The Solution is Insite, Part II
In October 2008 I wrote a bit about my personal opinions and experiences with Insite, a unique, government-funded legal safe injection site that has been on the front lines of Vancouver’s drug epidemic. Insite was…
Law School
Osgoode Jumps on the JD Bandwagon
The Osgoode Hall community received an e-mail today regarding the “JD or LLB?” debate, that had pretty much disappeared from most of our minds due to the dramatic collective action (or perhaps more fitting, inaction)…
Law Students Demand Repatriation of Omar Khadr
Hundreds of law students from across the country have added their names to the growing list of people calling for the repatriation and fair trial of Omar Khadr, as well as the closure of the…
Canadian / US Law Outline Wiki
A new Wikipedia-type site for law outlines has been created by law students at Queen’s University. Law students across Canada and the USA can post to the wiki, which works just like Wikipedia; anybody can…
Daphna Golan on Israeli Students, Academics
Dr. Daphna Golan, Professor of Law at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, explains in Haaeretz today why the academic establishment in Israel should oppose the Gazan assault, The students’ fight against the tuition increase, the lecturers’…
Could Osgoode Law Students Sue Over Strike?
Most of our readers would be aware of the ongoing strike at York University led by CUPE 3903. York administrators have also indicated serious financial difficulties. What people may not have realized is that the…
How Quami Frederick Got Busted
We previously wondered how The Star discovered that Quami Frederick used a fake degree to get into Osgoode. Yesterday, The Star revealed how they came across the information, Frederick’s name is on a list of…
10 Things You Won’t Learn in Law School
Gideon at a public defender, a popular Connecticut criminal law blog, told me recently, Whatever your professor tells you, do the opposite. I thought the statement was slightly extreme, but I did ask him what…
LLM GUIDE Focus on Student Life: Canada
A closer look at some of Canada’s chilly but exciting locations for LL.M. students Reproduced from LLM Guide with permission Maple, moose, and snow might spring to mind when thinking about Canada. Clichés aside, it…
Quami Frederick Forged Law School Marks Too!
I have just a little bit of sympathy for Quami Frederick, the young woman who faked her undergrad degree to get into Osgoode Hall. A single mother, she now has $80,000 in student debt that…
What I would have included on my application to Osgoode, had I known you were permitted to make things up
This site’s readership will be all too familiar with the rigorous process of applying to Canadian law schools, starting with the LSAT and ending (it is to be presumed) with a vetting of one’s academic…
Tip: Don’t Use Fake Degree to Apply to Law School
Okay all you eager undergrads who read our site faithfully, here is the best tip we could ever give you regarding your law school applications. Do not, under any circumstances, try to use a fake…