Editor-in-ChiefJanuary 25, 2024
New year, same great UV! We’re proud to present Ultra Vires’ first issue of 2024. The articles contained in this issue will be published to […]
Editor-in-ChiefDecember 27, 2023
November 30, 2023 Dear Readers, Welcome back! It’s here! We’re excited to welcome you to UV’s 2024 recruit special. This year’s recruit was especially chaotic […]
Editor-in-ChiefNovember 30, 2023
It’s tiiiiiime! We are so excited to present Ultra Vires‘ final issue of 2023 is here with our annual Recruit Special. Inside, you’ll find coverage […]
Editor-in-ChiefOctober 29, 2023
Welcome to our second issue of the year! Dear Readers, Welcome back! We are nearing the end of the scariest month of the year, filled […]
Editor-in-ChiefOctober 26, 2023
Welcome to our second issue of the year! In this issue, you’ll find Toronto articling and New York 2L recruit information, alongside some creepy crawlies […]
Editor-in-ChiefOctober 9, 2023
September 28, 2023 Dear Readers, Another year, another volume of UV! This year is the big two-five, as we mark Ultra Vires’ 25th anniversary. Maybe […]
Editor-in-ChiefSeptember 28, 2023
We’re happy to present our first issue of Volume 25 and of the 2023-2024 school year. In this issue, you’ll find our brand new Puzzles […]
Editor-in-ChiefSeptember 6, 2023
All years are welcome to apply! We are looking for students to join the editorial team for Volume 25 of Ultra Vires. Positions are available […]
Editor-in-ChiefApril 3, 2023
March 30, 2023 Dear Readers, Well, folks, that’s a wrap. For the last time this year (!!!), in this issue, you’ll find all the tea […]
Editor-in-ChiefMarch 30, 2023
This is it—our final issue of Volume 24! In this issue, you’ll find all the tea on competitive mooting, the Toronto 1L recruit, Follies, our […]
Editor-in-ChiefMarch 12, 2023
We are looking for students to join our Volume 25 editorial board as well as students interested in ancillary roles for the newspaper. Applications are […]
Editor-in-ChiefMarch 3, 2023
February 28, 2023 Dear Readers, You made it! Reading week has come and gone, and we are at the halfway point of the term—only two […]
Editor-in-ChiefFebruary 28, 2023
You made it! Reading week has come and gone, and we are at the halfway point of the term—only two more months ‘til sweet, sweet […]
Editor-in-ChiefJanuary 30, 2023
January 26, 2023 Dear Readers, Welcome back, folks! We hope you all had a restful break and managed to recover from New Year’s Eve in […]
Editor-in-ChiefJanuary 26, 2023
Welcome to 2023! It is the start of a new year and a brand new term, so we’re sharing our New Year’s resolutions and a […]
Editor-in-ChiefDecember 5, 2022
December 1, 2022 Dear Readers, The 2022 instalment of UV’s highly anticipated annual recruit special is finally here! After yet another hectic recruit season, we’ve […]
Editor-in-ChiefDecember 1, 2022
RECRUIT SPECIAL! The 2022 instalment of UV’s annual recruit special is here, and we’ve got you covered with 2L hiring numbers from coast-to-coast. This issue […]
Editor-in-ChiefOctober 31, 2022
October 27, 2022 Dear Readers, Boo! Spooky season is upon us, and it’s time to pull those dusty costumes out of the closet once again […]
Editor-in-ChiefOctober 27, 2022
Boo! Spooky season is upon us, and it’s time to pull those dusty costumes out of the closet once again for another fright-tacular Halloween. In […]
Editor-in-ChiefOctober 3, 2022
September 29, 2022 Dear Readers, We’re back! To the 1Ls, welcome to our hallowed halls, and to the upper-years, we hope you had a restful […]
Editor-in-ChiefSeptember 29, 2022
We’re back! In our first issue of Volume 24, you’ll find an update on this year’s instalment of the never-ending 1L curriculum revamp, an exit […]
Editor-in-ChiefSeptember 4, 2022
Now hiring 1L positions and welcoming new writers! We are looking for students to join our Volume 24 editorial board as well as students interested […]
Sabrina MacklaiMarch 31, 2022
March 31, 2022 Dear Readers, This is it! We’re at our final issue for Volume 23. We’re not crying, you are. In this issue, you’ll […]
Editor-in-ChiefMarch 9, 2022
We are looking for students to join our Volume 24 editorial board as well as students interested in ancillary roles for the newspaper. Applications are […]
Sabrina MacklaiFebruary 28, 2022
February 28, 2022 Dear Readers, Can you believe that this is our penultimate issue of UV for the 2021-2022 year? Oh, how time flies! We […]
Sabrina MacklaiJanuary 26, 2022
January 26, 2022 Dear Readers, We’re back, back, back, back again! We hope you all had a restful break and are adjusting well into another […]
Sabrina MacklaiNovember 25, 2021
November 25, 2021 Dear Readers, It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for—UV’s annual recruit special is here! Containing 2L hiring numbers, survey results, reflections, […]
Sabrina MacklaiNovember 25, 2021
Another year, another recruit Since the inception of Ultra Vires in 1999, we’ve reported on results of the annual Toronto recruit for 2L summer students. […]
Sabrina MacklaiOctober 28, 2021
October 28, 2021 Happy spooky season, U of T Law! From scares at the recent Call to the Bar events, OCI disaster moments, and the […]
Sabrina MacklaiSeptember 29, 2021
September 29, 2021. Dear Readers, Welcome back to another year of law school and another volume of Ultra Vires! We are thrilled to be your […]
Editor-in-ChiefSeptember 9, 2021
Now hiring 1L editors and welcoming new writers! Read through the descriptions below, and send us your application materials (email to [email protected]). UPDATE: Applications are due […]
Vivian ChengApril 29, 2021
April 7, 2021. Dear Readers, Drumroll, please! It’s what you’ve been waiting for — the one, the only — the Recruit Special is finally here! […]
Editor-in-ChiefMarch 24, 2021
We are looking for students to join our Volume 23 editorial board as well as students interested in ancillary roles for the newspaper. Applications are […]
Vivian ChengMarch 3, 2021
Dear Readers, We are halfway through the second term, and three-quarters of the way through this strange school year. We wanted to acknowledge some of […]
Vivian ChengJanuary 27, 2021
Happy 2021! Another year, another semester at U of T Zoom School of Law. The new Dean, Jutta Brunée, has begun her term, students are […]
Vivian ChengNovember 27, 2020
Dear law school community, It’s November! With days getting darker earlier, full lockdown looming, and exams approaching, it’s an especially stressful time. We wish you […]
Vivian ChengNovember 2, 2020
October 28, 2020. Dear law school community and beyond, Happy spooky season! We hope you are staying healthy and safe as the law school locks […]
Vivian ChengOctober 6, 2020
October 1, 2020. Welcome, and welcome back to U of T Law! It’s undoubtedly a strange year, but shaping up to be an eventful one. […]
Editor-in-ChiefAugust 20, 2020
Read through the descriptions below, and send us your application materials (email to [email protected]). Please include the position(s) you are applying for in the subject […]
Angela GuJune 3, 2020
To our law school community and beyond, You have probably heard this a million times in a million ways over the past few days, over […]
Editor-in-ChiefMay 2, 2020
Happy March! This is the final Ultra Vires issue of the year and our last as Editors-in-Chief. We thank all of our readers, writers, editors, […]
Editor-in-ChiefMarch 8, 2020
Happy February! Reading week has passed, another Valentine’s Day is over, and we are now over halfway through the Winter semester. In this issue, you’ll […]
Editor-in-ChiefFebruary 3, 2020
Happy January! Welcome to another semester at U of T Law. The add/drop deadline has now passed, students are settling into their Winter classes, and […]
Editor-in-ChiefDecember 2, 2019
November 2019 Happy November! As class winds down for the semester and exams approach, we wish you well with your studies and hope you have […]
Editor-in-ChiefNovember 2, 2019
Happy October! Congratulations on making it through the first half of the semester. Things are kicking into high gear with 2Ls preparing for in-firms, looming […]
Editor-in-ChiefSeptember 28, 2019
Welcome back to another year at U of T Law! It’s shaping up to be a big year for legal news: tuition has dropped to […]
Web EditorApril 3, 2019
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
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 EditorFebruary 28, 2019
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 […]
Web EditorJanuary 31, 2019
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 EditorNovember 28, 2018
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 20, 2018
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-ChiefOctober 11, 2018
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 […]
Web EditorMarch 28, 2018
Don’t be sorry it’s over; be sorry it ever happened in the first place. Kevin Schoenfeldt, c. 2018 (who had been sitting on this great […]
Web EditorFebruary 4, 2018
Welcome back! As 3Ls, the end of our time at U of T law is fast approaching. Many of us just came back from exchange, […]
Web EditorDecember 4, 2017
Aidan Campbell (3L) & Amani Rauff (3L) Surprising no one, this year’s grad trip will be at an all-inclusive Carribean resort. The annual spectacle […]
Web EditorSeptember 28, 2017
Aidan Campbell (3L) & Amani Rauff (3L) “I can’t say I found it all distasteful,” opens a Faculty of Law Review article published thirty […]
Web EditorMarch 1, 2017
Nick Papageorge (2L) and Maud Rozee (2L) ¡Viva la revolución! In the face of overwhelming, vociferous pressure from students, the administration announced that it has […]
Web EditorFebruary 8, 2017
Displeased. Very disappointed. Unbecoming. No rational connection. Punishment and censorship. Utter bullshit. General strike. Mutiny. Revolution. Fuck this. This was the reaction of U of […]
Web EditorJanuary 26, 2017
Nick Papageorge (2L) and Maud Rozee (2L) Welcome back! We hope that you’re finally starting to recover from the blow that was having our classes […]
Web EditorSeptember 28, 2016
Nick Papageorge (2L) and Maud Rozee (2L) To the upper years, welcome back! To the 1Ls, welcome to law school! And to everyone, welcome to […]
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 EditorFebruary 24, 2016
The Editorial Board The Facebook groups for each year’s U of T Law class provide an important platform for communication between students. They allow students […]
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 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 […]
Paloma van GrollMarch 29, 2015
Paloma van Groll (3L) and David Gruber (3L) And we’re reminded yet again how easily we can let a school year pass, without learning a […]
Paloma van GrollFebruary 25, 2015
By Paloma van Groll (3L) It’s a that fun time of year for Law, right after Follies and right before Ball, when we law students […]
Aron NimaniFebruary 25, 2015
By David Gruber (3L) The debate about tuition and debt has been had, and—from the perspective of the righteous—lost. Tuition for a three year degree […]
Paloma van GrollJanuary 29, 2015
By David Gruber and Paloma van Groll Every year around this time students interrupt their rampant careerism to undertake more noble endeavours. The Promise Auction, […]
Paloma van GrollNovember 27, 2014
It’s that time of year again. No, not the time for friends and family and taking a moment to reflect on the important things in […]
Paloma van GrollSeptember 24, 2014
Paloma Van Groll (3L) & David Gruber (3L) The law school is operating out of borrowed space for yet another year. Construction of the new […]
Emily DebonoMarch 26, 2014
This year has brought a lot of change to our school. What we expected to be a year dominated by discussion of the “transition space” ended up being […]
Web EditorMarch 5, 2014
Our law school is at a crucial crossroads. The legal market looks stagnant, tuition is at a record high and increasing, and numerous concerns have […]
Emily DebonoFebruary 26, 2014
Many of you have told me that you’d write something for UV this year. In the middle of completely unrelated conversations, you’ll say “Hey, when’s […]
Emily DebonoJanuary 29, 2014
When I found out that I was going to be Editor In Chief this year, I immediately knew what I wanted my legacy to be. […]
Emily DebonoNovember 27, 2013
In preparing this year’s OCI survey, we decided to change the tone from surveys of the past. Rather than focusing on the firms’ blunders (interesting […]
Emily DebonoOctober 30, 2013
The MBA portion of the JD/MBA constantly makes reference to the idea of “integrative thinking.” While nobody is sure what exactly that means, we know […]
Emily DebonoSeptember 25, 2013
Despite the Faculty’s best efforts, we do not have an effective space to congregate, hang out, or discuss what’s on our minds. While this lets […]
Patrick HartfordMarch 27, 2013
Emily Debono and I are proud of this year’s Ultra Vires. Our editorial board has accomplished so much together. This issue, more than any of […]
Web EditorMarch 26, 2013
In recent months, the student population at large has raised concerns about the rising cost of tuition and financial aid with the Faculty. The Faculty […]
Patrick HartfordFebruary 27, 2013
Tuition for next year’s incoming class will be over $30,000. In response, law students have started the Tuition Petition (see TuitionPetition.ca) in an attempt to […]
Paloma van GrollJanuary 30, 2013
So, results are in. We have official been graded using Ps and Hs. How does it feel? We’re not really sure. We have no feelings […]
Patrick HartfordJanuary 30, 2013
Flu Shot Day The SLS sits on a giant pile of money that grows every year. What if we used a tiny portion of that […]
Web EditorDecember 7, 2012
Ultra Vires has solicited letters and notes in memory of Samantha Clarke, and collected them here. If you would like to submit something to be […]
Web EditorNovember 28, 2012
On IMDb.com, there is a film short called “Orange Sarong”. In it, a businessman watches a woman in an orange sarong on a nearby boat. […]
Web EditorNovember 28, 2012
One of my projects this year as news editor is to include at least one piece per issue that is, in one way or another, […]
Web EditorNovember 28, 2012
I met Sam during the early part of 1L. She was sitting in the Rowell Room knitting – this was a constant, throughout my year knowing […]
Patrick HartfordNovember 28, 2012
I ostensibly write my editorial after the rest of the paper’s contents have been submitted so that I can tie everything together. But I’m actually […]
Web EditorOctober 17, 2012
Last February we sat around, got warmly drunk, and laughed at ourselves. As usual, Law Follies built most of its comedy on mocking law school […]
Editor-in-ChiefOctober 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 […]
Patrick HartfordOctober 17, 2012
Yes, obviously. Well that was a short column. This is a complaint that we hear often. And if we can hear complaints over the nonstop […]
Web EditorSeptember 12, 2012
When Patrick seized the reins this year he promised some big changes. Like covering actual events that really happened. This is called news. News is […]
Patrick HartfordSeptember 12, 2012
Welcome to another year of law school. After a year of self-imposed exile in the Munk School’s Global Affairs program, I am back in law […]
Web EditorMarch 29, 2012
[This is a response to “A Perspective on the Niqab Ban” in the March issue of Ultra Vires] I really do not understand why the […]
Web EditorMarch 27, 2012
You know how this whole things works by now: I spend most of my time seriously undermining UV just so I can get cheap laughs […]
Web EditorFebruary 27, 2012
Dear Editor: Aaron Rankin and Justin Nasseri raise substantial procedural concerns about the law school administration’s proposal to change to a new grading scheme (Faculty […]
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