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Introducing the new Ultra Vires website! After years of toiling away in the days of static web pages and clumsy PDF viewers, UV has arrived into the world of social...6March 29, 2012

UV Upgrades to Web 2.0!

Introducing the new Ultra Vires website! After years of toiling away in the days of static web pages and clumsy PDF viewers, UV has arrived into the world of social…

How do you think it feels when on your first day of 4L, a 3L comes up to you and says, “Hey… umm… I thought you were supposed to graduate...1March 27, 2012

Reflections of a 4L

How do you think it feels when on your first day of 4L, a 3L comes up to you and says, “Hey… umm… I thought you were supposed to graduate…

This is my final UV column since I will be graduating law school in a few short months. Since many of my friends have asked me why I am going/went...0March 27, 2012

Envisioning Global LGBT Rights

This is my final UV column since I will be graduating law school in a few short months. Since many of my friends have asked me why I am going/went…

Law and News
The Muslim Law Students Association presented a panel discussion on the recent banning of wearing face veils at Canadian citizenship ceremonies.  There were two panelists.  Farzana Hassan, a spokesperson for...1March 27, 2012

A Perspective on the Niqab Ban

The Muslim Law Students Association presented a panel discussion on the recent banning of wearing face veils at Canadian citizenship ceremonies.  There were two panelists.  Farzana Hassan, a spokesperson for…

Dear fellow students, We publish this column in order to keep UTLaw students up to date with SLS money-spending and decision-making. Below is a breakdown of the SLS 2011-2012 budget,...0March 27, 2012

The SLS Audit: 2011-12

Dear fellow students, We publish this column in order to keep UTLaw students up to date with SLS money-spending and decision-making. Below is a breakdown of the SLS 2011-2012 budget,…

In the last issue of Ultra Vires, the paper took statements made by Associate Dean Alarie and me about the 1L Legal Research & Writing (LRW) program, and pitted them...0March 27, 2012

J-Nasty Sets the Record Straight

In the last issue of Ultra Vires, the paper took statements made by Associate Dean Alarie and me about the 1L Legal Research & Writing (LRW) program, and pitted them…

Pre-Game 1: strategy formed. Everybody throw at once, aiming at same target. Pick best players and get them out first. Game 1: Easy win. Everyone but Charlie left standing. Charlie...0March 27, 2012

U of T Dodgeball Honours Us All

Pre-Game 1: strategy formed. Everybody throw at once, aiming at same target. Pick best players and get them out first. Game 1: Easy win. Everyone but Charlie left standing. Charlie…

When a friend pointed out that National Post columnist Barbara Kay would be giving a talk at U of T entitled “From Women’s Rights to Feminists Wrongs: Contempt for Men...5March 27, 2012

Barbara Kay’s Twisted Feminism

When a friend pointed out that National Post columnist Barbara Kay would be giving a talk at U of T entitled “From Women’s Rights to Feminists Wrongs: Contempt for Men…

Many of Canada’s anti-prostitution laws violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and are thus illegal, says the Ontario Court of Appeal in Bedford v AG Canada (2012 ONCA 186)...0March 27, 2012

Section 7 Prevails in Bedford Case

Many of Canada’s anti-prostitution laws violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and are thus illegal, says the Ontario Court of Appeal in Bedford v AG Canada (2012 ONCA 186)…