Much has been written about succeeding in law school, but not as much has been said about remaining healthy and sane while succeeding. Â Having just finished my first law school exams this past December, I…
The annual Koskie Minsky Diversity Moot will be held in Toronto on Feb. 25-26, 2011. Most law students have at least some interest in human rights and diversity, but rarely get to participate in a…
Are you a progressive law student in Canada? Join the Justice League! Justice League-Canada is a nationwide listserv for progressive law students, articling students, and new calls. Its purpose is to create a national grassroots…
AIDWYC. Â Does that mean anything to you? I, Ryan Venables, am very please to announce that thanks to Jonathan Thoburn and Lisa Lutwak, a couple of very keen and persistent (that’s a good thing) 1L…
Undergrad degree, check. LSAT, check. Fourteen thousand three hundred and twenty-six dollar tuition, check. Still considered an undergraduate, check. WHAT??!! Still considered an undergrad? Welcome to The University of Western Ontario, where law, dental, medical, and…
It’s mid-October. Â I’m halfway through the semester, and a quarter of the way through first-year hell. One of my classmates has taken the liberty of describing what these first six weeks at McGill law have…
Lyrics: Yeah Im in that Law School Learning in the Lawbrary Right next to my starbucks Ill be legal forever Im a new Learned Man Learning law from Learned Hand Friendly and Cardoza, SCOTUS Opinions…
If there is one word that distinguishes a simple undergraduate degree from a law degree, then that word is TIME. As a newly minted law student, never before has time appeared so essential, so vital,…
For those looking for an interesting reminiscence about the history of law schools and legal education in Canada, view Christopher Guly’s article in The Lawyers Weekly: “Apprenticeship to academe: The history of law schools in…
Christopher Bird, an articling student with Wise Law, offers some advice to law students who started this fall: 1.) Distinguish yourself. 2.) Your marks are important. 3.) Don’t assume it’s the end of the world…
It’s a lot of tuition, and even more hard work. But the journey to be a lawyer in Canada just might be worth it. In my column of this week’s Lawyers Weekly I ask the…
Ten days after law school started, I began to check off all the things that I needed to do in the first two weeks. Allow me to go through my checklist. Settled in my new…
