VOLUNTEER TO BE A JD STUDENT AMBASSADOR

 The UofT Law JD Admissions Office is seeking JD students in all years to volunteer as JD Ambassadors.

Under the direction of the Senior Recruitment, Admissions & Diversity Outreach Officer, JD Ambassadors will engage with prospective students, applicants and newly admitted students to motivate them to enrol in the Faculty.

Ambassadors will provide the student perspective and insight into the JD experience by portraying the vibrancy and depth of the academic, co-curricular, extra-curricular, professional development and student service opportunities offered by or available through the Faculty and University.
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* BE VALUED & MAKE A DIFFERENCE *
We encourage you to use this opportunity to have a direct impact on the composition of future classes. Incoming students who have interacted with current JD students and alumni consistently rave about the value of their engagement.
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* EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE*
We seek a mix of Ambassadors in order to support the wide range of educational backgrounds, life experiences and demographics of our prospective students and applicants. The greater the mix of ambassadors, the better support we can provide.
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* REASONABLE TIME COMMITMENT *
The commitment is light enough not to be a strain with other commitments. Ambassadors should allot 6-10 hours per term (typically an average of 1 hr /forthnight) to volunteer.
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* MAIN DUTIES *

1. LAW SCHOOL TOURS [80%]
Conducting tours of the Faculty that highlight key services, facilities and personnel, and how they relate positively to the student experience, as well as communicating the history, academic and career strengths, and activities that occur among the student body and faculty. Tour groups range from 1 - 8 people comprising primarily of prospective students, applicants and their relatives/families. Tours are normally 45 min in length, and during the Fall &Winter terms they are scheduled within the 12:30-2:00 pm period on weekdays.

2. INFORMATION EVENTS [10%]
Assisting with the coordination and implementation of functions on-campus and off-campus, such as Welcome Day (winter term), open houses, JD admission information sessions and education/career fairs. Ambassadors may staff the event registration desks, serve as information resources via one-on-one/group interaction, panels, presentations, video streams, and assist with other logistics. The majority of events are on weekdays, with possibly 3-5 events held on a weekend day (usually Saturday).

3. E-ENGAGEMENT [10%]
Corresponding with prospective and incoming students via social media, email and live online chats, to assist them in understanding what it's like to be a JD student in the Faculty and the University.
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* QUALIFICATIONS *

Candidates must be:
- in good academic standing at the Faculty
- in any JD year of study (including 4L for combined programs)
- in pursuit of any legal area of interest
- willing and able to be a positive and responsible representative of the Faculty and University
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* SIGN-UP TODAY ONLINE *

Complete and submit the online application asap at https://goo.gl/forms/84xm4q8GkJvddU8C2

The first round of selections will be made from the applications received by September 23 

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* HELP *

Jerome Poon-Ting
Senior Recruitment, Admissions & Diversity Outreach Officer
JD Admissions Office
Student Services Hub

jerome.poon.ting@utoronto.ca
tel: 416-978-6630

Mentor training will take place on OCTOBER 4TH, 12:30PM-2PM, location TBD. Pizza will be provided!

Sara-Marni Hubbard and Yukimi Henry will be hosting a training session for all mentors who are participating in the Peer Mentorship Program this year. This training session will cover a range of important topics, including some of the academic and mental health resources available to students through the faculty and the university.

This training session is MANDATORY FOR ALL MENTORS, including those 3L/4L students who have been a mentor in the past. Attendance will be taken.

We understand that this date may conflict with those observing Rosh Hashannah, and we will be offering a make up training date for students who will be observing the holiday. We will let you know when that make up date has been set.

If you have an unavoidable conflict, please contact utlawmentors@gmail.com to let us know.

Also at this training session, the Peer Mentorship Program will be distributing a Starbucks Gift Card to each mentor. We hope this gift card will help to create an opportunity for you and your mentee to get to know each other (and to get caffeinated!).

Thank you all so much for volunteering to be mentors this year. We really appreciate the time and care that mentors put in to this program - we could not do it without you guys!

As always, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at utlawmentors@gmail.com 

The Faculty of Music, located behind Falconer Hall and next door to Flavelle House, hosts two free concerts each week (save for the odd missed date, exam periods, etc.):

• Tuesday Performance Class for Singers     
• Thursdays at Noon series

You can see all of the events on the Faculty of Music website (https://music.utoronto.ca/concerts-events.php) and there’s also our season brochure on the events page (PDF).

Tuesday is a weekly performance class for the Voice Studies department, faculty and students. As performance classes, they give voice studies students the opportunity to perform, and the public a chance to hear them.

The Thursdays at Noon series features professional players (mostly faculty), although sometimes it features guests and students (e.g., DMA Competition Winner David Potvin’s piano recital on October 13).

Posted on behalf of the RebLaw 2017 Directors at Yale Law School:

Interested in social change? Community-based lawyering? Progressive causes?

Submit a session proposal for the Rebellious Lawyering Conference (RebLaw), the largest student-run public interest law conference in the U.S.! The conference, grounded in the spirit of Gerald Lopez's Rebellious Lawyering, seeks to build a community of law students, practitioners, and activists committed to making progressive social change through the law and building a more just, equitable, and democratic society.

RebLaw 2017 is being held at Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut on February 17-18. We're looking for law students to organize panels, workshops, trainings, film screenings, discussions, and other sessions that will inform, inspire, and build community.

This year, we are adding an international focus to the conference, having invited Prof. Pamela Palmater from Canada as a keynote speaker. We are therefore excited to receive panel proposals from University of Toronto students!

If you've got a session idea, please fill out the short RebLaw 2017 Session Proposal Form (http://tinyurl.com/gwtqeuo) by midnight ET on October 11. The form is simple - all we want is a sense of what kind of session you're interested in doing, and then we'll work with you to develop your idea.

Check out our website (http://reblaw.yale.edu) for information and video from last year's conference, as well as our Facebook and Twitter (@RebLawCon) pages. You can also reach us by email at reblaw@yale.edu with any question.

Please forward widely.

Sincerely,

RebLaw 2017 Directors
Arash Ghiassi
D’Laney Gielow
Wally Hilke
Noah Kolbi-Molinas
Steve Lance
Joanne Lee
Nancy Yun Tang

The Supreme Court of Canada offers guided tours year-round, giving visitors the opportunity to become better acquainted with Canada's highest tribunal. Tour guides, who are all law students, will familiarize students with the operation of the Canadian judicial system and will explain how legal issues of public importance are dealt with by the Court. It is also possible to sit in on the hearing of an appeal when the Court is in session.

Students are also able to visit the Court on their own time. Walk-in guided tours are conducted on a continuing basis from early May to the end of August.  From September to April, tours are available by pre-arrangement only. Reservations can be made by filling out the online reservation request form at http://www.scc-csc.ca/vis/tour-visite/request-demande-eng.aspx

If you wish to reserve a guided tour or if you have any questions, please contact Jonathan Trottier by telephone at 613-995-5361 or by e-mail at Jonathan.Trottier@scc-csc.ca.

Full information can be found at: http://www.scc-csc.ca/vis/tour-visite/index-eng.aspx