Monday, January 30, 2006

What do you do as a 1L when you bump into Cops?

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Michael Paris, a student at Dalhousie in Halifax recently made me aware of his blog entry, "What do you do as a 1L when you bump into C...
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Admissions: Law School Fees

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When I started law school, I was prepared to pay about $5,000 per year for tuition and fees. I felt very lucky, as this number would be “gra...
Thursday, January 26, 2006

Parents in Law (i.e. You Have Kids)

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I was a parent during law school. I had two children going in, and three coming out. Wow, was that ever a challenge. I knew of one man who h...

Admissions: Law School Rankings

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I just read the current issue of Canadian Lawyer Magazine, where they included the most recent Canadian Lawyer Magazine Canadian Law School ...
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Monday, January 23, 2006

Articling: CPLED

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So, I passed the CPLED bar admission requirements. What a great feeling. I made it through without failing one of the 23 assignments, a rela...
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Sunday, January 22, 2006

Admissions: Why Law School?

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Every law student or lawyer to whom I have posed the question, “What made you decide on law school?” has provided a different answer. There ...

More law movies

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On December 14, I posted a list of various law movies. Here are some more movies that you may be interested in as a law or pre-law student:...
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Monday, January 16, 2006

transmogriflaw and Anonymous Lawyer

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I came across two very clever blawgs recently. The first, Anonymous Lawyer is by a recent Harvard graduate who is writing a book based upo...
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Friday, January 13, 2006

Here's your law diploma -- and a bankruptcy expert

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I was pleasantly surprised to find an article about Canadian law schools in The Globe and Mail on Wednesday, January 11, 2006. From what I ...
Thursday, January 12, 2006

Game theory and law school

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I just read through an interesting commentary on law school grade distributions by Ari David Kopolovic, the creator of The Distillery blaw...
Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Daily Dose of Imagery

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Ever get bored while taking notes in class? Have a laptop? Check out Daily Dose of Imagery . I got hooked on this blog site about a month...

Blogrolling Law Eh?

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Thanks to the following weblogs and websites that have recently added permanent links to this one. The Scapegoat The New Step Vancouver Law ...
Monday, January 09, 2006

Admissions: The LSAT

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I thought I would share a few thoughts today about the LSAT. Most of you who are applying for law school this year will have taken the LSAT,...
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Political Apathy Begone

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Check out Liam McHugh-Russell and what he's doing to fight political apathy amongst youth and/or university students. I applaud him fo...
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Wednesday, December 21, 2005

Crazy Law News

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Sorry I haven't posted in a few days. My mother had a stroke last week. Pretty devastating! It sure makes me appreciate my own freedo...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Law Movies

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One really cool, yet not very accurate, way of finding out what the law and what lawyers do is to watch law-related movies. Like I said abov...
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Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Solicitor vs. Barrister

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Some of you might be wondering what the difference is between a barrister and a solicitor. I wondered this myself for some time, even during...
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Monday, December 12, 2005

Alternative legal careers

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OK, so you are thinking about law school, but you don't know if you really want to be in a courtroom setting throughout your career. Or...
Saturday, December 10, 2005

How to avoid burnout in and after law school

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1. Develop really good study habits in your undergrad years - these will help you to manage your time more wisely and to continue to practic...
Friday, December 09, 2005

Clerking

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I have a few friends that are currently clerking with one court or another, and have some friends that have clerked for a court. I often wis...