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Web EditorNovember 30, 2016
My (Non-Exhaustive) List of Reasons Why You Should Totally go on Exchange (If Possible) During Law School
Rona Ghanbari (3L) Last year around this time I was having an internal dilemma about going on exchange. I had doubts for various reasons. I […]
Web EditorSeptember 28, 2016
No Life for a Child: A Roadmap to End Immigration Detention of Children and Family Separation
Rona Ghanbari (3L) “If we fail in our duty of care to the smallest and most vulnerable among us, then we fail the most basic […]
Web EditorSeptember 28, 2016
Spotlight: Hanna Gros, Co-author of No Life for a Child, IHRP Senior Fellow, and Graduate of U of T Law
Rona Ghanbari (3L) Profile Full name: Hanna Gros Age: 27 Undergraduate degree: Psychology BA, McGill University Year of Graduation from U of T Law: 2016 […]
Web EditorApril 9, 2016
Out Of Sight, Out Of Mind: The Invisibility Of Homeless People And Their Rights
Rona Ghanbari (2L) When you make your daily commute to the law school, how many times have you seen someone sitting or sleeping on the […]
Web EditorNovember 26, 2015
Meet the new Director of the International Human Rights Program
Rona Ghanbari (2L) Samer Muscati is the new Director of U of T Law’s International Human Rights Program (IHRP). Ultra Vires sat down to talk […]
Web EditorSeptember 30, 2015
Dear 1Ls – You Do You, Boo
Rona Ghanbari (2L) As you enter your second month of 1L (holy crap a month as already gone by WHAAATT???) you may be inundated with […]
Web EditorSeptember 30, 2015
A Guide To 1L
Alex Redinger (2L) and Rona Ghanbari (2L) Previous editions of the Ultra Vires 1L guide have professed to be definitive, or at the very least […]
Web EditorSeptember 30, 2015
IHRP’s Renu Mandhane discusses new job, reflects on time at U of T Law
Rona Ghanbari (2L) This fall, Renu Mandhane—Director of the International Human Rights Program (IHRP), and generally loved member of the law school’s community—will leave her […]
Aron NimaniFebruary 25, 2015
1L exam schedule stress
By Rona Ghanbari (1L) & Michael Cockburn (1L) Despite an overhaul of the first-year curriculum which resulted in fewer exams to schedule than in previous […]
Aron NimaniJanuary 29, 2015
1L Post Mortem
First day. What am I going to wear? This isn’t undergrad anymore, so definitely no more sweat pants. Are people going to be wearing suits? […]
Aron NimaniNovember 27, 2014
IMPORTANT HEALTH AND SAFETY ANNOUNCEMENT- DO NOT IGNORE
Rona Ocean (1L) With OCIs, papers, and the impending doom of exams, November is one of the worst months to fall ill. All students should […]
Aron NimaniNovember 27, 2014
Jackson Law Building Planning Board Finds Resolution to Major Issue
Rona Ocean (1L) & Amir Eftekarpour (1L) The Jackson Law Building Planning Board made leaps and bounds last Thursday, resolving a budget issue that had […]
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