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Fievel LimApril 3, 2023
A Totally Real Exam Question
Extra practice before you enter this exam season It’s spring again and the sun is (starting to) shine down on Jackman Hall. Remember to take […]
Fievel LimDecember 5, 2022
Totally Real Exam Questions
Getting ready for HH season Yes indeed, it’s that time of year again, but fret not! Ultra Vires is once again here to provide you […]
Fievel LimMarch 31, 2022
Totally Real Exam Questions
HH not guaranteed Well everyone, it’s that season again. No, not spring—it’s exam season! I know I will be drowning in my own summaries and […]
Annecy PangFebruary 28, 2022
Faculty Announces Change to Exam Policy
Students may access digital materials during fully open book exams On February 16, Associate Dean Christopher Essert announced that starting in the upcoming Winter 2022 […]
Fievel LimJanuary 26, 2022
Reflecting on Our First Law School Exams
Comments and thoughts about the exam experience after first semester of 1L In the aftermath of the fall examination period, I have gathered up (a […]
Nicolas WilliamsJanuary 26, 2022
A December of Frustrations
Fall examination period marred by disruptive switch online and dispute over digital access to study materials While students are settling into the new semester, many […]
Rebecca RosenbergJanuary 26, 2022
Free Snacks and Beverages Provided by the Faculty During Fall Exam Period
Students give a glowing review to the refreshments provided during a stressful time During the fall examination period, the Faculty provided students with free snacks, […]
Hye-seon JungNovember 25, 2021
Advice Ahead of the Upcoming Exam Period
Professors weigh in on how to write a great law school exam With the fall exam period quickly approaching, anxiety is palpable in the Jackman […]
Mithushan KirubananthanNovember 25, 2021
Hard Times for Soft Copies
The Faculty’s closed-minded approach to open book exams Change can be an uncomfortable thing and, contrary to our Ozymandian delusions of permanence, it is almost […]
Sabrina MacklaiNovember 25, 2021
Totally Real Exam Questions
HH not guaranteed Exam season is fast approaching. Once you’re done polishing your maps and outlines, make sure you try some of our totally real […]
Web EditorOctober 25, 2017
Computergate 2017
Chloe Magee (2L) Explanatory note for 1Ls: “ExamSoft” is the software used to write law school exams electronically. It enables students to download, write, […]
Kevin SchoenfeldtNovember 30, 2016
The Administration’s Guide to Writing a Law School Exam
Kevin Schoenfeldt (2L) The administration asked us to print this how-to guide for writing law school exams, out of concern that students were ignoring their […]
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 23, 2016
Students Raise Concerns About Professors Reusing Exam Problems
Brett Hughes (3L) For the third consecutive academic year, Professor Catherine Valcke has reused an old fact-pattern exam problem for her first-year Contracts class. Again, […]
Web EditorNovember 26, 2015
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Brett Hughes (3L) Dear first-year students, it’s the time of year you were warned about during orientation week, when your happiness hits the minus 1-2 […]
Web EditorMarch 26, 2014
Expectation vs. Reality: Exam Edition
Social Life Expectation: Study for a few hours, take a break and maybe hang out with a friend or watch a movie before returning to […]
Marita ZouravlioffNovember 27, 2013
Tis the season
In an ideal world, there wouldn’t be exams – much less winter exams. I would spend December going to swanky parties, watching old movies, skiing, […]
Web EditorNovember 27, 2013
Everything You Need to Know About ExamSoft
If you’re a 1L like me, you’ve probably never had to type your exams so the thought of doing so seems… amazing. I mean, do […]
Web EditorNovember 27, 2013
December Exam Advice from Anonymous Upper Years
On Making Summaries and Maps I built summaries from my case briefs, which mostly involved going through my lecture notes and adding things the prof […]
Web EditorNovember 27, 2013
A Futile Attempt to De-Stress the 1Ls ALEX CARMONA (1L)
They’re coming. In September they were just a haze in the far-off distance, way less important than making sure you weren’t that one loser who […]
Web EditorNovember 27, 2013
Stress Taking Over? Put Things in Perspective
It’s 1 a.m. and you’re pacing back and forth in your room, fretting over everything you have to get done in the next 48 hours, worrying […]
Editor-in-ChiefApril 10, 2013
NO, REALLY. EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE OK
EVERYONE, I HAVE SOME BAD NEWS: IT’S APRIL. EXAMS ARE HERE. I KNOW, RIGHT? AND IT CAN BE SO HARD TO FOCUS WHEN IT’S […]
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