When you’re uniquely located at the center of the universe, as the City of Toronto is, you frequently forget that there are other people and places on this planet. Places where the people are doing a lot of the same things you are, like eating free pizza and being forced to take admin. Enter: our fellow law schools. We asked 10 of our comrades from across Canada to answer a few questions about their respective schools. Whether from the east or the west, it turns out we’re all cut from the same cloth. We even found some common ground with our cousin to the north.
Now the only question left is, do you think the Wreck Room will accommodate us all for a pub night?
Introducing Canada’s legal future, from West to East…
Anon from UBC
Your school: UBC
Class size: 180
Upper year compulsory courses: Bus Orgs, Jurisprudence, Admin, Ethics, and a 4 credit Seminar
Fav lunch spot: Wherever there’s free food
Pub night is: most nights and is probably organized by the Rugby team.
On that note, classmate hook ups are: a) non-existent b) common c) incestuous d) Other: on the DL
Maps are called CANs
Is your school more Suits, or Law & Order? Suits
Most common freebie found at your school: Samosas in a box
Profs – more at bleeding heart lefties, or conservative wingnuts? Bleeding heart lefties… more so?
Relationship with the Locals is: The students are the locals
Biggest rival school: UVic for sports, U of T generally
If your school was a drink, it’d be a: organic Granville Island Pale Ale
Fun fact: We have a nude beach within walking distance… and we have a trike race where we pelt each other with water balloons while riding tricycles
James from TRU
Your school: Thompson Rivers University
Class size: 75-95
Upper year compulsory courses: The usual suspects…civil procedure, administrative law, business administration, advanced legal research…to name a few
Fav lunch spot: The Culinary Center (imagine a bunch of students training to be red seal chefs…steaks for $8 bucks…)
Pub night is Friday and is like a pack of ravenous wolverines descending on the Cougar Bar in town…
On that note, classmate hook ups are: D) Other: Like a double rainbow…you see em once in awhile
Maps are called: CANs…Or the biggest Staples Pay Day on Binding they have all year!
Is your school more Suits, or Law & Order? : Let me answer your question with another question…how many suits do you see committing law and order?
Most common freebie found at your school: The ol Blakes water bottle is a favorite, but you can’t beat the Westlaw Laundry Bag
Profs – more at bleeding heart lefties, or conservative wingnuts?: Bleeding left heart lefties, with a splash of left wingnuts!
Relationship with the Locals is: Like game of thrones
Biggest rival school: TRU Undergrads
If your school was a drink, it’d be a Long Island Ice Tea…A lil bit of everything that’ll get the job done…
Fun fact: The new TRU Law Rugby team is known as the Lawggers and Kamloops gets the most sunshine in Canada per year…so we’re all tanned like the Jersey Shore without the spray ons
Rodney, Taher and Candice from University of Alberta
Class size: 170
Upper year compulsory courses: Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Professional Responsibility, Jurisprudence, Conflicts, Corporations
Fav lunch spot: La Pasta and Jacket Potato Man
Pub night is: Thursday and is: where you realize most lawyers are alcoholics
On that note, classmate hook ups are: c) incestuous
Maps are called CANS
Is your school more Suits, or Law & Order? Suits
Most common freebie found at your school: Pizza
Profs – more at bleeding heart lefties, or conservative wingnuts? Compared to Rodney, bleeding heart lefties
Relationship with the Locals is: Great! 2 Keggers already and 0 cops
Biggest rival school: U of C
If your school was a drink, it’d be a: Caribou Lou
Fun fact: U of A will win the Western Canadian Law Rugby Championships this year
Mike from University of Saskatchewan
Class size: 120 in first year, 110-ish by third year (Sasky winters = survival of the fittest)
Upper year compulsory courses: The Class of 2014 was the last year not to have any compulsory courses. Students now have three compulsory courses – Admin Law, Professional Responsibility, and one of either Business Organizations I, Fiduciary Obligations, or Trusts.
Fav lunch spot: Marquis Hall (Buffeteria)
Pub night is Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
On that note, classmate hook ups are: common
Maps are called CANS
Is your school more Suits, or Law & Order? Breaker High
Most common freebie found at your school: Snow
Profs – more at bleeding heart lefties, or conservative wingnuts? The cons are the most vocal but there are probably more lefties.
Relationship with the Locals is: We’re law students, everyone loves us right?
Biggest rival school: Western
If your school was a drink, it’d be a: Pilsner
Fun fact: The etched tractor fender of Cecil George Harris – his last will and testament – is on display in our Law Library
Matt and Miguel from Windsor Law
Class size: 150 JDs, and 50 Dual JDs
Upper year compulsory courses: Civil Procedure and Torts (We take Access to Justice in L1 instead of Torts)
Fav lunch spot: Subway (Sub of the Day)
Pub night is Thursday and often results in a story or two that will keep the gossip mill running until next week’s pub night.
On that note, classmate hook ups are: consciously avoided but constantly occurring.
Maps are called CANS
Is your school more Suits, or Law & Order? Neither – Saved by the Bell
Most common freebie found at your school: Free lunches during guest lectures
Profs – more at bleeding heart lefties, or conservative wingnuts? Bleeding heart lefties who enjoy sharing pints with you.
Relationship with the Locals is: Great. Windsor is a smaller city that really benefits from the access to justice programs and events that the school hosts (although relations with Caesars Palace have broken down significantly since hosting Law Games 2013).
Biggest rival school: Western (Looking for Law Games revenge)
If your school was a drink, it’d be a: beer in a mason jar from bull and barrel. Nothing extravagant.
Fun fact: A tunnel bus to a Detroit Red Wings game takes 10 minutes. Waiting in the Tim Hortons line at the Student Centre takes 20 minutes
‘Mustang Sally’ from Western Law
Class size: 175
Upper year compulsory courses: – Civ Pro – Admin – Corporate – Two of: Evidence, Trusts, and Income Tax
Fav lunch spot: The Spoke
Pub night is Wednesday (Dennings) and they are: messy (currently suffering…)
On that note, classmate hook ups are: c) incestuous
Maps are called: Summaries
Is your school more Suits, or Law & Order? The Breakfast Club?
Most common freebie found at your school: Highlighters and Post-Its
Profs – more at bleeding heart lefties, or conservative wingnuts? Loveable scholars.
Relationship with the Locals is: a) non-existent
Biggest rival school: Queen’s
If your school was a drink, it’d be: Jägerbombs.
Fun fact: Every season is shorts season for one of our profs
Brendan from Osgoode Hall
Class Size: 290
Upper-year compulsory courses: no compulsory courses in 2L or 3L, but all Osgoode students must complete at least 40 hours of supervised volunteer legal work in order to graduate
Fav lunch spot: The Osgoode Bistro (featuring Chef Rodolfo)
Pub night is on: Thursday and is: still worth it on Friday morning at 8:30.
Classmate hookups are b) common
Our school is more: SUITS.
Most common freebie found at school: leftover Pizza
Profs: They run the gamut. But you’re always in for a treat.
Relationship with the locals is: What locals?
Biggest rival school: That other school across town.
If your school was a drink, it’d be a: caesar, extra spicy.
Fun fact: Osgoode’s joint JD/MBA program with the Schulich School of Business was established in 1972 and is the oldest in Canada.
‘Tim’ from Queen’s
Class size: 165
Upper year compulsory courses: civ pro, bus ass, professional responsibility
Fav lunch spot: greezy fry truck outside of the student centre
Pub night is: Thursday and is: costumed and saucy
On that note, classmate hook ups are: b) common
Maps are called: outlines
Most common freebie found at your school: pizza for SURE
Profs – more at bleeding heart lefties, or conservative wingnuts? i would say there is a nice balance among the ideologues and then a good portion of profs who succeed in hiding their ideology from their teaching and just give us the straight goods
Relationship with the Locals is: nonexistent
Biggest rival school: our own neurotic self-consciousness
If your school was a drink, it’d be: cheap
Fun fact: people here actually enjoy being here
4 Upper Years from Ottawa U
Class size: Approximately 280 (English Common Law)
Upper year compulsory courses: Con law 2, Civil Procedure, Admin and Business Organizations (starting with the Class of 2015), a Major Research Paper, and an oral advocacy requirement
Fav lunch spot: Father and Sons
Pub night is Wednesday and involves cold drinks and a microphone
On that note, classmate hook ups are: b) common
Maps are called: Summaries
Is your school more Suits, or Law & Order? Law and Order because we look good and we don’t need to wear suits for that.
Most common freebie found at your school: Pizza and cubes of cheese
Profs – more at bleeding heart lefties, or conservative wingnuts? Something in the middle
Relationship with the Locals is: Locals?
Biggest rival school: Every other school with normal class sizes
If your school was a drink, it’d be a Thunder Mug
Fun fact: We are a bilingual law school with both civil and common law programs
Courtney from Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University
Class size: Ranges between 155 – 190.
Upper year compulsory courses: Constitutional Law and Civ Pro in second year, then Professional Responsibility in third year.
Fav lunch spot: Grawood, the campus pub.
Pub night is Thursday and it is sloppy.
On that note, classmate hook ups are: c) incestuous
Maps are called CANs, or Battle CANs if they are really condensed.
Is your school more Suits, or Law & Order? Suits (one of our students was actually in Suits…).
Most common freebie found at your school: Pizza – every Wednesday we have a guest speaker, and sometimes the only way to get people to go is to entice them with pizza…
Profs – more at bleeding heart lefties, or conservative wingnuts? Definitely bleeding heart lefties.
Biggest rival school: Dal does not have one – we’re too far away from everyone L
If your school was a drink, it’d be a: Mojito because it is mostly awesome but once in a while you will get a gross minty leaf in your straw (weird people, bad profs, bad class scheduling, etc).
Fun fact: Dalhousie was the first law school in Canada and we had the first African-Canadian law graduate.
