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Aron NimaniMarch 26, 2014
Point/Counterpoint: Which is the best year currently at U of T Law?
Point- 1Ls are Best Aron Nimani (1L) Go ahead, say what you will about the 1Ls. Seriously. We love to hear it, because you’re […]
Web EditorFebruary 26, 2014
Point-Counterpoint: Is Law Follies or Law Ball the Leading Event of the Law School Calendar?
Point: [Law] Ball so Hard, Mothafuckas Wanna Fine Me David Pardy Like Hitler in his 1942 invasion of Stalingrad, I will make use of […]
Web EditorJanuary 29, 2014
The Uproar on Reasonable Accommodation at York is not about Gender Equality; It’s about Racism
The story has been well played out in the Canadian media: a student taking an online course at York University asks to be exempt from […]
Web EditorNovember 27, 2013
The Wright Man: “Qualitative Factors” in Admissions are Classist Barriers to Law School
The shift that many law schools are taking towards admissions – giving greater weight to non-GPA/LSAT factors for prospective JD students – is erecting additional […]
Marita ZouravlioffOctober 30, 2013
Point/Counterpoint: Should Queen’s expand their class size?
POINT – Queen’s Law: Abandon Your Wayward Plans! Marita Zouravlioff Queen’s is tired of playing second fiddle to the big bad Toronto schools. The self-appointed […]
Web EditorSeptember 25, 2013
Québec’s Proposed Charter is one of Intolerance, not of Liberal Values
As debate over the proposed charter of Québec values – which would, inter alia, ban overt religious clothing – continues, let me make one thing […]
Web EditorJanuary 30, 2013
The Wright Man: An Evangelical Law School Has no Place in Canada
Trinity Western University (TWU) – a private, evangelical Christian university in Langley, British Columbia – has submitted its proposal to open a new law school. […]
Web EditorNovember 28, 2012
A Bust for Beverley: Reconciling Privilege & Progressivism
Busts have long adorned the halls of the privileged and powerful, serving as mementos of victories by history’s oppressors over the oppressed. In the 19th […]
Web EditorOctober 17, 2012
The Wright Man: On which side of the 49th would you rather practice?
Canadians have been comparing themselves to their cousins south of the border for over a century. Americans, for an equal length of time, have been […]
Web EditorSeptember 12, 2012
The Wright Man
“The First Thing We Do, Let’s Kill All the Lawyers?” There’s a classic Simpsons episode where a stressed-out Marge is on trial for accidentally pocketing […]
Web EditorFebruary 25, 2012
“Professor Rankings” Need to be Promptly Jettisoned
At around this time last year, I can still remember picking up a fresh copy of Ultra Vires from the usual spot near Bora’s Head. […]
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