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Moot Points

alt text …and equality for all!

By Greg Wool (2L) Should tampering with or otherwise misleading a person on birth control matters vitiate... 

alt text Why Heidi Montag Should Not Be Sent to Jail

By Jill Gamez (2L) I respect Greg. I fear Greg, at least during the month of “Movember”. I would... 

News and Events

alt text JAG Deploys at the Law School

Photo caption: Professor Joanna Harrington (left) poses with Brigadier-General Ken Watkin. By Paul Chiswell... 

alt text Losing my Locks

By Jennifer Locke (2L) Why did I decide to shave my head? I considered it after last year when Caleigh... 

alt text Report from the Indigenous Bar Association Conference

By Nicole Myers (1L) Are legislating and litigating Aboriginal issues effective ways of dealing with... 

alt text From the Alberta Law Review

By Ian Weiss (2L) For most first-years, the life of an Alberta Law Review editor is shrouded in mystery.... 

alt text A Conversation with Salim Kassam

By Alexander Witt (3L) Salim Kassam came over to me after Justice Abella’s Q&A session ended... 

alt text Applying for Summer Jobs at a Big Firm?

By Chris Yang (2L) This year, I decided to interview in three markets: Vancouver, Calgary, and Toronto.... 

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By John Chandler (2L), D.J. Lynde (3L), & Nick Peterson (3L) From November 17 to November 20, a... 

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By D.J. Lynde (3L) On November 28, 2009, the Law Students’ Association hosted their annual Children’s... 

alt text Report From “Giving Voice”

By Audrey Jun (2L) On November 9, the university hosted Giving Voice, a one-day forum on changes to... 

alt text Where’s The Beef (on Rye)?

By James Lingwood (3L) The economic meltdown has affected many people in different ways, but I think... 

Social

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By Kim Kapesi-Miller (3L) & Caleigh Rabbitte (2L)   Curious as to how you can be social this... 

Default Thumbnail He Says… She Says: Holiday Gifts on a Budget

He (Mario van Peebles): Christmas is here, and you have to buy a thoughtful gift for each member of your... 

alt text Law Dog: Huxley… best friend to Jessica Proudfoot (2L)

When you aren’t eating somebody’s homework, what do you spend your time doing? I’m re-working... 

alt text Law Cat: Gabong… who lives with Jim Young (2L)

When you aren’t eating somebody’s homework, what do you spend your time doing? I don’t eat homework.... 

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Dating On-line She Says - Dana Skorenki (3L) John and I were asked to write about dating on-line. Really? The... 

Sports

alt text Derelicte My FABS

By Robin Bennett (3L) 2009 sucks. Other years have sucked too, notably 32 A.D., 1914, 1929, 1939, 1968,... 

alt text When They’re Not in Court, They’re on the Court

By Molly St. Arnaud (2L) This semester the Faculty of Law has been solidly represented in the upper... 

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By Chris Jones (3L)   How do you describe Ballin’ out of Control, the Division 2 Law basketball... 

alt text Exercising Mind and Body

By Graham Semeniuk(2L) Exercise is defined as any physical activity that enhances or maintains overall... 

alt text Why I Love Playing on the Women’s Law Rugby Team – the Panda Bearristers

Brittany Crow (2L) Men are not the only ones who can get down and dirty. One quote I hate with a passion... 

Malfeasance

alt text Tax Responsibly

By Jake Tynan (2L) Be wary of st\rong drink.  It can make you shoot at tax collectors… and miss. ... 

alt text Woe to Us and Our Poor Society

By Jake Tynan (2L) It was not the first time I heard it. Or the second or third. Yet it stings every... 

alt text Everyone likes Vanilla

Jake Tynan 2L I was sitting dockside with my feet in a warm Ontario lake reading the Economist mid-August,... 

alt text Clubs Not Offered By U of A Law (Yet)

Megan Fennell 3L You thought the LSAT trotted out brain-bending puzzles? With September comes Clubs Week,... 

alt text I Promised Myself I Wouldn’t Cry …

Navid Nikou (3L) Just a couple of weeks ago, our faculty held its 2009 Open House for prospective students.... 

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