Editor-in-ChiefFebruary 3, 2020
Dean Snaccabucci wows students with pasties at Yak’s Snacks Due to an unfortunate misunderstanding, students left this month’s Yak’s Snacks with more than they bargained […]
Editor-in-ChiefDecember 2, 2019
Serving Tea on the School’s Cafe Dear Editors, While I enjoyed Ms. Gu’s article in the October 31, 2019 issue, we should not forget this […]
Cody MillerNovember 2, 2019
Totally real news from around the law school Faculty Council Attendance Drops Precipitously After Lunch No Longer Provided Attendance dropped steeply at the most recent […]
Editor-in-ChiefSeptember 30, 2019
Organization will inject free-market competition into monopolistic behaviour of student government FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TORONTO, Sept. 20, 2019 — Intra Vires is proud to announce […]
Editor-in-ChiefJuly 30, 2019
Articling students at Davies now make more than first-year associates at most other Bay Street firms On July 29, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP […]
Web EditorJuly 9, 2019
Most other Bay Street firms raise salaries, to different extents On July 9, summer students at McCarthy Tétrault LLP received a pleasant surprise when they […]
Web EditorApril 3, 2019
The masthead thanks all the contributors to Volume 20: Aaqib Mahmood, Alex McLennan-Brown, Angela Hou, Anne Marshall, Ben Miller, Brian Huang, Cameron Cotton-O’Brien, Dana O’Shea, […]
Web EditorMarch 27, 2019
Definitely not a day in the life of this writer… 7 AM: Ideal: Wake up. Hit the gym while catching up on the news of […]
Web EditorMarch 27, 2019
This year, we have been humbled to hear from such a broad, diverse cross-section of the law school. Your stories have been motivating, sobering, and, […]
Web EditorMarch 27, 2019
Return of a beloved column with only half the funny This semester I’ve given up all human interaction, yet the Yak persists to lure me […]
Web EditorMarch 27, 2019
Oh, the places you’ll go! Every year, Ultra Vires asks graduating 3Ls and 4Ls to share their after-law school plans comparing what they said in […]
Web EditorMarch 27, 2019
Totally real news from around the law school New building at 90 Queen’s Park worries UV editors Ultra Vires editors are worried about whether the […]
SuJung LeeMarch 13, 2019
The final Ultra Vires Toronto Summer 2019 Recruitment Special is available here: Every year, Ultra Vires surveys 2Ls on a variety of demographic and recruitment […]
Web EditorFebruary 28, 2019
Welcome back from Reading Week! In this issue, we finally release the much-anticipated results from our Class of 2020 Survey. Thank you again to those […]
Editor-in-ChiefFebruary 2, 2019
Totally real news from around the law school Watergate-gate Wrecks Havoc Water supply was temporarily disabled in the Jackman Law Building after a watergate supplying […]
Web EditorJanuary 31, 2019
Happy New Year! May your days be longer and your workloads lighter. With the ringing in of every new year comes a period of reflection. […]
Web EditorJanuary 30, 2019
A play and musical, respectively, on love, family, identity, and good food Fine China is a three-hander drama that tells the story of an estranged […]
Web EditorNovember 28, 2018
We’re keeping this one short and sweet. This issue, we reflect on debt and tuition and the recent Toronto Recruit. Our Recruitment Special provides the […]
Editor-in-ChiefNovember 28, 2018
Allegations and other comments from our survey Ultra Vires conducted an anonymous survey of the 2L class about the Toronto Recruit. The Recruit is governed […]
Editor-in-ChiefNovember 20, 2018
Autumn is in full swing. Classes are ramping up and procrastination can now take the form of frolicking through a colourful campus and sipping warm […]
Editor-in-ChiefNovember 1, 2018
1Ls react to speaker’s comments on #MeToo The sexual assault allegations against movie producer Harvey Weinstein were first reported in October 2017. This month marks […]
Editor-in-ChiefOctober 11, 2018
Totally real news from around the law school Resourceful 1Ls drive bookstore out of business The Class of 2021 has driven the Lenczner Slaght […]
Editor-in-ChiefOctober 11, 2018
The real letter Corporate sellouts, rejoice! Your new Ultra Vires editors have sold their souls (and the UV pages) to Bay Street. We would like […]
Kevin SchoenfeldtOctober 11, 2018
In a last-ditch attempt to fund the donut budget, Ultra Vires has decided to start accepting classifieds for the low, low price of $1 per […]
Editor-in-ChiefOctober 11, 2018
Welcome back and please, please submit pieces Honghu Wang (2L) and Chloe Magee (3L) It’s 2018. Tuition has risen to $38,183.45.1 The articling crisis looms […]
Editor-in-ChiefOctober 8, 2018
Twenty students flock south Honghu Wang (2L)* This year, twenty eager students from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law are heading down to New […]
Web EditorMarch 28, 2018
Honghu Wang (1L) with translations from the Editorial Board Whereas the writers for Ultra Vires desire to help students complete their examinations with a […]
Web EditorMarch 28, 2018
Honghu Wang (1L) Faculty Council Hires Sergeant-at-Arms Facing declining attendance, Faculty Council on March 7 approved the provisional hiring of a Sergeant-at-Arms, who will […]
Web EditorMarch 28, 2018
Amani Rauff (3L) and Honghu Wang (1L) This year’s 1L Recruit took place during reading week, February 20–22. Overall, Toronto employers hired fifty-seven students; […]
Web EditorMarch 28, 2018
Honghu Wang (1L) The March 7 meeting of Faculty Council wrapped up in record time: a mere twenty-three minutes, of which about five were […]
Web EditorMarch 1, 2018
Let me tell you about the sandwiches. I have never seen so many sandwiches in all my days covering Faculty Council. There was egg salad […]
Web EditorMarch 1, 2018
On February 14, Faculty Council met and food was plentiful—because quorum was not met. Quorum is thirty-seven voting members, and only about twenty members were […]
Web EditorFebruary 4, 2018
Exercising his authority as Chair, Dean Iacobucci chose to remove the proposed Intersession vote from the agenda of the January 17 meeting of Faculty Council. […]
Web EditorFebruary 4, 2018
Editor’s Note: Intra Vires, an old Ultra Vires feature with a Latin title that translates to “dumb self-mocking jokes,” now returns following a brief hiatus. […]
Web EditorJanuary 9, 2018
Update, January 31: The proposed intersession vote was removed from the Faculty Council agenda. However, the Curriculum Committee promised to address the concerns raised. We […]
Web EditorNovember 29, 2017
Honghu Wang (1L), with translations by the UV Editorial Board Whereas the writers for Ultra Vires desire to help students complete their examinations with a […]
Web EditorNovember 29, 2017
Honghu Wang (1L) Winter Intersession Unveiled Assistant Dean Kerry Rittich unveiled plans to release the Curriculum Committee’s proposal for the Winter Intersession. While […]
Web EditorOctober 25, 2017
Honghu Wang (1L) The first Faculty Council meeting of this academic year took place on October 4. Admissions and Student Experience Survey results were presented, […]
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