THE INDEPENDENT STUDENT NEWSPAPER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO FACULTY OF LAW
SINCE 1999
VOLUME 5 ISSUE 3
NOVEMBER 18, 2003
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I Strong showing at OCis
Hallowe'en Bash
Hiring practices remain steady on Bay St. BY DANIEL ANTHONY
First-year studen ts, Alvin, Simon, and Theodore, en joy the Hallowe'en party at Falconer Hall, Oct. 30. Photo mllrlt!J of Em~ly Mak.
New club pursues old boys' interests BY HILARY BOOK A new club is raising eyebrows around the law school. The Gentlemen's Quarter (GQ) was founded last year by Paul Franciosa (II), who says he formed the club after attending a seminar on business etiquette. He adds that the purpose of the club is to educate and inform members on topics which are of interest to the "modern gentleman." The club held its first event on Oct. 2 of thts year. The Cigar '\tght at the Rosewater Supper Club was attended by approximately 22 members. Members sampled hors d'oeu· vm and listened to a speaker discuss the dif-
ferent types of cigars they tried. Although Franciosa maintains that the club IS open to women, no women attended the event, and none has expressed interest in the club. \fembers were initially recruited via emails sent to friends, and to friends of friends. This year, the club also had a booth at the clubs fair during Orientation, at which approximately 25 first year students signed up. In at least one email inviting people to attend the Cigar Ntght, no women were included, and it ts unknown whether any of the people emailed last year regarding the
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Besides the interview week in Toronto, during which just under half of the secOnce again, the University of Toronto ond-year class accepted posiuons, students Facultv of Law leads the way in second- participated in recrwtment for ~ew York, year s~er Jobs with 77 students hired at Boston, Vancouver, Calgary, and Ottawa. Toronto firms. Osgoode is close behind This year, the U of T increased its USwith 73. These numbers are sure to bound conungent, wtth 13 students mcrease as more figures become available. accepong positions in New York, and So far, 36 of 44 employers have provided three m Boston. It ts esnmated that eight mformation, accounong for 312 of the to twelve students will accept jobs with Vancouver and Calgary firms, and three to approximately 360 positions. This year's overall hiring remained sta· six will go to Ottawa. All told, approxible, but there were a few notable excep- mately 115-125 students will obtain firm tions. McCarthy Tetrault's student comple- jobs. Past data suggests that most students ment increased from 21 to 27 students and Osler Hoskin & Harcourt's went from 19 will article at the firm where they previto 24. Fraser l\.filner Casgrain's group, on ously summered. Of the 120 students who obtained firm Jobs last year, only si.~ the other hand, decreased from 17 to 7. The process began back m September switched firms for articling. There were a with 180 studenfl; submitting at least one variety of reasons for making the change. application. Of this number, 90 percent One student moved from government to a succeeded in landing at least one on-cam- large firm, while another went in the oppopus interview (OCI), scheduled for mid- site direction. Two decided to article in a Oct<>her. different city; one student is going from Accordmg to the Acting Assistant Dean New 'York to Toronto, while ano ther is of Can·cr Sernce., 1 i:.nne Krakauer, the aracling m Vancouver instead of Toronto. OCl s went '\·err smoothl>~ thanks largely FinaUy, two students made a firm shift to Suzanne Bambrick," the major organiz within Toronto. er. Each school runs their own OCI sesAfter interview week, the CDO held sions, based on the belief that having their annual "Beyond OCls" session. The many familiar faces around helps to reduce aim of this talk was to expose students to stress. With over 1000 intetvlews in two options beyond Bay Street. Last year, at days, the Career Development Office least 40 students found summer employ(CDO) noted very few problems. ment after the major interview periods. Naturally, one or two bloopers were The COO posts notices m Htadnott.r as inevitable over the two days. Jan Oisend jobs become available. Students are (II) had the misfortune of being late for his encouraged to speak with the COO about first interview of the day. Unable to find opportunities. There are over 200 articling his way through the curtain, Oisend finally employers in Toronto, but only 40 participushed through the back corner of the pated in the OCis this year. booth for lus grand entrance. ConfusiOn also got the best of another Por a detai/(d brtakdoiPII of 111mmer sl11dent student, who began expressing his interest hinng in Toro111o, p!tase see "OCJ N11mbers in workmg at Stikeman Elliott before being Game" on page 4. politely reminded that he was interviewing wtth Borden Ladner Gervais. Both students, however, were ultimately successful in obtaining jobs. The majority of students who participated in the OCis were "called back" for • ACCESSIBILITY STUDY, P3 interview week. The "week"-more accurately, two-and -a-half days of interviews, • SEX IS ALRIGHT, P8 dinners, and cocktail parties-was fol• PARlY HOST LIABILITY, P10 lowed by the communication of job offers • SOTTO VOCE FAREWEll, P23 via telephone on the Wednesday afternoon of the week.
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