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Shae RotheryMarch 31, 2022

“I have eaten a lot of pizza.”

On the record with the Faculty’s resident pizza enthusiast You may know him for his emails about free coffee in the law school, or perhaps […]

Adrienne RalphOctober 5, 2020

The 2020-21 Law School Changes: Rated

The Faculty always gets to grade us, now it’s our turn School-Issued Masks: 5/10 All students registered to take in-person classes this year were given […]

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 […]

Katherine GeorgiousMarch 27, 2014

Ultra Vires’ Exit Interview with Dean Moran

Dean Moran graciously sat down for over an hour with Ultra Vires where she gave us her thoughts on everything from her departure to tuition. […]

Web EditorMarch 26, 2014

Contempt of Course: The business of law school is school

The thrashing of our institution began almost by accident. Following a turbulent period under the leadership of Bob Rae, Ontario swung to the right, as […]

Daanish SamadmotenMarch 11, 2014

Convocation Speaker Adds Insult to Injury

Former Dean Daniels to Receive Honorary Degree at 2014 Convocation The man largely responsible for our high tuition is coming back to pick up a […]

Web EditorMarch 5, 2014

Let Students Elect Their Own Representatives to the Advisory Committee to Appoint the Next Dean

Our law school is at a crucial crossroads. The legal market looks stagnant, tuition is at a record high and increasing, and numerous concerns have […]

Web EditorFebruary 26, 2014

Inside the Faculty Council: Big Changes Coming to First-Year

This month, at what was by the far most packed Faculty Council session of the year, the council voted on a series of proposals that […]

Web EditorFebruary 26, 2014

Students Outraged over Faculty Blog Post

Earlier this month student outrage erupted over a Faculty of Law blog post that featured a map of where current students are living in Toronto. […]

Web EditorNovember 27, 2013

Inside the Faculty Council: Instruct the Immigrants and Love the Librarians

The solarium was less crowded for the second faculty meeting of the year, although attendance was still robust with only a few empty seats to […]

Daanish SamadmotenJanuary 30, 2013

How Your Tuition is Spent: And Why Wacky Left-Wingers Are Right to Question it

I know what you’re thinking: another left-wing nut writing about how tuition fees are too high (no offence intended, fellow left-leaners). Actually, I have serious […]

Web EditorOctober 17, 2012

New Building Campaign & the Rise of Private Funding

The New Building Campaign and the Creeping Privatization in the Faculty of Law With Hal Jackman’s $11 million total donation to the Faculty of Law, […]

Web EditorOctober 17, 2012

Academic Accommodations at the Faculty of Law

While most law students have come to expect a very strong academic program at U of T Law, it is less well-known that the faculty […]

Web EditorSeptember 12, 2012

Faculty to Announce Temporary Building

This fall begins the last year that students will attend class in the law school’s current building. Next summer, construction will begin on a new home […]

Web EditorMarch 27, 2012

Emily Orchard: Great CDO Director or Greatest?

There is no more stressful period of the 2L year than OCIs.  Many of us not realizing what we are in for are desperate for […]

Katherine GeorgiousMarch 27, 2012

An Open Letter to Faculty

In the February issue of Ultra Vires, I was rather surprised to see that the front page had an article titled, “Alarie: LRW Feedback Positive.” […]

Web EditorMarch 27, 2012

J-Nasty Sets the Record Straight

In the last issue of Ultra Vires, the paper took statements made by Associate Dean Alarie and me about the 1L Legal Research & Writing […]

Web EditorMarch 27, 2012

Where’s Our Coat of Arms?

It was a symbol of the Law School for nearly fifty years before being retired, it still pops up here and there, and you’ve probably […]

Web EditorFebruary 25, 2012

“Professor Rankings” Need to be Promptly Jettisoned

At around this time last year, I can still remember picking up a fresh copy of Ultra Vires from the usual spot near Bora’s Head. […]

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