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Public Photography, the Police and Our Rights

  • January 29, 2014
  • Andreas Kalogiannides

If a police officer asks (orders?) you to stop filming them, are you legally required to stop? Can they legally take your smartphone and delete the pictures? This article briefly discusses our Charter and privacy rights in the context of public filming and dealing with police.

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The Duel in Early Upper Canada

  • January 29, 2014
  • The Honourable Mr. Justice William Renwick Riddell

Civility among members of the Ontario legal profession has come a long way since the early nineteenth century, when duels were tolerated as a method for settling disputes between lawyers. This 1915 article by Mr. Justice Riddell is published by Northwestern University and made available by JSTOR.

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Osgoode Hall: Reminiscences of the Bench and Bar

  • January 10, 2014
  • James Cleland Hamilton

The classic work published in 1904 on the personages, stories, legends, and lore of the Ontario legal profession. From the University of Toronto collections and Internet Archive (2008).

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The Role of Mentorship in Legal Practice

  • November 01, 2012
  • Andrew Ferguson Stephanie Lewis

After several years of University and three more years of law school, articling students and new lawyers have graduated from the study of the law into a new field of study: the practice of law.

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Comedy Night Rundown

  • November 01, 2012
  • Andreas Kalogiannides

Lawyers became comedians and created a magnificent comic masterpiece at Free Times Café in Toronto! The comic repertoire included satirical observations, sketch improv, comic rants, and political humour.

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