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| The Exam-Time Library Guide (Part II) SPENCER BAILEYContributor I love studying in the library. Well, really, I just cannot study at home. If you find yourself cleaning your apartment, cooking food, browsing the internet, and doing just about anything to not have to study, then you really need to get out in the city and find a decent library. Lucky for you, there are lots of them. I would know. I’ve searched far and wide to bring you the best and worst libraries in town. Last week, we took a look at York’s Scott library and U of T’s Bora Laskin. In this edition of the Exam-Time Library Guide, we will look at two more downtown spots that tend to raise the bar when it comes to find a space to cram. Read more ... Follow My Dating Advice – Don’t Follow Dating Advice! LAURA FAGANGirlfriend-at-Law Dating can be a complicated and frustrating social practice. In order to simplify baffling situations that invariably occur when we attempt to determine the suitability of another as a potential mate, society has conveniently created a set of rules that most people abide by. Following established “dating Dos and Don’ts” may seem convenient on the surface, as it allows for predictability and clearer explanations when trudging through the dating mud. However, ironically, the rules that intend to simplify dating have instead turned it into a manipulative game resulting in unfavourable consequences. Read more ... Disgruntled Ramblings of a Troglodyte KYLE REESOsgoode News Editor I have a short attention span. It’s surprising that I can sit through the end of this sentence without getting distracted by something shiny or flammable. As such, it doesn’t take much to stop me from listening to a prof lecturing on, say, the division of the matrimonial home. I’m usually more interested in what that squirrel is doing outside of classroom 1002. In fact, I am writing this article as my professor lectures on that very subject. Read more ... |
Legal Outsourcing: The Future of Legal Practice? ANONYMOUSAlumni Contributor You are in-house counsel for a medium-sized enterprise in a growing industry. Your legal budget is tight and as a result of recent economic downturns your company has just lost a major client. To make matters worse, you are in the midst of figuring out the best way to deal with a rather large infringement claim sprung on you by one of your market competitors. Your CEO has told you that the legal budget needs to be tightened, and you’re banging your head against the wall ... Read more ... Big City Blues CASSIE BURT-GERRANSCo-Editor in Chief A few weeks ago, I was walking into the Spadina subway station. I had a package with me that I had picked up from the nearby Fed Ex. The package was large, but not heavy. A young man who was also entering the subway offered to carry the package for me. Immediately, my initial reaction was mistrust. I thought to myself, “I’m not giving you this package. You’ll run away and will have stolen my new winter boots (courtesy of Browns online shopping)…” I smiled, thanked him for his offer and politely declined. Read more ... The End of the World is Not Nigh. DAVE BABINCurmudgeon-at-Large, Contributor So, it’s March. That means that several things are true right now:
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