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Web EditorMarch 28, 2018

ILSA Hosts “Justice for Colten and Tina” Walk-Out and Teach-In

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Web EditorMarch 1, 2018

James Schneider: The More We Learn, The Less We Know

*SPONSORED CONTENT: Ultra Vires contributed a personalized profile to this year’s law school Promise Auction. James Schneider was the generous winner. I am twenty minutes […]

Editor-in-ChiefFebruary 20, 2018

Bathroom Camera Hidden In Garbage Can, No Footage Recovered by Police

  On February 1, 2018, Toronto Police Service officers recovered a hidden camera from one of the single-stall accessible bathrooms in Bora Laskin Law Library. […]

Web EditorFebruary 4, 2018

Faculty Council: Dean Pulls Intersession Vote, Cites Lack of Discussion on Details

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. […]

Stephanie LewisFebruary 4, 2018

Intersession Courses We Missed Out On

At January’s Faculty Council meeting, Dean Iacobucci announced that the proposed January Intersession would not be implemented in the 2018–19 year. Students were, for the […]

L. H.November 29, 2017

Trust No One: A List of Suspects

L. H. (2L) & Maud Rozee (3L) A priceless/price-unknown piece of art that was bolted to the wall goes missing from the Jackman Law Library? […]

Web EditorNovember 29, 2017

Students Give Feedback on Proposed Intersession Ahead of January Vote

Maud Rozee (3L)*   On January 17, 2018, Faculty Council will vote on whether to adopt a one- or two-week January intersession term. This upcoming […]

Web EditorNovember 29, 2017

Indigenous Law Students Association Hosts 2017 Fall Feast

Maud Rozee (3L)   The Fall Feast put on by the Indigenous Law Students Association (ILSA) has been a U of T Law tradition for […]

Web EditorOctober 25, 2017

TORT or NO TORT: 3L Edition

Maud Rozee (3L)   I have class from 6 to 8 p.m. two days a week this semester. Am I supposed to eat dinner at […]

Web EditorOctober 25, 2017

Mental Health and Wellness Student Committee’s Plans for the Year

Maud Rozee (3L)   At their first meeting of the year, the Mental Health and Wellness Student Committee discussed their plans for the peer mentor […]

Web EditorOctober 25, 2017

Faculty Council: Financial Aid Fall Classic

Maud Rozee (3L)   The October 18 meeting of Faculty Council’s centred on the Faculty’s yearly discussion of its budget, tuition, and financial aid. The […]

Web EditorSeptember 28, 2017

New Student Space Coming to the Basement of Flavelle

Maud Rozee (3L) Deep in the basement of Flavelle, change is brewing. At the first Students’ Law Society (SLS) meeting of the year, SLS representatives […]

Web EditorSeptember 28, 2017

New Art Brings Colour and Culture to the Law School

Maud Rozee (3L)   Students returning from a summer away from the law school were pleasantly surprised to find several new art pieces brightening up […]

Web EditorMarch 30, 2017

Faculty Council: Mooting Committee Recommendations

Faculty Council on March 8, 2017 delivered the usual delicious sandwiches and some intriguing reports about PBSC, mooting, diversity surveys, and the collection of professor […]

Web EditorMarch 1, 2017

The Young Phillips

*SPONSORED CONTENT: Ultra Vires contributed a personalized profile to this year’s law school Promise Auction. Professor Jim Phillips was the generous winner. Large parts of […]

Web EditorMarch 1, 2017

Dr. Strangelaw or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Law Follies

The hype for this year’s Law Follies has been building ever since last year’s smashing success. The entire law school was in a state of […]

Web EditorMarch 1, 2017

Convocation Capitulation: A Letter from the Editors

Nick Papageorge (2L) and Maud Rozee (2L) ¡Viva la revolución! In the face of overwhelming, vociferous pressure from students, the administration announced that it has […]

Web EditorMarch 1, 2017

Admissions Office Solicits Transfer Students from US Schools

Maud Rozee (2L) Dean Iacobucci announced that, last month, the Faculty of Law had “reached out to some Canadian JD students in the US who […]

Web EditorFebruary 27, 2017

Faculty Changes Position, Gale Team Can Go to the Commonwealth Moot

Members of the Gale Cup moot team who had previously been told that Assistant Dean Sara Faherty declined an invitation to go to the Commonwealth […]

Web EditorFebruary 27, 2017

Gale Mooters Denied Opportunity to Compete Internationally

UPDATE, 1:02 pm February 27, 2017: See “Faculty Changes Position, Gale Team Can Go to Commonwealth Moot“. This year’s U of T Gale Cup Moot […]

Web EditorJanuary 26, 2017

A Select Few Dates Other Things Started This Month, Apropos Of Nothing

Maud Rozee (2L) Tuesday, January 3, 2017: Osgoode Hall Law School’s Winter Term This date is a classic. One of my favourites for the way […]

Web EditorJanuary 26, 2017

Letter from the Editors: Welcome Back

Nick Papageorge (2L) and Maud Rozee (2L) Welcome back! We hope that you’re finally starting to recover from the blow that was having our classes […]

Web EditorJanuary 26, 2017

Reused Real Estate Exam Frustrates Students

Maud Rozee (2L) Adjunct Professor Craig Carter’s Fall 2016 Real Estate Law exam was substantially the same as the exam he gave to his Winter […]

Web EditorNovember 30, 2016

Overthinking: Email Sign Off Edition

Maud Rozee (2L) Sure the CDO is useful for some things, but there’s only so much they can do. When you’re flailing around trying to […]

Web EditorNovember 15, 2016

2017 Toronto Summer Student Hiring

Welcome to another year of tracking summer student hiring! We have put together a chart showing how many summer students each firm has hired so […]

Web EditorSeptember 28, 2016

Welcome from the Ultra Vires Editors-in-Chief!

Nick Papageorge (2L) and Maud Rozee (2L) To the upper years, welcome back! To the 1Ls, welcome to law school! And to everyone, welcome to […]

Shari NathanSeptember 28, 2016

Introducing Justice Epstein, U of T Law’s New Justice-In-Residence

Shari Nathan (2L) and Maud Rozee (2L) UV: Would you mind telling us about your background? JE: I was born and raised in Toronto, in […]

Web EditorSeptember 28, 2016

Open Invitation Issued for Admissions Guide Models

Maud Rozee (2L)   Invitations to last year’s JD Admissions Guide photoshoot went out only to a select few, but this year the whole school […]

Web EditorSeptember 28, 2016

Resiliency and Constructive Change: A Conversation with Yukimi Henry

Amani Rauff (2L) and Maud Rozee (2L) Resiliency is a complex concept. One part of it, U of T Law’s Manager, Academic/Personal and Wellness Coordinator […]

Web EditorJune 20, 2016

“Why Give” video signals ramping up of financial aid fundraising campaign

On June 15, U of T Law quietly uploaded a video titled “Why Give: Student Financial Aid Video” to its YouTube account. In it, students […]

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

Tort Or No Tort?

Clara Rozee (3L) and Maud Rozee (1L) I saw not a single swan at the so-called “Swan Ball.” There were only a few white feathers […]

Web EditorMarch 31, 2016

Library Move Causes Frustrations

Maud Rozee (1L) It didn’t take long for the cracks to appear in the new Bora Laskin Law Library. On the library’s opening day, students […]

Web EditorFebruary 24, 2016

Graeme & Andrew: Best Friends For Life*

Clara Rozee (3L) and Maud Rozee (1L) *SPONSORED CONTENT: Ultra Vires contributed a personalised profile to this year’s law school Promise Auction. Graeme Rotrand and […]

Web EditorFebruary 24, 2016

Tort Or No Tort?

Maud Rozee (1L) and Clara Rozee (3L) On February 8 at 12:05pm, Professor Ripstein’s Torts class was interrupted by a fire alarm. We evacuated Old […]

Web EditorFebruary 24, 2016

New Intersession To Focus On Intensive Courses, Experiential Learning

Maud Rozee (1L) At the February 10 Faculty Council meeting, Associate Dean Kerry Rittich presented the Standing Curriculum Committee’s initial discussions about introducing an “intersession” […]

Web EditorJanuary 27, 2016

Hot Destination: Law school a surprisingly sweet reading week option

Clara Rozee (3L) and Maud Rozee (1L) It’s about three weeks until Reading Week (not that we’re counting), and now is the perfect time to […]

Web EditorJanuary 27, 2016

Promises I wish I could have bid on

Maud Rozee (1L) and Clara Rozee (3L) If the organisers ever wants to raise some real ca$h money at the Promise Auction, then they should […]

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 EditorNovember 26, 2015

Why the TPP will harm Canada’s public domain, limit its ability to regulate IP

Maud Rozee (1L) The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a big deal, literally. The version recently released to the public is approximately 6,000 pages long. According […]

Web EditorNovember 26, 2015

Tort or no tort?

Maud Rozee (1L) and Clara Rozee (3L) There are three “Mondays” between October 19 and 26, or approximately one Monday every 2.666666 days. This ratio […]

Web EditorOctober 28, 2015

Blast from the Past: UV headlines from history

Maud Rozee (1L) and Amani Rauff (1L)  January 25, 2000 – “Faculty Proposal for Increased Salaries Draws Mixed Support” by Richard Meloff and Jeff Torkin […]

Web EditorOctober 27, 2015

Halloween costume ideas

Maud Rozee (1L) and Clara Rozee (3L) A Mandatory Professionalism Seminar on a Friday Wait until 1 a.m., then tell everyone at the party that […]

Web EditorOctober 17, 2015

Love poems for Iacobucci

Maud Rozee (1L) and Clara Rozee (3L) | Illustrations by Alex Wong (3L)  

Web EditorSeptember 30, 2015

Tort or no tort?

Maud Rozee (1L) and Clara Rozee (3L)  On Monday, September 14, the air conditioning in Emmanuel 001 was non-operational. Upon my arrival at class, I […]

Web EditorSeptember 30, 2015

Re: [LAW-ALL] Fall calendar reminders

Maud Rozee (1L) and Clara Rozee (3L) Dear students: Here are some reminders about your schedule for this fall. Please mark your calendars with the […]

Web EditorSeptember 30, 2015

Eleven Features I Hope are Part of the new Jackman Hall Law Building

Maud Rozee (1L) and Clara Rozee (3L)  Unlimited free printing Mahogany desks and chairs with finest Italian leather seat cushions. A drinking fountain that dispenses […]

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