Miscellaneous

Short Cellar: Wines and Misdemeanors

Posted on March 04, 2009

Wednesday Roundup: Comparatively, we're doing OK

Posted on March 03, 2009

The Watercooler: February 2009

Posted on March 03, 2009

This Monday: National Women's Day

Posted on February 25, 2009
This upcoming Monday is National Women’s Day and a panel at the law society will be asking: have women judges...

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Short Cellar: 13th Street Winery – Part III

Posted on February 25, 2009
This is the third and last installment of the Short Cellar's profile of the excellent wine from 13th Street Winery...

Nominate your favourite lawyers

Posted on February 24, 2009
The deadline is fast approaching for Law Society award nominations. Hopefully you know some great lawyers who have contributed to...

Wednesday Roundup: The price of professionalism

Posted on February 24, 2009
Every Wednesday the Globe and Mail runs its Law Page and the National Post runs its Legal Post page. Here...

Short Cellar: 13th Street Winery – Part II

Posted on February 18, 2009
You don’t know Ontario wine until you’ve tasted a bottle from the unique 13th Street Winery (http://www.13thstreetwinery.com). Last week, I...

Wednesday Roundup: The end of lawyers?

Posted on February 17, 2009
Every Wednesday the Globe and Mail runs its Law Page and the National Post runs its Legal Post page. Here...

Learning professionalism

Posted on February 16, 2009
The Centre for the Legal Profession is holding a symposium (http://www.law.utoronto.ca/visitors_content.asp?itemPath=5/7/3/0/0 contentId=1830) entitled Lifelong Learning in Professionalism ....

Family lawyer Julie Hannaford is cupid

Posted on February 13, 2009
What is it with family law lawyers and unusual talking e-cards? Many of us enjoyed Martha McCarthy’s holiday card (http://www.mccarthyco.ca/seasonsgreetings/)...

Short Cellar: The Cult Wines of 13th Street

Posted on February 11, 2009


I love the term cult wine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_wine) . Technically, it means a wine that creates its own dedicated...

Wednesday Roundup: Measuring us against US

Posted on February 10, 2009
Every Wednesday the Globe and Mail runs its Law Page and the National Post runs its Legal Post page. Here...

Short Cellar: Old and White – and over the Hill?

Posted on February 05, 2009
Two years ago, I bought a few bottles of an excellent New Zealand wine called Twin Islands Sauvignon Blanc 2006...

Degree of piety?

Posted on February 05, 2009
TORONTO - Last week, when an Ontario Court Justice ruled against allowing a woman in a sexual assault case to...

The Watercooler: January 2009

Posted on February 04, 2009
The Iraq War. The Financial Crisis. Afghanistan. Terrorist attacks. Nukes. This is the world that Barack Obama, the 44th President...

Does Canada graduate enough lawyers?

Posted on February 03, 2009
Maclean's has piped up about the economy of lawyers (http://blog.macleans.ca/2009/02/02/where%E2%80%99s-a-lawyer-when-you-need-one/) in Canada. Turns out that the size of your...

Wednesday Roundup: Shareholder revolts, drugs, and Kevlar

Posted on February 03, 2009
Every Wednesday the Globe and Mail runs its Law Page and the National Post runs its Legal Post page. Here...

Downturn round-up

Posted on February 01, 2009
Rather than regular posts about law firm layoffs and budget cuts, we’ve decided to save the bad news and wrap...

Short Cellar: Vacation

Posted on January 28, 2009
Matthew Sullivan is on vacation and will return with another edition of the Short Cellar next Thursday. Read his review...

Suit up and buck up

Posted on January 27, 2009
Alright folks, it’s that time of year when we’re all feeling depressed, fat, lonely, and broke. Don’t deny it –...

Meet Obama's man

Posted on January 27, 2009
COMING SOON: To round off the first week of Black History Month, an advisor to President Barack Obama’s presidential campaign...

Class-action for York students

Posted on January 27, 2009
TORONTO - The law offices of Juroviesky and Ricci (http://www.jruslaw.com/) have filed a class-action law suit in the Ontario...

Wednesday Roundup: Privacy rules

Posted on January 27, 2009
Every Wednesday the Globe and Mail runs its Law Page and the National Post runs its Legal Post page. Here...

Style & Error: First ladies first

Posted on January 22, 2009
It’s hard to find inspiration for your real-life work wardrobe these days. The media is full of images of style...

Ontario Civil Legal Needs Project

Posted on January 21, 2009
The latest from the Law Society: LSUC is partnering with Pro Bono Law Ontario (http://www.pblo.org/) and Legal Aid Ontario...

Short Cellar: For the apocalypse-fearing palate

Posted on January 21, 2009
I feel a little guilty for writing my last column in praise of expensive wine now that I have...

Chicago ceasefire

Posted on January 20, 2009
At dawn this morning the last Israeli soldier was withdrawn from the Gaza Strip (http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/01/21/israel-gaza.html), the CBC reports. The ceasefire...

Wednesday Roundup: Restructuring restructurings

Posted on January 20, 2009
Every Wednesday the Globe and Mail runs its Law Page and the National Post runs its Legal Post page. Here...

Style & Error: Mallrats

Posted on January 16, 2009
There is really no time like the present to open a multi-billion dollar new mall. I am not alone when...

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