First Year Students: 2024- 2025 Mandatory Course Participation Dates
Note: Subject to change Rev: July 2024
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) & Professionalism Learning Series
Location for sessions: Moot Court Room (J250)
Time: 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Fall 2024 sessions
| Friday, September 6 | EDI and Joint Professionalism – Introduction to the Series |
| Friday, September 13 | EDI and Joint Professionalism – Applying the equity lens.
Guest speaker: Professor Abdi Aidid |
| Friday, September 20 | Legal Research and Writing
Introduction to LRW: Samuel Greene
Editing for Clarity and Conciseness: Anthony Niblett
Point First Writing and Using Precedent: Sara Faherty |
| Friday, September 27 | The Night Edmonton Residential School Students Fought Back: Ada Maxwell-Alleyne
Small Group Writing Assignments: Vincent Chiao
Introduction to Legal Research: John Bolan & Alexia Loumankis
Discrimination and Harassment: What/where's law: Kerry Rittich |
| Friday, October 18 | EDI and Joint Professionalism – Introduction to critical race theory |
| Friday, October 25 | Boucher v. Wal-Mart Canada (2014)
Halsbury’s Excerpts Employment Harassment
Legal Citation Primer: John Bolan & Alexia Loumankis
LRW Assignment: Writing Prompt (due on Wednesday, October 30 by 4:00 pm) |
| Friday, November 15 | Exam Writing: Hamish Stewart, John Borrows, and Mohammad Fadel |
Winter 2025
Location and Time: Room J250, 9:30 - 10:50 AM
| Friday, January 17 | EDI and Joint Professionalism -Trauma-informed lawyering part 1.
Guest Yukimi Henry |
| Friday, January 24 | EDI and Joint Professionalism (no in person session) |
| Friday, January 31 | EDI and Joint Professionalism – Trauma-informed lawyering part 2.
Guest Yukimi Henry |
| Friday, February 7 | EDI and Joint Professionalism (no in person session) |
Reading Week - all years
No classes or other programming will be scheduled during the following times:
First Term: November 4 - 8, 2024
Second Term: February 18 - 21, 2025
