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Web EditorMarch 31, 2016
Acclaimed
Alex Redinger (2L) It is very disappointing that the candidates for all three Students’ Law Society (SLS) Executive positions and all representative positions—both Student Affairs […]
Web EditorFebruary 24, 2016
Not So Trivial: Blue J Legal Harnesses IBM’s Watson for Tax Law
Alex Redinger (2L) Ken Jennings, the Jeopardy! contestant with the longest winning streak in the television show’s history, famously lost to IBM’s Watson computer system […]
Web EditorFebruary 24, 2016
Introduction to U of T Law’s Committees
Matt Howe (3L) et al From the “semesterization” of the curriculum to decisions about financial aid policy, much of the business of the law school […]
Web EditorNovember 26, 2015
Justice Russell Brown
Alex Redinger (2L) During this past summer, Justice Russell Brown was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada. He is Stephen Harper’s last appointee, replacing […]
Web EditorOctober 28, 2015
U of T Law and UTSU
Alex Redinger (2L) Even if you try to avoid student politics, you have probably heard of the University of Toronto Students’ Union (UTSU). Here’s a […]
Web EditorSeptember 30, 2015
A Guide To 1L
Alex Redinger (2L) and Rona Ghanbari (2L) Previous editions of the Ultra Vires 1L guide have professed to be definitive, or at the very least […]
Web EditorSeptember 30, 2015
Politicians at U of T Law
Alex Redinger (2L) It’s no secret that many politicians have law degrees. Many of our classmates have been involved in politics in the past, and […]
Web EditorSeptember 30, 2015
Changes to the 1L Curriculum in Retrospect
Matt Howe (3L) and Alex Redinger (2L) Two years ago, the Faculty of Law’s decisions to “semesterize” the 1L curriculum and introduce the Legal Methods […]
Web EditorJuly 18, 2015
Making the most of firm tours
Alex Redinger (2L) and Brett Hughes (3L) Every summer, 1-going-on-2-Ls anxiously turn their minds to the November recruitment process and related activities, including the summer […]
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