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Web EditorApril 20, 2016

Dean Iacobucci on his first year as Dean, Contracts-gate, and more

Maud Rozee (1L) and Matt Howe (3L) At the end of March, Ultra Vires sat down with Dean Iacobucci for his second interview with us. With […]

Web EditorMarch 31, 2016

Faculty Affairs: Final Meeting Covers Slew Of Committee Reports

Matt Howe (3L) and Maud Rozee (1L) Faculty Council convened for the final time this year on March 23. The meeting was packed with presentations […]

Web EditorMarch 31, 2016

Faculty Affairs: Gender, Accessibility, and Diversity Committee Sparks Discussion

Matt Howe (3L) The March 9, 2016 Faculty Council meeting focused primarily on the presentation of several final committee reports. Dean Iacobucci opened, however, by […]

Web EditorMarch 22, 2016

SLS Election Debate Recap

Matt Howe (3L) On Monday, March 21, Students’ Law Society (SLS) executive candidates participated in a debate before this week’s election. All executive candidates are […]

Web EditorFebruary 24, 2016

Parkside, DLS, and the challenge of multi-tenant files

Matt Howe (3L) It’s been described as a unique advocacy project sitting at the crossroads of traditional representation and community organizing. Students in the Housing […]

Web EditorFebruary 24, 2016

SLS Hosts Town Hall On Tuition and Financial Aid

Matt Howe (3L) On Monday, February 22, the Students’ Law Society (SLS) hosted a town hall meeting on tuition and financial aid. The meeting was […]

Web EditorJanuary 27, 2016

Better Know a Court: The Consent and Capacity Board

Amber Neumann (3L) and Matt Howe (3L) Every day across Ontario, a little-known tribunal gathers in nondescript hospital meeting rooms to adjudicate high stakes personal […]

Web EditorJanuary 27, 2016

Faculty Affairs: Fundraising, licensing, and experiential education

Maud Rozee (1L) and Matt Howe (3L) Faculty Council’s January 20 meeting dealt with updates on fundraising, lawyer licensing, and experiential education at the law […]

Web EditorJanuary 27, 2016

Faculty Affairs: Dean Iacobucci discloses data in response to student requests

Matthew Howe (3L) Dean Iacobucci spent much of the November 25, 2015 Faculty Council meeting responding to student requests for household income information arising from […]

Web EditorOctober 28, 2015

Faculty Affairs: Tuition rises again while SLS stresses accessibility and transparency

Matt Howe (3L) At the October 21 Faculty Council meeting, Dean Ed Iacobucci said he will recommend to the U of T administration that tuition […]

Web EditorOctober 28, 2015

Faculty affairs: Admissions, Dean Iacobucci’s four priorities

Matt Howe (3L) Attendance was high and the mood seemed optimistic at the first Faculty Council meeting of the academic year, which dealt mainly with […]

Web EditorOctober 28, 2015

Building cost up $1.7 million; fundraising $1.4 million short

Matt Howe (3L) | Photographs by Trevor Snider (2.5L) At the October 7 Faculty Council meeting, Dean Iacobucci provided an update on the Faculty’s new […]

Web EditorSeptember 30, 2015

Faculty plays musical chairs: who’s who in 2015

Matt Howe (3L) From the construction of our new building, to the search for a new Dean, to the first-year curriculum changes, students at U […]

Web EditorSeptember 30, 2015

DLS set to expand following funding increase

Matt Howe (3L)  The Faculty of Law’s student legal clinic, Downtown Legal Services (DLS), is about to get busier. On Monday, September 21st, Legal Aid […]

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 EditorOctober 2, 2014

Review – How to Get Away with Murder

Matthew Howe (2L) “How to Get Away with Murder” follows the cutthroat criminal law professor Annalise Keating (Viola Davis) leading a class of cutthroat 1Ls […]

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