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After OCIs

Laura Berger wrote a great post about interview week last year, which includes comments on what to do if you don’t receive a position: http://ultravires.ca/2012/10/how-to-keep-your-cool-during-interview-week/   She also added a postscript for our benefit now, 1 year later: (a) I have the … Continue reading

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How to Succeed at Articling: Installment 4

How to Succeed at Articling
 (or “How to Not Collapse Before You’re Called to the Bar”) Author: Anna Cooper The CDO in coordination with HWSAC organized a panel called “The Articling Process: What Can I Ask For?” Deborah Glatter, Director … Continue reading

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How to Succeed at Articling: Installment 3

How to Succeed at Articling
 (or “How to Not Collapse Before You’re Called to the Bar”) Author: Anna Cooper The CDO in coordination with HWSAC organized a panel called “The Articling Process: What Can I Ask For?” Deborah Glatter, Director … Continue reading

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How to Succeed at Articling: Installment 2

How to Succeed at Articling (or “How to Not Collapse Before You’re Called to the Bar”) Author: Anna Cooper The CDO in coordination with HWSAC organized a panel called “The Articling Process: What Can I Ask For?” Deborah Glatter, Director … Continue reading

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How to Succeed at Articling: Installment 1

How to Succeed at Articling (or “How to Not Collapse Before You’re Called to the Bar”) Author: Anna Cooper The CDO in coordination with HWSAC organized a panel called “The Articling Process: What Can I Ask For?” Deborah Glatter, Director … Continue reading

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The Workout: Barre Class at Union Studio

Author: Laura Berger Welcome to the second instalment of THE WORKOUT, a semi-regular series where we tag along with law students to learn about their favourite exercise routines. This time of year, when it gets harder and harder to carve … Continue reading

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How to Make Your Environment Work for You

Contributor: Anonymous One great strategy to get more – and better – work done is to be in a reasonably warm and naturally lit place. All of this allows for an energetic you. Both light and temperature have a significant … Continue reading

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How to Spend Your Money

Let’s face it, almost everyone here is stressed about money in some way, shape, or form.  Maybe you have a huge, soul-crushing pile of debt (like this author).  Maybe you’re hoping to make even more staggeringly huge piles of cash … Continue reading

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Hi, I’m Flawed.

Author: Anonymous In Sarah Harland-Logan’s UV article, she mentioned that HWSAC would help to chip away at the law student culture of “smiles and lies.”  I’ve decided to write in and give that a shot. First of all, maybe you … Continue reading

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Sneaky Hate Spiral: Don’t Let This Be You

Author: Sarah Harland-Logan Hi there, The deeply wonderful webcomic Hyperbole and a Half includes a charming explanation of how little things can snowball into paralyzing frustration: http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.ca/2010/05/sneaky-hate-spiral.html Allie (the author) calls it the “Sneaky Hate Spiral.”  As she explains, these … Continue reading

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