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New Alcohol Regulations Target Binge Drinking in Alberta

August 01, 2008 04:30

Amendments to the Alberta Gaming and Liquor Commission policies come into effect today. The new rules, which are explicitly aimed at curbing binge drinking, will create a number of changes to how alcohol is served in licenced establishments throughout the province. As of today, there will be new...

Omar Ha-Redeye, Law is Cool Founder, joins Slaw

August 18, 2008 07:58

After founding this site in the summer of 2007, it has quickly grown into the largest law school website in Canada. It has been a great experience, not without challenges, but the time has come to take on new initiatives. For that reason, I’m pleased to share that I’m accepting an...

B.C. Appeal Court Upholds Controversial Abortion Clinic “bubble-zone law”

September 04, 2008 23:05

B.C.’s highest court has dismissed a constitutional challenge to the province’s Access to Abortion Services Act, which restricts protesters around abortion clinics to a distance of 30 meters. The law was enacted by the provincial legislature in 1995 to address escalating harrassment by a...

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About Windsor Law’s Law Enforcement Accountability Project (LEAP)

April 21, 2009 01:46

Second post of three on projects at Windsor Law fighting racial discrimination On February 5, 2009, Windsor Law, Canada’s first access to justice law school launched LEAP. The project is a student-led research initiative designed to provide, upon request, confidential research, policy r...

Why You Should Never Talk to the Police

April 17, 2009 04:19

Moin A. Yaha, Associate Professor of Law at U. Alberta has posted a couple of interesting videos on why criminal suspects should never talk to the police. Most experienced defence lawyers will tell you that the first words out of their mouth when they get the 3AM phone call from the jail are:...

The Law of Self Sacrifice

April 17, 2009 03:05

The Law of Self Sacrifice: When you starve with a tiger, the tiger starves last. The Law of Self Sacrifice: When you starve with a tiger, the tiger starves last.

Lawyer Disbarred for Student Debt

April 16, 2009 01:56

As reported by The Globe and Mail, Houston-based lawyer Frank Santulli has been stripped of his licence to practice law because of his student debt. Santulli has carried US$67,000 in outstanding loans since 1998 and failed to follow a plan to repay them: A Texas appeals court said lawyer Frank...

Ontario Ombudsman

April 14, 2009 19:05

The office of Ontario Ombudsman is on Twitter and Facebook. The Ombudsman is a pretty unique independent oversight officer accountable directly to the provincial legislature. He investigates people’s complaints under the authority granted by the Ombudsman Act. Add or follow the Ombudsman....

Official Launch of Law Enforcement Accountability Project (LEAP)

April 14, 2009 03:52

First post of three on projects at Windsor Law fighting racial discrimination On February 5th, 2009, the Faculty of Law hosted the official launch of LEAP. LEAP is the first law school project of its kind in Canada. The event kicked off with an introduction and welcome by Dean Bruce Elman....

New IP Writing Award

April 12, 2009 21:20

The Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) and IP Osgoode are delighted to announce a new Canadian writing challenge in intellectual property law.  Submissions may be in French or in English. To help advance such scholarship from within the classroom and beyond, we have established three ...