Volume 88 | Issue 14 | obiter-dicta.ca
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Monday, April 6, 2015
A RETROSPECTIVE
osgoode hall law school
2012 – 2015
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kendall grant › staff writer
I
t is a beautiful coincidence that two of the
last three film reviews published in the Obiter
Dicta during the 2014-2015 academic year are
Wild Tales and It Follows. The latter reinforces
the significant impact that Osgoode will have on our
future lives and careers moving forward, while the
former rather accurately captures our experience
over the past three years, regardless of what path
each of us charted during our time walking these
halls.
Three years. Six semesters. Twenty-four months
(of classes). Even the temporal description sounds
completely surreal. It feels like yesterday that we
were standing in front of Osgoode Hall in brightlycoloured, Lego-themed t-shirts, basking in the
warm September sun, filled with anticipation and
trepidation about what lay ahead. There was a nervousness in the air that was palpable, mixed with a
sense of awesome discovery. What would Osgoode
hold for us? We were ready to find out.
Well, I’m pleased to say we made it (almost).
Our efforts—the long nights, the sleep deprivation, the coffee guzzling, the exam cramming—have
paid off gloriously. Very soon, we will be receiving
certificates worth $75,000+, entitling us to call ourselves Juris Doctor graduates. It is a massive accomplishment, and one of which all of us should be
proud. It deserves smiles and tears, hugs and high
fives, and at least seventeen rounds of shots when it
is all over.
Yet the moments, large and small, lodged in
between classes—pub nights, Passy fire alarms,
mooting competitions, Ski Trip, Law Games, Mock
» see retrospective, page 14
In this Issue ...
editorial
Working on the Edge Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
student caucus
Impact of the Strike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
opinion
Israeli Election . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
arts & culture
Jurisfoodence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
sports
Toronto Blue Jays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12