Comments on: What I would have included on my application to Osgoode, had I known you were permitted to make things up http://lawiscool.com/2008/12/16/what-i-would-have-included-on-my-application-to-osgoode-had-i-known-you-were-permitted-to-make-things-up/?nucrss=1 The law school blog and podcast from Canada Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:09:38 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Omar Ha-Redeye http://lawiscool.com/2008/12/16/what-i-would-have-included-on-my-application-to-osgoode-had-i-known-you-were-permitted-to-make-things-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4413 Omar Ha-Redeye Sat, 20 Dec 2008 06:09:43 +0000 http://lawiscool.com/?p=1192#comment-4413 <blockquote>Thankfully ‘but for’ can be freely used in other contexts.</blockquote> David, do you mean the whole world doesn't revolve around the law? Will, I happen to know for a fact that you do not actually have 2,000 friends on Facebook. But then you knew that I already knew that, hence the telepathy.

Thankfully ‘but for’ can be freely used in other contexts.

David, do you mean the whole world doesn’t revolve around the law?

Will, I happen to know for a fact that you do not actually have 2,000 friends on Facebook. But then you knew that I already knew that, hence the telepathy.

]]> By: Bronson Baxter http://lawiscool.com/2008/12/16/what-i-would-have-included-on-my-application-to-osgoode-had-i-known-you-were-permitted-to-make-things-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4386 Bronson Baxter Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:27:18 +0000 http://lawiscool.com/?p=1192#comment-4386 Doesn't say much for Osgood's ability to screen applicants. Doesn’t say much for Osgood’s ability to screen applicants.

]]> By: Reader http://lawiscool.com/2008/12/16/what-i-would-have-included-on-my-application-to-osgoode-had-i-known-you-were-permitted-to-make-things-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4373 Reader Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:06:47 +0000 http://lawiscool.com/?p=1192#comment-4373 ...only magna cum laude? If you want to make it in the big leagues (and you're faking it anyways) then at least go for summa cum laude. Personally, I would have went for egregia cum laude honours. But that's just me. …only magna cum laude? If you want to make it in the big leagues (and you’re faking it anyways) then at least go for summa cum laude. Personally, I would have went for egregia cum laude honours. But that’s just me.

]]> By: David Stevenson http://lawiscool.com/2008/12/16/what-i-would-have-included-on-my-application-to-osgoode-had-i-known-you-were-permitted-to-make-things-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4372 David Stevenson Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:29:23 +0000 http://lawiscool.com/?p=1192#comment-4372 Thankfully 'but for' can be freely used in other contexts. Thankfully ‘but for’ can be freely used in other contexts.

]]> By: Omar Ha-Redeye http://lawiscool.com/2008/12/16/what-i-would-have-included-on-my-application-to-osgoode-had-i-known-you-were-permitted-to-make-things-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4370 Omar Ha-Redeye Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:08:53 +0000 http://lawiscool.com/?p=1192#comment-4370 <blockquote>As previously reported here, Frederick’s artificial B.Sc. in Business Administration opened the door to Osgoode Hall and might have launched a stellar legal career, <strong>but for</strong> the investigative journalism of the Toronto Star.</blockquote> By citing the but-for test, it almost sounds like you're making out the case for negligence. But how the Star owed a duty of care to Fredrick and then breached it escapes me.

As previously reported here, Frederick’s artificial B.Sc. in Business Administration opened the door to Osgoode Hall and might have launched a stellar legal career, but for the investigative journalism of the Toronto Star.

By citing the but-for test, it almost sounds like you’re making out the case for negligence.

But how the Star owed a duty of care to Fredrick and then breached it escapes me.

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