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Web EditorMarch 31, 2016
Ribbon Cutting
Brett Hughes (3L) Another year draws to a close and we burrow into our textbooks, treatises, and upper-year maps and summaries, just like Falconer Phyllis […]
Web EditorMarch 23, 2016
Students Raise Concerns About Professors Reusing Exam Problems
Brett Hughes (3L) For the third consecutive academic year, Professor Catherine Valcke has reused an old fact-pattern exam problem for her first-year Contracts class. Again, […]
Web EditorFebruary 26, 2016
1L Hiring 2016
Brett Hughes (3L) The official Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) first-year student recruitment period took place in the week of February 15. Toronto law […]
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 EditorFebruary 24, 2016
It’s Finally Open
Brett Hughes (3L) The new Bora Laskin Library began its new life in Jackman Hall with a soft open on Tuesday, February 16, the beginning […]
Web EditorJanuary 27, 2016
Everyone Calm Down
Brett Hughes (3L) Welcome back to school, and to the third-last issue of Ultra Vires for the year! There remain only two and a half […]
Web EditorNovember 26, 2015
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Brett Hughes (3L) Dear first-year students, it’s the time of year you were warned about during orientation week, when your happiness hits the minus 1-2 […]
Web EditorNovember 7, 2015
2016 Toronto Summer Student Hiring
Introduction updated March 3, 2016: These numbers include returning first-year students. The sources for this chart are: (1) direct email correspondence with student recruiters for […]
Web EditorOctober 28, 2015
Fundraising campaign should reflect student voices
Brett Hughes (3L) Last week, Canadians voted for change in Ottawa, but U of T Law students were reminded yet again that they had been […]
Web EditorSeptember 30, 2015
Editor’s letter
Brett Hughes (3L) Hello and welcome, or welcome back, to law school! By now, you have probably finalised your extracurriculars and course selection, and started […]
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 […]
Aron NimaniMarch 28, 2015
Law student organization focuses on inequitable LSUC fees, policies
Brett Hughes (2L) On Saturday March 14, law student leaders from across the province gathered at Osgoode Hall Law School for the Law Students’ Society […]
Web EditorMarch 28, 2015
Financial Aid Changes
Brett Hughes (2L) Financial aid, if not tuition, became a major focus this year for both the Students’ Law Society (SLS) and the Faculty of […]
Aron NimaniNovember 27, 2014
Inaugural interview with Dean-designate Iacobucci
Brett Hughes (2L) and Tali Green (2L) Following his first town hall meeting with JD students, future dean Iacobucci sat down with Ultra Vires to […]
Web EditorOctober 29, 2014
Justice Abella on privacy, decision-writing, and the role of law schools
Tali Green (2L) and Brett Hughes (2L) Justice Rosalie Abella kindly agreed to sit down with Ultra Vires before this year’s Grand Moot to answer […]
Aron NimaniOctober 29, 2014
Faculty Affairs: Tuition update and discussion
Brett Hughes (2L) and Michael Robichaud (1L) At the October 22 Faculty Council meeting, Interim Dean Jutta Brunnée said she will recommend to the University […]
Aron NimaniOctober 29, 2014
Professor Edward Iacobucci appointed dean
Brett Hughes (2L) On October 23, students received a seemingly innocuous email from the Office of the Dean with the text “Please see the attached […]
Web EditorOctober 7, 2014
2014 Grand Moot focuses on privacy rights, state surveillance
Brett Hughes (2L) | Photographs by Nadia Guo (3L) As is tradition, this year’s Grand Moot—“Tracking Data, Privacy and the Charter”—was a ripped-from-the-headlines case. The problem […]
Aron NimaniSeptember 24, 2014
Report confirms things are as bad as you thought
Brett Hughes (2L) The cost of legal education is affecting students’ career goals. First generation students are hugely underrepresented in law school, particularly at U […]
Aron NimaniSeptember 24, 2014
Who’s who at the Faculty of Law in 2014
Brett Hughes (2L) Over the summer, you might have noticed a plethora of emails from members of the administration containing sign-offs starting with “Interim” or […]
Aron NimaniAugust 17, 2014
Report criticizes black box approach to accommodation
Brett Hughes (1L) The U of T Faculty of Law has, to date, employed what is best described as a black box approach to accommodation for illness […]
Aron NimaniJune 29, 2014
Convocation 2014: Daniels dodges on tuition
Brett Hughes (1L) This year’s convocation season saw rescinded invitations and canceled appearances for several high-profile speakers at American universities, including Condoleezza Rice and Christine […]
Web EditorJanuary 29, 2014
Law School: Buy Now, Pay Later?
Brett Hughes (1L) & Padraigin Murphy (1L) Over this past year, there has been an ongoing discussion between students, Students’ Law Society (SLS) representatives, and […]
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