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Editor-in-ChiefFebruary 3, 2020
Intra Vires
Dean Snaccabucci wows students with pasties at Yak’s Snacks Due to an unfortunate misunderstanding, students left this month’s Yak’s Snacks with more than they bargained […]
Editor-in-ChiefDecember 2, 2019
Rejected Letter to the Editors
Serving Tea on the School’s Cafe Dear Editors, While I enjoyed Ms. Gu’s article in the October 31, 2019 issue, we should not forget this […]
Cody MillerNovember 2, 2019
Intra Vires
Totally real news from around the law school Faculty Council Attendance Drops Precipitously After Lunch No Longer Provided Attendance dropped steeply at the most recent […]
Editor-in-ChiefSeptember 30, 2019
Intra Vires Presents Students’ Ostracized Society (SOS)
Organization will inject free-market competition into monopolistic behaviour of student government FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TORONTO, Sept. 20, 2019 — Intra Vires is proud to announce […]
Editor-in-ChiefJuly 30, 2019
Davies Raises Articling Pay to $2,250 per week
Articling students at Davies now make more than first-year associates at most other Bay Street firms On July 29, Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP […]
Web EditorJuly 9, 2019
McCarthy Tétrault Raises Articling Pay to $1,900 per week
Most other Bay Street firms raise salaries, to different extents On July 9, summer students at McCarthy Tétrault LLP received a pleasant surprise when they […]
Web EditorApril 3, 2019
Thank you to all of our contributors
The masthead thanks all the contributors to Volume 20: Aaqib Mahmood, Alex McLennan-Brown, Angela Hou, Anne Marshall, Ben Miller, Brian Huang, Cameron Cotton-O’Brien, Dana O’Shea, […]
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 […]
Web EditorMarch 27, 2019
Editor’s Note
This year, we have been humbled to hear from such a broad, diverse cross-section of the law school. Your stories have been motivating, sobering, and, […]
Web EditorMarch 27, 2019
Tort or No Tort?
Return of a beloved column with only half the funny This semester I’ve given up all human interaction, yet the Yak persists to lure me […]
Web EditorMarch 27, 2019
Personal Statements from the Class of 2019
Oh, the places you’ll go! Every year, Ultra Vires asks graduating 3Ls and 4Ls to share their after-law school plans comparing what they said in […]
Web EditorMarch 27, 2019
Intra Vires
Totally real news from around the law school New building at 90 Queen’s Park worries UV editors Ultra Vires editors are worried about whether the […]
SuJung LeeMarch 13, 2019
Toronto Summer 2019 Recruitment Special
The final Ultra Vires Toronto Summer 2019 Recruitment Special is available here: Every year, Ultra Vires surveys 2Ls on a variety of demographic and recruitment […]
Web EditorFebruary 28, 2019
In this issue…
Welcome back from Reading Week! In this issue, we finally release the much-anticipated results from our Class of 2020 Survey. Thank you again to those […]
Editor-in-ChiefFebruary 2, 2019
Intra Vires January Update
Totally real news from around the law school Watergate-gate Wrecks Havoc Water supply was temporarily disabled in the Jackman Law Building after a watergate supplying […]
Web EditorJanuary 31, 2019
In this issue…
Happy New Year! May your days be longer and your workloads lighter. With the ringing in of every new year comes a period of reflection. […]
Web EditorJanuary 30, 2019
A Conversation with the Playwrights Behind Fine China and A Perfect Bowl of Pho
A play and musical, respectively, on love, family, identity, and good food Fine China is a three-hander drama that tells the story of an estranged […]
Web EditorNovember 28, 2018
In this issue…
We’re keeping this one short and sweet. This issue, we reflect on debt and tuition and the recent Toronto Recruit. Our Recruitment Special provides the […]
Editor-in-ChiefNovember 28, 2018
Firms and LSO Procedures
Allegations and other comments from our survey Ultra Vires conducted an anonymous survey of the 2L class about the Toronto Recruit. The Recruit is governed […]
Editor-in-ChiefNovember 20, 2018
Letter From the Editors: In This Issue
Autumn is in full swing. Classes are ramping up and procrastination can now take the form of frolicking through a colourful campus and sipping warm […]
Editor-in-ChiefNovember 1, 2018
Professionalism Training Proves Controversial
1Ls react to speaker’s comments on #MeToo The sexual assault allegations against movie producer Harvey Weinstein were first reported in October 2017. This month marks […]
Editor-in-ChiefOctober 11, 2018
Intra Vires
Totally real news from around the law school Resourceful 1Ls drive bookstore out of business The Class of 2021 has driven the Lenczner Slaght […]
Editor-in-ChiefOctober 11, 2018
Letter from the Editors
The real letter Corporate sellouts, rejoice! Your new Ultra Vires editors have sold their souls (and the UV pages) to Bay Street. We would like […]
Kevin SchoenfeldtOctober 11, 2018
Ultra Vires Introduces Classifieds!
In a last-ditch attempt to fund the donut budget, Ultra Vires has decided to start accepting classifieds for the low, low price of $1 per […]
Editor-in-ChiefOctober 11, 2018
Letter From the Editors
Welcome back and please, please submit pieces Honghu Wang (2L) and Chloe Magee (3L) It’s 2018. Tuition has risen to $38,183.45.1 The articling crisis looms […]
Editor-in-ChiefOctober 8, 2018
New York Summer 2019 Recruit Results
Twenty students flock south Honghu Wang (2L)* This year, twenty eager students from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law are heading down to New […]
Web EditorMarch 28, 2018
Legal Locutions to Class Up Your Exam Writing II
Honghu Wang (1L) with translations from the Editorial Board Whereas the writers for Ultra Vires desire to help students complete their examinations with a […]
Web EditorMarch 28, 2018
Intra Vires
Honghu Wang (1L) Faculty Council Hires Sergeant-at-Arms Facing declining attendance, Faculty Council on March 7 approved the provisional hiring of a Sergeant-at-Arms, who will […]
Web EditorMarch 28, 2018
Toronto Summer 2018 1L Recruit
Amani Rauff (3L) and Honghu Wang (1L) This year’s 1L Recruit took place during reading week, February 20–22. Overall, Toronto employers hired fifty-seven students; […]
Web EditorMarch 28, 2018
Faculty Council Finishes in Record Time, Approves $2.2MM in Contributions to Student Financial Aid
Honghu Wang (1L) The March 7 meeting of Faculty Council wrapped up in record time: a mere twenty-three minutes, of which about five were […]
Web EditorMarch 1, 2018
Intra Vires: Faculty Council Fails to Meet Quorum, Sings Kumbaya Instead
Let me tell you about the sandwiches. I have never seen so many sandwiches in all my days covering Faculty Council. There was egg salad […]
Web EditorMarch 1, 2018
Faculty Council Did Not Meet Quorum
On February 14, Faculty Council met and food was plentiful—because quorum was not met. Quorum is thirty-seven voting members, and only about twenty members were […]
Web EditorFebruary 4, 2018
Faculty Council: Dean Pulls Intersession Vote, Cites Lack of Discussion on Details
Exercising his authority as Chair, Dean Iacobucci chose to remove the proposed Intersession vote from the agenda of the January 17 meeting of Faculty Council. […]
Web EditorFebruary 4, 2018
Intra Vires News for January
Editor’s Note: Intra Vires, an old Ultra Vires feature with a Latin title that translates to “dumb self-mocking jokes,” now returns following a brief hiatus. […]
Web EditorJanuary 9, 2018
Intersession Draws Criticisms Despite Promise of “Intellectual Fireworks” at SLS Town Hall
Update, January 31: The proposed intersession vote was removed from the Faculty Council agenda. However, the Curriculum Committee promised to address the concerns raised. We […]
Web EditorNovember 29, 2017
Legal Locutions to Class Up Your Exam Writing
Honghu Wang (1L), with translations by the UV Editorial Board Whereas the writers for Ultra Vires desire to help students complete their examinations with a […]
Web EditorNovember 29, 2017
Faculty Council Increases Contribution to Financial Aid, Surprises Students with Winter Intersession
Honghu Wang (1L) Winter Intersession Unveiled Assistant Dean Kerry Rittich unveiled plans to release the Curriculum Committee’s proposal for the Winter Intersession. While […]
Web EditorOctober 25, 2017
First Faculty Council Discusses Admissions, Student Experience, and Rankings
Honghu Wang (1L) The first Faculty Council meeting of this academic year took place on October 4. Admissions and Student Experience Survey results were presented, […]
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