THE STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY OF LAW
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• NOVEMBER 20, 2001
Five,year Plan Focuses on Building Students look for clear stance on tuition BY TIM WILBUR
tat ion has been a parr of the process from the beginning. · The dean's five-year plan for the law school "I am hoping that people see what we wtll be unveiled in the next few weeks are saying now as a continuation of a cona.mld criticism that studentll will have lirrl~ versation we have been hanng for the past tim~ t? review the document and provide their mput. The plan is being produced two years with student' and f.'lculty," he stated. The dean points co numerous town after numcrou~ student consultations and hall meetings and focus groups as evidence del;ys t!uc to the marks scandal of last year. of this consultation. I Will Circulate a discussion document Second-year student Claire Hunter that will be made available to faculty and agrees there was a lot of consultation with ~tudents," stated Dean Ron Daniels. students in the lead-up to the academic ?nee there is a document ro react to, we plan. "I was actually happy with the conwill hold a town hall meeting." The dean sultation that was done last year," she hopes that this document will be sent to explained. the provost some time in December. However, Hunter acknowledges that no . Third-year student Jacob Glick, who document existed at the time of these conms on the provostial committee reviewing sultations. "There should maybe be anoththe document itself, ~ concerned that er round of consultation when there is an interested students will nor have much actual document to refer to," she said. time to review the academic plan. Hunter also poinb out that students on "Because of how comprcs~ed the process the committee may have a different focus b, there is little time to consult on any dis- than the dean. "I think that access in gencu ion documents that are produced by eral is what the students will be concerned the lprovosua\1 committee," he said. with, although the new butldmg is probaGlick b also concerned with the time of bly going to be a major focus (of the plan]." }'ear char the document will be released. There is no intention ar rhc momcnr co I "By November 13, students aren't inter- include any concrete proposals on approested in academic planning, they are more priate tUitions levels in the plan. j interested in preparing for exams." Although the dean has promised no The five-year academic plan is essen- tuition money will be used to fund the new tially a JUstification to the university for building, students continue to rarse conThird-'Jear tuy .soldzer Mike Hollinger lurks around lhe SLS Hallowe'en Part)' on Nat.'. 2. funds that the law school receives. It sets cerns about where their tuition fees will go. out the law school's priorities for the next First-year student Aaron Delaney, who sits few years, demonstrating to the university on Faculty Council, points out that deferadministration what the law school plans ring other sources of funding to the buildto do with its money. A major focus of the ing, such as alumni and government supcurrent plan will be a proposal for a new port, means tuition will have to pick up U ofT maintains share of jobs, though scandal still looms butlding, doubling the amount of space at the slack in other areas. "The number one priority [in the the law school. BY SALMAN HAQ more students with summer positions than The plans call for the five-storey struc- report] will be the new building. It has a two summers ago, but not as many as last ture to replace the building adjoining $60 million price tag. The dean says this Preliminary results indicate that law stu- year." Goldberg also cautioned that it is too Flavelle House. The architectural firm, won't come from tuition, but everything dent recruitment for the summer of 2002 has dropped 10 to 15 per cent over last Hariri Pontarini, has been working on the else will," Delaney said. Delaney cites increases in faculty summer. The total number of students Please see "Finns," page 7 current Flavelle renovations. hired at ten large Bay Street firms contactAccording to the dean, student consul- salaries as one cause of rising tuition fees. ed by Ultra Vires dropped to 161 from 187. The share of JObs garnered by University of Toronto law students at these firms remamed stable - 50 m 2001 and 44 in
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Waterrolour rendering of rht proposed U ofT law building (Hariri Pontarini, archirects).
Bonnie Goldberg, Assistant Dean of Career Services, said that firms "over-hired last year," and she knew that this year hiring would be down. "Summer programs are still viable, but I'd be surprised if firms internally weren't thinking about their business plans," said Goldberg. "We have
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