RSS FeedA Trial to End all Terrorism
I recently presented this paper, A Trial to End All Terrorism: How the United States Could Have Won the War on Terrorism Before it Even Began, with the Trial of Only One Man at the 3rd Annual Law Student Conference held at Windsor Law.
Tell ‘em They’re Your 1st Choice (Even if They’re Not)
Here’s a great piece from Andrew Black of Windsor Law. I think he’s funny, even though he beat me in a moot (I’m not bitter or anything).
If you get an OCI friend,
Cop it like its hot
Cop it like its hot
Cop it like its hot
If your competitions dressed well,
Knock it like its not
Knock it like its not
Knock it like its not
And tell em they’re your first choice,
Even if they’re not
Even if they’re not
Even if they’re not
I’ve got the herbal in my tea and I’m pouring coffee,
And I bomb the first one ’cause I really gotta pee
Ahhh Im a fly dude, plus a nice guy
See this back pat? See this pink tie?
Eligible law student, 20 grand debt
That’s overdue like gum for that dirty breath
The interview: interior like driz-ead
The exterior like firetruck riz-ed,
I can exercise you, this can be your Phys. Ed,
Tell ‘em they’re your first choice – that’s how you get ahizzead
Lawyers on the Street send these lawyers with a sheet
With a list a names so long it make you wanna play it cheap
So don’t try to run up on their ear talking all about school n’ shhh
Cause they heard that shhh
Show personality and ask ‘em shhh
Dont say “I’ll think about it.” Take the offer
Matter fact, tell ‘em that you’ll work for free,
And think before you tell ‘em that they’re choice #3
If you get an OCI friend, keep it on the low, nobody wanna know, you’ve got a ways to go
If you get an in-firm interview, keep it on the low, nobody wanna know, you’ve got a ways to go
If you get a dinner invite, keep it on the low, nobody wanna know, you’ve got a ways to go
If you make it past that, then you’re on the right track,
If you played your cards right then they might just call you back
I’m a law student, but y’all knew that
In OCI mode, yeah I had to do that
I keep my cell phone right here in my pocket
Strictly set to vibrate – only way to rock it
Ain’t no other way to interview the way I do,
I smile, I nod, I always tell ‘em “thank you”
By the time they get to us, they know who we are,
W-I-N-D-S-O-R
If you can’t take it, just fake it until you make it,
See I specialize in making interviewers elated,
Research your firms, ask questions, keep facts,
And before you head in, breathe deep and relax
Don’t lose your hizzay, it’s only for a dizzay,
Never, ever, flirt with the student recruitizzay,
Send out your e-mizzles to fizzirms, and that be iz-all
Now head’r back to biz-ed, and wake up for the ciz-all
If you’ve got a fly suit, friend,
Rock it like its hot
Rock it like its hot
Rock it like its hot
If your interviewer stares at you,
Act as if they’re not,
Act as if they’re not,
Act as if they’re not,
And tell ‘em they’re your first choice,
Even if they’re not
Even if they’re not
Even if they’re not
I’ve got the strut up in my stride, but my shoe is untied
So I blame it on the floor, like “this tile – it really slides”
I’m an A student, with a lot of Bs
A couple reference letters, and a single C
I study last minute, plus I like to party,
So no response from Davies or McCarthy,
Close the computer screen and Macleans Magazine,
‘Cause everybodys an authority, know what I mean?
Oh you got a job, now you wanna talk back?
Same position. Half the tuition. Top that.
So its all over, now its back to class,
If you got an offer, just make sure you pass,
But if you got the shaft, that’s just fine, too
Must I remind you they’re only here to find you,
Fine wine and dine you, sign you then grind you,
So maybe you were better off catching the swine flu
Good luck student, this lesson is free,
And if it doesn’t work for you, come work for me.
Gavin Holder’s “Back to School”
Sometimes it takes a midterm to realize we’re back in school.
This creative video comes to you from Gavin Holder, a 3L at Windsor Law.
Official Launch of Law Enforcement Accountability Project (LEAP)
First post of three on projects at Windsor Law fighting racial discrimination
On February 5th, 2009, the Faculty of Law hosted the official launch of LEAP. LEAP is the first law school project of its kind in Canada. The event kicked off with an introduction and welcome by Dean Bruce Elman. Attendees at the launch were Justice Steven Rogin, Justice Saul Nosanchuk, and Justice Micheline Rawlins, city councilors from Windsor and Essex County, members of the Windsor Police Services Board, Director of Campus Police, members of the local bar and community, and faculty, staff, and students of the University.
Professor David M. Tanovich, Academic Director of LEAP, followed the introduction by discussing the purpose of LEAP and encouraging law students to get involved with the project. As a student-led research initiative at Windsor Law, the objective of LEAP is to provide confidential research on issues surrounding police accountability and racial profiling. This research will be provided to government, oversight agencies, community groups, human rights agencies, Universities, and police services. LEAP will also serve to increase public education and awareness, particularly in Windsor and Essex County, about issues surrounding the new police complaints process in Ontario.
LEAP’s website can be found at www.uwindsor.ca/law. The site will provide information about LEAP’s community outreach initiatives, the filing of a police complaint, relevant case law and reports surrounding issues of police accountability and racial profiling. A link to the LEAP blog is available on the site, but can also be found directly at www.windsorlaw-leap.blogspot.com. Everyone is encouraged to visit the blog and post comments to entice meaningful and thoughtful discussion.
Amy Slotek and Lindsay Trevelyan, Community Outreach Co-Ordinators, discussed the importance of engaging with members of the Windsor-Essex community to provide support surrounding issues of police accountability, racial profiling, and the new police complaints process. Slotek and Trevelyan will begin their community outreach programme at the start of March.
Lily Tekle, Student Director of LEAP, introduced keynote speaker Mr. Gerry McNeilly, Director of the Independent Police Review Board (IPRB). McNeilly discussed the implementation of Bill 103: An Act to establish an [IPRB] and create a new public complaints process by amending the Police Services Act. Under the legislation, he has the power to develop procedural aspects of the new system, the discretion to refuse complaints, and the jurisdiction to investigate systemic issues. Appointed to the position in 2008 by Attorney General Chris Bentley, McNeilly is an excellent candidate for the role given his experiences in public interest litigation and community work. At the conclusion of his address, he encouraged participants to feel comfortable enough to utilize the new system once it becomes available.
For further information, please do not hesitate to contact LEAP at leap@uwindsor.ca.
