Interesting Article/Book detailing the differences in US & Canadian criminal justice systems.

Law Times - ONLINE: EXCLUSIVE: U.S. prosecutors hold all the power

Interesting and worth a read.

RW

Windsor 2nd year PC Candidate

Montrose candidate replaced by PCs

Interesting news, a current Windsor Law 2nd year student is the PC Alberta candidate for the Alberta Provincial riding of Calgary-Montrose.

He might have to ask Premier Stelmach for time off to write exams?

RW

Employment stats for the Class of 2009

Here are the current employment stats for the class of 2009 as of Feb 1, 2008.

Eight students in the JD/LLB class of 2009 have summer (2L) jobs at the following firms:

• McCarthy Tetrault - Toronto (2)
• Torys - Toronto (1)
  
• Boutique IP Litigation Firm - Ottawa (1)
• Thatcher Proffit & Wood - NYC (1)
• Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker - NYC (2)
• Shearman & Sterling - NYC (1)

Many more members of the class have had good results in interviews and are pursuing London, Ottawa, and other Toronto opportunities.