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150 years of law at mcgill

xanawu — Sat, 23 Dec 2006 18:48:59 +0000

I was cleaning out my room for my impending trip to HK (during which I’m subletting my room), when I found a booklet by Ian Pilarczyk called A Noble Roster: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Law at McGill.

it’s… uh… interesting to see what some of the current profs have to say about their student [...]

recruitment haikus

xanawu — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 22:14:30 +0000

Plastic smiles melt Logic with pens and zeroes Do you like our firm?

Palms are sore from shaking Hands of smiling strangers Too much jerking off

Lovely offices With nice view and carpeting Why is she crying?

Tie matches the socks By design. Wish this place matched With me as nicely

The anxiety Rises with every word Give me an offer

For bending over Do I get the position? Reach around a [...]

comité de déontologie policière

xanawu — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 01:40:21 +0000

I went to see a colleague of mine plead at the police ethics committee yesterday, for the legal clinic that we both work at this semester. (although not yet lawyers, there are some exceptions where we can present arguments before administrative bodies)

it was great! I have also been to the immigration and refugee board, and [...]

ugh

xanawu — Mon, 23 Oct 2006 03:17:30 +0000

I just realized how boring this paper sounds:

Paragraph 2 is also similar to Article 10 of the draft articles recommended by the WCED’s Experts Group on Environmental Law, which aims to prevent “transboundary environmental interference or significant risk thereof which causes substantial harm” (emphasis added). The present provision extends liability not only to physical [...]

IPR protection in china

xanawu — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 03:08:38 +0000

My people are poor; people in western China are making RMB200 (US$24) per month. Now a bunch of foreigners want me to protect their Gucci handbags? I couldn’t care less.

so represents the views of rural Chinese government officials, according to Ekkehard Rathgeber, President of Bertelsmann Direct Group Asia. (found on china law blog)

this is [...]