Ultra Vires
September 30, 2019
Also eels, skinks, glass lizards, slow worms, and caecilians. I’m sorry Miss Jackman, I am four eels.* Law student gossip mills both domestic and abroad,
Ultra Vires
The Law Society Should Not Get to Decide My Principles
Ultra Vires
June 11, 2019
Forcing someone to express an opinion that they do not hold “is totalitarian and as such alien to the tradition of free nations like Canada,
I Want a Life Outside Law School
Ultra Vires
January 30, 2019
A 1L perspective Towards the end of the first week, I began to feel overwhelmed. It was after a week of non-stop activities: Legal Methods
Ultra Vires
November 28, 2018
Why I think of my application screw-up as the most important mistake I made To say that OCIs are stressful is an understatement. Any small
Ultra Vires
November 8, 2018
Living, Learning and Teaching On an early Monday afternoon last April, my flight descended over Lac Léman, surrounded by the majestic Swiss Alps. I arrived
Diversion: Vancouver Recruit Guide
Ultra Vires
November 7, 2018
Or how I nearly avoided the Toronto meat-grinder Dear 1Ls, Are you from Vancouver, British Columbia? (Do you want to be?) Are you sick of
Giving a Crap or Taking a Crap?
Ultra Vires
November 6, 2018
Reflections on the 2L OCI process from a WOC perspective Angry Brown Girl (2L)* On-Campus Interviews. Also known as OCIs. The term—and the way upper
J.W. and the House that Pork Built
Ultra Vires
November 6, 2018
From the archives Until recently, old editions of Ultra Vires were stored away in the basement of Falconer and in the library stacks. It seemed
UV NEWS SUMMARY: SLS Candidates’ Speeches & Debate
Ultra Vires
March 20, 2013
Editor’s Note: The quotes in this article are in some places incomplete, mostly because y’all talk too fast. I apologize for my human frailty. That said, the
Ultra Vires
October 17, 2012
Dear Editor: Your last issue contained a good story on the new law school grading scheme by Michael Portner-Gartke. I am one of the faculty