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Being Yourself: A Double-Edged Sword? Reflections on the OCI Survey

SLS 2013-2014 Budget

EMILY DEBONO (3L) n pn·paring this ~c·ar\ ocr sunt'y, \\(' dt"dckd !0 t·hangt' mam of' the mnhs that !'in ul.ctc· around 1:t11 rc·nuitmnll rime·. the tont• .from sun·c:rs of t~c· past. Rathc·r than lt>c·usin~ on 'rht• .daS> or 2cil5 S('t'Jlls to ba<JCally agrc·e on a fi·w J..q issues: the firms blunders mtc·n·sun~ as tlu-r ma~ be·. we wantt d to fall nTruitment is at raz\/c·motional/exhausting npc·riencc·. \\l' produn· a more· nuanu·d pinun· of the 5tudc·nr rxpt·rit-nn· side tare deeply about all of'c;ur friends and wish e\c'r)onc• nmld t•nd of rnnrirmcnt· thear motivations. tlwir c•xpc•ric·aKt~. and thc·ir up happy. and Emil~ Ordtard is the most amazing person en the thoughts on hnll' and \\hy the'}' arrin·d at rhc·ir outn>mn. BcTausc· world. of spate cnrhtrarnt . \H' t·ould not publish all of }OUr rdkctions Tlwre was one• issue• that stood out to mt• as ht•ing sharply- and in the ph)Sical papc·r. \\'e bl'lin·c rhr ~·ommc·nr> \ H' c·hose an· a surprisingly- di\'ishc·. " !king yourst•lf" was hailt·d as some• stun·prcst'ntatin· sample· of the l)pt·s of ans\\t'fs \\C' rtTt'in·d to cat'h dents' sa\ in~ gran·," hilt· it \\ .cs daidccl by others as tlw .cbsnlute of the· quc·stions, but. in the inrc·n·st of li1ll di'c lnsun\ \H' art' ,tfso \\orst :cddn· they had rnciH"d in mnncction "ith the• proct·ss. P'"ting- a nunplctc• and unedited ~c·t ofans\\t'I'S to all of the· ope·nIn my npericnct' here, 1'\C'I')' studt'llt 1\c met has ht•<"n bri!!hl cndcd question< untht' l'\' \\Cbsitc. and rompt·llin~ in hi, or her <mn unique. bur dcfinitdy tangible, Gcncrall} speal..im:. the· information \\(' n·n·hcd nmfirmc·d way. lr\ p<>ssiblc that sorne of these commt•nts can bt• :lllrihuted

to a fcTiin~:: of dio;appointrncnt al tlw procc·ss' outmme. hut intc·restingl). sm11c people who dad rccc·i\t' offers .llso cummrntnl that tht·~ did not think the~ rould llC' th<"rn t'l\·cs. So \\hat c•f,,. could acn>Unt fi•r \\h) some people fi·h strong!) that )ou ~hould be ~ount'ff',,hilt• ntlwrs fi'lt stronglr th.tt )Oll shouldn't' Orw thought is that pt•rhaps this disc repanr} is aS) mplom ofa pnn·in·d or .u tuai.'J lack ofdi\t'r it)' in the· profi·ssinn. Are ~onw studc·nts finding 1hat their true "~d\l's'' a n• just right b<'cau't' thn haw similar sncin-t'n>nomic or ethnic uackgrounds In the Ia\\:_ yc-rs \\ho an· intervic·\,ing tlwm.' If thrs is the case, intreasing diwrsit) in admissions IS on I) one Stt"p in the prunes ofincn·asin~ mc.mingful diwrsirr in the profi,ssaon.

Transition Update The Student Lounge at Birge-Carnegie KATHERINE GEORGIOUS (3L) AND ASH- LEI LEWANDOSKI (3L)

nc of the m.!ior !Oill'l'flls fntm both stu-

dents .md administration during the rran'<ition wa~ en<uring the unit~ and mhe"iH:

natun" of the Ia\\ school. lo .umrnpli-h rltis goal, Bargt"-C.tmt_-gie \\,t< set up a the cmtral hub ofihe sehoul .md a, the nC\\ lonuron of Bora La•krn Lihran anc l1< S udenl Lnurtg<'. 'I he 0..,( 0.., 'I <h$ that the on!) t'\'iclt-nu• the) <~lll g-.ttl T o ._. t· ,. popul.rrit > and sati,fi.Ktion with the Bintc-CamcgiP Student Luun~e i ane\dotal olJscr\'ations. Hm,C\·cr, tht'} note that both tlw Student Loungt.• and Rcadin~ Room appear to he IISl'<l nt a hc·ahh) rate, parucularl) o\'t'r lunt·h. \\ hid1 i n-lkt tiw of tilt' time in \\hkh the R<>\\dl Room and Bora l..askini..H1nu: \\l'll' also most popular:

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\\'!tile rh.. ~1-S h.tsn'r m·dn:d an; m.yor compL'llllls or concerns .ilil>ut the l.oun~c itself, U} no

means do thP) think tlus '-'tJUatcs to t'\ "ll mw 10\in~ it. "I he) acknO\\ kdge there .ue sp:rcc rl'Stric:tions that pn'\ent ,c more idc.cl set up of the room. 'I he !--1$ has .tlso tltlted that the tran~tionmt'ans the law sd10ol h.1s lost ')t.tc.:e equc\ ,clemto that of the Lm\l'r Rotund.c in l'lawlle Tlouse. llo\\('\C't; it appc.tr; that !>tudnns :en· t,cking advantagt• of the scatingsp.weat :s, . .r~Galt' a an alternathe g.tthcring location. \\ hilt• tf"-nt u of' othn an·a., of \'ktoria l ' ni\t'r<it). h, 0..,1 0.., cs t rmnnill<"tl to keeping BirgeCarnq~i·· as th rmtr cl sltldcnt space, a' it is the hc.•st location fi1r dubs to rradt out to lim students

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and target pnunotions din."t'tl) . ' llus can h<' done through j)O:It<'rs and leallets in the l..oun~·. or set· ting up .c t.lblc out! ide of the Reading Room I rom an sr_... pcrsp.·ctiw, th<) sold ll.cllm.et•n ti< kc·ts from that an-a .end nt:xttcrm the) \\ill be domg the s.unefi>rthcdothmgsal•·and l~t\\ flail. For<tudc·ur groups and dcrb,, tht' lobh} outsidt' ol'tl)(' Rt<cding Room \\,tS the loc.uion ofrlw \ ~ \k hooth .ct the· start of tlw tenn, it is when• ,\) \0.., sold tickets fi>r their fundr.t.i!lt'r, and \\here• t " 1'\11' distnbulc'd tniTl'<' cards to mc·nton<. 'llw Sl-'1 anticipates nt·xt tcnn \\ I I '\"1' t'\l'n mort· .ltti\1 t ~ s art>a. l'ht ...,.><ial ,\filcirs hr;mch of tt SLO.., !;tit'S th.tt the '-,tudt·nt Loungc·cs nrrrt·ntl} not a tnpcc of'fiK uo; lor tlwm. But tluT do \\c·konrc· ft'l'dback and sug-

b'l lions .cbout makmg the spa<'C' mon.· enjoyable. \n) futurt" irnprt>\rntents \\ill likcl} be moff of a pku meal y>pm:u h to j,; an as tilt') arise. I he• Sf-'-' indicatt"tl th.u if rht·, <.mnot a ddress .1 m.tl· tcr directly then the} \\OUid \\od do" I} \\ rth the Administration to II) to n--;olvc it .ts l>e<;t thr\ e:cn. Studc·nts \\ tth <Hue <'Ills about the' Student Loungt•. '". otht•r tr.msiuou LOiltt'rn<, ccn cunt.c!l the Sf.'> by talkmg to an O..,f-~ repr't'Sem, law. crnailing the Sl-'>. or lea\ ing .c rornmt nt 111 on<" ofthe tl\o blue SU!.!g'esuon boxes in the Studu.l l~un),'t' lilt' Sl ~"i .1sk< that all <tude nts keep wading lt>g< thtT to make thl' lx'Sl out of what! admitrl'dl~ not <lS nkal a <pacT as what the Ia" st hooll,~d in thc·r>.tst

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Art of the Deal Introducing the 2073 Hockey Arbitration Competition of Canada

Instruct the Immigrants and Love the Librarians

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DA NIEL CAR ENS-N EDEL SKY ( l L), FACU LT Y COUNC IL CORRESPOND ENT

:m ,tudt•flls across thl· coumr~ an· t.tUght among otlwr thing~ to thin!.; rrl'atiwly, rnea~rh thorough!), nm~r~Hr mraH· d~arh, and ad\·m·atr: passronatt"ly. As a pr.ll'tr<mg la\Her and law sd~oollenurn, it \\as a pl!'.tsun· to watt·h all nl' tlw~c· skills in action l.tsl Ot tobl'r at the 2nd Annual Hod.;q ,\rhitmtion Competition of Canada. orgamn·d h) Chris Tra\OIS1 io and ,\cirian Bauis10n on bthalf 1 ftht· l ' nheNity of"I oronto Sports and l:ntl'rtainml' ntl '\' '>• llc:'l). "I he competition is che fir t of 1 kind in Canada, and i< run ndu 1\eh 1)\ Ia'' studl'nts. The en•nt is aln·ad) a hug<' Silt n·ss and incn·ciiW) popular, ha\·ing douhkd in sit<' w :l2 lt'arns in jusc irs second year. The wrnpeticion imuht•s ,, scrit•s of mock :-.'.llional flockcr Leag-ue salal') arbitration hearings, thl' rules and pmuduJt'S fiw ''hi('h fi>llm, thl' lt·ague's mlleni\'e han;:ain· ing agre·••mt•nc. 'J he t'\t"IH nrlmin<llt·s with a final round judl{t·d by chrc•t• industrr prnf<·s,ionals with l".xpertisl' in the an·a "The· Hockn ,\rbicracion Compt•tition of Canada brings 10g<·t ht·r st udt·ms .from a II across che country. allowing u>mpt·dcnr' w llt'lwork. not onh wich each other. bul with legal profcsswnals in a fidel chat mam .cin·am of working in bur \'t'r} few han· an opporcunicr co lm·ak' into," said t'o-chair Chris Tra\asdo. La\' ;!udt•nts at othn Canadian law schools are now holding prcliminar) conlt"sts locally. in order to selett tt'ams from thl·ir schools to st·nd to Toronto. Pat Ganler and Ed Srwtsin~n of th~ l.inin:rsil\· of Windsor were crowrwd this year's cham· pions, t'mt•rgine;. ,·iccorious owr Adam Theofanidb and Juscin f)',\loiso ofO,~oode Hall in a hard foue;ht final. Tht· wmpeticion concluded with a panel of speakers discussing \'arious legal issues in the world of professional hocke). This )ear'~ panelists \\ere Clifford Hart, partner at ~tiller l'homson · (f. 1 ft) Adrtan Battiston (Co-Chalf and V1ce Pres1dent of the Sports & LLP; Allain Roy, president and CEO of C~tG Sports; Anton Competition Co-Chas"s Pos)e, Awitth JuTdhges I:,,;~::H:rt• David Goldstem, G. Joseph Falconen and Chris Travascio (Co· Entertamment Law oc1ety n on un, aAnlld a1PnaRnoe~sctsi. ,~, Thun, co-man;\ging director of \.1.Fl\T. Sports \.hnagcmcnt~ Chair and President of the Sports & Entertainment Law Society) am\~,,., \""'' onn\, \'anon a\ \:a\t:.uocr\ ~hmro Tun.\ \ .L\' and chair of the advisory panel to Play It Cool. we continue to receive from participants, a handful of individuA t·ersron tif IIUJ articlr appearrd on the (:nivosity tif 'Toronto Facult1 als crnphasi,ing ro us that tl>is l>as bt·e·n by f.1r on<' of th e most "H'hat .spe;rJ..s the loudl'st about lh<" .success of' th<· 1/ockt•y qf Law's nrws wtbsitr. valuable experience of thdr law school careers to date," said Arbitration Competition of Canada is the overwhelming prais<' co-chair Adrian Battiston.

Close Call at Vic College 2L Student Chases Down Thie" Retrieves Laptop KENT KURAN ( lL)

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Inside the Faculty Council

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ht· solarium was kss nowdt'd fi>r the second faculty meeting ofthl' yt·ar, although altl'ndante was still robusc with nnly a ft·,, ('mpty st•ats to be seen. Rt-dun·d as the actcndance was, it was nothing rompart'd to drop in food qualit~. The wraps pro\'idt·d (''hilc rncainly ample) we-re some of the lt-ast appcaling I've yet had on campus. Forgoing the usual feast of roaslt·d \ el{t·cabl(·s, tlw n·gt·tarian option was filled \\ ith .1 fC"\\ paltry raw vegetables and an unapp<·aling hummu:<. The meat \Haps fart'd a bit bcuer, butthty coo wen· a let down. Ewn the salad drt"ssing showed a notable reduction in quality. The onl> saving grat·e Wt'rt' the desserts, moist and flavorful banana-brt·ad and brownies, with plenty to go around. It remains to be seen \\hith of tht• two me;ds (or number of aUt•ndees fin· that matt<·r) was the norm, and whkh the abt•rration One thing you can be sure of is that I'll bt• writing about it nc.xt issue. Aftt'r every·one settled down with dwir food, che nlt'rting follO\\ed much the same protedure as tht• previous week. A wrsory apprm,tl of till' mmu!t•s \\as followed by updates from thl• Dean , lhc SLS. and the GLSA. The most memorablc rnoml"llt was Professor Sanderson's craclitional •tbstcntion on the vote to approve last met•ting's minut<·s. So determined was he to abstain from dw vott· that, knowing his inability to attt·nd the met'ting. he l"maikd the Dean his abstcntion in ad\ancc so that it could be prl'serwd for then·cord Speaking oft he minutes, u's wonh notinv chat while they provide aver~ good recounting ol

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it \\llllld n·rtainly be nexc to impossibk· co" ril<' dm, n exactly what every spt•aker said, tht• minutt·s to my mind did not pn•s<'nt• tht• trut· na· lun· oftlw mcuing I altrndt·d. They fiKuH·d tou much on the procedural and informacional dt•mc:nts, rae her chan the dt'liberativc and subscantive moments. Unfi>rcunatcly this mt'atls lht·r do liulc to inform any who \\cren 't able 10 aurnd what tht· ronn·rns of studtms and fill"uhy \\t·n· around imJx>rtam issues. On tht· aRt·nda for this mt"eting \H'rt' thrt·t• substanti\·c reports: updatt"s from thr Library and thc Internationally Trained L:myns Program, and a rt•port on graduate admissions and funding. Chid Librarian John Papadopoulos was the first to present, providing an ovc:rvi<·w of what was involved in moving the library co its tt•mporary home, as well as some statistics on last year's usage oflibrary resources. The move induded breaking the libraries extemive collt:t"· cion into 66 difTerent cacegories, making hard dt•cisiom about where to house eath part ofchc colltttion t•specially che 35°/o of materials that are no" in dosed storage ac OISE for tht· nexl 2 years), and many long nights of work. It berame clear that however croublesome studt·nts and professors mtght lx- finding tht• move to a temporary building, the librarians haw had by far the hardest task, and they h.\\e donl' a bang-up job. Two important notes for studl'nts. l'ir>t, tlw r~f<·rcncc

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around 1!,000 in total, \dlh clw po. ibilitr of finandal aid bursarit·s uf up tn $5,000, as \H'II as profi·ssion.ll loans. Prit c nott·ci chat \\hilt• thc full program was <ntainl) our of tht• range of sornt•, irs co t w.1s ~rill <ignifit anti) lo\\t:r than it mighc be, made po ible only through substamial funding lrom che Ontario gmernment. I:vcn with mnn·rns alx>Ul lht· c·o t of the program che D ..an noted, and I agrt·<·, that thi, is a phmomrnal program .md wmt·thing lJ ofT should br proud to offer. Tht· S<'l'Ond rt"port was from Jam· Prin-, di.Ju!t,l 8runct'l\.lH' the Jinal report on (;radu· renor of the Internationally· Trained l.aw yt•rs atl' admi~ ions.. Unlike undergraduate admi.ProRrarn. The !TLP is a program !hilt U ofT 'ion, tht"rl' havt'n't bl't•n anrsubstantial ( hang<·s ofli-rs to (you guessed it) internacionally trarned 10 graduate admissions policit"s, and ic appt:ars lawyers who are looking for \\Clrk in Canada. tht• adminiscration is happy with the \\a) chinl(s Canada lt'nds to be rather restrictin• in its ha\e bt·cn going. WI' concinur to auratt a diarknnwledgment of foreign credrmials, and wr<e group of students to a variel) of difli·n·nt l.tw dt•grees are no different. In addicion to havgraduace programs, and do wcll at geuin11; them ing lo pass a bar exam, foreign traint'd lawyers prndnrial funding. net•d to pass a number exams from the '\auonal The only Circa of tOncern rai'l'd during the Committee on Accreditation . prt· entation was about SSHRC funding (pro· These exams are far from a rublx-r stamp, nounred shirk, rhyme~ with clerk, \\hith ~l'em• and thl' !TLP offers a number of programs to co haw been dropping o!T recently. It was sug· hl'lp prepan• for them, as well as to karn and gestt'd that thts was likely due to a more gl"llcral pranin· employment specific langua~e skills, shift in SSHRC funding priorities wv.ard~ apand providing internship placements to h<·lp plied rt'searth, rather than an) animus towards prO\ icit' avenues to artiding positions. lJ ofT law students, but it is ~omethin~ that is After the prest'ntation I was again pleasantly bt·in~ looked into. surpri.t·d to lind student represt"ntatives a,king Alter the fina\ prc~cmation the mec\tn\!, \'l\(\tht· same questions that jumped into my mind: rd, '20 minutes ah<·ad of timt=, and "\th \u\s u\ St•rtmd, !l2% oftht• fatuh) 's n•qucscs f(>r hrlp for finding resource~ t•nd up bt·ing pmvidt-d f'rum t: ofT\ O\\n wllection, 12% from irs online n·sourn-s. Papadopoulos ;tllribull's this lo the f:.1n that chere .~re lots of h.ml to u. ,. t"lt·r· Iron it· n·sounrs char U ofT has an(·ss ltl, \\hit h none-th<·-h·ss contain some u,l"ful matc·n•d Su niouslr. if you are doing resl':trrh, go \ r rt tht· librarians! It \\ill make your life, and ch(·irs, murh buter.

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A Futile Attempt to De-Stress the 1Ls A LEX CARMONA (lL)

aw students were taken aback aftt·r a bizarre incident that occurred on November 21st on tht• transitional campus at Victoria College. A stranger to thl' U of 'I' law srhool imP<'~"'<nnating- a hm ~tudent stolt" a studt•nt's laptop computer out of a classroom. Confronted before h1· was ablt• to c•cape. the enigmatic chief handed back tht• dn·in·, a brand nt·w II" ~1acBook Air. bcfirrc darting out of\'ictoria Collt•ge. "I will <ar that this ;on of occurrt·ncc is very unusual," said Assistant Dean of Studems Akxis Archbold. '''l his is tht• first I han· heard of someonc posine; as a Ia\• scudmt in a dass to see a I a laptop. Having said that, we ha\(' <·xperienn·d ot-casionallaptop tht·fts in our former Bora Laskin Library. l..:nfimunau·ly, tht·y arc a somcwhat common occurrent<: on rarnpuses.'' It was En<><h Guimond 2LJ in Prof1·s or Caml Ro~cr<on's Family Law course who had thc unfortunate run-in with the impersonator-thief.

lronicallr. it was while reading about the fallibilit} oft·rc·wilnt·ss at"counts before class that Guimond nmiced an individual walking around the Victoria College foyer. Guimond surmised that the man might be looking for someching. Guimond headt·d to room 115 f(>r his 2:00p.m. class, ~etup his laptop down on thc front row desk, and tht'n stepped asidl· to talk with somt• classmates. Once again, ht• noticed the stran~er, this time walking into tht• mom and looking around. Rogerson, unfamiliar wich the impostm- <IUd(·nt, asked him Enoch GUimond (2L) chased the th1ef and retfleved h1s laptop

who he was, showing up fi>r the firsttimt· only one week bdorc the end of class. In reply ht· ofli'rt'd an elaborat<' story about having been on kaw while· seeking professional medical treatmcnt for mrntallll'alth n·asons. .\foments later, Guimond saw tht• stranger walking out of thc class, and notin·d his laptop missing from the desk. I nstinnivel), Guimond darted out ur che mom and blocked the ~tranger from exiting through thl· ea<l dnors. With his hand outstretched Gui· mond got the man to stnp. An exchange follo\H'tl. Guimond rn•alls a~king, ''Do you ha\'l' m; laptop?" "'\o," carne chc man's tknial. ''Plea.t• ..." Guimond said b(·fim· bcing interrupted by the:: man, whu Guimond n·membns as hcing quite a bit bi~gcr and caller than him. "Give you your lapcop back?" the man said. rompleting (;uimond's sentenn·. Then out canw th(• computeT from b1·hind a lc~al-sized dossirr thac the man has been holding up to his clwst. ''Thank you," Guimond said, taking it back befort' tht· strang· er slipped out tht· door and into tht· \'ittoria College court yard. Guimond dt·snibt·d thc suspt'ft as malt·, betwccn 6':.!'' and 6'5", youn~, \\ith some t:,l'ial hair and a mrdium ~kin tone. He was reasonably wdl drt•ssc:d and looked likt• an an·rage studt•nt, according to (;uimond.

hrv'rr coming. In Septembn they were ju;l a hate in the far-off ?istam·e, way less important than makmg sure you \H'rt·n't that one loser who doesn't mak<· any frirnd~ in the fir~t month ofla,, school. In Ortobrr, they may have looked a liule more n·al, but it \\as Hallowe'en. for God\ sakt', .md you \H're far too bus} pickmg out your awesomt· c~stumc to 'trt·ss about LP~. :'\ow it's the end of l'\ovembt·r and the murky threat of exams you"II have to write sometime in a few months has suddenly ~napped into terrifying!} clear forus. In a few short \\l'l'ks, you're going to have to take an ~n tire st·rncster's worth of legal knowledge and hg· un· out how it applies to Mr. Flavellc's craffir accidl·nt, Offker Falconer's murder suspect or th; ronstitution of Emanudland (which, \\Ouldn t you know it, just so happens to have exactly the ~ame constitution as Canada\ And if you fuck it up HlU may as well pack your bags, bcrau •<' chat'~ ;he end of -what?l.he} don't count) Oh.

Then why is everybody stressing? . It's only natural that many of us ll.~. havlllg alrnos1 no other evaluation to go on now, art• in" to leap at the chance to finally st·t• some go " .,. . lent·rs. But when asked about tht• prcval mg \\IS· dom of Detembcr exams, both upper years and

faculty had the same thing to say. rt'lax. " I think its important, even If you feel I'Xtrt'mcly busy, to try to take rare of y·oursdf," Yasmin Dawood, a comtitutional law pro~t's sor here at U ofT, said. "Whethrr its gell~ng a certain amount of sleep ewry night , getung some fresh air, going outside, talking co utht·r pcople. So there are all those heal.thy ha?its tha~ art· eas\ to forgt·t about when you rl' fl'elrng \ery strt's<t'd out but are also verr imponant to krrp up with, <·ven during surh a bu<y time.'' David Pard), a 2L and JDI .\tBA, agn~ci that studying non-stop is not going to help Ill the long run. "Chill out. Be calm, auentive, and well rc·st· rd. That \•ill ht•lp you more than an extra l\~·o hours of studying. Go for a run or on th<• stairmaster. Watch a comedy and laugh its p~O\C~l to redure ~trt'ss! Complain to your friends rf shll bothers you also reduces stress! Sleep!:' Kacherine Georgious, 3L, was cspt•nally \'1'hement about not taking your Dl'n·mber results too ~~·nously. • "'Sine~ they're complctely meaninglcss, thrs Isn't the time:: to get burnt out and to ~tart to . If II • ·~·, •a hockev• game Deu:mbt·r pamc. · • your · • exams art·n't even the end of the first pcnod.

The first period of a game actually wunts," shc <aid. "Your December exams are just thr pre-season. And nobody cares if the Leafs wtnt 1-1 ur 1-1 in the pre·~l·ason. So if you go 1-4- in your Dect'mber exams, do hke any spt)rls tcam and calmly re-adjust your strategy; lx-caust• you'w got the whole <cason ahead of you to grc her· tt·r. Likewise, if your December exams fi:O rt•ally \H'Il, feel proud of yourself; but rern~mber chat it doesn't mean you've got the st•ason m the bag. Bl·rau<r tht· sea~n hasn't started yet." Ben Alarie, Dean of the First-Year program, had similar sentiment5 he t:\'Cn backt"d chrm up with imprt·ssivc sounding nurnlx-':. .. 1 think the wry mo~t important thmg fi~r studt:nts to know coming out ofDecembcrtt'~ts Is that llw results arc mrredibly noisy," he expl<tinl·d. " l :ven if you really prepare well and beli~·V<' thai vour prcparacion is extremely cffetllve, how \~ell you do depends on how wl'll prcpart'd evcrvom· else is in the same class, because· chc · 1 - b asc don relatiw• l'cr· graci·.111 g systtrn rs enure> formant·e. So you should expert that then·~ go· ing to be a ton of convergente in the cia~' by Aprrl. So suppose you've bet'n thl· most drhgtnt student and you're extreme!}' taknlt·d and a

quil"k lcanwr and a quick study and you rna u·r it all and you grt a really great sel of n·sults on your Drcemba tests, you shouldn't rr.s~ on your laurels and assume' you're dearly supenor to lht· rest of vour tollt-ague~. because som~ of tht'm \\llll't h.a\1' prepan·d Hry much at all. Th~}''ll ha\t' treat<·d is at a sort of dry run. a frnl)J(•, a "kt's ~ce how I do with no prrparation" kind of 1·xrni 1·• Som<· of those students "ill go awar, rcHr e cngintn how to stud~ for exams and u cit as a true learning experienct:, and t~. n ,:o into the ,\pril exams and do extrcmdy."rll. ~~~ chere -.ill be wmngence to tht• mean m \pnl. \\hith is wh\ tht· correlation becwt·t·n Oerrmbt:r and t\p;ilnams is .43 and nol <~omeching higher. If you don't do as "ell, don't ge_t too sad, th<·rc's tons of time to study up and hgun· out how 10 imprt>\e, If you do really well: dm~'t ft·t·l too proud of yourwlf. Everyone cis~ 1' K11111K 10 work hard and redouble their ,.ni>rts to do betu·r in April."

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December Exam Advice from Anonymous Upper Years ALEX CARMONA (lL)

On Making Summaries and Maps I built ummarit's from my cast" briefs, whtch mostly imol\t'd ~oing through my lecture notes and adding things the prof had said that I hadn't pit kt·d up on while reading the case. for ca.<'> ••h<'rt.' I did not have a brief. I made one from ''hat the prof had said about the t·ase in rla~s. Tht'n I colour-coded everything (e.g. , in 'I ons, rwry time a public policy argument appl"art·d, it was blue). ' I hen I put little nerdyjokes in my summaries because it was funn}· or maybe bl'nlust' my brain had fried by then, I don't remcmbt'r which. Start your maps EARLY! Look at other maps and try and emulatt• their format, but makt' your own. It is time consuming but there is no replacement for the o••erview that doing maps give you over the material. Try to rrduce cases to what they stand for in one sentenct' -what makes this case important? Thtn take the time to see the larger points of comparison-e.g., does the judge's reasoning reflect a poliq or rights based perspective? Don't go into too much detail. Most of the law can be distilled back to a few principles. for instance, torts is really about the defendant acting reasonably'/reasonable foreseeability. Tie everything back to that. Only use maps that you have used in test exa ms so you know they actually work.

On Us\ng Other Peop\e's

Summaries and Maps I kno w a lot o(p('ople who did well by studying

from othl'r people's maps and summarirs, but I t:n·dit what little success I had with making my own. It hrlped mr understand and remt"mbl'r \\hat was going on in a way that reading someone rise's summarirs wouldn't have. D on't read all the cases. Read upper year m aps and summari('s. If you need some of these documt'nts, visit the SLS \\'iki or hit up an upper year \\hO did well "But these maps are a ll different," y·ou may sav. That's the point. Rt'concile them with each otht'r, your own understanding of the cases, and ~fOS1 IMPORTAXTI.Y, what your professor thinks. Ask o thers for help. Use other people's notes .Jnd summaries .... I didn't do this. I just k<"pt reading in a panic. That's a terrible strategy. D on't do that. Don't be a o ne-person island .

On Keeping Yourself Sane

you from your n<"xt exam and lead to unhelpful paranoia/disagreements. Study with friends who are not competitive, \\ho can discuss issues without being egotistical if they arc wrong) and who make you laugh. Don't fet" l t·ompelled to work with friends who are otherwise great but turn into jerky stressballs around exams y·ou can return to being 2·1/7 Bl'Fs after exams. It's important to maintain your extra-curricular wmmitments to sec- the-m a~ adding to your education and your quality of life, rather than detracting from it. I have a two part test that I u~, which I learned from the great legal scholar Missy Elliott. "Is it worth it? Let me work it." In the first branch of the test, you must ascertain whether the activity is valuable, by whatever metric is relevant. Is it helpful or community building or politically worthwhile? The second branch of the test is to work it. The best advice I got was from .M aya Ollek, when we were both I Ls. She told me, "Get lots of sleep and trust your brain." I kept sharing that little aphorism with our classmates, and apparently people repeating it back to ~faya third hand Oh, law school. You can't keep anything secret around here.

Avoid your colleagues who congregate outside classrooms wanting to go through the exam you just wrote. Instead, run away to a great brunch spot with pals to clear your head, reward your~\£ and reset for your next stud y session. M ake a solemn pact with your brunch crew not to discuss thC" exam you just wrote it will just distract

Think up essay questions and write some examples based on the cases it forces you to make connection s and to know the cases quickly. Tf you ne<"d to lool. .11 your map to remembrr wl1at the cases >tand for, you arc not prepared

On Getting Help From Professors T he one thing I wish I knew from the beginning was that most of the professors are happy to talk to students. Jf you are confused about something, just go ask and y·ou will probably get an answer o r at least some help on how to get there. Go talk to your profs. Email them first. Do this.

enough. Know that one case stands for this proposition and be abk to explain how the reasoning of another case contrasts with it. You should be able to argue both sides of an issue, but you should practice gi•·ing an opinion. That is what legal advice require, \\hat would a judge decide based on the facts? If }OU just argut· on one hand and then on tht· other hand, you will not d(·monstratc your ability to syntht•siLe the facts and law. \\'hat would your advit'c be to a client based on the facts and your knowll'dge of the case law~ Write with confidence! This is the most important step, and I would say the toughrst. The day before each exam, I wrote a practict· exam from a previous year and met with a group of 4 or 5 people to compare answers. That was really helpful. There's nothing like arguing with someone about how a legal principle works to help you understand it. Fifthly, get a good study group together and share your deepest and darkest secrets and insights with them. You never know how your super brilliant insight will hold up to scrminr -better to tt'st it out on your peers than make an ass out of yourself by writing it on an exam. Teach them and they will teach you. Befri\·nd these people.

On Actually, You Know, Studying

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Input lag For those typing quickly (which is probably all of you) there will be a slight delay between what you are typing and what appears on your screen. This doesn't mean there's a problem, it's just slow. Deal with it.

Delays A past exam was delayed for about an hour while administration fixed a technical issue with the program. Imagine going in mentally prepared to slay your exam when you are put on pause

and have to wait a round with a million other I L s nervously discussing the exam and getting in last minute questions out of the way. Not a n ideal situation but these things happen. Use this time wisely and d o NOT psych yourself out. That being said, this is an EXTREMELY rare situation so don't count on having an extra hour of studying to c ram.

Shutdowns Sometimes t('chnology hates us. Like when your laptop decides to crash. There is a chance (an ext remely small one) that this may h appen to you. But luckily for you Examsoft automatically saves your work every 60 seconds, so whatever you have typed up until the crisis is saved as your exam. But ...you will still have to write your exam (ah the horror!)

Writing exams When your computer fails you, DO NOT waste time, inform the invigilator and start writing on the booklet that is given to you specifically for this purpose. You will NOT be given extra time because of a technological failure of this sort, so I repeat: do not waste any of your precious time, STAR1 WRITING. Pro: you don't have torepeat what you typed and can simply continue as if you weren't rudely interrupted. Con: you

may have to suffer the horror of seeing just how much your penmanship has deteriorated. Pro: Yo u have years of practice handwriting exams so you'll be fine.

Shut out This is a no-brainer: when Exam soft starts running, you will be shut out from using anything else on your laptop. So no access to your Word documents. Have your notes printed out or you won't have anything to rely on (unless you're Mike Ro~.s and don't need any notes).

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Time limit alarms The taskbar will indicate how much time has e lapsed and how much time you have left. You will get a "rarning when there are live minutes left in the exam. Also, Examsoft has a tool that allows you to input the number of minutes from which you want a warning message. I.e. if you put in 15, you'd get a warning message in 15 minutes.

How are your exams printed out? Copy and Paste Aka the g reatest thing since sliced bread, while you can't access your computer documents, the Copy and Paste functions still work on the software. So if you are writing an exam a nd type out a legal tt'sl for one question, copy and paste it, so you can use the same test for another question. DISC LAIMER : The Administration has not yet dt'Cidcd if the copy/paste function will be available.

\\hen you fin ish your exam and connect to the internet, your answers will be uploaded to a secure se·rver. The Records Office "ill print out the exams, which will be attached to your pseudonam<"lnumber a nd sent to your professor. It will be just as though you were physically handing in your answers with a cover sht'el. It is secure and anonymous and there is no way to link the exam to you.

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For December exams usc your pst"udonumber (pseudoname is for April. ~1ake sure you ha\"C this writtt'n down som(·where on your note~ so you rc.-member it.

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

The #JDMBA DAVID PARDY (2L)

onsickring applying to Rotman's .\lB.\ program to achic•·e ultimate• ~J D\1 B.\ hotness? Wi se move... maybe. lint· an· mnw fitrtors for your consideration:

1. How do you see your career unfolding? You don't net·d to know wht·re exactlv vou'll bt· in 10 years. That'~ unknowable. Th~ ~nly real qut-s1ion is if you'll be deeply invohed in deti~ion-making business matters at som<" point. Thou~h Ia\\ school can give you a solid undl'rst.utdm~ of business mauers likC" sre·uritit'S and strunurin~ deals, the le~al sidl· will bt· difl(-rt·nt from th\· actual business sidt•. L;m will not train ) ou to look .tt a financial statt·me·nt J(,r .t romparty, \:thu• tht' company using difli·n·nt me•trics, and point out art· as of fin.111dal mnc nn and sugg\·st a stratt·gic fix that might artually \\ork. ' l'ht' .\1 B.\ will, and in .t quid.n .mclmnn· robust wa} than on-tht·-job expnient'<', If you want th.tt kind of know-how. do an .\ I BA.

2. Are you worried about being pigeonholed in law for your whole life? l..awwrs, .tfter ~e~ars of being la\\)Crs, sometimes go fl.tccicl :mel no longn like· bl·ing l.m}'<"rs. lf)ou'rc \\orncd about being ont• ofthOSl' la\l)t'rs, you might want a safety or nn out. ,\ t ommon eomplamt is. "I don't want to faulll,ltt' tr.tnsactions asIa\\ ~\·rs do . I \\:tnt to lltstigate tlwm as bt"incss extTutin•s do." It's t'iiSit·r to m,tk\·this tr.tn it ion tfyou haH' an :0.11~,\. :\'ote: IMm is,, sex} job. Don't knm kit 'til you try it.

"Coldm llandl·ufT.~''I, it's n·ally diffkult to go hark to school. Do your future st·lfa litvour and get 'er clorw nm\. Plus, 20 S30k srholarshtps trr given out e·ach yt·ar exdusivd} to ~jD\IH.\ Cct 'e·m while tht'v'n• hot.

4. What added value will the MBA give you? Whatr\'(·r \OUr background, and whatever your caren path, the .\1 8;\ has )<Omet hing to offt'r !although those with B.Comm's will probabl}' karn less than business ne\\hiesl. There are 10 \1BA ";\l ajo~" at Rotman. from global managt'lllt'nt to e•ntn·pn·neurship to real est.ll<' to in\t'strnent banking. Then· is also tht• gl'rwral dt·grrt·. Eadt path \\ill pro' idt• you with both g\·nn;d skills and ~~x·dlic knowlt·dgt•, most of which is high I) tran~li:rahlt· But •dw~t· thl' ~J D\1 BA rl'ally .shint•s is in it~ pt'ITl'i\'t'd value. regardkss of it~ inharnt worth. Pure .\IB.\s will bt• astonisltt·d by )Olll' knm,Jt-dge· oftlw law. l'un·.J Ds will may) llt' <t·n 1·tl) 1'11\'ious of) our finandallitera<"y Outsidt'I'S "ill prohahl} just be· wide·-e·~l·d at the long string ofl1·ttns aftn )OUr name. Employt-rs "ill lw imprcssc·d. You'll han• hot job, in se·x) titie·s opt•n to you. Take a look at ~JD.\IB.\ pmfil1·, on the l;m school \\l'h<ite lor inspiration. On1• important point: I hneh) \\1\nl to disp<'n ·t· of an) prl'('t>nception you ma) han• 1hat you lll't'd to have an \1B.\ to he a forpor.ttr· \;m yet·, That's Ia I 1', La\\ sthool anti .trtiding will tead1 )"II hm, to Ia\\ , \\'ht•rc til\' :-.1B.\ ts hdpful is in J.(l·tting hin·d at big Ia" firms, ,.,_ pn iall} if )nllr Ia" grades art· tnt· h. Fsitlcm ,. ot this is \lu·

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7. But... Rotman? I ruth ht told. Rotman rs not th\· gn·atl-st 'l hool t'\TI'. Tlw calibl't of' student hnt• \arit·s tn·mtndou<l}. (;racks .trt· returne·d latt·, sonwtimt:s nrvn Putt \I B.\s an• stn·"nllike <ta.ry (though ~ ~ D\11!.\ do okay). .\l.tn\ gradin~ polide·s an· hulbhit Tht• <tdministr.ttion 1s just t·ncnnwuslr sill). Croup-\HHk c·an br painful, though our tt·anHwrkmg skil ls haw hlr"'ome·d. Oh, and, ) eah, somt· prof(:ssors suck. And it's a huhhle. '('hat being said, the Rotman building i, nice t'\\'11 though tlw w ifi rut• out and then·'s no cc·ll .t·r\in·. Tlw rcn·ntl) retired Dean pusht·d Rotman up in the inu·rnational rankine;s immensely. ' l 'h~ auulcmit san · for the most part rigorous. 'l Itt· raliher of stutklll is going up. ~lo,t prnfi·ssors an· "i\ling to hdp out ..\nd •·hames .~re, yuu'\1 do wt'll at Rotm;m (#JD\1 H.\ studt'tlts haw taken the gold nwtl.ll in the p.l t '1./?. ye.ns, an<\7 ufthc \H{l·~n Rn\l\h\\\ Jiluc\MlU\a~\'jc-at·V<ro-..·n·.\\) •\t\(\

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)OUr room, f~tting owr t·ver~ thin~ )OU h.~\~ to get done 111 the next 4R hours, \\orry tng \dll'tha or not \ou'll he ahlt• to clo it in time. You try to \\ork.' hut you can't fiK us. You tr} to sleep, but to no avai l. And the time yuu'rt·lo ing 1s on!) stres<ing )OU out t·,·en mon• Sonl<' stress is gn·at, it sharpt'nS our fiK u~ and motivatt'S us. But stn·ss can gt·t out of hand sonwtimes. \\'call kncm that anh·ities likt· nwtlitation and cwrdsc art• great fi1r stress n·lief'. But I'm going to fiKus this pit·n· on \\hy \H' bcmnw owrly stressed in the· first plan·. and why it\ <ll'tUaiJy ('(Hllpktdy· unn!'l't'SSill'). J.aw studt•nts bt·comt• stresst'cl brcau,e· \\t' \\Orr} that a bad gra(k, or a bad ytar in hm st hool,.h going to kill our future. H ear mt· out as l nplam to vou wh\' this belief is utter gobhkd) gook. :-.-ow d;m't get ntt' wrone;, you should striH· to clo tht' bt'st you can. so you m.tximizc· the opportunities available to you and so you .can .ft·t•l likt· a boss. But there is no need \0 <ptral mto

total dl'vastation tf you do not perform at the kwl )OU \\nuld haw liked. 'I he m;tiority of us ha\ ,. limiteclcxperiemt· in the ''rt'.tl world" and <o tar \\t•\e only en-r had e;racks as a markt·t through "hich to detcrminl' htm \H'II wt,.n· doing in our careers. ;\;,llurally, \\t' think gra<ks an• thl' bc-all-and-end-all. The truth is that lo get your foot in the door, }IIU simp!) nn·d to d\'lnonstratt· you ha\t' the work t•thil' and ~kills n-quin·d. Your gracks an· a gn·at \hi) of dt·monstrating this. But thn~ a!e' 111 ,my other \\ays: volunteering at a legal dtntc, partiripating in stude·nt club~, working ~s ill\ R ,\, or publi~hing in a kgai.Journal aH' JUSt a fi·w ideas. Othrr li1ctors count more than you m.1\ realizt-. such as your abilit} to t·n~agt· \\ ith pl'c;pk. ,\nd hdint· it or not. many. finn o!>l tin· p\·oplt- who have a demonstrated mtt·n·st m tht·ir partkular art·a of law, re~ardlc·-s ofgrade·s. Brrm c·thruugh the CDO wrbsitr •orne• tinw and st.trl planning }our l'arctr, instead of \\Orrying about it. You'll fed motivatl·d and calm once·

you h,l\ t' a pl.lll of.ttt.te k. lkar in mind that if you'rt· unhapp} "ith \Our JH'rfimnant·e in exams. you ha\·1' next sc·~le<tcr to impr!J\e. OH·r th~ break, }nu'll ha\'t' a 1·hancc to st1·p b.ttk and a,k }OU~t·lf-.h,lt )t>U could\t· clmu· llt'tta, and tht•n implement some changts. Firms lovt' stud1•nts \\hn do this, hecause it shm•s the ability to identif)· ~out \H'.tkIWSS!"S and fix thnn. Tlw n·al qu<'~tion is, \\hat is the true· clett'rminant of\\h\·thcr or not you\\ ill•uC<Tt'd in this Ll\\ l{anw? lf')oU ask mt·, it's you1 ability to pnst·\t·n·. \\hilc• lt·arning and gnmin~ from )OUr mi takc·s . .\ly sistl'f told me onte, "Sanaa, it's not ·• rnattn of if you'll sun·et'd, it's a mallt·r of •~h<'n. You \\ill onl) fitil if you giw up." ,\n} disappointmtnts you exp<·rit·nn· along th\· \\ay "ill st·rn· thdr function and ,m• not nt·c·t ..arih· b;l(( fin \OU. Often, they come \\ith importat~l lessons.· Ltarmng to <t.t}' humhlt• a~cl J(,cu<l'd on Ill) ~oals has helpl'd me a lot mor<· m lifi.· than :til) A on my transuiptne-r has.

"You m.l) \·ncountrr many ddl·at~. hut )Oil must not he ddi·,ttt'cl. In fan. it ma~ be ncerssan to emountc·r tht' drli ats, so )UII can kno" \\ho }UII ,nt·, \\h.tt )Oil can rise from, ho\\ )OU t'an still coml•out of it." ~laya ,\ngdou So please don't \\Orr} }tJUrsdfskk mer)our grades. Stn\e to do the best ~ou can in December. If c-x.uns don' t go the ''ay ~ou \\:tnt, kr' <'P things in perspct 1i\e Talk to the p\·nplc around \1111, Trust that if,onJX'N'\l'rt', you ,,iiJ g<'t O\er ~dt;ttt'\CI maclhi<Kks arc: in the· \\:I). ,\nd \\hc:nl'\\'r }"U fall. )OU will onl) stanclup bctt\·r and ~trnngn th.lll hl·fcm·.

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Blake, Cassels & Graydon, LLP

Blaney McMurtry LLP

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Cassels Brock & Blackw~ LLP

Dale & Lessmann LLP

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

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Brauti Thorning Zibarras LLP 2

Davis LLP Dentons LLP

Dickinson Wright LLP

Dimock Stratton LLP

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Filion Wakely Thorup Angeletti LLP

Fogler, Rubinoff LLP Gardiner Roberts LLP

5 5

Goodmans LLP

Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP

16 11

5 4 2

Heenan Blaikie LLP Heydary Hamilton PC

1 2

3 3

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Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Stone LLP

Bay Street Hiring was Bloodbath this Year UTLa~

Queen's, & Western hold stead~ but Osgoode and Ottawa take major hits

Koskie Mmsky LLP Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP

Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark LLP

3 20

McMillan LLP

Miller Thomson LLP

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McCarthy Tetrault LLP

2 2

Osier, Hoskin- & Harcourt LLP

Pallare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP (NYC)

3 3

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Norton Rose Fulbnght Canada LLP

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THE GOOD TIMES ARE NOT COMING BACK. Total hiring on Bay Street has fallen sharply yet again. 351 students \\-ere hired this year, compared to 379 in 2012, 403 in 2011, and 444 in 2010. This persistent negative trend is exacerbated by rising tuition rates and class si..:es at many Ontario law schools. These figures include returning I L hires, who make up an increasing proportion of Fall Recruitment hires, which masks the extent to which people who participated in this year's process were unable to obtain an offer. Hiring fell significantly at Osgoode and Ottawa, while UTLaw, Queen's, and Western held steady. It is unclear what effect UTLaw's new grading system has had on hiring. We gained five hires from last year's record low, but a huge proportion of our hires were combined jD/MBA students still on the old grading system. The 20 13 Fall Recruitment Special relies on data from two sources: I) data from the firms about how many students they hired from which schools, and 2) our own internal survey sent to everyone at UTLaw who was eligible to complete the OC I process. Our internal survey had an 85% response rate, making iL, results very statistically reliable.

Nevertheless, there are limits to our data. We don't have data about how many students from each school actually participate in Toronto recruitment because schools aren't willing to share this data. If you think it would be helpful, lobby your school's Career Development Ofl'ltt'. This year, we removed the questions rating individual firms because there were not enough responses for any particular firm to make the results statistically valid, and because students found this information only marginally useful. Instead, we focused our questions on the process itself, the stress it produces, and the cavalier violation of the LSCC rules. We're pulling the full set of responses to open-ended questions on our website, so no one can say that we cherry-picked the salacious bits for this issue. For a profession that specializes in rules and systems, the Toronto hiring system is laughably bad. There isn't enough time to scht'dule in-firm interviews, and firms demand signals from students who cannot possibly have a basis for preferring one firm over another. Several students commented that New York's hiring process makes much more sense.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Smart & Biggar

Stikeman Elliott LLP

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Thorsteinssons LLP- Tax Lawyers

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Wildebo~r Dellelce LLP

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What factors helped you obtain a job?

We ran an OLS regression based on the data obtained from our internal survey. The results were significant at a p value of 0 .05. The model tested popular myths and rumours about what helped you g'et a job. We split the Fal l Recruitment Process up into its components-getting OCis, getting in-firm interviews, and getting job offers-t o see which variables were relevant at each stage of the process. The results might surprise you,

What helps you get OCis?

What helps you get in-firm interviews?

• Having a parent who is a lawyer • Good l l grades help a bit, espectally having a few HHs

• Personality-self reported extroverts were far more likely to turn OCis tnto tn-firms • Grades don't help at all at this stage

What helps you get job offers?

What doesn't matter at all?

• Personality-being an extrovert had an even stronger positive effect at this stage of the game • Once again, grades DO NOT help at this stage of the process.

• Doing a law journal in ll • Having a BCom • LSAT score • Having a masters degree • Gender • Ethnicity

the 20th percentile** and 84%

of students above the 80th were hired 39 students* reported receiving no HHs and 26 reported receiving only one; 24 reported receiving three or more

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How well do you think common signalling strategies worked? Clearly they didn't work at all. Despite being invited back on Tuesday, and Wednesday, and for a dinner, there was still no offer. Students were told not to express interest if they were not serious about the firm . The firms didn't get that memo.

It doesn't hurt to use the strategies, though they may or may not help.

The whole '8:00 AM vs 3:00 PM' (on Monday) and 'dinner vs. lunch' strategies aren't effective 'preference signallers.' All that says to a firm is that after OCis, the student had a particular ranking. Shit changes when you're running around the financial district and dreading the thousands of thank you emails you'll have to send at midnight.

It was all a craps hoot in the end.

Telling an employer they're your first choice is the most powerful tool available to students at the in-firm stage. It makes you a safe choice for the firm in that they won't burn an otter.

as a good candidate because the competition is so high. Other students are going to be strategizing, so you should as well.

I found that the scheduling of the interviews did not matter if the firms were really interested in you.

Scheduling a dinner was important with some firms I believe but I got the sense it was less important to other firms as long as you made an effort to schedule breakfast/lunch. Monday interviews were important across the board except for at one firm.

Too often did COO advice amount to eliminating obviously poor strategies (i.e. don't do this rather extreme thing) with-

out indicating some options for what might work best

Did you find the COO know\edgab\e'? 7796

Yes

796

No Jndtfferent Dtd not use them

How would you rate the COO's performance relative to the cost?

coo sessions focused heavily on the firm recruitment process, and some of the COO staff were unable to properly answer questions about government and public interest positions. The COO needs to do a better job of assisting all students, not only those who want to end up on Bay Street.

1have been much more impressed with the

Only four students* reported having a LP 40 students* reported receiving four or more Ps; half were hired

.88% of JD/MBA students participating in the process were hired

Above expectations

59%

Meets expectations

33% 1%

Otd not use them

CDO's performance since Emily returned. There's lots of prep seminars and resources, they're fine.

Emily, Jordana and Ann were fantastic throughout the entire OCI process.

For what we pay couldn't they just hire a headhunter?

The coo was almost useless during the process. There are only two individuals available to give advice, and they were so overbooked that each student was limited to 30 minutes of their time. For such an important part of law school, that seemed really unfair to me. The staff there are nic~ and kno~ledgeable, but they do not have enough resources to be helpfulm a meanmgful way.

As a transfer student, the resources available here are above what competing schools have to offer.

Did you find the COO helpful for emotional support?

36%

Yes

13%

14%

Indifferent

38%

Did not use them

1wish there had been sessions detailing how to search for jobs outside of the employment process prior to call day.

The dates of the sessions were questionable but their content was extremely useful.

No concrete advice, my mentor was more helpful.

A ll st atements were made in response to UV's OCI sur vey • • ranked according to the faculty sy stem: HH = 5 po tnts, H = 4 p oints, P = 3 points, LP = 1 point (the median was 26 potnts)

They worked exactly as planned .

Do you have any comments about the COO's performance?

Below expectations

22 students* were hired without reporting any HHs

Explaining how much and why you want to work somewhere (provided they are real answers-and not generic ones) goes a long way. Interest is key.

Overall I think it is crucial in this process that students do whatever possible to sell themselves

Telling a firm they were my first choice appeared to close the deal

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The Toronto OCI booklet had some incorrect information re: reference letters, contacts, places hiring and I found there was at times a lack of written information where it could have been helpful (i.e. w h at to say when cancelling an interview).

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Specific observations concerning LSUC compliance?

Firms are aggressive tuckers who will fuck with your head. fuck. One firm was calling me at 4:00pm on the Wednesday to find out where there firm was ranked for me. They called me and

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Excluding LSUC violations, did you observe any inappropriate behaviour or comments by any lawyers/recruiters during your interviews?

I was asked bluntly if I would accept an offer by two firms and was asked by a third firm indirectly. One firm asked me this bluntly on Monday afternoon.

I think the violation of rules was beneficial. I told four firms Tuesday night I was going with another firm which ensured they

Ask not only which firms I was meeting with,

Repeatedly kept asking me about my life choices and future plans for staying in the country.

another friend and told us both that we were hrghly ranked for them. I told the firm they were my top choice, and my friend did not. I got the job offer, and he drd not.

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Their decision to call would be based on whether they truly believed I would accept or not. I was 90% sure that I would accept that firm at that point so I said yes and I did accept, but for someone who was not sure this would have been undue pressure.

but which specific lawyers I was meeting with at those firms. He then proceeded to criticize those firms and lawyers.

A government office asked me to list exact& where else I was interviewing.

One lawyer asked if I had children. I answered honestly (no), and then he told me a story about how another lawyer at his firm was reported to the Law Society for asking those kinds of questions.

I didn't get offers from either place because \ didn't use the spec\f\c "f\rst choice" \anguage.

Yes. A lot of divulging what seemed to be confidential client information in an attempt to attract me to the work of the firm, including one moment where other interviewers had to tell. them to stop.

could focus on other applicants.

was there anything you felt you had to hide from your I had a decent experience. No one pressured me to tell them if they were my first choice but firms for sure said they would give me an offer waaaaay before Wednesday at five, a partner actually said "We can't give you an offer but when we can give you an offer we will".

Once you have a favourite firm, it's hard to hide your disinterest in other firms. 1 did not tell the firms that I was applying for a particular government position; other than that, I was quite honest.

My intention to split my summer until the right moment.

1 thought 1 had to hide my public interest side, but learned quickly that that was not the case and most firms actually tried to woo me over by selling me on their pro-bono initiatives.

That I play video games and watch YouTube as interests.

My passion for public interest work.

How tired I was.

I hid my ranking of the firms.

That I was considering a US firm.

In the future I may be more open to hiding my personality

interviewers?~

Yes, political/activist things on my resume. Some I removed, others I didn 't but maybe I should have.

Interest in areas of law they did not practice.

1 hid the fact that I was interviewing with other places, especially on Wednesday.

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Class Profile: Demographics of UTLaw Students eligible to do Fall Recruitment Which of the following best describes your undergraduate degree?

Arts

68%

Science

12%

Commerce

12%

Engineenng

Other

How do you identify your gender?

Money

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White

66%

None

20%

East Asian

11%

0-$50,000

15%

South Asian

$50,000 - $100,000

36%

Black

$100,000 - $150,000

18%

Middle Eastern

$150,000+

Aboriginal

Prefer not to disclose

Hispanic ?na\et no\ \o d\!.c.\ose

None of the above

4% 6%

To the best of your knowledge, what is your parents' combined income?

Under $50,000

12%

$50,000- $100,000

20%

$100,000 - $150.000

15%

$150,000 - $250,000

16%

$250,000+

17%

Unsure

Prefer not to disclose

14%

Which of the following best describes your personality?

To get a job!

Do you have at least one parent who is a lawyer?

Did you volunteer with a law journal in ll?

Finding a job that could pay off my debt

For the experience

Poverty

It provided a streamlined way to secure a summer position

How much total debt do you expect to graduate with?

Curiosity

I wanted job?

Debt and prestige

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What motivated you to participate in the fall recruitment process?

Desire for employment. Peer pressure. It's just how things are done

How do you identify your ethnicity?

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that usually give you a good chance at an associate pos1tion Getting a Bay st job

Everyone hyped the shit out of it

A strong desire to work in government

Scared about not having a 2L summer job

You can't not do it

To get a job! And because I have a passion for talking about myself for 12 straight hours

This process is also very heavily emphasized-almost to the point where it seems "necessary" to go through it

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What's the strangest thing you were asked/told during the process?

How do you feel now? Disillusioned and resentful

Like I should be happier

unable to understand ";"hY I rec~ived no offers given employer s enthus1asm to schedule second and third interviews.

1 feel like shit for wasting weeks of m~ life for nothing. 1 also feel like shit for havmg a firm tell me how great I am and constantly inviting me back and saying how gre~t of a candidate 1 am and inviting me for dmner and having me back just hours before the deadline only to not extend an offer. No only that they didn't even have the courtesy !or a fucking phone call to inf~r,?,1 m~ desp1te apparently being on the1r JUSt m,c~se everybody else rejects our offers list.

1 don't understand

1 feel happy to have obtained a job, but physically

and emotionally exhausted from the proces~. I am also slightly disappointed that ~he process ~s not as suited as I'd hoped to explormg your optionsthere are a lot of mind games ~~at need to be played and it can hinder your ab1hty to truly learn about what is best for you.

made strategic mistakes and ended up without a job because of that.

1 went into the process thmkmg I was in control but ended up feeling completely helpless. I don't know whether to credit myself or my luck.

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Exhausted- I n~ver w.ant to go through 1t agam. But extremely happy I got a job out of it.

Happ~ energized, 1 got precisely what I wanted, but there's no doubt it took a bit of luck and some bold moves.

encouragedthings worked out right for me.

1am extremely happy with the way it turned out, I got the job I wanted and ended up making some great connections with various firms.

Disappointed. I feel like a good candidate who

~h~ken.

Abstract happiness and relief, but mostly vis~eral and mental exhaustton.

of my most accomplished and persona e nen tons of in firms and callbacks. It seems random from my vantage.

It's one of the most physically and emotionally draining processes I've ever gone through.

1 got my #1 firm but I feel

. . H n this be what the This is a demorall.zhl~gApro~:~~~s~:d~cated people? It i~ LSUC came up Wit Âˇ ren t f m a favounte unfortunate that somet!mes l?eople let c~ix;d into a day firm based C?n a 17. mmute lmpre~s o1n9 other candidates where those mtervlewers are seemg

Like it was a huge waste of my time

Fine. My identity is rooted on much sturdier ground than law.

1 feel as though I wish I could give the offers I didn't acc~pt ,to friends/classmates who d1dn t get an offer. My previous "other" response referred to friends who feel like they have failed at law school/life or let their families down by not getting an offer. Some are taking this really hard and I'm worried.

Like I've been hit by a train.

Relieved

Elated to have found the firm \ fit best with, and ending up with a job with them.

Like sleeping for two days. But relieved that I don't have to look for a job anymore, and excited about the job I accepted.

The process is so fast and while it's nice that it's not drawn out with offers being received at different times, it's very difficult to choose in a matter of 3 days where 1 want to build my career. I think in firms should be scheduled over two days by the coo and offers should be made via email.

I feel like there are a lot of other options available. I'm not sure I liked what I saw

of what employers look for in an applicant and application.

When I hit a breaking point 1 was able to step back and look at the absurdity of it all before diving back in. I think this kept me sane.

An associate told me I looked like the guy from Twilight.

If you were in Rob Ford's shoes, what would you do?

I really liked the font on your resume.

One firm said they were going to lock me in a board room until Spm Wednesday so that I couldn't see any other firms. As a joke but it was uncomfortable in the context of them trying to figure out if I would accept their offer.

1) Why do you think manhole covers are round? 2) What was a time you had to sell something and how did you do it? 3) If you could be or do anything In the world-and it doesn't have to be realistic-what would you do?

"Maybe you should take another look at who our clients are and decide whether you'll be able to relate to them."

Someone at a Bay St firm asked me if I was sure I didn't want to do family or criminalwhen I had indicated that I was taking neither of those classes and was interested in civil litigation.

What is a meal you would cook for a client? (Excuse me?)

I think you will be bo.red here ... why do you actually want to work with us?

Did you feel prepared for the process? What was the best/worst advice you received?

1 have a much better conception

Firms should not be allowed to schedule dinners. They all book them at 6pm on Monday. This means that students a~e forced to choose the firm before they choose us ... Not gomg to a firm's dinner DOES rule you out of their proce~s. most of th~ time. It is completely unfair that they are permitted to do th1s.

The strangest thing I encountered was questions regarding my first year experiences. Two firms I had In-firm Interviews with told me that they almost passed on my application because 1 had a number of human rights focussed activities on my resume. They assumed this meant that I wasn't truly interested In the firm's practice area. The COO had told me that firms would be impressed by my l l experiences, when in reality they almost hurt me. I think part of the problem Is that the school forces students to pick extra-curricular activities within the first two weeks of school, before students have really developed an Interest in an area of law.

The process sucks but everyone does it so I suppose I feel connected to all law students before me.

The process was hectic and stressful, and I always felt that 1 was playing a game without knowing the rules or the score. 1 think the process is inherently flawed, and 1 was just incredibly lucky. The conversational interviews and the dinner parties favour people who have a certain type of personality and background. I think LSUC needs to create better rules to eliminate dinner parties, receptions, and lunches.

Did you cry at any point during this process, in public or in private?

Yes 27%

"Be yourself." No. Be the version of yourself that

I felt prepared, but was honestly surprised by how incredibly draining it was. The best advice I received was to be confident in myself and trust my Instincts, and to wear flats between interviews. 1 don't think I received any horrible advice.

most clearly reflects the

people in front of you. I did not feel prepared for the process, but I think it is impossible to prepare. I knew my resume, but nothing can prepare you for the exhaustion of running from place to place. I was also completely unprepared to play the game. I couldn't figure out how to keep firms interested in me when I was unwilling to tell them they were my first choice. The best advice I received was to be genuine and relaxed, and not to appear too desperate. Another good piece of advice was to reach out to students, and then namedrop during the interview. The Interviewers were always impressed that I had done my homework. The worst advice I got was not to have prepared questions for the interviewers.

terr\b\e ad'l\ce but luckily I ignored it.

Worst advice I received was to think I could relax at any point before Wednesday at 5 PM or to trust lawyers when they implied I'd be getting an offer

I felt very prepared and it was almost entirely due to third year students. They were Incredibly helpful throughout this whole process. The best advice I received was related to how to express interest (such as asking to come back to meet more lawyers at the firm, reiterating It in your thank you emails, etc.).

Yes-the best preparation was meeting with former summer students. My best advice was to try and appear positive at all times, even when exhausted.

Be a human being. Be conversational.

The best advice is to accept how much luck there is in this process. There is so much that you cannot control for! Yes I felt prepared. Best advice: Be yourself. Though I'd like to add: present your true self from the right angle. Definition of "right" depends on circumstances.

Basically, yes. "Just be yourself" is obviously

Meh-1 was honest. Best advice: don't listen to what the firms tell you. They lie. Worst advice: be honest.

1 felt very prepared. The best advice I received

was to relax, be myself, and try to enjoy the process. It sounded ridiculous before but during the process it was a life saver.

I did not feel prepared-/ feel that more should be done in lL to prepare students for this process instead of freaking them out.

I felt prepared; integrate your canned answers about the components of your resume into your canned answers about your specific qualities, and also Into your questions (i.e. if one of the highlights of your job is about dealing with/managing clients, then plan to ask questions about opportunities for client contact, how that is important and business development, so you can then discuss how that was important in your prior position). This allows for a more relaxed exchange and conversational style.

The best advice I received was that firms will play you, so to not feel badly about playing them and to know that I owed them nothing.

1spent too much time preparing and wasted a lot of time, causing me to fall behind in class. Excessive prep does not really help you when the process is so informal and forcing your prep awkwardly into a conversation is ineffective, if not harmful.

Worst and Best Advice: "This is a game, and you need to play it. No employer has an obligation to you until they call at 5 PM on Wednesday."

No I didn't. I wish someone had warned that even if firms might express interest in you , it doesn't mean anything. Because said interest, I stopped focusing on the other two fi rms and I believe that cost me an offer.

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In-Firm Games The Odds Are Not in Our Favour PALOMA VAN GROLL (2L) n·lirm intnvil'W '"'''k fi.·ll on the :\mt·mbc·t· lm·ak. Tht' 'wt•ck' is mon· at-ntratt•lv2.!i da\ s: ~ loud.t~, l'uc·sd.1y, and a hit of \\'nlnc·sd.ty (' D.ty I,' ·Day 2' and ·Day :r . By \\ t·dne~day at 5:00pm, most students know wlwthn ornottht'~ lamkd a job. '[his pro<t'"' has lx'l·n desnibt:d h) students as 'speed-dating,' 'na1.y.' 'awful,' 'draining.' and b)' a few sadists, 'kind of fun.' Xo one should miss out on a job just bt·rau t' ther didn't 'play the gamr' well. But unfimunatcl), students do. \\'hat is this 'gamt•.' you ask? It's about scheduling and signaling and putt in~ just the right amount of love into firms during the week. It's about leading firms on and knowing when they're leading you on . It's a complt·tc mind.game, basically. It all stems from the fau that firms only want to give offers to students they think will accept them right away. So on top of worrying about how their ban•ly-brokt·ninto suit looks, and trying to come ofT as c-harming-yl't-brilliant in interviews, students haw to be aware of this 'game' and make surr they art· 'playing it' (well) to get a job. A prime example of how in-firm intervit·w WTek 'signaling' screws over students is with st hc·duling. Because the in-firm int<"rview; are n>ndt•n Td over such a short period of time fi>r us. it"s phrsic ally very difficult to !{O to a lot of inrcrvil'\•'S in thrcl" days and give it '\our all" at earh one. Tlwre is fairly general <·o~st•n,us that going to four interviews in ont• day is, for most, an upper limit. Also, firms will often ~ ann the f~rst day of in-firms- ask students bac-k fin a llt'l• ond inter\'it•\\ on the second da}. But it's 11111 Iii«·

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DAVID GRUBER (2L) At be,t, ··a,, a rene"·· is but the first of man~ steps to'' a rds lllvin~ a complex problem. But it. import h.ts lxTn takt·n way out of proportion. People art· aware of cancer. The type that tar~elS the prostate is particularly infamous. The best estimates sa} that ll% of men will get it at some po~nt. :'l.it·aning if you know at least 7 men you can't not be aware for very long. An}Wa}'· awan:ness isn't the end game. What. pray tell, happens once we've achieved widespread "awareness", and stamped out all the "stigma"? There's still the little matter of... }OU know... fmding a cure. That was supposed to be the point of all this. But a lithe fetishizing of awareness has given us fourteen }Cars of foreplay without ewr comin~~: clost' to touching a prostate. After more than a decade of this sillines.• \H''W goll<'n about as much a\\arcness as moustaches can provide. At this point all you're raisin~~: awaren< 'of is how little you resemble Holly\\ootl archetyp('S of manhood like Sam Elliot. And alo;,-1 how rec<"ntly you\l· recO\ ered from the traumas of pubt:rty. l..~·t no om· take this to mean that the issue of mm's ht-.tlth 'hould receive any less attention. But \H' t'an still maintain some perspective. For <·xamplt". n·populating the plam·t is also a ,,did ht·ahh/envimnmmtal concem. ~lany \\'e,tl'rn nnmtrit·s an· growing at helm~ replat t•mnll lt·wk 11 rl'cious f(·\\ d1aps ''ill enlt'rge from tht• rnoustachiot•d month as dashing as :\I r. I l'ldm.tn. J'or most of ~ou, )OUr repugnant ,,hiskns an· doing violt•nc l' to the sn driw of an~ man or \\oman \\ho mak~ tht· mistake ofca~tinga ga/e in ~our dirrl tion. l'mnot Sd) iug th.u \\Omen art· so rt'pulsc·d h~ your 'srache as to threaten the survi\'al of our civilization. Bur do C'\J>('Ct a ~harp clip in birth ratt·s circa next August.

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DAVID FELDMAN (2L) Okay. but ~lovembt:r Canada does raise S·Hl million a ~l·ar lor men's health issue~. Are thc·s<' ful"(l~ bo~-mt•n not \'aliant martyrs in the war al"(ainst mothn nature? 1 submit that the~ are not. \\'hy? Because charity doem't work. £\en thriving charities are absurdly wa~tdul. And cancer foundations are some of the least efficient, spendmg 30 or 40 bucks for each S\00 they raise. The Canadian Cancer Society actually spends more money on fundraising and administration than on research. With a fund raising and admin budget of about S2.5 million, Movember is relatively efficient. Still, the charity model for allocating funds requires researchers to spend incredible amounts of time applying for research grants, rather than actually doing n-sean h (some say soliciting dollars is now thdr main pn·occupation. And that's just \\hen your donation~ actually go to research. The rc~t ofth<' time they're fundinl"( programs to raise )t'l

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!'herr arr so man} 11;reat rea,ons to partiCipate in .\lowmbn that it almost seems unsportsmanlikt· l<l list them. Dan· got stuck with the moronic side of this argument for follicular rt·asons out of his control and he deserves a round of applause for his valiant attempt to support it But he's still det·ply wrong. i:\ow. l love an anti-slacktivism pile-on as much as the next guy. Dave isn't the only guy in the room savvy enough to roll his eyes at a website that tells him that "The Mo is the catalyst for change." But the charge won't stick here, for two rrawns. First, the !\.1ovember Foundation raised almost 150 million dollars worldwide last year. i:\ot 150 million likes or share~ or rctweets rt·al snatch. That\ more than the ClBC Run for tht• Curt• has raised in five years. with the cntirt· histories of both ' Iough Mudder and the Enbrid~e c~ To\\er dimb thrown in for good measure. That money. which wa~ mised with onr of the more ~ ..il\\o'arcncss". lo\H'St t'ost ratios around, has been pledged to or lfit isn't plain yet. allm, me: moustacht·s don't cure cancer '\ot cvt:n a little bit. If used improp- spent on 577 projects in 21 countries. including hard rest·arth, trratment and survi\'orship prol'fl} l hey may even contribute to the spread of !{rams. and, yrs, awareness and education. 'cnnt·.tl disease {think about itI. St'cond, and maybe more important, awareThis frivolous anivity only succeeds in makm·ss .l<'tually dot·s matter here. :\lovt'mbn isn't ing you fct·llikc }OU've done something rightt'ous, intt•rnttd in t·atehing warlords or tnding gret•nwithout having to inronwnience yoursdfin the lightest. It may n·en bt· fun. In otht•r word~. it's atl :thout you. Big proble-ms get solved through m<tior im<'Slnwnts on the s< alt- of a span· r.tt·t· or a world w.tr, not snmr rhl't:k~ bakc· s.tlt· or reacl-a-thon. But if you absolutdycannot be without n furry upper lip, )OU can at least folio" propt·r tousori.tl techniqU<·: Crm• out your whole beard and uim on I) onre )OU\t' rl'adwd the de,ired lt•nl"(th. ,\s :\'ahoko\ 's l lumbt·rt Humb<-rt said. "all till' bt·_t pcople shm<' twice a d;n ... Surclr hr has to ha"' bn~n right about somt·thin\!.

hou<e gas <·missions. It's directt·d in addition to mental lwalth iS! ucs, which not en·n Dave can arguc· wt'n· too nwan· of) att\\o camers whose survi\·al r.lle,, \\llh carl~ dett·nion, are abo\e 95%. So ''hen Da\e says the endgarrw is finding a cun· ... wdl, n1.1~ be it's not ,\\\ arem·ss mallrrs because we men arc silly babit·s. \\'e ignon• problems and hope they'll go away. \\'e ignort· problems that aren't going away bt·causr we're afraid to have our fears confirmt'd. Hell. most of us won't t·ven ask for directions, lt·t alone a prostate exam. Instead, we let our health issues ft·ster, multiply, and metastasize, suffering in silence, committing suicide four times mon· often than women despite lowt·r reportt•d ratc·s of depression. and dvinl"( of cur.tble ranters. If IIK>king sillier than.us~al fi>r a while can hdp changt• that situation even a little, then count me in. Which. for me, is the heart of tht• issue. l'himarcly, ~lo\'entbn mt·ans the sarnt• thin~~: all civic invohenwnr mrans: the willingnes' to look ridiculous by joining a moveml'llt in support of a c.tme instead of sneering from tht· siddim,; with your arms crossed and your up· per lip gl1·aming. In othc•r words: stop bt·ing such a fucking hip· Sll'l' and gnm your~df a damn moustache.

\\ant •·vnything has meamn~ f(,r firms. Putting an in-firm intc-n·iew on Day 2 lowns your shot~" ith thatlirm while this is not trut· fi1r ewry firm, 11 is true for most). It tells a firm that tlwy an· not hi~h on your •Ji~t.' "hich makes tlwm think ~ou an· not as likl'ly LtJ :~ret·pt an offn from them. Tht• <i!,:nals ~tart on 'Cali-Da),· wht'n studt•nts schedule tht·ir in-firm intervit'\\S. l.t·t'sjusttakt· a minute to recognize how silly Cali-Da) is• .\1ost

firms" til c·n~otil students in tlw \H'ck lc•,uling up to it r.mdomly. throughout tht• \\l't'K, t '""ing a \H'I'k-long fnn1r of m·n1nts ant it ipation. ' J hl'n at H:OOam on Frida}. 'tudt·nts h:t\t' tn eithn sit ncr\'ousl} h)· tht· phone and wait fi1r calls th.lt may not t·omt•, or an"'er their phmw and do .Ill their sdwduling for in-firm "ithin (j minutt•s. In thc· Xt·w York recruit for Amnkan ,,tud!'llts, firms \\'ill usually let students knl)\\ wtthin 6-21 hours of their OCI iftht·y ha\'l' an in firm Stheduling is then done via ematl whKh is tht samt· fi>r Canadians applying to '\ew York. There's no pressure to screen calls on Call-Day until )OUJ 'top ('hoke' firms call to gi\'e them a prime interview spot and then have awkward convt'rsions with the firms you put on Oa) 2. It's all done ncutrall), over e-mail. During in-firm week, students frd pressure to put a certain amount of face-time in with firms. This means interviews, receptions, dinners. It also means going back to firms they think want tht·m. Thus, if a student is getting 'Signals from a firm that they want the student to come back, tht·y feel pressured to do so. Because it's a short week. this might mean cancelling inten·iew with other firms to make room for 'second round' at·tivitit•s at other firms. Consider what happl'nt·d to Bora. Hora cancelled his day 2 'fiN round' inrc•rvicws with Ya I'd Work There l.LP and We'd Hin· Him LLP, because all the firms he wc•nt to on Day I asked him to comt• back on Day 'l. Then, at the end of Day 2, t•very singlt· om· of his D<>y I firms told him th<"y wnul•h\1 he c·;1lling him on call day. He just thr-c\\ aw OJ} his d1ann·• at working at Yf\\~1' and\\'! II 11.1.1' fill' tlw shot of workin~~: at firms from Day I. And no\\ he won't be getting any c-alls on t·all day. And cvt•n if Bora didn't cancel his Da) 'l intcr\'it·ws, just b) puttin~~: them on Day 2 ht• has seriously hurt his t·hall(·t·s of being hired by that firm. It's not fair that studnlts feel like tht')' han· ll> (·am·el intt•n·it·w,, It takes a lot of rinw and d~ fi1rt tot·\en gct to the in-firm stag<-. and Mudents should not fed pressun•d to limit their l'hann·s at jobs basl'd on schedulin,g/signaling is.,ues.

.\led studcnt5 gt·t three \H'Cks olrin.J.muar) to go to us m.tn) in ten icws as the) gt't for r<'Slclen· C)' plan·ments. i:\c·" York firm sc-hcdulr intc·r· \ iews on a rolling ha i,, o tudeut can go to as man~ in-/inns as tltC) w.mt. l'he tudents I talk· I'd to "Ito applil'd to :\t \\ York fimas said the) dad nnt frd pr,..Nlrr to 'signal' their intne t tu firms, l.trgrl) be\ .tU eM hedultng .mel offi~rs :tre rolling, :tncl tht'JC' is lUI 'second .md third' ttl· tc·n ic\\ gnnw. :-;,.,, York lit ms '' rll giH' mil .Ill olli·r .thn om· in-linn intt·n iew thq clo allcm stutlt-nts to comc· hark to\ isit rlw lum aft< 1 the otll·r i~ m.cdc• if' a ,tudt·Jll is ulltr)ing ru m.tkc· a dn·ision. lkntU'l' intt'r\ icws .uTn"t all n11 one d:t} (both ,\nlt'rit·an and Canadian studrnl5 do· i11g i11·firrns 111 '\r\• York "ill !,'0'(1 to om·, ma' two intt"nit'\' in one da) J, studrnts t.tn put an adt'<JU,ttt· amount of t•ncrg)' into earh hrm, and 'gin• it their all,' <o to speak. ,\Jlowing studt"nts to go to as many interviews as thq "ant and bt·· ing able to only do one or two intt·n ic·ws in onc· day giw~ students muth morC' agency in a fairly mt•rwhelming proeess. There also seems to be a real lack of con~oli dated data available to studenl5 in making decisions about firms. We ean go onto firm websites and look at their student lists and see how many U ofT students they've hired. But \H' have no idea of what the average grades are for those students. We have no idea what firms OCI/infirm/htre ratio is, we can just speculate ba~ed on how many students the) \·e hired in the past, and on how many teams they send to do OCh for us. Sure we can look up the hire back numbers for firms in Precedent magazine, but none of this information is centralized. Both ~fed and American ~tudents seem to ha\'t' access to much more informauon than \H' do. CaR.\1S, the Canadian Re,idence Matching S<"rvtce US<'d by medical schools acroS3 thr country, seems to haw rvery data regre~sion possibll' fur residency program placements. For an c•x-

schedule; lim1s e.sscnuall) ha\'C' no lhnice in who thl'\ see dunng O('ls. lllUs, nrguabl), tudrnts re.tll~ n«d this information, a the\ ha\e to rnnk firms ha cd. ort of. on hm, likel) tt "1ll be thatthl'\ get hirrd. Hut, nlso arguabl), we l:ould u c th1 inforrn.ttion to pnoriuze our in·lirm clJI'duling. While I'm sure rno t tudcnts 11pph bmadl) to a man) firm as possible at the OGI St.tgc, h,t\ ing ,, 5ell51." of how like!) )OU "ill be to get hiu:d based on )OUr C\' and tmn uipt \wuld he \.tluahlt• at tlw in·htm stage, for studellt \\ ho haH' w rn.tkc dcnsions about ch•·duling intenit•ws ;md thus ignaling. You might want to n~c h filr that 'top'linn n-en if you lto~\e an·mge grades, hut it would be: \\i e to giH~ a 'ufi·'-er firm a primo int<"nil'\\ . potju lin ca c it diK'Sll't \Wrk out, in,tt'.lld of stacking all )OUr prime intt-n iew 'pots with reat h firms. Perhaps p.ut of tht· pmblem i~ that studt•nts h.l\e no idea if a firm is a 'rt·ach' or if it'· ·.afi·.' and this t oukl largdr be a probkm oflack ofinlormation . Ho" do \H" case the P"' sures of'the game'! \\'e could do a~ the Americans do and ha\C infirm imcrview~ spread out O\t'r a lon~t· r pniod of time,'' ith ofTt'rs being made on a rolling basis. That \\ay Mudent~ wouldn't ha\t' to cann·l crnain in-firms for others, and to a large t'Xll'llt it would take the pressure ofT the scheduling game that goes on during in-firms. How('\'rr, I do st·t• value in having it all over and done with in tht• span ofa \H'ck (er, 3 days;, instead of letting it dro1~ acros~ a larg<' chunk of the emester (or doing it in August a' :'\ew York dot'!;, which demands that 5tudents are back in town a month tx-fon• srhool starts). \\'e could also perhaps have a wmputer-gtncrated in-firm scheduling ti}'Stem, so that you ha\'e no control owr which firms gt·t which spots during in-firm wct'k \\hilh, to be lltir, would rcquire immense toordination IX't\\t·fn all the S<hools sending students for in-firm wn·k. \\e could eliminate meals. We could allow offers to be madt• on a rollin!!; ba:;is, so that firms (an •""P\t· l"r<>m tht: US, «msid<·r whal ha.p\ll't\~ a.l M<UI ma\<\ng ol'l:t·n "\\t'r studcnto' li1 'l \n.\\tm' 1thnt! is no way a student can mi.,l't'ad '"c hould Gcorgt•town Law: in Junl', a list of t'\'l'l')' J.m

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dl'llts, along with hO\\ manr spots that firm has npt'n li1r inu·rvicws. Schools n·kase last }l'.tr\ "data," ''hit:h includes ·a hO\\ many student~ bid on that firm's number of spots last )t·ar, and (b) tlw avera!(<' UPA ofthC' studrnts \\ho gut ofltrs from tht· firm over thr pa't ,t·vcral }t'ars. ' Ii1 bt· f.tir. at Tl5 ~chools in the- State~. studt•nts )II(J on tht·ir OCI schrdulc bast•d una low·r> sy.Lt'lll, Studrnts rank 50 firms, and an· tll('n thrown 11110 a lnttt·ry algorithm, whith gt·neratrs an 0(.1

immnlialt"l)' call the llt''-l pt•rson on thl'ir list if.t tup t·andid.ttt• dl'clines an ol'fi:r. If wt· t'an"t overhaul the systt·m, a fh, oth!'r suggt·stinns \\Cre bmul{ht up in the most n·t·t·nt Cart·er Den·lnpmrnt Studl'nt Addsot") .\ft·c·t· ing, ''hich tould at k.lsttmpru\t' agt·nc} fur studc:nts as the pro<t'Ss rands. Tht're was a suggc· tion that c.all day be 'lhursc:lay morning insu-.ad

The Wright Man "Qualitative Factors" in Admissions are C/assist Barriers to Law School LOUIS TSILIVIS (3L) he shift that man)· lm• schools art· taking lllwards admissions giving greater wt'ight to non-(;PA/1-'>A'l factors fiJr prospectiveJD students- is cret ting addiuonal barriers for l<mn- and middle-incomt• slu<knrs wishing to study law in this rountry. The pivot towards fanors surh as graduate degrees and C\'s not only erects classist barrit•rs, but also dm·s a poor job ofsckuing for the bt·st students. ·1o boot, this direction is being t<Jk('(l without any serious discussion or endorsement of such a polity by the legal community at larg<'. The first problem with the new focus is that it makes access to lt·gal edut·ation that much harder. If preferl'nce is going to candidates with graduate degrees, then tht·y are going to b<' gi,ing \H'althier students easier access to Ia" school to the dt·triment of >tudl'flts from lt·ss privileged background:;. While law st·hools go to gr<·at lengths to stress that 5<x-io-t•conomil' divrrsity and acn·ss to legal education for those from lowt·r- and middl<"-income backgrounds is important, the gn·ater focus on non-GPA/1 S.\1 factors ~hou ld give us pause to question \\hether the these con-

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cerns an· takt'n sc·riously. Graduate degrtt-., art· not incxpc:nsiH·: a Mastt·r\ degree in public administration at Qurt'll'. <O<ts SIO, Hi7: a degree in ~~;lobal affairs at Toronto's ~lunk School t·osts .t plush $17,!96; and a graduate degrt·e from Har\ard t"Mls a staggering U0,9N. When compounded\\ ith tht·tnst nfliving and the opportunity cost of not holding a job for one UJ two years, thr cost of graduatr degrees is sigmlicant. Re-jigging law sthool admissions to favour non-UPA/LSAT factors whrtht•r they are MAs or internship experiencro that look good on a CV but art rnaccessible to lowerincome studenb only acts as a another barri1·r to keep out those with less wealth and kss pri,·ilcgc. !\loving away from undt·rgraduate academic records and LSAf performance does not mean that schools will be getting better studt·nt,, Tht· U\' ~un·e} on OC ls doe1o not show any po,itive corrt'lation holding a graduate degree and doing any better in thr fall recruitment proles~. While we have been told from a youn~ age that mort' well-

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rounckd candidau•s are, on balantt•, lx-ttrr t·andid.ttt•s, the truth that tht•st· additional c·nu·na .trt• not only poor indid.t ol ''ho is mon· <ksirahlt• to Ba) Stn·t•t but th,ll they an· good at h<"llcr scltTting 'tudrnts \\ho an whitt·, wc•althy, .tnd tht· t·hildn•n of profi:ssional< thl'm dws. 'fhl' startling di~towry that studc·nts of undt·r-n·prel>t:ntl·d minority and lu\\t·r-illl nmt· harkgrounds wt·re at an t'n·n gn:att•r disadv:.tntagt· \dwn nl<'dit-al Mh<K•J, n·quired inu·rvit'" , kngrhy t·ntrann· t~>ays, and hdd pr<-fnenn·s towards graduate degn:·es and \olunteer and intrrnship nrx-rit'llCCS had actuall) kd tht" i:\t•th<TIands to du a\\,t) "ith man)' of these additional admissions critrria and fanors \\hl'n wnducting its own mrdical <Chool adrni ions. Whik an .\lA from .m andcnt uniwrsity in the 8riti h hie or an {unpaid inu·rn~hip t•xperience at a leadin~ :\GO on a{.\' doc~ sound impn· ·ht·, \\C han: to lx·ar in mind that tht·) arc· gt'llrrally only arcessiblt' to thost· \\ ith the financial mrans :md connt·< tiom tu a<c-rss these opportunities, If the~ peoplt· arc the· strongest ('.tndid.ttt•s, thc·ir undt·rgraduate GPA and I S.\'1 hould suffice. l.ooklllg to nun-GPA l~'>A f factors allows <tudt·nts "ith inadequatr undrrgraduatt· aradrmtt' rerords and I S.\1 swrcs but with am pit• \\t·alth and privikge to gain entr)' to law st·houl in a way undt·rpri\'ilegt•d studt·nts c-.umot. Dt·spitt· tht· lark of discussion on this issut· within the legal wmmunity as a whnlt-, this is the approach that has bewm1· incrt·asin~ly f:l\'oun·d hy law ~chools across tlw country and it is an apprnach that will make it ex< <'Cdingly difficult li1r people from hi<toricall} disad\'antar;:t:d group~ and from lo\\er- and middle-inconw bat·kgrounds to study Ia\\, i~

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Tht· rerruitt·rs ltalkt•d to \H'rt' all nin· and gt·n· uim·l~ intl•rcstt·d. but I rt·alizt• that bc·ing in a group ofhighl} qualifit>d eandidatcs mt·;tns that I \\on't ah,ap make tht• cut. B) tht· "·'Y· t'\t'n recruitns kno\\ hem in .mcly nlmpt·titiH· tlw pron"SS is nowada)' ,md manr of thc·rn ha\'e opto·d to \\ait until aft<·r ()Cis to P'"t sumnwr po it ions. An uno·xpt·ctt·d sih·cr lining t·mcrged, whkh speaks to the nature ofour sd\Ool :111d progr.rm : t•ncouraging rncssagt·s from frin1d s, most of them from our l.m sduwl ntmmunit)', who told nw .thout tht'ir t•xpnit-nn·s and rrrnintkd mt· to put things in perspt·( t ivc:. Prompted h) diC'tt C'll· t·ouragt'ttH'tll, I started tu n·uJtlsido•r 111~ goals. lronirallr, with all tlw renuitmt·nt do·acllin1·s, I did not h.t\C' muc-h time to poncin ean 1'1 ohjl"otiH·s in ell-tail nr hn" tho:) would litw up "ith pntc·ntial placemt'nts. C:oing ftJt\\,trd. I \\ant to nplon• \\hilt I am n·all) intt·rt·sted in I han- a prt'll) good iclt·a a)read), but figure th•· more spt·c-ifit· ;md infimnc·d I t'an bt•, the bo·tten. In my' it'"• this approadt b.ts three big a<kanta.e:t·s: I) J "ill be mon· nm-

\indng .ll future intt'nit'\\S "lwn it nunc·s to shm• ing a gt·nuint· intt'rt'st, 1'2 I will actual!~ c·rtio)' working in an an·a that I am intt·n·su·d in , and (.l I "ill nut lose sight of the inlrn•sts tlmt propdlc·d me to go back to sc·hool in the first plan·. I don't want to SUAA<"St that n ·asse ing }our intnests is tht· only solution, but I hol\c' fimml, numnou times during my acadt·mtc and \\orking lili·, that s<·tharks l':tll lw opportunitit•s in di e;ui"·· For mr. this m1·ans figuring cmt "hat I 1·njo> and tr} in.~ to tran l<lll' thebe intC'Tt'.Sts into tlw law .chon! •etting. l'or inst.tnn·, I t•njo) "rit· mg and intt·nd to do mort• of that as part oh .~ri ous .tradC'miC' and non-acackmic anirlt·s ill tlw risk of not bl'ing mc-rl) l'loqtwnt. l'ri1·ncls of mine told till' that thC'\ turned to huhbiC's and :u t" itii'Stn gt·t a h1rak fmm l:m R ltool and ~pc:nd titnl' with a non-law drck offriemk 'lh1• important thing l(tr mC' was to cktath from some oftlw h~ pc surrounding n·uuitmt'nt .md rc·rnemhn 111~ ol~l·fliH·s instead of running aft1·r a 'hoi) grail' of emplo) ml'nt that may not C'\l'n suit Ill) intC'rcst O.,onw may say that this is a lu'\ury in

times ofjoiJ hortagcs for Ia" stud,·nts. I think th.lt this makes it t'\l'll mo11• important to carve out g• nuinc· inten"Sts and eonsidcr a greater num· her of options. Discussing Ill) idea with fellow law students turned out to be another \\ar for mt• tn bmin tonn and bear about their I'Xpcril'lltl~. In sum: clo what is good fi1r you, explorc )our interrsis and tr} to sec setba1 ks as opportunitic-s in disguise. I'S: lfthrn· is intrn·st, \\e might want to think .thout a support group li>r Ia" student! going through various rcnuitments, i.1'. to c·x• h.mgc cxpninKt'S. lli111nd thatt.tlking to li·Jim, studo•nts has hcc·n imnwn 1'1) \'aluahlo', lfanyof)OU w.uH to gt·t in totlt h with me, fc:d fh·c •to cmailntl' t•mail .rddn·ss is th•· tanc..lard lirst.last namt•. ~tan) of )OU "ill knn\\ this, hut I "ant to rcitnale th.tt thn1' :1rt' man) n•sourn"S you (,Ill go to l<•rnmrc info, including ,\lexis ,\rthbold and the CD<).

Contempt of Course Disband the Health and Wei/ness Committee! DAVID GRUBER (2 L)

as anyone else notin·cl the odd "•') the Dean's Office and COO have been signing off their emails lately? "You are not alone." "You ma} fiTI angry, upset, dispirited." "Don't allow this proc<'SS to d•·stror you:· Destroy you? And here I thought '"' were "riting exams and applying for jobs, not fighting for our mortal existences. When did it betome normal for university administrators to address students like they're rcpt"at callers to a suicide hotline? Are we really that fragilt'? Apparently we are. Some 50 studt'nts a year present to the Health and Wellness office with an t·motional or psychological issut'. But according to Ooron Gold, a psychotherapist whost' practice is geared specifically towards lawyers (because the markt't permits such speciali~a tion\ that figure is too low to be representative. It doesn't account for the those who go directly to the university counseling serviC<~, seek outside help, or-and this is the big one- don't get help at all, either because they won't admit having a prohkm, or because they don't realize they're su!Tering from a treatable condition. A study buried in the obscure Journal of IM'tw and Health found that 40 pt"rcent of law students showed significant levels of psychological distress (compared with about two percent of the general population} and up to 40 percent su!Tered from depression. Those numbers aren't high. They're insane. And no, it doesn't get better Reseal'(h out ofJohns Hopkins found that lawyt•rs haw the highest prevalence of major deprt'ssion of any ocnrpation. Gold says he sees "hundreds and

hundn·ds'' of patients "ho exhibit "the lone sufkrer syndrome." That is, they think they're tht· exception when in fact they're tbr. rule. '\ow entt'r the Faculty of La,~ . For all the whining about "stigma" that's so voguish no"adays. the school condescends to thb problem in a way that would be unac,eptablc for any health issue but a "mental" one. It t'mpowers a Health & \\'ellness committer. to furnish the student body with muffins, yoga, and smoothies, otherwise known as the prcferr<·d feel-good trilogy of housewives whose insurance policies don't cover Wellbutrin. Smoothieo;, really? For what we pay you'd think thl'y could spring for something harder. At least the quacks selling homt'opathic remedies ha,·e shame l'nough to store their sug-ar-water o;olutions in something vaguely resembling a mooicill(: bottk-. When the situation became truly critical the Commtttee engaged therapy do~, perhaps mistaking the Leaders of Tomorrow for a group of orphan children who've been so brutalized by some unspeakable trauma that they nerd to be reeducated in the ways of human compassion, lest the}' grow up to be sadists or Wall Street bankers. The admin also provides a health and wellness manual, which mercifully is hidden so deep in the bowels of the website that this review will surely be its most public airing. But it provides some insight in to how the school proposes to address a problem that as we'vt' already established has ascended to epidt'mic proportions. The advice for you, mister and missus feepaying law student in the throws of psychiatric distress, begins thusly: "chew gum." While you wouldn't let Trident replace your

daily do'e of toothpaste, I'm afraid it's our first line ofdefence in the battle for sound mental ht·ahh. But chewing gum, while dearly oiTering no thrrapt•utic value, at least won't make things worse. This is not true "ith respect to the balance of the suggestions. Exercise, it says. Thl'n get more slt'<'p, take a bath, have a consistent scht'dult·, eat healthier and don't skip meals, meditate and do yoga daily (daily!), go to the movies, a play, and visit the art gallery. H ere's a thought. When your probkm is that you have too much to do and not mough time to do it, the solution usually isn't embarking on a freewheeling quest to reenact the dat<' scene~ from Anme Hall. Then the coup de grice, cribbed from Korean War-era mountebank '\orman Vincent Peale: "Think positively," a gem of j>S<'Udo scit'nn· claptrap that, as an instrument ofbcalthcarc, was discreditt'd even before cigarettes. While this operation may recreate the CO'-}' summer camp atmosphere that's in such high demand. it is not equal to the task of providing a healthy environment. T~ health and wellnes~ regimt' will pre~ervc your sanity through Ia\~ ~ehool like an umbrella will keep you dry in a swimming pool. And anyways, as a matter of basic human dignity, coping is to be reserved for chronic tonditions. If contaminants in the air supply of Victoria College cau~ed respiratory distn<s among 10 percent of students, we'd imm<·diatt'l}' st·al the vt'nts. If 1-0 pt"rcent fell ill, ue'd probably burn down the building. But when it comes to mental health, we're content with the mo'!t pcrfunrtory

solution . '\ot the equivalent of oxygt·n tanks, mind you, but something more akin to papa surgical masks. But fi>rall its tone-deafness in th<· area ofn·mcdics, the health and "t'llncs:. material betrays a remarkabll' sensitivitr to the cau'!CS of wicksprt-ad mi~·r1: in our ranks. It cites "The bt·aV)' workkJad, 100% finals, grading avemgc, mmpc·titive job market, and financial pressures." 0 to live in a world where cause and t'!Tcn haw c·vt'n a passing acquaintance. [valuations could be holistie fas they an· in mcdit'al "thools). Tuition could be ch<'aper (as it was ten years ;~go). Workloads wuld lx: lightened (why not?). Even the job market could be evened uut. Lawyc:rs wuld work civilized 37-hour \\l't·ks inlitead of an obscene 75 hours- you kno", like in profe..ions that don't set records for psychological torment. Hell, we would have a job for evt'l')' graduate rather than an unemplc)ym<"nt rate that's well over twice the national figure. One can't avoid the conclusion that the <:urrent health and \~t'llncss initiative is designed fi>r minimum impact, while maintainingju t enough ofan appearance to shield the fat"ultyfrom liability when something really bad happens. Lawyers, being who they arc, will make it a priority to cover their backsides. But if we ever want to make good on all the chaltl'r about taking mental health seriously, stop being lawyers for a moment, and be human beings.

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A Tale of 2L Misery: Eleven Things We Wish We Had Known Before In-Firms It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ANONYMOUS

tudents arc inundatt·d with advire about the 'lL rrcruitmt·nt pron.,s. ' J'hert·'~ ntvcr any shortage of intel on ho'' to ·tx· youro,("Ir (but not actually} during OCls, hm, to strategicallr ~hedule dinners on Call Day, and how to make thr most of a cocktail recrption. Howrvtr, a lot of important information gets kft out of tht• standard 'how to get a job' spit• I that you'll hear from 3Ls and the CDO. ')'his is where we wmc in. The following is a list of all the things we wish wt' had known before going into in-firms.

1. Talk To Your Peers Tht:" bt t way to gauge a firm's interest in you is tu talk to other studt:"nts who are intervit·wing at tht:" same firm and C'Ompan· rxpuit:"nt·cs Did all of your friend's Tuesday intervin"s begin with the sentence: ''everyone at the firm has bern raving about you''? Is your other friend complaining rrad: batkdoor bragging) about the ''undue pressure" <'ornmg from the firm? Is it Tut"sda>'""d you still haven't mrt anyone on the <,;rOO<'nt Committee? If so, you may want to dirt"ct your efforts elsewhere. Students don't rt'alize that half of the in-firm game is strategy-if )'OU waste all of your timr sucking up to a firm thdt's rwt into you, you'rt· prot1.1uly going w IKI't'W up your chanC'cs with anotht·r firm that would have given you an oiTer if you had shown mort· interest. Don't get fuC'ked out of a job just beC'ausc you didn't allocate your timr wl'll: talk to your friends; find out what sick psychologic·al games the firms are playing with studtnts.

2. All Firms Need To Be Told That They're Awesome; Some Need It More Than Others All firms need to be told how good they arc at law stu IT and how awesomr their peoplr arc before they'll bare their soul and expre~s an intt'rt•st in you, but some firms need it wayyy more than others. At least three diiTercnt firms implied to students that they wouldn't extt·nd an oiTer unless they hrard the words: "you are my #I choice:' Seriously, those magiC'al words can make it or break it for you One student called a firm after 5:00pm on Wednesday and was actually told that "you didn't tell us that wr wt·re your #I, ~owe didn't pick you." Most firms won't actually force you to submit to the ''you're my top choice" discourse tbt'cause it's pretty much equivalent to tht· "Do you likt· me? Check Yes, 1\o, or Maybe" note that I srnt ffi)' crush in grade 7 ., but a small number of them will so make sure you find out which firms have the confidence levels of a prepubes<·<·nt teenager before you start in-firms.

3. Honour Might Not Be Worth It

It's repeatedly stressed by the COO that students shouldn't tell more than one firm that they're thtir "number 1." However, when firms n·peatedly imply oiTers are coming but don't folio\' through, it really makes you qurstion whNher this duty to be honourable is imposed equally on both side,;. Some students told Firm X's stud<'l1t director on \\ednrsdav that Firm X was tht·ir liNt choke. It turns out ;hey weren't on the short list, nor Wt·rc they high on the waitlist. The student director said nothing e\·en though the)· knew students typieallywill only give this "#I" nod to ont• firm,

which drastically l't'duces thrir c hann·s ofgt'lting a job at othn firms. A couplr of thnw studenu ended up without job>. ~!any firms corner students demanding to hear they are the student\ "#I dmin~" and when studt·nts f<til to sa)· those magic won:ls t·wn though muC'h love is communicated!, cut them from the offt•r list :directly in contravention ofL.SLC rules. Given this lack of respect, should studtnts really pay firms the respect of being honest about their firm ran kings? It's entirely up to the stude-nt and their situation, but it st't'ms like the duty to ht' honourable falls disproportionatrly on tht· student, who is already disadvantaged in the pro· cess. A strong argument can be made for "playing the game'' as many firms are drarly playing dirt)' through the process.

5. Firms Are Not Gender-Blind Thr legal profession is still a bastion of malt• dominance. I know what you're thinking "mothcr of god. exaggerate much? l met with tonncs of femalr lawyers during in-firms, so that can't be true" and you need to calm down. This isn't meant to be a hyperbolit· ft'mini st rant. It's true that \irtually evcryfirm ha>taken nominal Steps (0 addr'<'SS gerrde,. int·quality f c/.rn· yuu to find me ont' firm \\ebsite that doesn't indude mention of their commitment to women's initiatives). Some firms even take this commitment seriously. One firm, for example, told a student that they're actin·ly trying to rid themselves of their 'bro' culture by imp!rmeming indusiw practices such as gender-neutral client development anivities (like theatre outings) that don't have the same tenclency to exclude women as the more traditional sporting events do. L"nfortunatcly, th('S(' typt-sof ant"cdotes are rare most student·l't'ported t"Xpc· riences suggest that firms arc not a~ excited about their "strong commitment to gendt•r equality" as their websites would have us belie'l-ing. There are at least two gender-related phrnomena that I wish I had known about. first, gender is still used as a category of diiTrn•ntiation. It's not just a certain numbt'r ofjD/M BAs and tJ of T or Osgoode students that firms art• looking to hire -some are also trying to meet gt·ndC'r-based hiring targets. One student rrporH•d being told by a firm that most of the top candidates arr now women. She wasn't offered a job by that firm, but another student was, who a lso happened to be told that the firm was 'excited to intt'rview ~uch a strong male candidate becau ;e thr farm ha~ bern hiring so many females lately.' '\otC' this firm's current articling class is only Y, femalr.) Secondly, even whrn firms don't <:ondone bizarro 'reverse affirmative action' plans, tht" high· cr male-to-female ratio of intrrvicwers C'an still inadvertently disadvantage ft'malc candidates. There are only so many politically corrcn topiC's that interviewers arc allowrd to bring up during in-firms, so favourite movies and TV shows, C'Urrcnt events, and sports tend to get overused as goto conversation starters. And whilt• th('$(· arras are certainly not 'gendcred' topics that prejudic-e women, th~ fact of the matter is that m<ht of your interviewrrs '~ill bt· male, and mo t of them will not be as excitt'd about the latest ~cason ofSo You Think You Can Dance as you art". It's far morr likely that they'll want to talk about thdr favourite football or hocker team -and if you don't

have any thoughts on how qukkly Arian Fo tc·r will rC'cowr from his back injury, it'll be 0\U\h mon· difficult to connect with your intc·rviewt"r.

5. Grades Still Matter After OCis (But LPPE Never Does) It's tempting to believe that firms will only look at your grades when they're deciding whrther to give you an OCI and then promptly shred your transcript and forgl'l a ll about that LP }'OU got in Admin class once you've met their OCI thl't'shold test. "foirms tare more about hiring well-rounded people than straight-HH students," right? Yes ... sure they do.... let's go with that. But it's probably ilio fair to say that grades never compktely drop out of the picture at most firms. Remember: every interviewer is meeting you on paper beforr they meet you in person. You'll a lways have to work harder to imprt"SS an interviewer if your I L tranwript isn't stellar. The Gold Medallist might sti ll be able to woo an intt:rvirwer after aeridt"ntally mentioning that they camped outsidC' the firm's office building during Occupy Toronto, but you'll have a much bigger hurd It' to surmount if you say the •arne and don't have the grades to counterbalance the slip up. Friendly dispositions and lifrchanging volunteer experit·nc·rs in Ug.rnd<l c11n only go so far. firms do consider every aspett of a candidate's application but grades speak first , and oftrn lo udly. That said, you can rest easy for now, I Ls. Many firms didn't notice srudrnts' LPPE grades because of the way transcripts arr laid out. Sevt·ral studcnL~ have reported seeing 'candidate chtat sh('t·ts' on intervicwrrs' desks that only listed thrir ~ix grades from April. And at least one studC'nt is pis.\Cd ofT that inten. iewers didn't sctm to takt• nott• of that HI l they pulled ofT after mastrring limitation pt·· riods and res judicata last DCC'ember.

6 . All In-Firm Offers Are Not Created Equal Sometimes in-firm intervirws appear to be just a form a lity. Other times, they'n· an uphill a nd seemi ngly unconquerable battk. When studt•nts arrive at a firm on Monday morning, they'rr often not on a level playing field. Be it a stellar OCI, an academic medal, or convenient artidin~ stu· dent friends, sometimes a student is just going to grt the job. And sometimes another student is just not going to get the job. Don't think thr outcome is nrces.arily a reAcC'tion of your perfimnantc during in-firm week or your merit as a candidatr.

7. Student Directors Talk It has bern rumoul't'd that studt·nt dtrccturs "tr.tdl'" candidates. This isn't a far-fctchtd idc·a a.~ stud\·nt directors are friends and, ba.«<'d on firm culturr, certain firms compete over the same pool of candidatrs every y<'ar. If a firm drops you abrupt!)·, it may be because you're not what they're looking for. But it may also be because anothrr firm wants you badly and has establishro a "~wap" of o;orL~. Thi~ just add~ to the feeling that the process is cntirdy out of the C'Ontrol ofcandidates.

8. You Can't Always Be What They Want Regardless ofb<'mg aw csom~, <oOmrtim~'S you're just not what a firm is looking for that yrar. As discussed above, one major firm was " looking

for strong male candidau:s" this }t·ar ~cause they had bt'rn hiring "a lot" offernaks rnt·ntly. Sonwtiml'.s a firm wants to "up"' their diH·rsity factor. Bring in tht' visibk minorities! Othcr timr,, thry're tonttnt with thrir usual pam·ring of visual minorities amongM a St'a of white. Soml'times firms have pickt·d up a whack of l ' of T students during the I L rccruitmrnt period $(1 they'n· not looking to add many ofT studtots through the 2L recruitment proct•ss. Other timrs, firms may be looking to fill a dt·n·nt pro· portion of their student class with us fabulous lJ of1~ers. It all depends on thr year.

9. How to Deal: Unrequited Love C<mversauonal style intervirws and plr'bant chit-chat over dinner can do wonder.~ to calm your nen.es and alledatC' any intimidation you may be freling. We all kno'~ this. Talking about your passion for C'osplay is way morr fun than gcuing interrogated on every aspect of that ~hitty job you had in undergrad. But what you might not know is that the pseudo-informality of the whole process can also dupe you into believing that you've formed a rea\, human connec-

tion with your interviewers, which only leads to Ju·arrbrrak or a guilt rrip on Call D.1y. Gclling rejectrd from a firm aflrr you've a lrrady sccrt'tly decided to ask ~orne of the lawyers to join a bow ling league with )'OU sucks. As doe.s turning down an offer from a firm that spent the last two day. expressing their undying love for you. Remain emotionally unattached- it's the onl)' way to get through this process relative!)) unscathed.

10. The top candidates don't necessarily end up at the "seven sisters" In II., w< wert: under the 1mpression that tht· students that ended up at the ">;t"\l"n i tC'r.~'' wert" the top talent coming out of law chool. As wt• know now, many average studtnts t·nd up at those firms. Ewn a\'t'ragc students with rr!.uivrly unimpressive rt'sumes. Somrtimes ptrsonalities are compatible, students havr connrC'tions \~ithin thc firm, or luck gets invol\cd and hdps that student land a job at a top firm. Let me strcs:. that so much luck goe• into this process. ~1any academically stronger studt>nts with impressive resumrs go to non-"scven sister'' firms.

11. "You'll End Up Where You Fit" OCI arr 17 mmutes long. 'iomeumes not clicking with a ~ingle inten.·iewer or a<:cidemally saying one ~tupid thing can mean the C'nd of that (almost beautiful! relationship. Dors that mt"an you didn't "fit" with that firm? :\ot nrcf'Ssarily. F;J>t-fonvard to in-firms. Now ~tudents have the rhame to meet a numbt·r of rTprr.t·ntati'e~ from thc firm over a longn period of timr sc> finding a good "fit'' wem~ mort" likely. Bowt'ver, the sclecuon process is not <;oldy baS("d on your pcrsonalitv. So many diiTerent considrrations arc involvrd in the "<election process that people don't alw.tys end up where ther "fit'' best. This line only mal..c.s people "ho end up jobless vern like sotial pariahs \\hO "fit" nowherr. A lot of luck is inmlvcd in the proces' and while it rna "work'' for some that doesn't mt"an it "works" in all ca'it'S.

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One student's thoughts on Rob Ford, addiction, and mental illness

DAVID GRUBER (2L)

ROBBIE SANTIA (3L) ··Whrn tht Xazi1 camt}Or thuommunill•. !1rmamtd nlmt; I uvH not a communist.

ASH-LEI LEWANDOSKI (3 L)

II 'lun lhry l«ktd up tht soan/ d(moaals. ilfmllintd silrnl: I u·as no/ a SOCtttl drmoaal.

II 'hmliuy canuftr tht tmdt unionists, I dti! no/ 1ptak oul; /was nal a lradt unionist.

ll'hm tluy camtfor lht }tit'S, lmnmntd silmt; lu10Jn't n]rw. Whm lhty camt.for mt. thrrt was no ont lift to sptak out." \iemoller

I had ima~ned that my first articl(• for l \ \vould be somethm~ funny. but this article ts not funnv. It's about mental health and ~1ovember. I ha~e not ~rown a moustache, but I intl·nd to lh ter ;mareness about mental health issues in an alternative manner. \ w,\t\tto ta\k about them. \ , \\\.c man)· of you, had my shan: of\au11,hs at '!1.\:\\'m \'md'& C><\)"nse. Ho"'"·cr, rt·c.-m e,·o·ms \\,\.~.,.. a\\"t'\f'".:\ 'ft\C \C..l \\\\~ \')bt.'-'\\"1\\\\)' \.\'\"._\\ \"\.. l\\t\)'Ol nWJ' h.n e pcr.;ona/ problem.~ rh:u oughtnm w be ridiculed ;ts m('re boorishnc.,s. I\·e tri('d w talk friends into ha,·ing some sympath} for the man, but tn} eiTorts have left me feeling like a frustratt"d child throwing icc cubes at the sun. Something I sa" on the internet today di>turbed me and has c·ncouraged me to change the tone of my \Oice. I -a" an article about Charlie Shem. a man similarly dehumanized by the media, reachin~ out to ~layor Ford in support. The readers' t"Ommentary was a tidal wave of calumny and c·nl'bte·mation. It broke my heart. \\ hilc the •tigma aNxiatt·d with mental illness inhibits so many pc·opll' from cxposin~ the dangerous externalities that thc·se ne~ative stereotype> inflict, the world laugh> in" hat! hope is innocent ignorance of the harm produced by this derision. Mental health issucs arc a silent plague. Like prostate canc·cr, mental hralth and drug problems oftm cause prne•ntable casualties. Unlike suiTerers of prost.lt<· (ancer, people arc often very understandably rl'ticent to accept the ugly labrl that has be·come part and panel of our society's attitude towards me·ntal health. To t\\ist the words but maintain the message of Eduardo Galeano, the mentally troubled are our invisible nobodic·•· Jl'ho don 'I .1ptaf. from lht htart, but ralh"from lht lhrots '!fmania. Who don't suhsnibt to lrifty iiUa/1, hut mlhtr sufjir fimn drlusrons rifgrandtur. Whou hand! art not to bt shaAm, but watchtd, Who hatt no pmonn!ltits, but ratha dtat;nom. Who arrn 't intm·invtd in 7 imt Ma!(a;;int, but art rmpmonaltd on Jimmy Kimmtl Liu, I ht Sammy Yatims rifthis world, 'I ht onts u·ho art talutd lrss 7 han lht bul!tls that kill thtm. Rather than ignore l\icmoller's admonition, \\e· should practice \\hat he preached. The mentalk troublc·d and the substance-aiTected are nn .brothers and ·i,ters. When thc·v arr troddrn u~n and trampled, my bones br;ak . I am taking it personally and I must speak out.

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You arc also taking it personally and 1 am on our behalf. \\'e speak \n so\idarity with oursehes, whom "'e "'"''' m<\dt• \he leas\ of our bre\hre.'l\, .md we have cnouKh ~df-respeu to 'cek redress for our st"lf-inflictcd •nongs. WC' werC' some of the world's most beautiful minds in maths and science. We gave the world brilliant musicians brauty distilled from violc·nt emotion through ""Tht Wind Criu .\.lary'' and '~\"rurmind". We painted Starry Xighl. \\c• made the world laugh, not as buiToons but as the msightful ~ocial critics Lennr Bruce and Richard Pr}or. \\'e painted captivatin~t literary portraits, coloured with metaphor and passion, such as "1 ht Old ,\fan and tht Sm ", "'lht

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Brll Jar'', "Mrs. Dallou·ay" ... and the most beautiful book of all time, ''I'll

Lovt }ou Fom:tr '', We laboured not for wealth, glory or fame, but for psychological minimum wage. We wanted to touch the world around us. We wanted to share experiences so we could quench our thirst for that basic human necessity of emotional exchange that the volleyball Wilson couldn't give us on our downtown desert islands.

... and, in exchange, we sp it on them. \\hen our brothers self-medicated on dangtrous illu,ion after we denied them over-t.hecounter compasston, ''e accu~ed them of moral turpitude and t\veeted our righteousness to feed uur addiction to social approval.

We p arad11 as w hit11 knights not s lay to the dragon, but rather to chase i t. When they wept and reached out for a helping hand, we •t'Owlcd at the tracks on theirwri•ts and sa\v through only thr yello\' of their tl"al) eyes. We· told them they nreded professional hl'lp, but rt'fu<t•d them an OH IP number. \\e saw some oft he greatest minds of our generation destroyed by madness, while thl· others fadrd away out of sight under a highway ramp. We daim to champion "mental health" because we rnjoy it, but we say that someone• with mc:ntal illness should not run for public oflicr becau'l' tht·y're not equally privileged. \ \'e say that the ~layor Ford did not care about social justice, while we chanted

"(;o to Rthab; Don't Comt Bark.'" Ford did n't e m barrass Toron to. We did.

\\'e embarrassed our city with our ultnior motives of soothing our insecurities. \\e joked loudly about our fallen brother and implied eV('fl mmt' lnudlv "ha\ ""thought of his ilk, knowing that our quirky little brother and sister (who

Thc·n· is hope f<,r us in our teacH~..., \\ho treat us \\ ith dignity and who go an extra mtlc out~ side the ~cope of their job description. Then· is hope for us in our friends, who without hesitation drop what they're doinK to split

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sorry fc)r them could put two and two together and convince themselves that they'll never live up to the reasonable fantasy. We used deductiw rrasoning as a telepathic weapon,

not haw to tnt whetht"r our backs an· broad c•nough to bc:;tr it alone.

"Ford got rlecttd because nobrx!;· kn(W ht zmsjutktd in lhr hrad. ~~~don 'tliu ptople u·ho au.fiukrd in th• hmd." t;omtont uith Fords problrms isn't mtnnl to hact rrsponsibdil)·. \i>m ont lt'lth)YJUT probltms isn't mtant to bt a lml{}·rr. Somront with 'Imy Fox's problnns im't nuant to nm C)omtont with Htltn Ktlltr's problmzs isn't meant to rtad. Somtont u·taktr than u·t are isn't mtantlo do thmgs u·t don 'tlhinx wt'd bt strong tnough to do. " This is oppression . It is cruel and it is n~ean. Our mental health assures gives us comparative safety, but we fear the perseverance of the mentally ill. We lind them threatening and unpredi< table. We thought they were \veak and we incurred reliance accordingly. \\'hen we learned they were strong, we hit them where we km•\, it hurt most. \Vt• abandoned them. \\'c kne\v they needed u~ and \\e intentionally left them to die. We distam·cd oursl'lves from them entirely, gifting thc·m a knit(· so that they could cut their own path to pean· rather than die a thousand painful and rcpctitivr dC'aths of isolation and lonrline·ss.

We attack the m e ntally ill w hen they leave their a ssigned s eats . When they s it too close to u s, they remind u s that the v irtuou s behav iour that earned us a selfbestowed m erit badge is r eally a consequlfftce of our privilege of mental h ealth. Their exis te nce qu estions our cred ibility as amateur psychologists. But thnr is hope for us vet. Thc:rt· i~ hope for us in our loving parents and family, who would dig to China and back to find us the help we nrcd to be happy and healthy.

These people have earned they place in h eaven. Will we? But there is also hope in ourseln:s. \\'t· ran maste·r our frars and cease \\ith our uudty. 8C"cau<l' \\C know we are not fright('ned animal- who medmnistically bite stranger~. B('cau t' \H' are people. Because we know \H' art• good people. Be-e au<c we know that another's loss dot·s not translatt· into our gain Becaus<· \\e know that lhl· human race is not a c·ompctition run on a track, but a daily exernst• run on individual treadmills. Bec·ausc wt· know there's no point in tripping each other up. We know all of this, but when will we act accordmgly?

lluu• rna'!)'yrars can 11 mounlllin nist Bifort it's u·a.1htd to lhr sta? 1es, 'n' hou ma'!1ytarJ can somt fxople txisl Bifort thty're rtllou"d lo btjra? Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head, Pretending he just doesn't see? 'lht arr.sr1 r. II/) •n, nd, is blou·in'm the wind, "fht ttnJZL'lr is blowin' irz tht u·ind So l\t oBros, please lind enclosed the first stc·p of a lifelong challenge. www.youtubt• .com /watch?v=I IZSR_o:\bOso St•t• tf you'n· man enough to acn·pt that, despite what his waist tt'lls your eye·. Rob Ford ain't hc·a\'y. H e's our .\to-Bro. \\ ith Love & Compassion. Robbi(· •,.and ~1o-Ststas. who are l'qually \Hlllderful

now the dust h.t~ settled on tht• 21. lhrontu r.-cruitnu:m pro<CSo. ~Inn) studtnts e·mlNI the lin;t \H'<'k nf Xmrmlx·r \\lth a summer job in place '] he) should be wngratulntcd, but "e also must speak to the large• group ofstud,·nt5 \\hO did not secure <"rnplo) mt·nt. It's not ju t about s.t) ing, ".til" ill work out and }UU "ill land >·our clre;un sumlll('r and aruding gtg." J.ikel) you ha\C" ht'ard enough of thest• kiud \\ords of cne oural(l'm•·nt. The} rc·all) don't go \'l"t) l:tr right nm' It rcmams absnlutrl) truC' that an} 21. \\ ho \\t'lll through the• Jail rcrruitmcnt pron·ss should not !Ce·l bad if tht·) did not )(C"t , 1 job from it. !Itt' rc>nuituwnt proct·ss is a \\l'ird t rc·aturc· "ith surh prornim·mT in this ~dtool th.tt mo t stud.. nts t·nto·r it with an ttntkrlyin~ expe·e tat inn that tht·y .tttually "ill h<· ont• of till' pcoplt- to serurc a job at the end. It's an e·xp<Tt:ltion fi·d on a mix of hope fin· job se1·urit) and. frankly, a kwl of e·ntitknwnt that rornes from swd;ing alII top rankiug l.m se huol. It t·an lw t•asy to indulgt· a hl"'i~·f that \\(' dt•St·rw tu haw om sumnwr. and in man> 1·ases artiding. ~ortc·d h) the time \\C' f(".IC'h tlw nuddle of :\0\cml~r in 2L. At tht" 1·nd of the da) onh ,tbnut half tlw da,.,s anually lands a gig through this process. ,\s d('\l'r and ex< elknt as studen~s hae can 1><", ~ometinws it's ju't random "ho ends up whC'rc, tf ;uwwhcrc at all. We nco·cl "'.tcknmvlt·dge• this roult' is just one of m~m· to pur:;u" in thC" qul'St f<>r employmt•nt, and success in the pn -~ not as far reaching as W(' oftC'n think. Still, it is difficult if it did not pan out f<>r you. Of courst• there is disappointment for the time and t•nngy ill\('Stcd in a process that did not result in tangible sucn·~s. You «hould not feel bad, hut you havC' a r ig ht tn fc·•· l hm"·ver you d o. It likd~· indud t•s a lor of' said disappointmmt, at le·ast sorn(' ang('r and frustration, and l""'baps a smidgc•n or n·lit·f' too. Some days it will lt•cl perfectly linl' and con <>ther davs it willli:rl worse. It's important to keep pnspt·ctive on those bad days and to not f(•t•d the self-destructive f<·ars that rna) be lingering in your p yd1e You an· not a failure. You arc· not less smart or talente•d or ;me orne than your classmates. You are not de.stim·d f<>r a sub-par legal ran·er. All of it is complete crap that \\l' rnay u·ll ourselves in moments of disappointment. Don't fe-ed thnse brasts. The) do not lead to moving f<,rward positi\'ely in life. ~Iovin~ forward is really what it's all about. ' I he• frustrating part of not securing a job 110\\ is that you ~till have to keep applying. l'nfortunately there is no way around this. Howc:wr, not ha\'ing a summer job yet artually· has a lot or bt·ndits. lt truly makes you wnsider what you may want in your legal rareer at lrast fc>r thl' first few years. Seriously think about what types of ]a\\ >·ou an· interestrd in, what kinds of <'nvironmcnts you actu,lllv want to work in, or whrrt· you evtn \vant to be. Whil(• these qu<·stions studt·nts should be· asking thermt·lvcs ;dong tht· Wil}. ofte·n gl'lling a job in '\o\'l·mhc·r pause·s the•M• ronu·mplations for quite some time·. Also n·alize that till' only law you haw studied so far is the g<·neral 1L currirulum and half a tnrn of f<>ur 10 liw ('()Ursrs. These courses likely indude dassi'S you thought would hdp you in the hiring process rather than lx·ing anything you at·tually enjoy. Th(•re arc so many more classes tel t.tkt·. It's quite possible that you have· yl't to take thC' onc·s you'n• truly imc·n·strd in and \\ant to pursue in the legal profes,ion. Tht•n• was this giant door open during the n·nuitml'nt procrss and now you will start not iring the countless smallt•r doors leading clown ne\' paths "aiting to be explored. These routrs may artua lly be· a way bt·ttcr lit than an> thing available before. E\'l·n if thl'y'rt• not, they may It-ad you to the nnt place· you want tu go And what happens now~ Students ge·t othn non .Q('I summt-r jobs, both in law or in otht·r fields. ~lost serure arttding positions h<'twec-n now and the end of tht'ir 3L ytar Lilt in law sd10ol rontinues on its way with assignment-. l'ub \tghts, nams, and extrantrriculars. Thost• davs of frustration and disappointment nmunuc to pop up at time~. Hownt·r, \\ ith a hc·althier pn~pt'c tiw those disappointments fade as ne'\' opportunitie:s .In' purstwd, and thrre will be: m·\v opportunities. Th<·rl' always arl'.

The rt·sults of' nul' annual()(.] Sune·) don't on!~ prodde-d sumo• itbights into tlw n•cruitmrnt proq•ss, thq al n giw u~ a picture of)ou, tht•anlwtHMil'"l l..a\\ ~tueknt. Resi,t tlw urge• to tum ~m.t) in ck pair. Ht•n• you an·, l ''l, in all )elltr <IUintt'SSo·nn·;

You're a J>lain.Jan(•Juris Donor student who knows that nolxxly's impressed by sorne knm,-it-all \\ ith a useles< mouthful dc~o:rct·. Forge·t all thatJD-\1B.\-\II'P-.\B( -123-l ·-:'\-~lE bu ine,s. Everyone knows that outside: rrading l~:acb to deviance, "hich is vvhy you eschewt'd .111 those• prkey combinrd degree pro~~;rams. Although you \vert• an intokrahlt· overat'hievcr during your undcrgraduale dcgrct•, ;tt l.t"' '<·hool you've nt'vcr veered far from the middle of thr patk. Yo\l nc•ver got any H Hs or A.s, bu\ you h avc n'l Bunf.n ·cl •tn > 1.. 1'.. or ( 's c-itiJrr.

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You'rC' a white· woman, \,h0$1' dassmat('s an· most rommonly also whitt• \\Otlle"n. You wnw fmrn an uppn-middk-dass household with an inromt• approaching six-fi!(un·s you think). But don't gloat. .\lost nf your dassmatt•s art" as privilt-gt"cl as you, and many grew up murh ~ort· well ofT, w hilt· \Tr~ li:w art• sub tantiall}' poorer. De<pitt· yuur ch.trrncd backstory, aftt·r doing your time he·n· , 0 u'll bt' ('C)!lling <l\'-IY owing .tlmnst SIOII,OOO. Ewn mommy and daddv \\em't be: able to S.l\t' )OU from th(' unin·rsity's debt miketors. ~!though you rna} \\,lilt tel ke·e·p in touch\\ ith the onr-fifth of your da ,matt·s who \viii graduau· mtird)· ckbt-free.

Although )OU came to the OCI process" ith link or no r.xpcrit"Jl(l' doing job intt•rvie\\S, you chcmed and stratcgi~t·d, pl.tycd fa\'ouritrs, wtnt to thr firm dinner. and managt·d (ju t bartly) tn ~neak away \•ith a job. You didn't lie and prt·tmd )OU had mort· than one first choiu·. ,\od needless toM) you didn't applr w any gowrnrn(·nt oflicrs b<'c·au C' \\('all know< ivil .rrvicc i lor rn·(·ps. You had be·tte·r Jut k landing a job than your da •matt·s with graduatt· d(·grt•t·~ (im·luding that w(·ird old guy in your St'minar who hanclwritc·s his notes and is ,llw.tys arguing \,ith tht• pro· ti-ssm·). But ht• gratinus. because nt·arl) half of your ( l.tssm.ttes wo•rc·n't us Jut ky .ts you .tnd some uftho·e· ma) he· the dcht-frfC· :,W 0 0 \\ho you we·rc· going to k(·tp on your good side. You ignon·d lJhr.t Virt·s's warnings and rho<c· w \\,tne your pn•dous )<>Uth \oluntcaing f<>r a journal "hich doc. n't set )OU apart" lwn so many of>our d.ts mates do it tno . You made u c of (:!)() st·rviu:s, heC.IUSC god damn you paid f<>r it! Anrl on ualance \ou filllnd tlwm tul~ useful. • Through this \\hole traumatic cxpaienc c you held ittugt•thcr and didn't .lwd u·ars at least )OU wouldn't admit it to some lifeless comput(·r intt·rrogator). \\'hen rukrd about }our mott\"ations, you throw around words likt• "summ(·r juu''. "employment", ''mone} ", "drht". and '\:orporatt• l.m ". *Tho,c wishing to ohjnt to our improper u c of the matht·matil· n>mo·pt of "average·'' .tn· invitc·d to s(·nd )our comnwnts to [)(~n ~loran.

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I N OVEMB ER 27,2013

Tis the season MARITA ZOURAVLIOFF (2L) n ;~n i<kal ,,orJd, there wouldn't be n.uns mud1 less winter t·x;•m~. I 1\0uld spend December going to S\\anky parties, \\atching old mm ies, skiing, and drinking nog and rum by the fin·. llo\H'n·r, this is the hand \\e've been dealt, so .dim, me to ofier a few recommendations to make tht• st'a\on more enjoyable for everyone.

Things we could do without:

Things we need more of: • Stress baking. Some people seem to find •laving ;may in a kitchen relaxing, and then go on to shan· the fruits of their labour \\ith the entire library. Bless thetr souls. • Online shoppin~. :\o I don't mean for Chnstma<.l mean lor yourself, because you're \\Orking hard, damn it, and you descrw a little packa~e at the end of this grind. :\fake sure to act ·mrpri,ed \\hen it arriH•s! • Reading room. We're starting to get prelt) up time and personal in Birge. :\lay be ,1dd a secom\ floor'? How hard could that be, right? lf lhcrt·'s one thinll; the facult"r 's adept at, it's con'truclion \lro)ccts. • ,.,\,·nd~. /\.1)\nt at the end of a \ong day ol' studyill!( or ju.-t a flwcy .,buJ< dMc h<l., an unbdit·•·ab/c dTC't'C m1 morale. And in rccro.•pcct it ._;1/ probably be your fondest memory from the C'ntin· month. Trust me, it is worth the time you <p<:nd not ~tudying. "The better part of one\ life wnsists of his friendships ..." Abe Lincoln satd that, and ht> was a SICK lawyer. • l·n·e wiTec in the student lounge. Come on, admin! H arvard docs it- you ''ant them to be better than us~ 'lop notch profs is one thing, but if you really want to make it in the big h'y Leagues you ha\e got to be handing out that free java.

• Status updates from feiiO\\ students, law or non-law, who are -•- DO.:\E!!!!-•- whoo let the #holiday.: begin!!! #drinking #ct"lebrate #goodtimcs #goodie • Lxamsoft mcltdo\ms. \\'ho could forget the infamous Property exam crisis of spring 20 U. As if exams weren't enough of an exercise in ps}chological torture. This year it would be wonderful if no class had to sit in the exam room for an hour before the software decided to work properlr. • Taking the subway home. after burning tht• midnight oil at the library, with happy drunk people. The real world generally has fun in December 'except for maybe securities lawyrrs\ and it hurts ''hen they rub it in your face. I recall one particularly painful cxpt·rirnce last year - after a long evening of trying to understand how a unilateral contract \\as en-n remotely legit, I \\as caught in the middle of a Santa Claus pub crawl for four stop•. And thosC' bastards \\Ouldn't stop singing. • J ree energr drinks. I'm not sure \\ho tht• shameless promoters were that came to Bora last year at some ungodly hour and started handing out the most disgusting energy drinks l'\('r manufauured. but the} shouldn't be al\o,..ctl 1war Ia" .tudcnts in Dcn•mber \\'("\\ put an) thin.if in our bodies when w<•'rt• in the lhroc.... oft•.,••m."t.

• The pe-rsistent hum of fluorescent li ghting in the rt•ading- room. Itii akin to Chines<" wawr torture. I don't kno'' if it's one or all ofthrm, but lor the sake of our sanity I hope the noise ~tops. A ba~kct of ear plugs at the entrance might be a good option. Best ofluck to all of you, my fellm\ comrade~. .\nd remember this too shall pass. See you for nog and rum on the 19th!

Call Day: Q: Hi Rob, Flavelle LLP here. Would you like to come in for an interview ~londay·? A: Okar brother. Q: Great, 10 A~1 it is. We would al~o like to offer vou a dinner. Can you make it for a meal on Monday night? A: Listen, I have more than enough to eat at home, thank you verr much.

Interviews: Q: Tell me about yourself. A: I could tell you I'm a guy from Etobicoke, formt.>r Don Bosl·o football coach, LC'af, diehard. but 1 \\as told to be real specific and foc.;us on a few key skills. ~o first up. I have great attention to detail. People say !lied about having ever used crack cocaine, I tell thc."m listen brother, you were asking the wrong questions! said I ''asn't an addict of crack-cocaine You shO\\ mt• a candidate who is gonna be that prrrise "ith languagt•, okay brother? ~econd , the press jumps down my neck for drunk outbur~ls aftt•r I said I wouldn't have anothn drunken outburst in 2006 . .Joke is on the liberal Illuminati, bc<·ause turns out if you look clost•ly I said I would never have another drunken outburst ,If tht• AC:C: and brother 1 hav(' not! I 'm saying brother, )CIU appf} this lO some H"r}' can•f'ul contract drafting and wt are in business brother, )OU nner s(•en a guy with so much attention to r-•king detail.

Q: \\hat is a time you failed? A: You know, I'm going to be really honest with you, Lindsa). I failed at "Cut the \\'aist". I srt out

l't•rrns statt·d as she accepted the nornmation. "But to mt', that one summtr where I spt·nt 12 hours a day alphabetizing ta' forms and laughing at my mentor's shitty jokes is ltltcs th(• real rca~on I dt·st·rv<· this great honour:· '-lorn<' pundib questioned tht· statt'mt·nt, pnintrnl{ out th.l! the :.11. C"rnploy m<·nt pmc l'SS was mo<tly arbitrary and not a reliable indicator of ll'!{al or profhsional prm,e.s•. that <'vcn singl•• Stllcfl'n( in rc rm ~' d ass Wa< nonl'thdcss SU(' · tTssful in accruiring 1'mplo} mcnt the time th<'} graduatt·d , and that in an) case, li·rms did not

ankle .tt or ha~e any further association with the firm she summered at. llowever, Fcrms was adamant, stating that "My :.1Ljob was legit the most balln thing to t•n•r happen to my rarter." "'I ht· only things that even ('()me clo~e," Ftrrns ~<lid, "an·, likt•, m~ early mast<'f}' of the highlightt·r nwthod, and all rnv hard work during I:thks \\'t·ek. ,\lso hein~ ~~~ten-free."'

YALE HERTZMAN (2L)

2. Veggies and hummus: Aft<'r sittmg at a de k all da), the on!) exen i•t• I gt"t i~ thC\,ing 1 1 l,k . I li~ ., li C' up 1arrots, u·kr), l ueuml>t·r, tomatues, n·cl Jlt"I'Per, and rndi he , and thnm thl'lll in,, lup(){'n,are \\ ith ·• scoop olhummus.

3. Trail mix: Stlld) ing for an Lxam is like gomg 1111 .. kn1g hike',~ "h) not pa< k trail mix? I fill up a

to loSt· 50 poun<h, and at one point I was almost there at 2:.1 pounds down. but at the end of the day I failed at cutung mr personal gravy train. Q: Okay, great. '-lo what did you learn from that? A: I am a sil-k mothe~•ker, dude.

Q: \\'hat is a time that you rose to a challenge' A: I'll tt'll you I'm not afraid. I'll fight him l\o holds barred, brother. He dies, or I die, brother Brother, you've never seen me r-*king go. You think so, brother? But when he's down, I'll rip his r-•king throat out. I ''ill poke his eyes out. I will, I'll make sure that mother*•krr's dt•ad.

~JplO< k l~o~g "1th handfuls ofdiffC'rt"nt type. of nuts, :t>ds, and dried fruit. I h n· Mt: my f-•muntc com~:

• Sunllo\\cr st·nls +pumpkin Sl'eds + • r,mh<·rrit • Almonds + l"aca" nibs+ datC's • \\',.tnut + figs • llmlilnuts + drit·d m.mgo + hredd1·tltlll 1111ut hne is •onwthing gn·at ;1bout mindles lr tht·\\ ing nn ,, snack \\hilt· n·:uling <·"'' l.m . With •·x.un seasnu approadun~. it is imp11rtant to k•·•·p your hram r10urisht·d. Snacks ran bt· tht· pnfi.·n pick·llli'·Up bl'l\\l't·n lm·akf:• t .md tum h, or lunth and dinner, or clinnt•t .llld lm·.•k· folst. Although potato rhips and chc)(olatt· hars an· a ~tHo, I ha\l' nnnpilt-d a list of' till' hi'Sl sllld) snacks 1n tlw ~:<me. 'lhnt· an· li\1' 1:1rtors to nlllsiclt-r \\ lwn thunsin)!;" pnfi·•·t study snat k

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4 . Dark Chocolate: P.tss on tlw rq;nlar 'h1Knlatc bar, which m.ll..t~ you tin·d fc,r thC' rc st of tlw d.l), ,mel tn <Hill' d.1rk <hot·nl.ltt· in tt·.ul. l>.uk 1htKolatc has antioxidants and ~~·~·n callein<'. ~h l:l\onritt· brand is Cidd) \'oYo, \\hkh i!l nrg.lllit. folir-tradt·, and 101l0 o r.m·.

Q: 'Jell me som{'(hin.g that's not on your re~unw'>

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A: Li ten Joan. I appreciate that question I do. l'he thing nm on my resume I guc's a lot of people know nm,. and I want you to know, I was saving it for today but those rats got it out of me fin. I han· used crack-cocaine. I think thi~ i> a specific instann· of something concrete that dcmonstratl'~ a number of important things about m~ cha ractl'r and r w iU list 'em off right here and now . lirst thing is I'm cunou I'm a ty p ,\guy. I'm open to different experiences ll cl I'm looking lor 'em and" hen I see thost• experic·nct·~ I ''ill takt· them on. Second thing, off the· lop. nor alraid of a challen~re. Pc•opl1• hav1· h•·•·n sa) ing for dtTad<·s that peoplt: who usc crarkcoraim·ran't funniun at a high level ancl broil>=' er here I am, mayor of tht' gn•atest cit) Ill the world, slashing taxes by the tens and hundreds, a crack us<·r. They said it couldn't be donr Joan and hy gcxll r-•kin' did n. the highest functioning- damn crack user in all of Southern Ontario.

Low prep ttme

A great snack should take less t1me to prepare than it does to eat

M1n1mal mess

All you'll need is a napkm

7. Pita Pizza: ' I ak•· ,, pita and put on a tablespoon or 1\m of tomato paste. Add sonw goat's milk or tllt'dd.u thn sl, slin·d tomatoes. pt'pfll'r.i, and mu hrooms. Bakt• in 11\l'll for 10 rninut1'S ·•t 350 degrees.

Your snack should leave you energized. not t~red

8. Edamame with sea salt: Thi popul.•r.Japant:Y ·•ppcti~er is an mt·rlookt·d snacking staple. Simply boil, sprinkll· on snrn(' s:tlt, and thro" into a ~iploc k b:•g. l~t alungsi<k roastt·tl se:l\\n'll sn:u ks.

6. Goji berries, almond butter, and celery: ll1i istlwgm,,n-upH:r<ionof"antsonalog.''

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and srhool go hand-in-hand. Crapt·s pat k th<· sanw nunrh .1s applt-s, but makt· no noi"·· Tht·n· is no prt'p n·quirt·d lor bananas, making tlwm an idt·.d sr1.11 k fil<lCI. 'l'lwre an· man\' othn options lik< ot.lll)(t'S, slr.t\\hl'rrics, bluc·bl'rril's, p<"ars, plums, and pt·,lt lws.

( hhnnotahlt• mentions: For ,,Jwn you rt•all~ twt'd sonwthing 0\\C'I't or s;lity. hen· ism) go·to li t: • Sour·kC)S larg1· quantitit·s av.tilah!t· at Bulk B.trn • <.umm~ brars • Pt•4UlUlS • l.korke • \n• <·n'.\tll ~c\ndwkh<"S

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of \\ednesda} at 5:00pm, and perhaps institutmg a rut.. wht'IT no second interviews could hi'

sc·hedulcd until after a certain time on Tuesday {or maybt' rwn \\',·clncsday). That way. no fi rstround intnviews 1\nuld h;l\e to b1' canceiiC"d. nnd stmll·nt~ could ha\·e mon· time to go back to firms on \\'eclnesda). I ha\·t· one last qualm about tht• pron· ' • about hm~ olli:rs/rtj<·rtions arl' made: it nn·ds to he dont• in a much more humane wm . In teacl of having stucknts wait h~ tht• phone~~ 5:00pm on Wt•dncsday (D.1~ :~·. firms should send out njertion •·mails as soon as they kn<>w they an· rtj(·<ting that nmdidatt·. Thnc is no need to drag out hopt· fl1r a studt·nt \\ho sits by tht· phone, \\~titing llrr a rail. lt'sjust n<>t nen·ssary. In tht' ••nd, thtrt· is so much 'gaming' the systt•rn involwd in a process that is about ~euing a job Stucknts c•ntt·r the \lt'l'k with high hopes about •t·ttinj\' .tjob, only to be spit back out on the otht-r side, 10% of us, t·mpty-handtd . ~lay ht· not 1'\·er~tmc would haw been hirt·d. surl'. But no om· .hould lose out on summer t·mplo\mt•ntjust hel'auw they \\eren't able to aclcquate1~ 'gam•·· a wt'ird '}'I em,

5. Hydrating drinks: \\'lwn ~~~~~an· sitting fi1r long pt·riml~ of tinll' .wd drinking 111uhiple •·up 111' roffn. 11 1 unportant to st.l~ h}dr at I'd . Trr n>l onut "att·r or h•·• halu·.1 ~I imtt·.t ''ill J.., ep ,·ou alnt and aid with digt•stion, Ch.unomilt· is mon• rda,ing .111d grntl ht•fcJrt' bed.

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othing \\ill get your mind off that l'l'lO's llnliS(' ol Lord~ like sornl' " qj 1'-Pim" on the ro<·ks. I'm oil\ inui1) referring to the Harbourfront Ct•nt~t•'s annual l ?J Skatt· .\'ight "hidr is Idckmg off its st'ason on Ike 15th. But hcfore mak· ing ire contact aft('r a 3G-hour study session, please prattkc your standing-up-and-bal.mdng skills on a carpeted Oat surfau· of your choice. Once )OU\e gotten blood nm, to all nen·ssar) foot phalanges, you should be ~od to ~lid!.". DJ Skatt' ni~ht is so gn·at I ju thad to add it to tn} 'l op Study Stopper list. \\'h>? .\ lr top studr stopper list includes the he.tlthi<"st and must productive stud) stopp••rs tu boo t >·our nt·xt study session. Study stoppers an· also dcsi~rwd to he so .trnazing and exciting that thcr ,.;IJ ht·lp motivat<' you to n·pl:u ,. t'\t'r)' ti of thost• 10-minutt' I book dsits \\ ith a solid hour ofgood< ht·ap fun.

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'\o ,tutfv ,toppt-r should evrn be w ntt·mplatt·d not 1'\'l'll q) Skatt· '\ tghtl \\ ithout first compftoting thl' motht·r and t:u her of .Ill study stoppers, Sll't'p and Exerl'ist•. Slt•t•p is a study stoppn that should br dom• in intervals of7 hours a ud prl'li·r,tbly in ;1 fully hori.wntal position. Ca<c book~, textbooks <llld/or utht·r largt• n·rtan.~ular objet·~> should not a('nmrpanr this study stopprr. Ext•rcisc, on tht• other hand, is kss of a time cummitm<'rll, and l'an be romplctt·d in a sociall) -acceptabll' manner surrounclt-d b~ all sorts of Ia" parapht•rnalia. includin~?, the mmt illit it of all lt•ga l entt-rlainment: .\I 1'3 webcasts ot <;,('(. hearin!,<s. '\o matter what tht• malls tell you. the n~1l holiday S<.:<~son start< in Dt·tc:rnhcr. \\'hkh is why it would be healthy to partakt· in tU<\) ,toppers that impil'l' cn·ativity\\hilc all<l\\ing )UU to purthaSl' gifts ll)r pt"Op\c you rl'motdy remtmbn communi< ating "ith bdi1rl' t•xams t••rms likt· "parent", ''beH frit·nd", and ''spouse'' might ring a \x·\\ . ' I he \)i til \t-ry Distril'l's Chri~tmas :\h rkct lrt·t•, ~"' '.t9-D .,

15 is unl~ a .short tn·k ,l\\~l} ,utcl "ill offer pknt)' of locally-madt• S<'nsor~ ddi~hts sut h "' C.mdy Carw (:!.trolcrs, W) \\,tx candlt-s in

,unique rup>, and t·lassic: QudxT poutine. lin· those'' ho pn·li-r an indoor, :u-tsier, and le<s gluttonous-S<>undin~ ~"'P•:rirnn·, I hi~hl) n-contmt·nd the On<' of a Kind Christmas Show 12.11 W\\\\.oneofakindshmuorn, .\'ov 28-Dn 8, Dire""rl l.nef!:,') C•'ntrc. f kn·,) ou'II fiud haudrnade dt-si11;ns so rnnarkabk· >ou'II f(,rgt1 "h~ you mmlled in Ia" school instt·ad ofli>llo\\ in~ )"Our pa. ion f{,r millint·ry.

'it metimes it takt·s a really "ild and \H"ird photo nhibition .;t't you to linall~ sl<"p a\\ a) from )<>llr t·omputer. \\'hkh i "h\ the Royal Ontario Must·um (R0\1 's '·\\ ildlifc· Photo~ raphr of the Yt·ar'' t·xhibition {S5 on Tuesdays with student ID. Starting :\m· 2:3 and the H arbourfront Ct·ntn·'s "WI:I R 0" exhibition fn'!', until Ike 29) makt· gn·at ~tud) stoppers. 'I he RO~I's sho\\, brought from tht· .\'aturai!Ji~tory .\fus<·um in London, will fi·; u un· 100 of tht· world's bt"l images of\, ildlift· sd<·<·ted from over 18,000 entries around the world. For thost• who" .mt w rou,gh it "ith a frcezing walk along the lakt·, \\'I: IRD will ft·ature somt· truly bizarre images including ont· huge photo, <"alkd "L'ntitled", of a pale man in his undcrw<·ar lloating a bow a staircast• 10

This study stopper is so irKrt·diblt· I'm wncerm·d I may be tating the obvious: Fret• mass.l~t·~ at I !art I !oust· on :\Iondays frum 12-3prn I think I can save yuu tht· lengthy wmmt·nts on this one and just advise that if S<>meom· doc:;n 't alreadr go to these they can no loo~t·r use th<· \\Ords "I'' and "reasonable pt·rson'' m tht• same scntenn·.

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salmon with asparagus, but you would ignore 111<'. Which is why I'm rc<·omnwndin~ )Olll'itlll'r learn to make your own rhot·olate at tht· Chorol,1tt· Talt·s Uassit Chotolate :\laking and 'I ruffk \lakrne; \\'orkshops 1,1hout S50 fi1r 90 minutes. Dec 3 and Dre 11-12. at tlw :\lad Bt·an, 51!1 Egling tnn ,\vt' \\') orsampk othet people's drocolate at thl' Ftnuo Rochn Holiday Classics l'\'Cnt !free, Ike G-7 at Yon~t·-Dund<>s Squo~rt•. I rt•alizt• that b) listiug tht t· amazing ttd) oppt•rs I may haw just added stn·ss-indtu ing t ommitmt•nts to your c .... , If that is tht· c.l<t', I sin< t·n·ly apologize and I renmunt'n(f . · back to ~paring!) intnrupting Lord lknning rases with periodic but hrid'Fan·hook ,.i5it.ltions.

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