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This is a bonus Charon QC podcast (Lawcast 127: Simon Fodden on Slaw, Canada) which I have pulled out of the archives because I enjoyed listening.

Mike Semple-Pigott interviewed Simon Fodden, a Canadian legal academic who runs a prominent law blog which covers law mainly within the “Commonwealth” with an international team of contributors.

In the second half of the podcast there is a detailed conversation about the international nature of blogs, and which parts of the legal world are using them well (or not).

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Here is Mike’s full introduction:

Slaw is a Canadian co-operative weblog about any and all things legal. During the four years they have been publishing, their audience has steadily grown to include hundreds of practicing lawyers, legal librarians, legal academics and students

I quote from their ABOUT section…. “Slaw operates with a core of regular contributors and a penumbra of occasional contributors , as well as a roster of regular columnists . It is open to anyone who is knowlegeable and interested to apply to join Slaw in any of these capacities. Because information technology dissolves boundaries, you don’t have to be a Canadian to join and talk about legal matters.”

Today, I’m talking to Simon Fodden, Professor Emeritus, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University Toronto, about Slaw, the Canadian legal system generally and his views on the internationality of the blawgosphere…