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NO, REALLY. EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OK
EVERYONE, I HAVE SOME BAD NEWS. IT’S APRIL. EXAMS ARE HERE. I KNOW, RIGHT? AND IT CAN BE SO HARD TO FOCUS WHEN IT’S…
Delee Fromm on How Women Can Present a Persuasive Presence in the Legal World
Women and men have varied socialized rituals. Across cultures, women grew up learning socialized rituals to reduce their presence; these unconscious habits can hamper women’s performance in the professional setting….
New Proposed Legal Clinic Offerings
During a town hall meeting on March 4, 2013, Dean Moran announced that there were two new clinical projects in the works for the near future. In a follow-up interview…
Future Unbound: Stikeman Elliott hosts event on international opportunities
On Friday February 8, 2013 Stikeman Elliott hosted law students from UofT and Osgoode for a panel discussion entitled “Future Unbound?: Inbound and Outbound Investment in China and India”. The…
Persevering in the Face of Adversity: Annual Asian-Canadian Law Students Conference
The 9th Annual Asian-Canadian Law Students Conference took place on Saturday February 23, 2013 in downtown Toronto at the One King West Hotel. The theme of the conference was ‘Perseverance…
Admissions: How The Sausage is Made
Admissions play an enormous role in the life at the law school. For 44 years Prof. Arnold Weinrib chaired the admissions committee and used his many decades of experience, along…
Features
Better Out Than In: The best places to cry at U of T law
I’m a crier and I’m not ashamed to admit it. Anything from the Bachelor season finale to a mediocre grade and I start to well up. While it can get…
Breaking News: Law School Actually a Choose Your Own Adventure Novel
Somehow there’s still two more years of law school. I don’t know about you, but I am pretty sure at this point my brain physically cannot contain any more information….
JD/MBA in Review
This year, 21 students are in the Rotman JD/MBA— more than twice as many as last year, and there are good reasons for that. There are new incentives for JD…
Manitoba Metis Federation
December 13, 2011, I marched to the steps of the Supreme Court of Canada with a column of Métis leaders, elders, and other interested individuals. We soon gathered in the…
Proper Facebook Etiquette for Couples: How to Stop Annoying All Your Friends (And Not Just the Single Ones)
Most of us have one – that couple on Facebook who doesn’t understand the effect they have on others. It’s like the couple in high school or undergrad who engaged…
Diversions
First Year: A Movie Review
This season’s budget-busting megamovie, Law School: First Year, is an epic coming of age story in the grand tradition of The Paper Chase and Legally Blonde. But what could have…
UV Horoscopes: March 2013
Aries Your sign is associated with dynamic change, movement, and great vitality. This means either that you’re going to participate vigorously in some sort of aggressive protest, or that you’re…
Opinions
Teach Me How to 3L
Dear 2Ls, Your third year of law school is an incredible opportunity and you must not waste it. SHOULD YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR GRADES AT THIS POINT? Grades are a…
Dr. 3L: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Law School
Law students like to joke about how little work 3Ls do and how fun their lives are. Well, I have three things to say to that: (1) 3L can be…
Is Publishing Professor Rankings Tacky?
The administration does not love the idea of disseminating information about teacher rankings. While the class evaluations are publicly available in the library, you can only read them at the…
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The Price of Excellence: A Discussion Document
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Admissions: How The Sausage is Made
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Moot Roundup: U of T wins Arnup Cup, Diversity Moot, and Corporate Securities Moot
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UV Cover Art: March 2013
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Tuition Special: Where Do We Go From Here?
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Better Out Than In: The best places to cry at U of T law
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Point/Counterpoint: Has UV jumped the shark?
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How Front End Financial Aid Works: And 4 Key Facts You Should Know
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Power Concedes Nothing Without a Demand
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Time to get out of UTSU before this ship sinks
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