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How Law Students Can Boost Their Job Prospects With a Good Online Profile
How Law Students Can Boost Their Job Prospects With a Good Online Profile Recently I was interviewed by Alexandra Kozlov at Queen’s University for an article in Canadian Lawyer 4Students magazine on how law students can boost their job prospects with a good online profile. Although this article was for law students, I think it [...]
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Schaeffer v Wood – CA rules on whether officers involved in an SIU incident can consult a lawyer on their notes – a must read for all police officers
Schaeffer v Wood – Court of Appeal rules on whether officers involved in an SIU incident can consult a lawyer on their notes – a must read for all police officers On November 15, 2011, the Court of Appeal released Schaeffer v Wood, 2011 ONCA 716. The end result of this ruling is a [...]
Tags: Criminal Defence Lawyer, Former Police Officer, Investigation, Kingston, Law Student, Simon Borys, SIU
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Blogging for Law Students
In 2 recent interviews I spoke with the Ontario Bar Association and also the American Bar Association on the issue of blogging for law students. Both associations were writing articles for their fall student issues. Obviously I am in favour of blogging for law students and in the interviews I shared some of my opinions [...]
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Familiy Matters Picked Up By Canadian Network
For those who follow my blog, you will already be aware of Family Matters, an online TV show featuring Justice Harvey Brownstone, a sitting Family Court Judge in Toronto, which I have promoted in the past. Although the show focuses primarily on Family Law, as opposed to Criminal Law (my area of interest), I still [...]
Tags: Criminal Law, Family Law, Family Matters, Kingston, Lawyer, Simon Borys
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Welcome to the New Blog
After 1 year, 35 posts, and over 40,000 views, my blog has moved from WordPress.com to a self-hosted site. Up until now, the blog was actually hosted at simonborys.wordpress.com, with the address SimonBorys.ca linking to that, meaning you could have accessed it through either address. Going forward, the blog will only be available here at [...]
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My Interview With The Lawyer’s Weekly Newspaper
My Interview With The Lawyer’s Weekly Newspaper Check out my interview with Chris Guly of The Lawyers Weekly on the use of social media in the future of the practice of law. Excerpt reproduced below. Please visit The Lawyer’s Weekly website to read the full article or pick up this week’s paper issue. First-year Queen’s [...]
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Police Powers and The G20: Why the Public Works Protection Act Was Unnecessary
In the following paper I advance the argument that the use of the Public Works Protection Act at the G20 by police was unnecessary and inappropriate. I suggest that they had ample existing authority under statute and common law to do the job they needed to do.
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Simon Says Goes International
My article on Does a police officer have to show you the number on the Radar? has been reprinted in the US by the Chicago Sun-Times! They found the article on the blog Law is Cool, where it was cross posted. Check it out here
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Justice on Target
In my last post I discussed the current state of the legal system, with respect to the time it takes for a case to be completed in court. With averages in 2009 of 214 days to completion and 9.2 court appearances, it’s not hard to understand why the public perception is that the system isn’t [...]
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Pavlov’s Law and the Criminal Justice System
From my experiences dealing with the different participants in the justice system (accused, victims, witnesses, court personnel, etc) and listening to the public’s opinion, I feel confident in saying that most people are frustrated with the length of time it takes for a case to be completed in court after an offence is actually committed. [...]
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Simon Borys is a former police officer, a law student at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, and an aspiring criminal lawyer.
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