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Style & Error: Four eyes

Posted on October 02, 2008
According to Monocle magazine (http://www.monocle.com/), eyewear says more about you than your shoes. All the coverage on Sarah Palin’s rimless...

Watercooler: September 2008

Posted on October 01, 2008
Autumn’s here. And so is election season. The leaves are changing, sweater weather, blahblahblah. Let’s get to the good stuff....

Wednesday Roundup: Finance woes

Posted on September 30, 2008
Every Wednesday the Globe and Mail runs its Law Page and the National Post runs its Legal Post page. Here...

Short Cellar: Ugly beauties of Chile

Posted on September 29, 2008
Francis Bacon, the English philosopher (and former Attorney General) observed “there is no exquisite beauty without some strangeness in the...

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Style & Error: Down and out

Posted on September 25, 2008
It was a week of sightings here in London. First, I ate next to Bette Midler (http://www.bettemidler.com/) in Soho....

Student Party: Osgoode & U of T

Posted on September 25, 2008
Tuesday, September 16The Pilot Tavern*Special thanks to Merina Crowe for taking photos! images/stories/Toronto1.jpgimages/stories/Toronto2.jpgimages/stories/Toronto3.jpgimages/stories/Toronto4.jpgimages/stories/Toronto5.jpgimages/stories/Toronto6.jpgimages/stories/Toronto7...

Student Party: Western

Posted on September 25, 2008
Wednesday, September 17The London Tap Houseimages/stories/Westernparty1.jpgimages/stories/Westernparty2.jpgimages/stories/Westernparty3.jpgimages/stories/Westernparty4.jpgimages/stories/Westernparty5.jpgimages/stories/Westernparty6.jpgimages/stories/Westernparty7...

Student Party: Windsor

Posted on September 25, 2008
Thursday, September 18Rock Bottomimages/stories/Windsorparty1.jpgimages/stories/Windsorparty2.jpgimages/stories/Windsorparty3.jpgimages/stories/Windsorparty4.jpgimages/stories/Windsorparty5.jpgimages/stories/Windsorparty6.jpgimages/stories/Windsorparty7...

Student Party: Ottawa

Posted on September 25, 2008
Monday, September 22Royal Oakimages/stories/Ottawa1.jpgimages/stories/Ottawa2.jpgimages/stories/Ottawa3.jpgimages/stories/Ottawa4.jpgimages/stories/Ottawa5.jpgimages/stories/Ottawa6.jpgimages/stories/Ottawa7.jpgimages/stories/Ottawa8.jpgimages/stories/Ottawa9...

Student Party: Queen's

Posted on September 25, 2008
Tuesday, September 23The Grizzly Grillimages/stories/Kingston1.jpgimages/stories/Kingston2.jpgimages/stories/Kingston3.jpgimages/stories/Kingston4.jpgimages/stories/Kingston5.jpgimages/stories/Kingston6.jpgimages/stories/Kingston7.jpgimages/stories/Kingston8...

Precedent student parties 2008!

Posted on September 24, 2008
We’re back from the Precedent road trip. In just one week, we threw parties at every Ontario law school! Students...

Wednesday Roundup: Lawyers in a dangerous time

Posted on September 23, 2008
Every Wednesday the Globe and Mail runs its Law Page and the National Post runs its Legal Post page. Here...

Short Cellar: Wine for the season

Posted on September 22, 2008
Yesterday was the first day of fall. George Eliot (http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/collections/projects/eliot/middlemarch/bio.html) once enthused “Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded...

Pants & the Constitution: How low can you go?

Posted on September 21, 2008
When the Florida town of Riviera Beach voted to ban saggy pants last march (http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/03/11/0311rivcharter.html) , they wanted to send...

US courts losing influence, while Canadian decisions gain popluarity

Posted on September 21, 2008
That America isn’t the most popular country abroad these days isn’t news. But now they have one more thing to...

Style & Error: Your fashionable Second Life

Posted on September 18, 2008
Whatever happened to living in the moment? Presentations for Spring/Summer 09 are well underway and there’s no escaping it. New...

Wednesday round up: Judging judges

Posted on September 16, 2008
Every Wednesday the Globe and Mail runs its Law Page and the National Post runs its Legal Post page. Here...

Short Cellar: The secret of Portugal's success

Posted on September 15, 2008
underrated regions (http://winegeeks.com/articles/55) where the price tag has not yet caught up to the quality of the wine. The...

AIDSbeat ticket giveaway

Posted on September 15, 2008
This year, lawyers in Toronto will gather at the Koolhaus for the 13th annual AIDSbeat (http://www.aidsbeat.com/) event. The fundraiser...

Maclean's law school rankings: U of T on top

Posted on September 13, 2008
Maclean’s has released their second annual ranking (http://oncampus.macleans.ca/education/2008/09/11/ranking-canada%E2%80%99s-law-schools/) of Canadian law schools. Top honours for common law schools go...

Fall issue of Precedent is here

Posted on September 12, 2008
It’s Precedent’s first anniversary! Check your mailbox for the latest issue. Some of the stories you can look forward to:...

Style & Error: J.Crew, I miss you

Posted on September 11, 2008
One of the things I miss about North America, fashion-wise (which let’s face it, is not that long of...

Precedent presents: Dressed to Bill

Posted on September 10, 2008
This fall, Precedent is marking its first anniversary. On October 23, Toronto lawyers will gather at a Bay Street location...

Wednesday Roundup: M&A in depth

Posted on September 09, 2008
Every Wednesday the Globe and Mail runs its Law Page and the National Post runs its Legal Post page. Here...

Short Cellar: Backyard BBQ prizefight

Posted on September 08, 2008
Every year, I board a Greyhound bus and head to my hometown to have a barbeque with an old friend...

Judicial appointment gets praise; Newfoundland gets snubbed

Posted on September 08, 2008
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has made his pick (http://pm.gc.ca/eng/media.asp?category=1 id=2265) to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. Thomas Cromwell, currently...

Style & Error: Jeans these days

Posted on September 04, 2008
By special request, I’m dedicating this week to exploring what in the world is going on with jeans these days....

Precedent's student parties are back!

Posted on September 03, 2008
It's our first anniversary, so we're taking Precedent on tour, stopping at every Ontario law school to celebrate. Students are...

Wednesday Roundup: Listeriosis

Posted on September 02, 2008
Every Wednesday the Globe and Mail runs its Law Page and the National Post runs its Legal Post page. Here...

Short Cellar: Vacation

Posted on September 01, 2008
Matthew Sullivan is on vacation. The Short Cellar will return on Tuesday, September 9.

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