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Web EditorNovember 29, 2017
Exchange Student Attends Class
Nick Papageorge (3L) With November rolling around, the timing just felt right: I should try going to class. Like every exchange student, I had […]
Web EditorSeptember 28, 2017
An Impostor at U of T Law
Nick Papageorge (3L) I vividly remember being accepted to U of T Law. I had, along with my dad, been to a matinee showing of […]
Web EditorMarch 1, 2017
Follies Falls Flat
Law Follies is a minor event. There is no doubt about that. If not for a few hasty emails and Facebook posts, it’s likely nobody […]
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
And That’s the Waaaayyyy the News Goes
Nick Papageorge (2L) Everything is fine. There’s an infinite number of realities, Morty. As we descend further into absurdity, I find myself taking greater solace […]
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 […]
Kevin SchoenfeldtNovember 30, 2016
You Want it Darker: 2016 Gives and 2016 Takes Away
Kevin Schoenfeldt (2L) and Nick Papageorge (2L) Nick: My pop culture highlight of 2016 was finding out that Bob Dylan had been awarded the Nobel […]
Web EditorNovember 30, 2016
Divergent Decisions and an Uncertain Outcome: The Case of Trinity Western University
Nick Papageorge (2L) Trinity Western University, in Langley, British Columbia, is “Canada’s largest independent Christian liberal arts institution.” It is also at the heart of […]
Web EditorNovember 9, 2016
We Won’t Believe We’re on the Eve of Destruction
Nick Papageorge (2L) What a time to be alive: only a handful of people throughout human history have gotten to bear witness to the total […]
Web EditorOctober 27, 2016
Blog Posts, Academia, and the Dissenting Opinion: An Interview with Supreme Court Justice Russell Brown
Aidan Campbell (2L) and Nick Papageorge (2L) Nick Papageorge: Let’s get right to the hard hitting stuff. Who is your best friend on the bench? […]
Web EditorOctober 27, 2016
2016 Grand Moot a Resounding Success
Nick Papageorge (2L) The Grand Moot, as ever, lived up to its name. This year’s event was especially monumental, for it inaugurated the Rosalie Silberman […]
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 […]
Kevin SchoenfeldtSeptember 28, 2016
An Intro to the Jackman Law Building, Brought to You by B+H Architects in Concert with the Rich Alumni of U of T Law
Kevin Schoenfeldt (2L) and Nick Papageorge (2L) At the end of the Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Summer Break we sat down with the Diamond & […]
Web EditorMarch 31, 2016
Litigious Levity
Nick Papageorge (1L) and Justin Khorana-Medeiros (1L) In last month’s Blast from the Past, I came across a short-lived feature highlighting odd and entertaining legal […]
Web EditorMarch 31, 2016
The True Meaning of Culture
Nick Papageorge (1L) The email I received trumpeting the “Alumni-Student Cultural Night” at Fasken Martineau was intriguing. On its face it was a mere invite […]
Web EditorMarch 31, 2016
Blast From The Past: Highlights From The Inaugural UV
Nick Papageorge (1L) Since 1999, students have gathered in the basement of Falconer to produce U of T Law’s finest newspaper. Ultra Vires has occupied […]
Web EditorFebruary 24, 2016
Blast From The Past: Boat Cruise Fracas, Baby Crocodile Theft, and Sex Advice
Nick Papageorge (1L) 12 September, 2006 – “2006 Orientation Smooth Sailing, Mostly: Incident on boat cruise only hiccup in otherwise awesome week” by Steven Werier […]
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
New First-Year Course Aims to Right Legal Writing Wrongs
Nick Papageorge (1L) Last month, our Editor-in-chief put out a call to first-years: “Just take it easy, man.” First-years undoubtedly replied: “We’re perfectly calm, Dude. […]
Web EditorJanuary 27, 2016
The In-No-Way-Definitive Guide to Winterlicious 2016
Nick Papageorge (1L) Toronto is an ersatz city in many respects (I’m looking at you, TTC), but at least twice a year it gets something […]
Web EditorJanuary 27, 2016
Law school caught in tangled web of obligations following promise auction
Nick Papageorge (1L) This past month, U of T Law held its fourth annual Promise Auction to raise funds for the Native Women’s Resource Centre […]
Web EditorNovember 26, 2015
Blast from the Past: Pro-torture edition
Nick Papageorge (1L) February 10, 2004 – “Let’s not be naïve: the case for torture warrants” by Keir Wilmut This bold law student took to […]
Web EditorNovember 26, 2015
First-years have got this
Nick Papageorge (1L) We all know that U of T Law is a brick to the face. Or at least it used to be, back […]
Web EditorOctober 28, 2015
Talking about law: The environment, war, morality, and more
Nick Papageorge (1L) I came to law school with numerous ideas about what might be done with a law degree. But for a few, these […]
Web EditorSeptember 30, 2015
1L students demonstrate against anti-alcoholism sentiments
Nick Papageorge (1L) We were greeted by a giant tent, for we needed some visual affirmation of the hermetic intellectual circus about to take place […]
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