School Comparisons
U of T vs. Osgoode, Queens vs. Western, so on and so forth: Get advice about which school is better to go to over another.
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SCC Clerking as a Junior Lawyer
Thank you for your input. I intentionally avoided discussing the reasons why I believe I'm competitive now to avoid revealing too much identifying information. But if you're really curious, I could send you a DM. -
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SCC Clerking as a Junior Lawyer
I'm sorry, I'm just kind of astounded that someone could have thought that they were uncompetitive for clerkships generally while in law school and then think they were competitive for the SCC after graduating. If you are actually competitive for the SCC (and your only other post was asking about grades for medals, so maybe you are), what kind of grades did you think you needed for clerkships before? To actually answer your questions, you really don't need to worry about an SCC clerkship being detrimental to your career compared to alternatives... -
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SCC Clerking as a Junior Lawyer
One thing I regret from my time in law school is that I didn't give myself a chance to apply to clerkships. I thought I wasn't competitive enough. Anyways, now I'm almost at the end of my articling and I'm considering whether it's still possible to clerk at the SCC. I know that ONCA only accepts applications from law students, so the SCC is the only other option. For context, I'm articling in, and intend to practise in, civil litigation. My two biggest concerns are: (1) is it too late to clerk now? If I apply in early 2025, that means, if I'm successful, I won't begin until 2026. By that time I'll be a second year call. At that point in my career, is there more value to clerking at the SCC than actually litigating? (2) Would a law firm be happy to see one of its second-year associates taking a year off work to go clerk, or would the disruption to ongoing work be too much for them to accommodate? I imagine losing a second year associate for a year would affect others' workloads and might be long enough for the firm to want to hire a replacement to fill the vacuum. Does this even matter? As a SCC clerk, should I even worry about getting work in a competitive civil litigation shop afterwards? Any thoughts would be appropriated. -
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Barrister - 20 Day Study Plan
As an update on this, I decided to purchase questions from the Beat the Bar page. It has lots of questions and is forcing me to navigate the material. Some of the questions cover content outside of PR, but it was useful in helping me identify whether I knew where information was and how well I knew it. I will probably purchase more in the future but thus far, for $100, I am happy with this. -
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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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