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Wednesday Roundup: Olympic cleanup

Posted on April 01, 2008
Every Wednesday the Globe and Mail runs its Law Page and the National Post runs its Legal Post page. Here...

'Out of control' Ontario courts on 'verge of collapse': Globe

Posted on March 31, 2008
The Globe and Mail reported over the weekend (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080329.wxjustice29/BNStory/National/) on a University of Ottawa conference where the Ontario justice...

Short Cellar: Shortcut to the short cellar

Posted on March 31, 2008
I started the Short Cellar because I wanted to be able to drink something that shouldn't be a rarity but...

The Watercooler: March 2008

Posted on March 31, 2008
March is an odd month. With the inauguration of spring and the early start of daylight savings, it’s easy to...

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Precedent 2.1 Rock Band Launch Party!

Posted on March 30, 2008
Precedent celebrated the release of our second issue (index.php?option=com_content task=blogsection id=7 Itemid=99) with an event last Wednesday night in...

Babies vs. Billable Hours

Posted on March 28, 2008
A recent Canadian study of parenthood and work productivity showed that mothers did the fewest billable hours; fathers, however, billed...

Wednesday Roundup: Class Action

Posted on March 25, 2008
Every Wednesday the Globe and Mail runs its Law Page and the National Post runs its Legal Post page. Here...

The Short Cellar: Toronto's Best Kept Secret

Posted on March 24, 2008
The quest for a better bottle of wine can bring one into some glamourous locales: modish wine bars, wood-paneled private...

Lawyers win class action, don't get paid

Posted on March 23, 2008
A team of lawyers who spent seven years on the Hilsop class action (http://csc.lexum.umontreal.ca/en/2007/2007scc10/2007scc10.html) case could lose the $15...

Wheelchair access ramps up at Osgoode Hall

Posted on March 23, 2008
Osgoode Hall is embarking on a $1.8 million project to make its front entrance accessible to the disabled. It’s no...

Harvard: Buy two years of law school, get the third free

Posted on March 20, 2008
In order to trick persuade more Harvard Law students into choosing noble but impoverished careers in public service, non-profit...

Stanford go-getters want to be more than 'hamsters in a wheel', says L.A. Times

Posted on March 19, 2008
Building a Better Legal Profession (http://www.betterlegalprofession.org/) , a group made up of law students who are looking to improve the...

Wednesday Roundup: ABCP love-in

Posted on March 18, 2008
Every Wednesday the Globe and Mail runs its Law Page and the National Post runs its Legal Post page. Here...

New group for young litigators launches

Posted on March 16, 2008
If you’re a recent arrival on the Toronto litigation scene, you’ll want to know about the Toronto Junior Litigators’ Group...

David Stockwood, Q.C. (1941 – 2008)

Posted on March 16, 2008
The legal community has lost one of its stalwart members. David Stockwood, Q.C. died on March 7 after a battle...

Short Cellar: Option paralysis

Posted on March 16, 2008
The greatest problem for neophyte wine enthusiasts is option paralysis : walking into an LCBO and having no idea...

Precedent live to air

Posted on March 13, 2008
Lawyer Michael Cochrane (http://www.michaelcochrane.ca/) has invited me to be a guest tonight on his weekly television show “Strictly Legal”....

Winnie the Pooh v. Republic of Macedonia

Posted on March 13, 2008
Bears. We already know they're godless killing machines (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dc3blQhel9E), but apparently they're also petty thieves. A Macedonian court has tried...

Wednesday Roundup: Closing arguments

Posted on March 11, 2008
Every Wednesday the Globe and Mail runs its Law Page and the National Post runs its Legal Post page. Here...

Short Cellar: Zen and the Art of Wine Tasting

Posted on March 10, 2008
Besides being a lawyer and a wine columnist, I also teach meditation at a Korean Zen Buddhist temple (http://www.awakenedmeditationcentre.com/). The...

Precedent 2.1 goes online

Posted on March 06, 2008
See the little tab up there at the top of the page that says “Current Issue”? Click it and you’ll...

LSUC on feminism and abortion

Posted on March 06, 2008
Despite a low turnout, yesterday's International Women's Day event held at the Law Society sparked interesting and passionate debate. The...

New issue out today!

Posted on March 05, 2008
The second issue of Precedent is in the mail! Should be arriving any day now (maybe even today!) Here’s a...

Women + chocolate = good times

Posted on March 05, 2008
With International Women’s Day (http://www.internationalwomensday.com/) just around the corner (March 8th) there are a lot of events taking place...

Star applauds "Small Claims Court for Dummies" video

Posted on March 04, 2008
The expansion of small-claims court, which we talked about when the Osborne report came out late last year (index.php?option=com_content...

Wednesday Roundup: Law and politics

Posted on March 04, 2008
Every Wednesday the Globe and Mail runs its Law Page and the National Post runs its Legal Post page. Here...

I ain't sayin' she's a gold digger

Posted on March 03, 2008
This week kicked off the 2008 international convention of the Prospectors Developers Association of Canada (http://www.pdac.ca/pdac/conv/index.html). If your...

McMurtry appointed York U Chancellor

Posted on March 03, 2008
York University has appointed one of its own as Chancellor. Osgoode alumnus, former Ontario Chief Justice, and Globe and Mail...

The Watercooler: February 2008

Posted on March 02, 2008
February is the month of groundhogs and love (a good combo in my mind), and even though it is the...

Longer hours for urban lawyers, survey says

Posted on March 02, 2008
Young professionals who work in cities put in more hours than their suburban and rural counterparts, says a University of...

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