This year, the Dean’s End of Term BBQ will be on Thursday, April 23 from 4 to 6pm on the Orientation Field of University of St. Michael College, 81 St. Mary Street (the field is between St. Mary and Bay Street, see map attached).  We shall move to the Coop if it rains (the Coop walks out to the Orientation Field.)

Hamburgers, hotdogs, salads, watermelon and assorted desserts will be served. Vegetarian options will be provided.

Come out and celebrate the end of the academic year with Dean Iacobucci (the SLS promises that the bouncy castle will be back!)

Sara-Marni Hubbard

Ultra Vires is the independent student newspaper of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. We provide a forum for diverse viewpoints on topics of interest to current and prospective students, alumni, faculty, and members of the legal community.

We are inviting applications for the 2015-16 Editorial Board. As a section Editor, you would be responsible for soliciting, writing, and editing content for that section. We aim to select two editors for each of the following roles.

• News: inform readers about the goings-on at U of T Law, including reports on Faculty Council, the Students’ Law Society (SLS), financial aid and tuition, special events, and more.
• Opinions: provide a platform for student (and faculty) voices on a range of issues, both serious and silly. Facilitate discussion on Faculty-specific concerns as well as topics of domestic and international significance.
• Features: tell interesting, in-depth stories through interviews and long-form journalism, often informed by qualitative and quantitative research.
• Diversions: entertain readers through humour (especially satire), advice columns, recipes, arts and culture coverage, and more.

Ultra Vires also needs one Web Editor to manage our website, which gets thousands of unique visitors and tens of thousands of page views every month. Ensure that articles are posted promptly, formatted properly, and SEO-optimized. Assist with any design updates.

In addition, we are looking for a Photo Editor (or editors) to provide original photography to illustrate stories or serve as standalone features.

We may also select a Business Manager to help deal with budgeting and finances, including invoice payment and advertising.

Finally, if you want to contribute to Ultra Vires without joining the Editorial Board, or want to contribute in ways outside the scope of one section, please let us know! In particular, let us know if you have experience with statistics (for the OCI issue and other projects), web design (for redesigning the website), graphic design (for cover art and article illustrations), or writing (to be a contributor).

No prior experience is necessary! Please email ultra.vires@utoronto.ca by 11:59pm on May 1 with the following: (1) a brief statement of interest; (2) your resume—just whatever you used in the last recruitment process; (3) a ranking of your top three preferred positions; and (4) a list of any of the bonus skills that you have, i.e. statistics, web design, finance, and graphic design.

The Journal of Law & Equality (JLE) is a peer reviewed, student-run journal at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. Our mandate is to promote critical and informed debate on issues of equality, with a special emphasis on the Canadian context. The JLE publishes research articles, case comments, notes, and book reviews by a diverse group of commentators from across Canada and internationally, including professors, practitioners, and students.

We a currently soliciting applications for Senior Board members for the 2015-2016 academic year.  What do Senior Board members do? They:

• Receive training in September and October about how to edit papers and communicate with authors
• Run three cell group meetings over the course of the year where they have the opportunity to facilitate discussion within the group about equality issues
• Attend two Senior Board meetings (one each semester) where Senior Board members discuss and vote on the merits of submissions
• Work with authors to craft papers that will published by the JLE

Are you passionate about equality issues? You should apply.

To apply please submit your resume and a brief statement of interest to jle.editor@utoronto.ca by April 7th, 2015 with "Senior Board Application" as the subject line. Feel free to contact us with any questions about the position or application process.

Dear Law Students:

As exams approach, here is a reminder about the increased Library hours and additional services the Law Library is offering.

Extended Library Hours: Begin on Monday, March 16 and continue to Wednesday, April 22. During this time, the Law Library in Birge Carnegie will close later as follows:

·        Monday through Friday: 8:45 am until midnight

·        Saturday and Sunday: 10 am until 10 pm

The Robarts library offers 24 hour access Sunday night to Friday night. Details here: http://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/extended-hours  

Hours for all campus libraries can be found here: http://resource.library.utoronto.ca/hours/?source=icon

***All Night Law Library Opening on the Eve of the Deadline for Written Work***: The Law Library  will remain open all night on Wednesday, April 22, with librarians on duty, so that students have access to research help, resources, computers and printers ahead of the deadline for written work on Thursday, April 23 at 10 am. We will send out more details closer to the date.

The Library will close at 5 pm on Thursday, April 23, and Friday, April 24.

Please note that the Library will be closed on Friday, April 3, for the Statutory Holiday.

Library Security: It is important to remember that the law school buildings, including the Library at Birge, are open to the public. As such, please keep your valuables with you or ask a friend to watch them if you need to leave your study area even for a minute. Thefts have occurred in campus libraries and the weeks leading up to exams sometimes see a spike of activity across campus. Please report any incidents to the Campus Police at 416-978-2222.

Research Help:  As deadlines for papers approach remember that the librarians are available to advise you on research strategy, databases and citation style. Please feel free to contact John Bolan, Susan Barker, or Sooin Kim.

Study Rooms: The UofT Library has a list of bookable and non-bookable study rooms available at libraries across campus: http://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/group-study-rooms

Exam Preparation - Past Exams: The past five years of exams are available on e.legal: https://www.law.utoronto.ca/library-resources/past-exam-database. You will need to enter your e.legal password and follow the instructions on screen to access the exam database.

Library Services:

For details on additional Library services please follow the Bora Laskin Law Library Reference Services Blog: http://bllreference.wordpress.com/

We are also on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BoraLaskinLawLibrary and Twitter: @LaskinLawLib