Les Gagnants – The Winners
May 22
The English version follows the French
Les gagnants des prix de l’ACPD pour l’Excellence universitaire et du Concours d’essai juridique
Au nom de l’ACPD, j’aimerais féliciter les gagnants de 2012 pour les prix de l’ACPD pour l’Excellence universitaire et du Concours d’essai juridique de l’ACPD.
Le prix de l’ACPD pour l’Excellence universitaire est remis à :
Barbara von Tigerstrom (Saskatchewan)
Le prix pour le Concours d’essai juridique de l’ACPD est remis Read more [...]
Rien ne vaut son chez-soi? Communauté, Identité et Exclusion / No Place Like Home? Community, Identity and Exclusion in Law
ENGLISH VERSION BELOW
Claire-McNicoll building, 2900, boul. Édouard-Montpetit (http://www.umontreal.ca/plancampus/pavillons/pav15.html )
Rien ne vaut son chez-soi? Communauté, Identité et Exclusion (23-24 mai)
Conférence de l’Association canadienne des professeurs en droit, 2012
Conférenciers
Plus de 30 conférenciers incluant:
John Read more [...]
23-24 Mai
Claire-McNicoll building, 2900, boul. Édouard-Montpetit (http://www.umontreal.ca/plancampus/pavillons/pav15.html )
Scholars at Risk Network will host a meeting at Massey College (U of T) June 22nd, 2012. Click the link to register.
Program
9:15 am – Welcome
9:30 am – Why SAR? Why a SAR network in Canada?
John Fraser, Master, Massey College
Vicki Bismilla, Vice-President Academic & Chief Learning Officer, Centennial College
Robert Quinn, Executive Director, SAR
11:00 am – SAR scholars share their stories
Clement Jumbe, Centennial College
Anna Dolidze, University of Western Ontario
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This seemed slightly relevant to our future here in Canada.
The state bar lacks authority to mandate law school curricula, Dunn noted, but schools in California would have little choice but to adjust should the bar go in that direction. Dunn predicted that law schools will push back, as they have in previous years when bar regulators have taken up the training issue."We're probably going to hear the usual opposition that has been in play for decades from legal academia, which is, 'We already offer Read more [...]
puppies! and grades.
Apr 18
Toronto News: Yoga, foot massage and dogs: This is law school? -
What does transforming a law school require?
“We’re trying to shift the culture and give students permission to really follow their interests and not just focus on what marks they get in a course,” said Alexis Archbold, assistant dean of students. It’s part of a larger move to tackle mental health issues across Canadian universities, she said, “and quite frankly, it’s good advice for your career as well.” Read more [...]
A little round of up of Ontario based information on the changes that are coming to articling in this province. These changes are mirrored elsewhere - send me links for posting (slawrence at Osgoode dot yorku.ca) Here is the 2011 Articling Task Force December 2011 Consultation report from the Law Society of Upper Canada:
The need to address articling placement issues has provided an opportunity to also consider
whether the articling system is meeting the Law Society’s regulatory objectives. Read more [...]