Episodes
Saturday Oct 20, 2018
5. Do Your Best, Forget The Rest!
Saturday Oct 20, 2018
Saturday Oct 20, 2018
Richard and Adam are joined by Nora Parker, a second year Osgoode Student as they discuss "law school reductionism/exceptionalism". Is law school special? Are law students the "select few"?
We discuss Scott Turow's idea of "Meeting My Enemy" in the early days of first year. We talk about talking in class, tribalism, and alternatives to the current law school approach to grades. Nora tells us about her friend who has achieved law school nirvana and hasn't checked his grades at all.
Required Readings:
One L: The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School, Scott Turow. Chapter 1.
Questions?:
Call 681-443-7763 and leave a voicemail. Just call and tell us your grades.
Transcript of this Episode Available HERE
Saturday Oct 13, 2018
4. The Supreme Court of Film
Saturday Oct 13, 2018
Saturday Oct 13, 2018
Richard and Adam are joined by Michael McNeely, a second year Osgoode Student and deaf-blind advocate as they discuss free time at law school. What is it? Does it even exist?
Michael and Richard talk about film and the TIFF. We discuss our attempts at marrying free-time with the workload of law school. We find out what happened in 12 Angry Men, and the Supreme Court of Film renders its first judgement.
Required Readings:
Watch "12 Angry Men", 1957 Film.
See Michael McNeely's activism regarding accessibility in film.
Links:
https://thatshelf.com/author/mmcneely/
https://thatshelf.com/2016/09/06/an-open-letter-to-tiff/
http://reelabilities.org/toronto/about/#about
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/michael-mcneely-reel-abilities-film-festival-1.4106600
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/tiff-accessibility-hearing-sight-impaired-audiences-1.4284325
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/tiff-captions-1.3750804
Questions?:
Call 681-443-7763 and leave a voicemail. Just yell 10 numbers at Siri and you are there.
Transcript for this Episode Available HERE
Friday Oct 05, 2018
3. K to JD
Friday Oct 05, 2018
Friday Oct 05, 2018
Richard and Adam are joined by Paul Guglielmo, a second year Osgoode Student as they discuss first impressions in law school. Faculty Assistant Zoë Alexandra also joins the show briefly to share some parting words.
We discuss the intimidation felt by first year law students who find themselves surrounded by accomplished individuals and young "K to JD" students. Richard shares a story about a student in his cohort who made a terrible first impression.
Required Readings:
None. Time to catch up on last week's readings!
Questions?:
Call 681-443-7763 and leave a voicemail. If you call today, you will be the first one… its hard to be the first at anything nowadays, but you could be the one.
Transcript for this Episode Available HERE