Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Lawyers: Why Start your own Law Firm?

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A reader of my book recently asked me why, and how I was going to start a law firm so early on in my legal career. Great question. Here was ...
Thursday, May 11, 2006

Lawyers: Outrageous contingency fees for lawyers?

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In a quirky bit of fate, I read an article on CBC a couple of days after my last post, which dealt with mega-torts and mega-$ for lawyers t...
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Monday, May 08, 2006

Law in Literature: The King of Torts - a short review

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I just finished reading John Grisham's King of Torts . It was a very entertaining read and fairly creative. It was equally frustrating -...
Thursday, May 04, 2006

More Professors Ban Laptops in Law Classes

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Here's something controversial (at least for law students). Some Penn State law school professors have banned laptops in their classroom...
Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Law School: Books for Sale - Great Deal

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I have a number of copies of my book ( So, You Want to be a Lawyer, Eh?: A Comprehensive Guidebook for Prospective and Current Canadian Law ...
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Monday, April 24, 2006

Law Articles: Closing in on becoming a lawyer

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Time stretches on in these last two months before my bar call. I just finished a judge's rotation at the courthouse, which was fantastic...
Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Law School News: Law School in the News

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University of Toronto Law School has decided to raise its tuition . They are going for the full 8% increase allowed under Ontario's new ...
Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Law School: The progression into law

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Everybody has their own story about why they decided to write the LSAT and apply for law school. Everybody has their own story about why the...
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Thursday, March 23, 2006

Law School: Queen's Law Life: Correlation between the average law tuition ($6,800) and the average law prof's salary ($136,634)?

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There is an exellent article on Queen's Law Life looking at law tuition compared to law professor salaries. It is insightful commentary...
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Friday, March 17, 2006

Law Eh? Law School in Canada - Second Edition

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I have now started work on the 2nd edition of So, You Want to be a Lawyer, Eh? The title will be changed to Law Eh? Law School in Canada. W...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Law School: Canadian Law School Success

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A few tidbits for today: The Princton Review gives some good tips on how to attack law school classes . It's worth a quick read. Tips fo...
Monday, March 13, 2006

Law School: Kawaskimhon National Aboriginal Rights Moot

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The Law Times recently posted a short article on the Kawaskimhon National Aboriginal Rights Moot , a moot that I participated in during my s...
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Starting a law firm

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So, on Friday I was offered a position at my law firm for next year. I will complete my articles on May 31, 2006. I was flattered, and hap...
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Friday, March 10, 2006

Success Stories: Metamorphosis turns law student into actor

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I read an interesting article in The Star about a fellow who found out very early on that law school wasn't for him. Instead, it was th...
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Law School: Don't share your law school grades

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With the exception of your Mom, Dad, husband or wife and maybe your best friend (that isn’t in law school), do not share your grades with an...
Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Law School: New CANS, Outlines, Summaries for Law School

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Cecilia Perdigao / Jenny Hopkins kindly sent me some first year law school outlines / summaries today. I will post them at http://www.canadi...
Thursday, March 02, 2006

Law School Admissions: Mastering the LSAT - How to Score 160 or More

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It's been some time since I gave a lot of thought to the LSAT (Law School Admission Test). More than four years, in fact. I came across ...
Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Law School: Do your own CAN or Outline

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Even if you find the very best CAN (Condensed Annotated Notes, also known as an outline) in the world for a particular course, you will want...
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Friday, February 24, 2006

Law School Admissions: Deferring law school in Canada

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Many prospective law students do not realize that there is often an opportunity to defer your studies for up to one year. Note that not all ...
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Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Success Stories: Trailer park to law school dean: The journey of Mayo Moran

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If you are looking for some inspiration today, consider reading this article , written in the globe and mail about the University of Toronto...