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NY Recruit?
There are a number of Western grads in NY, particularly from the last few years when a lot of associates were being poached from Toronto. You can always DM them on LinkedIn or email them. Just apply. -
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NY Recruit?
I don’t understand what’s preventing you from applying. You already have a resume from the 1L recruit. It’ll take under an hour to format it according to the US recruit standards. If I’m not mistaken, many Wall St firms don’t even ask for a cover letter. Your 1L job will probably not be super advantageous for the recruit, it’s fine but I wouldn’t count on it carrying you. It might be getting too late to start networking, but if you have the grades then you can get away without networking (at least coming from Oz/UofT, idk about Western). Or you can reach out now and see if anything comes out of it. Look for Western grads and Canadians more broadly. -
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Accepted to McGill Law 2024
Hi ! Im a cegep applicant too and , till right know I didn’t receive an interview, a rejection letter or an admission . Do you have some information about cegep application ? -
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Barrister - 20 Day Study Plan
Hmm, that is good to know. I thought about avoiding stacking the material as well, but I don't quite know how I would review more material in less time (yay, Ontario, for making this suck). The way they have it structured, the Barrister is on June 4, and the Solicitor is on June 18 and the Solicitor has more materials (by a few hundred pages). Once I reach the end of reading through the Barrister materials, I might re-evaluate with this in mind, though. -
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NY Recruit?
Hello, I am 1L at Western. My mid-term grades were quite high, I have very strong work experience, and I also have a unique/quite competitive 1L position. I have received several emails concerning the NY recruit and I would be interested in applying as I think I would like to practice in NY at some point. However, I am a bit wary of applying because Western is not known to place in the NY recruit and I feel like as a result the requirements to be considered would be even higher than for an applicant from Osgoode or UofT. Similarly, unlike the Toronto market, I don't know anyone working in New York and have virtually no network...I definitely feel like a huge part of me getting my foot in the door for 1L interviews was the fact that I already had quite a few connections. What do people think? Is it worth it to throw in an application? Additionally, are there any resources that would be helpful regarding the application process? Thanks! -
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Allard Discretionary Requirements Checklist
I had the same issue and re-emailed them my documents in reply to my original email with the PDF attached. They said that my documents hadn't been attached to my file so it was good to have reached out. My portal was updated. I was just accepted under the discretionary category on friday. Good luck! -
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Discretionary 2024
Accepted Friday! 162 highest LSAT and 80 UBC scale after drops. Good LORs, good academic background and softs. Have already accepted the offer!- 1
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Accepted to UBC 2024
Accepted Friday! 162 highest LSAT and 80 UBC scale after drops -- applied discretionary. Good LORs, good academic background and softs. -
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Barrister - 20 Day Study Plan
I don’t know what the timelines are for the exams nowadays, but for what it’s worth everyone I know who studied for the second exam in advance of the first exam felt it was, at best, a waste of time (and at worst, harmful). Keep in mind the PR section is identical, and so won’t need to be re-read as part of your second exam prep.- 1
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Barrister - 20 Day Study Plan
Amazing 🙂 I am so glad it's useful!! Honestly, right now I am just googling stuff and finding random stuff. My goal is mostly to practice navigating the materials and getting familiar with using the DToC so the questions don't necessarily have to reflect the exam right away. I plan to purchase a few full practice exams but I am currently on the hunt so if you find good sources please let me know! I had this question too! So, my plan right now is that I will do day 1-16 (1 practice exam) and then stop and study the solicitor materials until around May 28th after which I will return to practice exams for the Barrister (day 17-20). Because of the timelines, I don't feel like I have much of a choice but to study both in somewhat of an overlapping way. So, right now I plan to make it through reading the Barrister materials by May 13 and then I will re-evaluate my study schedule to see how I feel about actually doing exams and such!- 1
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Just accepted and don’t know what to do!
This is good to know! I’m trying to hear as much as possible about the quality of education and how prepared one feels for the practice of law at either Schools before I make my decision! It’s also helpful to hear how the upper years and profs are so supportive! -
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want a 3.5 but likely 3.1 gpa - 2nd year undergrad
As I said, good attitude! Scooter is also correct here - unlike American schools, which tend (or at least tended back in my day) to look at your whole GPA, Canadian schools have various ways of slicing and dicing your GPA. Some only consider some of your best grades; some consider all of your grades, but via a holistic process that will contextualize a difficult year or two. You didn't say much about the specifics of your grades (nor am I asking), but if your problem looks like "a bad year or two", that can be overcome - really pretty easily, assuming you have the skills to do well in the rest of your degree. I suspect you're going to be fine. Best of luck, and keep us posted through your journey.- 1
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want a 3.5 but likely 3.1 gpa - 2nd year undergrad
I honestly can’t tell you how much I appreciate this response! 🙂 You’ve given me a lot to consider but also the bit of hope I really needed. I understand your point about illness- I guess I’m now starting to feel some anxiety because I know with my health issues my degree will take me longer than my peers if I also want the grades for law school, but funnily enough the only thing that refocuses me is the idea of practicing law at some point in my future, and I don’t want this to hold me back. I’m trying to be careful about that “magical thinking” which is kind of why I came here, to get some realistic advice and get my mindset corrected. It gives me a lot of hope knowing that you were in a similar situation and truly succeeded through a path I hadn’t considered before, so thank you so much for sharing. I think if I put in twice as many hours (which is probably what I should’ve been doing already) then I can really have a shot. I know it sounds naive and silly, but I dont think I realized just how much effort would be required? not that I see that as a bad thing but more like “okay! a real challenge!”, since throughout high school- until first year of uni, I never had to do a lot of heavy duty work to get good grades (which is why my psychiatrist believes it took so long for my parents & I to identify my underlying issues). Now that the opportunity for that level of effort presents itself and I’ve got the support I need, I’m ready to try my best and see where that takes me 🙂- 2
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Osgoode vs UBC public sector
Messages from the governor-in-council from Ottawa take two weeks by messenger to reach us, that is if they are not routed by highwaymen and anti-federalists in the Alberta plains.- 2
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Practice Exams - Ontario Bar
I'm wondering the same thing, there are so many options.
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