Costumes to confuse your non-law friends
Lord Denning
Dress up as a judge (remember the wig!) and take your handy cricket bat and ball, because at Halloween time, village cricket is the delight of everyone. Remember to haunt Professor Essert.
The Fox
To truly embody the fox from Pierson v Post, you need a fox costume and 2 friends. Dress up in your fox costume (and make sure it’s a red fox—if you dress up as a silver fox, we’re in a different case) and have one friend chase you throughout the law school. Once you have completed a full lap of the law school, have your other friend jump out of the bushes near the entrance to Flavelle House and grab you. (They should be wearing the saucy intruder costume from below.)
The Saucy Intruder
Get an old timey-looking button-up shirt, preferably with ruffles (it is 1810), and black pants, preferably breeches. If you don’t have period accurate breeches, cut some black leggings off just below the knee and wear white knee socks. Print out pictures of condiments and pin them to your shirt. And make sure to grab your friend, the Fox, before their other friend can catch them.
Dead Snail
Take two 50 x 60 inches throw blankets and fold the smaller side in half (hot dog style). Tuck the non folded edges in and roll the blankets up in one spiral, one at a time. Take ribbon and tie up the roll on both sides, and be sure to tie it tight about 20 cm from the ends so that the roll squeezes more fullness into the ends. When tying the roll, leave a meter length of ribbon free. Put the ribbon over your shoulders, cross it over your chest and loop it around your waist to tie in front. Make some antennae, cross out your eyes with eyeliner and carry around a can of ginger ale.
Thumbs Up Emoji
Draw a thumbs up emoji on a white t-shirt. You are now ready to enter into contracts!
Church Bell
Wear a yellow or gold A-line dress or tunic. Affix small bells to the hem of the dress/tunic and make sure to make them jingle every hour. Also carry around a small bell, like from a bicycle, and ring it incessantly.
Cabin in the Woods
Get a green shirt and a green fabric marker. Draw a cabin on the shirt. Stick green fake leaves (with adhesive, staples, or safety pins) to the shirt in front of your drawing of the cabin. You now have a cabin that is not an open and notorious adverse possession. (See Re Lundrigans Ltd. and Prosper et al.)
Haystack
Stiffen the hair on a Cousin Itt costume and don’t wear the hat or the glasses. Spontaneously combust at will.
Harrier Jet
Wear a jet costume and carry a can of Pepsi.
Supreme Court of Canada Justice
Because the Supreme Court of Canada is ditching its traditional ceremonial red robes, we law students must take up the mantle. For this costume, wear a Santa suit.