Law is Cool
Blog URL http://lawiscool.com
Located Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Tags law school, law, legal, university, blawg
Law Is Cool is a blog and podcast addressing issues related to law school and the legal field with a Canadian focus.
Latest Blog Posts
- Cop Tasers 10 Year Old… on Nov 20, 2009 in Criminal Law Legal Reform Arkansas COPS Dustin Bradshaw police Robert Dziekanski Ryan Venables taser
In a story that seems even more far fetched than an episode of “COPS” an Arkansas police officer has been suspended in part for applying his taser to a 10 year old girl. However, the oddest part to this story is not that the officer Dusti...
- Sexual assault sentencing on Nov 20, 2009 in Criminal Law Marie-Jeanne Bedard quebec Quebec City sentencing sexual assault
Quebec woman avoids jail for sex assault on son A 55-year-old woman has been given a conditional sentence, to be served in the community, for sexually assaulting her teenage son.
- Court officer ordered to apologize on Nov 19, 2009 in Criminal Law Ethics Humour Privacy Law Adam Stoddard apology attorney-client privilege Joanna Cuccia Judge Donohue Maricopa County professional conduct Sheriff Arpaio
In the latest developments of this bizarre case in Maricopa County, Arizona, Judge Gary Donohue has ruled that detention officer Adam Stoddard acted inappropriately when he removed and photocopied a document from the file defence attorney Joanne Cucc...
- Stripping of citizenship on Nov 19, 2009 in Administrative Law Canadian Jewish Congress citizenship Ek 10a federal court of appeal Helmut Oberlander Justice Carolyn Layden-Stevenson Mark Freiman nazi war crimes Waterloo
Accused war criminal wins chance to keep citizenship An appeal court has ordered the federal cabinet to revisit its decision to strip accused Nazi war criminal Helmut Oberlander of his Canadian citizenship.
- Secret lists on Nov 18, 2009 in Civil Rights Air Canada Jaspreet Singh Jennifer Stoddart no-fly lists Passenger Protect Privacy Commissioner Transport Canada
‘No-fly’ watchdogs blasted Tonda MacCharles writes: Canada’s “no-fly” list took effect in June 2007, and almost everything about it – the number of names, the deletions, how it works – is classified. It is believed t...
- A contract to end the homework on Nov 18, 2009 in Contracts Calgary differentiated homework plan homework Milley
How one family won the battle to ban homework Shelli and Tom Milley were exhausted by the weepy weeknight struggles over math problems and writing assignments with their three school-aged children. They were fed up with rushing home from soccer pract...
- No “necessity” defence for environmental activist in Utah case on Nov 18, 2009 in Criminal Law Environmental Law choice of evils defence Gas lawful excuse Leases necessity oil Tim DeChristopher Utah
A Utah District Court judge ruled yesterday that environmental activist, Tim DeChristopher, would not be able to present a defence of necessity at the trial where he faces charges for fraud and for violating the Federal Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing Re...
