OCI
Angela FengNovember 25, 2021
Mitigating the Toxicity of an OCI-Focused Culture
SLS Recruit Subcommittee to share alternative recruit resources Each year, a dense fog of anxiety creeps into the law school along with the annual 2L […]
Shae RotheryOctober 28, 2021
OCI Bingo: Virtual Recruit Edition
OCIs for the year have come and gone, and now all we have left are memories. Let’s put those memories (good and bad) toward something […]
Tom RussellOctober 28, 2021
Top 10 OCI Disaster Moments
Therapy will not be cheap after these catastrophes With OCIs finished and in-firms around the corner, Ultra Vires wanted to imagine some worst-case scenarios for […]
Graham RotenbergNovember 27, 2020
The (New) New York Recruit
Formal OCI process put on hold amidst uncertain times 2020 has been a scary, strange, and different year. The halls of the Faculty of Law […]
Editor-in-ChiefNovember 7, 2018
The Perfect OCI
You’re ready. For the past twenty minutes, you’ve been hanging upside down in the Toronto Reference Library striking aerial power poses. You have achieved peak […]
Web EditorNovember 29, 2017
Summer 2018 Recruitment: Hiring is Up, Trust is Not
The hiring numbers are available here. Chloe Magee (2L) Alarm goes off. I check my phone—it’s Wednesday morning, 8 a.m. Head is pounding. I take […]
Web EditorOctober 25, 2017
OCI Mistakes
Madeline Lisus (2L) RE: October 2018 Student Article in Ultra Vires Dear [Editor Name]: Please accept this compilation, with the enclosed commentary and screenshots, as […]
Web EditorOctober 25, 2017
Stuck Inside Toronto with the Bay Street Blues Again
Anonymous One morning, a few weeks into my summer job at a full-service Bay Street firm, the student co-ordinator scheduled a meeting for me […]
SuJung LeeOctober 25, 2017
Cringeworthy OCI Moments
Compiled by Rachel Chan (2L) & SuJung Lee (2L) Everything about On-Campus Interviews is bizarre. For those who are not familiar with the process, […]
Norm YallenSeptember 28, 2017
Things to Talk About That Are Not OCIs
Norm Yallen (2L) With OCIs coming up, it can feel like the only thing to talk about is the upcoming interviews. Here are some […]
Kevin SchoenfeldtSeptember 28, 2017
OCI FAQ: The Answers the CDO Won’t Give You
Kevin Schoenfeldt (3L) OCIs are a stressful time for 2Ls. The CDO does a fine job with the basic questions: What do I wear? What […]
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 […]
Cory BettelMarch 30, 2017
Toronto Summer 2017 Recruitment Special
Click here to view our 2017 Recruitment Special. Every year, Ultra Vires conducts a survey, gathering responses from U of T students that were eligible […]
Katherine GeorgiousOctober 30, 2013
No 2L summer job? No worries
At this time of the year, a lot of time and effort is rightfully expended helping 2Ls navigate the stressful waters of in-firm interviews. But […]
Web EditorJanuary 30, 2013
The Fall Recruitment Process Is Bullshit
To reduce any perception of bias, I’ll start by saying that I’m one of the lucky ones who got a job through the 2012 fall […]
Web EditorSeptember 12, 2012
Intra Vires Investigative Reports: Fall Fake Facebook Names
Intra Vires: To make up for our paltry offering of “real” news, this year we will be writing fake news. Not just fake news, but […]
Web EditorSeptember 12, 2012
Point/Counterpoint: Should 2Ls change their name on Facebook for OCIs?
Point, Michael Robert Some Bay Street firms will receive over 2,000 applicants for a mere 20 positions within their 2013 2L summer class. Students from U […]
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