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PAGE 16 u BIZARRE BRIEFS By Viola James 40 APPLICANTS FOR LAW JOB PAYING $10K BOSTON — Most University of Toronto law graduates couldn't imagine earning $10,000 a year, so imagine how Boston College' lawyers feel about taking a job paying that much after forking over almost $45,000 in tuition for the school year. According to the Toronto Star, that' s crop of new much two-person firm Gilbert & O'Bryan LLP announced it plans to pay on its job ad on the Boston College Law School' s how the low wage, the firm has received more than 40 applications for the job, partner Galen Gilbert told the Star. "We're a very small firm. Our revenues are less s career site. Despite told reporters the chancellor was confident the minister would make good on the import duty he had "neglected" to pay for the rug. "The word 'neglect' implies that it would have news conference, which spent longer discuss- ing Niebel' been more correct and preferable if it had been imported some other way, " Seibert told a regular impending Spanish bailout. The centre-left opposition accused the minis- than $100,000 last year for two attorneys," he told the Star. According to the Star, college spokesman Nate Kenyon said the job is "more the exception than the rule." MINISTER ON HOOK FOR FLYING CARPET BERLIN — Germans can have a bit more comfort in the state of the rule of law in their country after a minister learned he has to pay the import duty on his flying carpet. According to Reuters, Germany' minister has received a stiff customs bill and a reprimand for getting the country' home a rug from Afghanistan for him without declaring it. Economic Co-operation and Development agency, the BND, to take it on his plane back to Berlin, thereby failing to pay an estimated 200 euros in import duty on the 1,400-euro rug. Niebel also faced criticism for sending his s intelligence s overseas aid s top spy to fly Minister Dirk Niebel bought the carpet for per- sonal use on a trip to Kabul in May but couldn't take it on board his scheduled flight home. He then got the head of Germany' ernance in countries like Afghanistan. Germans have little tolerance of officials omit- ting to pay their own personal expenses. Merkel's s efforts to promote good gov- s rug than the euro-zone crisis and ter of "brazen abuse" of office that risked under- mining Germany' own husband has taken budget airlines to their holiday destinations rather than paying a higher fee to accompany her on a government flight. IS WASABI A DANGEROUS WEAPON? BARNSTABLE, Mass. — Is wasabi a dangerous weapon? Police in Barnstable believe it is after arrest- ing a 22-year-old man on a number of charges for attacking his girlfriend with her wasabi- covered jeans. According to the Cape Cod Times, the victim Angela Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert June 18, 2012 • Law Times u The INSIDE STORY WINKLER HONOURED BY YORK UNIVERSITY York University has honoured Ontario Chief Justice Warren Winkler with a doctor of laws degree. Winkler received the honorary degree for his work in the legal profession on June 14 at York' Hall Law School dean Lorne Sossin re- vealed planning is underway for a new Win- kler Institute for Dispute Resolution. Th e institute will also house a group of Winkler fellows who will give public lectures, collaborate on research papers, and develop pilot projects. "Chief Justice Winkler has made tremendous contributions to the development of dispute resolution in Ontario," said Sossin. "Given Osgoode's rich tradition of leadership in the fi eld, it is In announcing the honour, Osgoode- s Keele campus. Chief Justice Warren Winkler fi tting that a leading global institute on dispute resolution should be launched here, and we are honoured that the chief justice has agreed to be its namesake. " THREE LAWYERS APPOINTED TO BENCH Th e province has appointed three lawyers to the Ontario Court of Justice bench. Franco Giamberardino and the accused, John McGuinness, had been at a bar to watch a basketball game prior to the attack. As they returned home, the victim received a text message from a male friend. The two then got into a fight, after which the victim dropped McGuinness at his home. After she left, the victim allegedly received a RIGHTS CODE TURNS 50 Ontario' turned 50 last week. Celebrations for the anniver- will become a judge at the On- tario Court of Justice in Corn- wall, Ont. Giamberardino has been a sole practitioner in Ot- tawa since 2001. Joining him at the court is official driver to the airport to pick up the carpet, Reuters reported. An aide said Niebel had every intention of paying for that in his tax returns. text message from McGuinness saying he was throwing out an expensive pair of jeans belong- ing to her. She returned to his house and, after getting out of the car, he allegedly hit her with the wasabi-covered jeans and got some of the sauce in her eyes. Police have charged him with domestic assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, and intimidation of a witness. LT Steven Harrison, a sole prac- titioner in Peterborough, Ont., who will become a judge in Owen Sound, Ont. In addition, Carolyn Jones, a family lawyer at Di Cecco Jones, becomes a judge in To- ronto. Th e three will take their posts on June 20. 2012 ESSAY WINNERS NAMED Th e Law Society of Upper Canada has announced the winners of the 2012 Rueter Scar- gall Bennett LLP prize in legal ethics. Jeremy Tatum, a law stu- dent from the University of Windsor, received the top prize for his essay on using truthful evidence to discredit truthful testimony. Joining Tatum were Megan "But even if you do have the basis for a class action, who's going to certify it?" for Canadian Lawyer 4Students, wrote about depression as an institutional, workplace, and professionalism problem, while MacDonnell wrote about ethics among class counsel. Seto, a law student from the University of Ottawa, and Kaitlyn MacDonnell, also of the University of Windsor. Seto, an online columnist s Human Rights Code sary of the code, the fi rst of its kind in Canada, took place June 11 to 15 with a commemorative plaque and a proclamation proj- ect across Ontario. As part of the project, the On- tario Human Rights Com- mission invited municipalities to declare last week Ontario Hu- man Rights Code Week or June 15 as Ontario Human Rights Code Day. "Municipalities provide di- rect services that aff ect people's lives in their homes and com- munities, so they are oſt en the fi rst level of government to see barriers or discrimination," said commission chief commissioner Barbara Hall. "By celebrating this anniver- sary, they all celebrate the impor- tant role they have played along this historic road. " POLL RESULTS Th e results of last week' Times online poll are in. Fiſt y-nine per cent of re- s Law spondents agreed with the fi nd- ings of a Law Society of Upper Canada interim task force re- port on articling that the major- ity of lawyers don't want to see major changes to the current articling system. Th e report indicated that the majority among the bar was op- posed to signifi cant changes to articling despite the growing shortage of positions. LT For more Inside Story, please visit www.lawtimesnews.com. www.lawtimesnews.com Untitled-2 1 12-06-13 10:41 AM

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