The Best Ski Trip You Will Never Remember

James Raworth (2L)

I was late to the ski trip excitement. As someone whose abilities on ski or snowboard can best be described as laughably pathetic, I didn’t see the point of shelling out $350 of my hard earned line of credit to go on a ski trip. How utterly misguided I was. True, this is a “ski” trip and people do go skiing (I know because I saw them come down the hill while I was enjoying my customary 10am beverage in the hot tub) but it is by no means a required part of the fun. In fact, things really don’t even get interesting until the skiers have long since returned from the hill.
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Zombie Law, Part 1: are they “persons” or property?

Ken Kong (3L)

Now that zombies have made it onto television, their arrival into reality seems imminent. Unfortunately, the legal community hasn’t produced any relevant literature. Once again, Canons is left to fill in the gap, in this exclusive series.
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EGGS FABS and the Pandas’ First Friday Back Fundraiser – January 13th, 2012!

Ken Proudman and Jenna Heska (3Ls)

EGGS FABS
Mark your calendars, we’re planning to hold EGGS FABS on January 13th! We don’t have a time set yet, but it’ll start a few hours before busses leave for First Friday Back.
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Court Clerkship Program

Barry Loutit (3L)

This year I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to participate in Law 599: the Courts Clerkship course. This year, the Faculty of Law offered ten spots in the course: eight in Provincial Court of Alberta and two in the Alberta Court of Appeal. Students were asked to apply for a spot in May with copies of their transcripts, curriculum vitae, and a letter of interest explaining why they would like to be a part of this experience. Selection to the positions was made on grades, life experience, and litigation-related experience. I ended up being placed with the Provincial Court.
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Turn your Term Paper into Fat Stacks

It seems that almost daily the university fills our inboxes with notices for speakers, alerts regarding CBA events, calls for paper submissions, and the like. Due to sheer volume we sift through these messages with varying degrees of attentiveness, and what often gets overlooked are easy opportunities to cash in on work we’ve already done. Case and point – every year students slave away on term papers for their classes and assume that after the paper gets graded it becomes worthless. This is both a false and expensive assumption because that paper that is merely taking up space on your computer’s hard drive could be worth some serious dough. Read more

Prisons Are Not Hospitals, But Some Inmates Are Patients

Jeff Johnson (2L)

On November 23, the Health Law Institute presented “A Legacy of Missed Opportunities: The Case of Ashley Smith” as part of the Health Law Seminar Series. Howard Sapers, the Correctional Investigator of Canada, delivered a sobering yet informative lecture on his work addressing the challenges of delivering mental health care to and preventing death of those in custody. The lecture was focused around the tragic story of Ashley Smith, a young woman who committed suicide while incarcerated in a federal correctional facility.
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Restorative Justice Lecture Series: Healing Memories

Katie Rowe (3L)

On November 17th, Father Michael Lapsley asked a room full of faculty, students, and members of the public to contemplate restorative justice as the means for achieving “our dream for the human family.” A native of New Zealand, Father Lapsley has spent nearly the past four decades working in South Africa – first, battling against its apartheid regime and, more recently, helping its people recover. Read more

Damned if She Does, Damned if She Doesn’t

Aminollah Sabzevari (LLM Candidate)

On November 21st, the Women’s Law Forum in association with Edmonton’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) screened Damned if She Does, Damned if She Doesn’t, a documentary film. The film revolves around two Muslim Canadian women, one who chooses to wear a hijab and one who chooses not to. For those unfamiliar with the terminology, a hijab covers a woman’s hair, while a niqab covers a woman’s face except for her eyes.
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Ballers Unite: Players Disclaim Union Rights, File Antitrust Lawsuit

Eman Joumaa (3L)

Despite several attempts at reaching an agreement, negotiations between the NBA owners and players have broken down and the 2011-2012 season is in serious jeopardy.
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Roar, you Lions, roar!

Michael Corbett (1L)

On November 27th the 99th Grey Cup took place in Vancouver, BC. After thoroughly spanking Edmonton in the West Final, the BC Lions advanced to the Grey Cup to face the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, who handily defeated Hamilton the week before. This presented a rare opportunity for a team to win a Grey Cup in front of their home fans, the last occurrence in 1994 on a last second BC Lions field goal win.
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