Web EditorMarch 31, 2016
Brett Hughes (3L) Another year draws to a close and we burrow into our textbooks, treatises, and upper-year maps and summaries, just like Falconer Phyllis […]
Web EditorMarch 23, 2016
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 EditorFebruary 26, 2016
Brett Hughes (3L) The official Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) first-year student recruitment period took place in the week of February 15. Toronto law […]
Web EditorFebruary 24, 2016
Matt Howe (3L) et al From the “semesterization” of the curriculum to decisions about financial aid policy, much of the business of the law school […]
Web EditorFebruary 24, 2016
Brett Hughes (3L) The new Bora Laskin Library began its new life in Jackman Hall with a soft open on Tuesday, February 16, the beginning […]
Web EditorJanuary 27, 2016
Brett Hughes (3L) Welcome back to school, and to the third-last issue of Ultra Vires for the year! There remain only two and a half […]
Web EditorNovember 26, 2015
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 EditorNovember 7, 2015
Introduction updated March 3, 2016: These numbers include returning first-year students. The sources for this chart are: (1) direct email correspondence with student recruiters for […]
Web EditorOctober 28, 2015
Brett Hughes (3L) Last week, Canadians voted for change in Ottawa, but U of T Law students were reminded yet again that they had been […]
Web EditorSeptember 30, 2015
Brett Hughes (3L) Hello and welcome, or welcome back, to law school! By now, you have probably finalised your extracurriculars and course selection, and started […]
Web EditorJuly 18, 2015
Alex Redinger (2L) and Brett Hughes (3L) Every summer, 1-going-on-2-Ls anxiously turn their minds to the November recruitment process and related activities, including the summer […]
Aron NimaniMarch 28, 2015
Brett Hughes (2L) On Saturday March 14, law student leaders from across the province gathered at Osgoode Hall Law School for the Law Students’ Society […]
Web EditorMarch 28, 2015
Brett Hughes (2L) Financial aid, if not tuition, became a major focus this year for both the Students’ Law Society (SLS) and the Faculty of […]
Aron NimaniNovember 27, 2014
Brett Hughes (2L) and Tali Green (2L) Following his first town hall meeting with JD students, future dean Iacobucci sat down with Ultra Vires to […]
Web EditorOctober 29, 2014
Tali Green (2L) and Brett Hughes (2L) Justice Rosalie Abella kindly agreed to sit down with Ultra Vires before this year’s Grand Moot to answer […]
Aron NimaniOctober 29, 2014
Brett Hughes (2L) and Michael Robichaud (1L) At the October 22 Faculty Council meeting, Interim Dean Jutta Brunnée said she will recommend to the University […]
Aron NimaniOctober 29, 2014
Brett Hughes (2L) On October 23, students received a seemingly innocuous email from the Office of the Dean with the text “Please see the attached […]
Web EditorOctober 7, 2014
Brett Hughes (2L) | Photographs by Nadia Guo (3L) As is tradition, this year’s Grand Moot—“Tracking Data, Privacy and the Charter”—was a ripped-from-the-headlines case. The problem […]
Aron NimaniSeptember 24, 2014
Brett Hughes (2L) The cost of legal education is affecting students’ career goals. First generation students are hugely underrepresented in law school, particularly at U […]
Aron NimaniSeptember 24, 2014
Brett Hughes (2L) Over the summer, you might have noticed a plethora of emails from members of the administration containing sign-offs starting with “Interim” or […]
Aron NimaniAugust 17, 2014
Brett Hughes (1L) The U of T Faculty of Law has, to date, employed what is best described as a black box approach to accommodation for illness […]
Aron NimaniJune 29, 2014
Brett Hughes (1L) This year’s convocation season saw rescinded invitations and canceled appearances for several high-profile speakers at American universities, including Condoleezza Rice and Christine […]
Web EditorJanuary 29, 2014
Brett Hughes (1L) & Padraigin Murphy (1L) Over this past year, there has been an ongoing discussion between students, Students’ Law Society (SLS) representatives, and […]
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