9 articles

23 mai

Slaw http://www.slaw.ca/

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Thursday Thinkpiece: Gavigan on Criminal Law on the Aboriginal Plains - Administrator Slaw

Each Thursday we present a significant excerpt, usually from a recently published book or journal article. In every case the proper permissions have been obtained. If you are a publisher who would like to participate in this feature, please let us know via the site's contact form. Hunger, (...) -- Thursday Thinkpiece
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Beware of Obviosities: Can the Obvious Ever Be a Settled Question? - Michael Posluns Slaw

A long time ago – sometime back in the last millennium, as a I recall – Michael Enright, the C.B.C. host and motorcycle rider – during yet another debate on gun control, said of the bill then before Parliament, “I should think it would be an obviosity.” Besides any (...) -- Justice Issues
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Let's Not Hate on Rob Ford for the Wrong Reasons Part 2 - Karin Galldin & Leslie Robertson Slaw

A few months ago we blogged about Rob Ford when he was removed from office and we asked all the haters to hold back from castigating the mayor for the wrong reason. Back in November we were disappointed to see so many people making fun of Ford for his weight and appearance. Well, we still hate (...) -- Justice Issues, Practice of Law

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Practicing Courage - Karen Dyck Slaw

-- Practice of Law, Practice of Law: Practice Management, Reading, competence, courage, vulnerability
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Motherhood and the Road to Partnership - Linda K. Robertson Slaw

On Mother's Day, I sat down to write this blog – and reflected on the extra challenges that women associates still face in making it to partner. This is despite the fact that most law firms have generous maternity leave policies. From the firm's perspective, their greatest challenge in (...) -- Practice of Law
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There Is Secure, Then There Is Secure - David Canton Slaw

-- Technology: Internet
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Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII - Administrator Slaw

-- Wednesday: What's Hot on CanLII
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The Price of Open and Free - Colin Lachance Slaw

On May 1st, a Texas law student uploaded the specs for 3D printing of a single-shot pistol to the web – specs that were downloaded over 100,000 times before the U.S. State Department asked that he remove them from his site. That same day, May 9th, U.S. President Barack Obama issued an (...) -- Legal Information
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Couchiching Roundtable on the Future of Legal Education - Simon Fodden Slaw

We learn from the redoubtable Howard Knopf that the Couchiching Institute is having one of its celebrated roundtables in Ottawa on May 27 with Ottawa U law dean Bruce Feldthusen on The Future of Legal Education. As the announcement says: This comes at crucial time, when enrolments in American (...) -- Announcements