Canadian Lawyer 4Students: In my third year of law school, I was unemployed. To undergraduate students (and my mom) the idea of having a job before you graduate is bizarre and a little “over-achieving.” Continue Reading

Canadian Lawyer 4Students: A culture shift is on the horizon for the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law with the impending departure of its common law dean. In July, Bruce Feldthusen will leave his post of dean after more than a decade. Continue Reading

Canadian Lawyer 4Students: It’s not unheard of for internationally trained lawyers to be denied access to the Canadian bar. But in a rare move, a U.K. law graduate whose application was rejected took his case to court, and ultimately lost.
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Canadian Lawyer 4Students: Adventure tourism brings its own lions to the legal arena whether it’s dangling from a zip-line racing down the face of a mountain, white-knuckle rafting through a churning river, or getting up close to local grizzly bears. Continue Reading

Canadian Lawyer 4Students: University of Saskatchewan law students will have to dig deeper into their pockets to afford their tuition fees next year. The fees are going to increase by 15 per cent to $11,400 for the 2013-14 academic year, which follows last year’s increase of 16 per cent. Continue Reading

Canadian Lawyer 4Students: A group of Lakehead University students in Thunder Bay, Ont., have been staging a sit-in outside the president’s office since Feb. 25 to protest a change to its new law school’s curriculum. Continue Reading

Canadian Lawyer 4Students: Yet another Canadian university is exploring the possibility of opening a new law school. Memorial University of Newfoundland has established a committee to look at the feasibility of a law school, something president and vice chancellor Gary Kachanoski is keen on. Continue Reading