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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 […]

Editor-in-ChiefSeptember 28, 2019

Meet Two Varsity Athletes at U of T Law

Because law school just isn’t competitive enough… I interviewed two of my friends, Caroline and Daniel, who were crazy enough to tack on varsity athletics […]

William MazurekSeptember 28, 2019

Welcome to 1Ls

A primer on success To all the 1Ls out there: welcome to the Faculty of Law. I hope that, by now, you’ve gotten used to […]

Web EditorMarch 27, 2019

Platonic Ideal of Law School vs Actual

Definitely not a day in the life of this writer… 7 AM: Ideal: Wake up. Hit the gym while catching up on the news of […]

Benjamin MillerNovember 30, 2016

What’s Charity Law?

Benjamin Miller (1L) So charity law is, like, where you do legal work for free, right? Not quite. According to Linda Godel, partner at Torkin […]

Web EditorNovember 30, 2016

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Rabiya MansoorNovember 30, 2016

UV “News” Round Up

Rabiya Mansoor (2L) and Kevin Schoenfeldt (2L) Admin Goes Day Without Student Complaint, Assumes the Worst On November 24, U of T Law’s administration experienced […]

Web EditorOctober 27, 2016

Comparatively Not That Bad: Transfer Students on U of T Law

Kalyna Baziuk-Swaga – University of New Brunswick It’s been an interesting couple of months, transferring from a small and tightly-knit law student community in Fredericton […]

Amanda KovatsOctober 27, 2016

Life Outside of a “Magic House”

Anonymous The guest speaker said he grew up in a “magic house.” The type of household where there is always food in the fridge and […]

Aron NimaniMarch 26, 2014

New Building Delayed Until 2016

Announcement Follows Eight-Month Construction Delay Construction of the new Jackman Law Building has officially been delayed until February of 2016, according to the most recent Capital Report from […]

Aron NimaniMarch 26, 2014

Dean Moran Leaves Faculty of Law

Surprise Announcement Comes Amid Big Changes to the Law School Mayo Moran is leaving the deanship of the Faculty of Law to head Trinity College. […]

Katherine GeorgiousJanuary 29, 2014

Trinity Western University Law School Gets Approval: Canada’s first faith-based law school is set to open its doors in 2016

Amidst a flurry of controversy, the Federation of Law Societies of Canada (FLSC) granted preliminary approval for a proposed common law program at Trinity Western […]

Web EditorOctober 30, 2013

Contempt of Course: Return to Reading Law

“Law school is where you learn the theory of law; articling is where you learn the practice of law.” Or so explained a thoughtful professor […]

Web EditorOctober 30, 2013

Drop the charade and make law an undergrad

Amidst the ongoing discussion about our ballooning annual law school tuition, we overlook another cost incurred by every lawyer in Canada outside Quebec: we all […]

Marita ZouravlioffOctober 30, 2013

Point/Counterpoint: Should Queen’s expand their class size?

POINT – Queen’s Law: Abandon Your Wayward Plans! Marita Zouravlioff Queen’s is tired of playing second fiddle to the big bad Toronto schools. The self-appointed […]

Web EditorOctober 30, 2013

Queen’s Law planning to raise revenue by increasing class size

Queen’s Law recently announced it is looking for ways to increase revenue. According to Dean William Flanagan, the province’s 5% cap on law school tuition […]

Web EditorSeptember 25, 2013

Contempt of Course: Among the Vaunted

As part of this year’s inaugural issue, I’m pleased to introduce what I hope will become a regular column in your law school paper. Contempt […]

Web EditorFebruary 27, 2013

An Evangelical Law School should have a Place in Canada

In the last issue of Ultra Vires was an article entitled “The Wright Man: An Evangelical Law School Has no Place in Canada” by Louis […]

Web EditorJanuary 30, 2013

Canada’s Next Law School?

Most law schools now worry about placing their graduates amidst the growing reality of fewer job prospects. Over the last two years, Lakehead University (ON) […]

Web EditorJanuary 30, 2013

Bored to Death: American Law Schools Experiment with 3L Curriculums

The old saying goes that 3L will bore you to death, but that might not be the case for long – not in the US. […]

Web EditorJanuary 30, 2013

The Wright Man: An Evangelical Law School Has no Place in Canada

Trinity Western University (TWU) – a private, evangelical Christian university in Langley, British Columbia – has submitted its proposal to open a new law school. […]