1. Introduction 

The Governor General and the Prime Minister have violated section 3 of the Charter by proroguing Parliament. Section 3 provides the right to vote in elections for the House of Commons, and the purpose of this right is to ensure effective representation in government for the people of Canada.  

This article needs to be prefaced with the statement that everything you have heard about Law Games is true. Law Games 2010 was every bit as drunk, loud, debaucherous, and chaotic as it was billed to be. If you had the privilege of attending this 96-hour-alcohol-fueled marathon, then you know exactly what I am talking about. If you didn’t have the pleasure of joining your classmates on this snowy and magical Montreal adventure, then at least you can savour the next 11 months as we build up to the next Law Games. 

Well the 2010 Winter Olympics are almost upon us i.e. the quadrennial point at which I have to pretend to like biathlon and hate Latvia. Suck it Latvia, nobody combines cross-country skiing and rifl e-shooting like we plucky Canadians!

A Letter to the Editor (Briiian), 

Hey Pal, saw your little article on the name “Geoffrey”. Couldn’t help but sense some hostility. It was odd, usually people make fun of my middle name for being “Hanson”  but this Geoffrey attack is new.

So, it only took two and a half years, but I finally did it. I got a locker. I know it may seem like a trivial thing, but for some reason getting my locker has been quite an empowering experience. It’s not that I have been against getting a locker, so much as the fact that I have never really needed one - until Tax. Yes, I decided to take Tax I this semester, and after purchasing a used (and very nicely annotated I might add) Income Tax Act, I realized that I, all of a sudden, had a very real reason to get a locker. The Tax Act, for those of you who have not seen one, is about the thickness of Seymour Schulich’s wallet.

Before entering law school, I was just as baffl ed as everyone else when I would read about a high-profile court decision that seemed to make no sense. I’ve come to realize that law operates on a different plane than mere common sense, as rules exist for a reason. On that same note, I also enjoyed many a movie where a heartless lawyer was the bad guy, seeming to stop at nothing to screw over the protagonist with his unflinching, unfair application of the law. 

Nova Scotia Superior Court judge grows weary of writing judgments; copies decision from Wikipedia instead. 

At a recent hearing detailing his plagiarism, Fraudman J. had this to say:  

If you haven’t noticed, a translucent stream of hair-gel has torn through North American pop culture, penetrating to the very core of both yours and mine’s meagre and alarmingly shallow sense of self. 

Hello Weldon; or, I guess I should start with “Hello 3Ls,” because, let’s face it: if you’re in fi rst or second year, you have no idea who I am.  And, I probably don’t have a clue who you are either.  But it’s not because I’m standoffi sh or introverted (although I may well be), it is because I am a combo student.  

Collaborative. Cooperative. Collegial. The internet defines nepotism as “favoritism granted to relatives or friends, without regard to their merit.” And so it was that mired in controversy and surrounded by accusations for (so the accusations alleged) selling tickets to only their 60 BFFs, the WACS committee pulled off a successful second annual WACS Comedy Debate.