is definitely not something new, but it does seem to be catching on in Canada.

Tossell said,

It seems like every news organization that has something to prove (and there are none that don’t) has spontaneously taken up the practice of live-blogging. It might have something to do with election season, which has spread live blogs the way the fall weather gives everyone the same cold at once.

Live-blogs are actually micro-blogs, or short status updates that cover an event in frequent intervals.

Seeing how Omar Ha-Redeye’s face is currently plastered from coast-to-coast on television defining the basics of technology in politics, it might be wise to demonstrate aptitude one step ahead of the mainstream media.

Omar will be covering an event tonight, live-blogging using entirely new technology.  Well, the technology has been there for a while, but it hasn’t been used in this way ever before as far as we can tell.

Stéphane Dion is celebrating Canada’s multicultural heritage tonight in Brampton.  He will be introduced by Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien, and accompanied by Andrew J. Kania, Ruby Dhalla, Omar Alghabra, Hon. Navdeep Bains, Bonnie Crombie, Hon. Albina Guarnieri, Hon. Gurbax Malhi and Paul Szabo.

He will call in updates using SpinVox, which will be coverted to text using Ping.fm and posted as a live-blog.  You can follow him on Twitter, or one of the many other social network services that support mirroring.

There will be a lof of activity on these sites in the next little while, but it will all be over in a few hours.

Earlier today Omar Ha-Redeye attended a gathering of Progressive Bloggers at the home of Vijay Sappani in a Toronto suburb.  They discussed the upcoming Federal election, and the role of blogs as a communication tool.

Omar Ha-Redeye was interviewed by CBC television, who attended the event.  He described his formal education in online communication through Centennial College, and some of his reasons for founding Law is Cool and joining Slaw.  He told viewers how they could easily create their own blogs for free on sites like Blogger, Live Journal, and Word Press.

He also defined some basic online technology terms like blog, Google, Twitter, Wikipedia, and Flickr.  The footage will be used on The National and Susan Ormiston Online in the Blog Buzz segment to help the general public understand these ideas and sites as they come up during the election.