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Essential tech skills for law students

December 10, 2008 15:37

David Canton continues a discussion of essential tech skills for lawyers on Slaw. In addition to my comment to his post, I suggest learning to back your data up. USB keys and external hard drives don’t cut it. Back up your data off-site over the Internet to protect against hardware failure,...

CIRA, whois and IP Osgoode

November 04, 2008 15:58

Check out my post about CIRA’s ‘whois’ policy on the recently launched IP Osgoode wesbite. I wrote it as an assignment for my IP law class with professor D’Agostino. Check out my post about CIRA’s ‘whois’ policy on the recently launched IP Osgoode wesbite. I wrote it as an assignment for my IP...

Jobs for Law Grads

October 20, 2008 21:35

US law students are worried about jobs after the best job market in 20 years starts heading down. Should we be too?US law students are worried about jobs after the best job market in 20 years starts heading down. Should we be too?

International Customary Law Part of Common Law in Canada

October 15, 2008 21:11

H. Scott Fairley, a Theall Group LLP partner, wrote an lucid and compelling comment on R. v. Hape in the last issue of The Globetrotter. In that decision, the Supreme Court formally admitted international customary law into Canadian common law. Mr. Fairley explains why this happened and why it...

International influence of supreme courts

October 05, 2008 19:10

The U.S. Supreme Court is now guiding fewer nations says the New York Times. And whose constitutional influence is on the rise at the same time? Several experts quoted by the article point at the Canadian Supreme Court.The U.S. Supreme Court is now guiding fewer nations says the New York Times. And ...