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VOL I MARCH 2009 No. 7

Gale Moot Glory at Osgoode Hall BY Meghan Waters “Read read read – moot moot moot – prep prep prep – moot more moot more moot more.” – Alex Dutton, on how to succeed at the Gale Cup.

Be it resolved, that the University of Calgary rocks at debating. A team from the U of C beat out 17 teams to claim top prize at the Gale Cup moot, held Feb. 20 to 22 in Toronto. It was the first win ever for a U of C team. “Our team really came together. Our coaches were amazing,” said Alex Dutton (3L).“The topic was very technical and once we got our heads around it, it was really interesting.” As the winners, teammates Dutton, Carol Crosson (2L), Christy Elliot (2L) and Jocelyn Stacey (2L) will represent Canada at the Commonwealth Moot Competition in Hong Kong, from April 5 to 9. Early in the fall, second- and third-year students applied to be a part of the Gale Cup team. After the four were selected they started work on their facta in October. “Given that deadlines were in January, we all worked through Christmas break,” said Elliot. The mooting issue was an appeal of R. v. D.B., a 2008 Supreme Court decision concerning the constitutionality of sections of the Youth Criminal Justice Act. ““It was a lot of work, but definitely worth it. I love constitutional law issues, so it was a great topic for me,” said Elliot. The coaches organized 10 full practice moots, including one before three sitting Court of Appeal Justices, Elliot said. At the Gale Cup, the team argued before judges from across the country, including the Honourable Justice Binnie from the Supreme Court of Canada. “Arguing at the real thing in Toronto was actually a lot of fun, it was not nearly as stressful as I expected,” said Stacey. “It was a great experience intellectually, it improved my writing skills and definitely improved my oral advocacy skills.” The team was coached to victory by Andrew Koeman (3L), Abby Griener, from Vogel & Company and former U of C law stu-dent and Jolaine Antonio, from the Alberta Justice Appeals Branch. The team is currently researching for the Commonwealth Moot. The mooting issue is about corruption and bribery and based on U.K. law. “We are trying to move very quickly, because our outlines of arguments are due on March 23,” said Stacey. The Commonwealth Moot is a bit of an unknown for the U of C team. Only held every two or three years, the team is preparing for a more formal style of debate than at the Gale Cup. “We’re all expecting the unexpected, but we’re all very

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Publishers Business Managers Editors-in-Chief

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Esther Kim estakim@gmail.com Orlagh O’Kelly ojokelly@ucalgary.ca

ContributorsMeghan Waters Adam Oppenheim Gareth Williams Roland HungMark Henderson Jennifer Koshan Anjli Patel Jenny RasmuirJoshua Thon Drew Campbell Gus Lu

Dear Readers,

It is our second to last issue and we are so happy with the first few months of our faculty’s nascent student newspaper. We hope you are too. As always, we welcome any feedback. What would you like to read about, hear about, write about? Tell us!

This month, we are marking Spring with a feature on the Mooting and Debating results. As most of you already know, there were some incredible stories from all of our teams, so read on!

March is also a month witnessing many events and what better place to read about them than here? You can enjoy the now regulars- our correspondent, Adam Oppenheim provides some Zen master wisdom (likely the after effects of the factum writing), while K and A provide a little lighthearted humour and Kevin Madison gives us another great Bound for the Bar!

Finally, we would love to have a tribute to THE GRADUATES in the last issue, so we are calling for photos, stories, anecdotes, memories and whatever else you think is Moot Times worthy. The firm deadline is March 28.

Thanks all!

Moot Crew

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Submissions DeadlineWe accept articles between 300 and 700 words, depending on the content. Articles submitted by law students are given priority but we accept any submissions.

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excited to be a part of it,” said Elliot. A few years ago, participants were surprised to find out a last-minute change turned the competition into a nego-tiation, Elliot said. “I think it will be a great experience to compete with teams from around the world, and the team is really looking forward to travelling to Hong Kong, as none of us has ever been,” said Stacey.I think this is great, but didn’t put it in the article. Thought maybe you could use it as a pullquote?

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The Alberta Court of Appeal Moot Location: Calgary, Alberta BY Orlagh O’Kelly (2L), Photos from Jenny Rasmuir At Saturday’s Alberta Court of Appeal Moot, six University of Calgary students ultimately fell to the University of Alberta (2-1). Andrea Urquhart and Sonya Bertrand brought home the bittersweet win of the day in the Constitutional Moot segment arguing the Appel-lant’s side of a 2008 Supreme Court Case regarding s. 7 and the sentencing provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act ( R. v. D.B.).

“It’s hard to be really excited because we didn’t win as a team and because they (the other Calgary Mooters) did such a good job,” Urquhart said.Even if Urquhart’s teammates did not fair as well, Jeff Wresch-ner and Dan Wilson put forward a very strong case for the Re-spondent in the Criminal Moot, which was also based on a 2008 Supreme Court case (R v. Kang-Brown). Wilson and Wreschner argued that the use of sniffer dogs constituted a search autho-rized by law. “We had awesome feedback from the judges, but the other team won in the end,” Wreschner said. Rounding out Cal-gary’s side, Brian Twerdoff and Rahul Sharma took part in the Civil Moot, arguing for the Respondent in a defamation case that saw the defence of honest belief rewritten in accordance with Charter values.

After prepping for much of January and Feb-ruary and writing 16-page factums, the students were well prepared to moot in front of a three judge panel with one judge from the Court of Appeal, one judge from Queen’s Bench and one judge from provincial court. “It’s nice to have your hard work rewarded by the judges – both in their feedback and in the results,” Urquhart said. She also admitted that perhaps it was their ad hoc preparation in one courthouse elevator, where they were stuck for an hour and half, that set herself and Bertrand apart. Now, Wreschner and his teammates are ready to “hit the books again.”

Jessup “underdog” Team Earns 2nd place Location: University of Western Ontario BY Orlagh O’Kelly

The University of Calgary’s Jessup team arrived in London, Ontario last week as the consummate underdogs. Rob Moyse, James Silvester, John Cassell and researcher Julia Gaunce mooted one team member short, causing Moyse to lose his voice acting as the respondent and the appellant in every round. “They’re like the “slumdog millionaires” of the Jessup Moot!” student Tim Ross exclaimed. Cassell even sug-gested that their appearances were comparably rough around the edges. “We were like, ‘wow, they look like real lawyers,” Cassell said. Not to be deterred or intimidated, though, the team tackled the timely issue of humanitarian intervention in a mock International Court of Justice (ICJ). The sub-issues included the legal right of humanitarian intervention (colloqui-ally referred to as R2P), the technical production of evidence, the question of whether sexual misconduct by peacekeep-ing forces was attributable to the state or the U.N. and the human rights of prisoners when there is knowledge their rights will be violated in their country of origin. On these issues, the team demonstrated their profound grasp of the problems embedded in the fact pattern- the same problems that are found historically in Bosnia and Rwanda and cur-rently in Sudan and the Congo. “We were definitely way less polished, seemingly, at least. They were “smooth talkers” and we were focused on substance,” Cassell said. And substance was rewarded. After the preliminary rounds, the team collected numerous accolades at Canada’s most prestigious moot. They won the best respondent write up and third place overall for written work. Moyse was the eight overall oralist and the team was ranked first among sixteen teams from across Canada. Silvester, for one, was sur-prised by the results. “We were pretty sceptical about our positions, but it was a shocking surprise that we were the first ranked team, “ Silvester said. He was worried that they did not crack the top half of the contestants. “I was feeling like I was going to vomit, because Saunders was right there and then they announced (us as) number one.”The battle was only half over at that stage. Coming out of the preliminaries in first place required the team to face the dreaded University of Toronto and dangle with Justice Binnie, among others. But, after mooting seven rounds and a dishevelled Moyse, the team showed their true grit. “When we had really tough benches, we started to show that we were good,” Cassell said.In the end, the team finished in second place to the University of Ottawa (although they beat Ottawa in the preliminary rounds) and Cassell won the top oralist for the final round. These performances were enough to ensure them a spot on the Canadian contingent going to Washington D.C. from March 22- 28, 2009, where Cassell, Silvester, Moyse and Gaunce will come up against 107 teams from all over the world.“It will be fun to go. We are looking forward to going to Washington and trying our best, “ Silvester smiled. We wish them our best!

Master Debaters take on annual Blackstone Competition Gareth Williams

The 2009 Blackstone Debate grand final was held on February 12 at the school and it was unfortunate that only about six students turned up to watch the event. Now I have enough grey hairs as a third year student to be able to talk about how law school was “back then.” I do remember watching the final in a packed moot courtroom in my first year of law school and thinking that I really hoped that I would learn how to advocate, think on my feet, cross examine and ar-gue logically about any topic. Hopefully next year the faculty does not schedule other talks and events on the same lunch hour as the Blackstone final so that more first year students feel inclined to watch a really traditional and entertaining law school event. This year Erin Farrell and Laura Coward had the position of arguing that cell phones should be banned on public transit while Orlagh O’Kelly and Vhari Stock-wick advocated for our right to chat away on mobile devices on the C-Train. The debate was peppered by jokes and witty quips, both planned and impromptu. For the affirmative, Erin spoke about the pervasiveness of annoying phone conversations in modern life and in cross-examination criticized Orlagh’s assertion that a cell phone ban would create an “Orwellian bus.” For the negative, Orlagh questioned the practicality of the ban and argued for our freedom to com-municate in the manner you choose. Backing up Erin, Laura argued that people could get more accomplished on mobile devices using quiet emails and text mes-sages which would also encourage greater transit ridership. She also brought up

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Kawaskimhon Aboriginal Negotiation Location: Windsor, Ontario BY Orlagh O’Kelly, Photos by Gus Lu

Becky Slack, Tim Ross, Faye Morning Bull and Gus Lu represented the University of Calgary at the 2009 Kawaskimhon Aboriginal Negotiation. The Aboriginal negotiation -as its name suggests- is a less adversarial and less competitive moot. The team had a strong showing in the negotiation, led by coach Sheryl Manychief (U of C Alum 2004) and mediated by sev-eral prominent Aboriginal lawyers and judges. The students discussed the meaning of section 25 of the Charter, in other words, they discussed the tension between constitutionally protected aboriginal rights and the Charter’s individual rights. It seems to be the unique experience, though, that these students will take home with them, includ-ing the moment when Elder Paul led a smudging ceremony. “At the

Aboriginal Circle, we made many new friends from law schools all over Canada,” Lu said. The team also took the opportunity to take make the most of their time in Windsor, going “loco” for American portion controls at Ceasar’s Palace Seafood Buffet. Not surprisingly, then, Lu recommends making the trip to the little Canadian city across from Detroit and the ruins of the Big Three. “Windsor folks are extremely hospitable,” Lu said. “We were at the airport with little time to grab dinner so the Air Canada ticket counter rep, Ted, drove me to Armando’s a couple miles to pick up pizza and drove me back to the airport so we could have dinner before our flight. How’s that for a welcome mat?”

that with cell phone conversations being a person cannot even eavesdrop properly. Vhari continued the negative’s side by speaking about the efficiency of cell phone conversations and how they helped people plan and remain safe. She argued that would do more to encourage transit ridership and a greener Calgary.After their final statements the two sides had to await the judges’ decision, which was announced by Nicholas S. Rafferty. By a score of 3-1 the affirmatives had it. Third year Bernd Hahn was named “the best oralist”, which is the kind of thing that he will undoubtedly tell all the ladies in the bar.

Murray Fraser Hall Law School News

Women’s Court of Canada Next Stop: YYCBy Jennifer Koshan

The University of Calgary Faculty of Law is pleased to present an event with the Women’s Court of Canada on Friday March 13. Taking its inspiration fromOscar Wilde, who once said that “the only duty we owe to history is to rewrite it”, the Women’s Court of Canada (WCC) is a collection of academics and litigators from across Canada who have come together to rewrite the history of equality jurispru-dence. To keep fresh and alive the egalitarian aspirations of the Charter, they have rewritten several Supreme Court of Canada equality rights decisions (published in a special edition of the Canadian Journal of Women and the Law in 2007). The event includes a panel discussion from 12:30 to 2:00 entitled “The Wom-en’s Court of Canada and Barriers to Substantive Equality”, as well as workshops from 2:15 to 3:45, where students will have an opportunity to compare the original Supreme Court decisions in Law, Symes, NWAC, Gosselin and NAPE with their WCC versions. The Women’s Court is holding similar events in Vancouver, Victoria, Edmon-ton, Saskatoon and Winnipeg from March 9 - 18 as a follow up to the launch of the WCC in Toronto in March, 2008. The Faculty is grateful for the support of the Alberta Law Foundation for our Visiting Speakers program, of which this event is a part.

Moot Note BookMarch at Murray Fraser Hall is set to witness a flurry of activity before the April paper - writing- exam –cramming- squir-relly- mode sets in. Already this month, the SLS hosted its first law formal at the “casino royale” and the SLA hosted Khadr’s lawyer, Denis Edney, for a fundraiser dinner. The faculty also announced the opening of an interior B.C. law school which will help to address the rural deficit of lawyers and presumably the access to justice problem occupying much of the legal community these days. It may be hard to imagine, but there is still much more action to come this month, including Women’s Court of Canada, Alberta Civil Liberties Seminar, Law Show and Aboriginal Law academic Professor Borrows.

HOT: Bergis Mostaghim and the SLS did an awesome job in bringing us all together in the spirit of camaraderie.

NOT: stolen articles- namely Christie’s jacket, Gareth’s something and Jody’s camera.

NOT: Many Mooters and first year factum writers had to miss out on the event(See: Mooting and Debating Special this issue). HOT: But their absence wasn’t for naught. It is fair to say that March saw the U of C become a “power house” on the national mooting stage.

HOT: Maryanne’s efforts to ensure summer jobs and articling positions are brought to our attention, including the arti-cling seminar held last week. The attendees included: Macleod Dixon, Borden Ladner Gervais, Parlee McLaws, Bennett Jones and one Edmonton firm. As the second years gear up for the Match Program, Maryanne assured everyone that transcripts will be available by May 11.

NOT: The mixed advice provided by the firm representative regarding the Match Program. Some said the economy might be a factor in hiring numbers. Others said they were “less short-sighted” in their hiring objectives. Some will axe you if you make cover letter typos, but others might want to interview you as a result (get this: a letter writer who described one firm as the most “primitive firm in Canada” received an interview as a result). At the end of the day, one thing became quite clear: don’t claim you invented the Internet because that will ensure you get off the list. All jokes aside, every applicant will be highly qualified, so put your best foot forward and this seemingly arbitrary process will be yours!

‘Casino’ formal a ‘Royale’ success

Above: 1L’s resident James Bond, Robert Black, surrounded by Kristen Haines, Andrea Miller, Caitlin Pakosh and Becca Marshall.

Above: Kane Richards and Jeff Wreshner are all smiles, but little do they know that Jakub Maslowski is one move away from putting them in a headlock! (Credit: Sangeeta Patel)

Above: Kudos to Carmen Gustafson for taking note of the theme, seen here striking a pose with Trevor Ference.

Above: Rahul Sharma, Catherine Spafford and Elsa Kaus put their best face forward.

Left: Ryu Okayama and Sangeeta Patel grab hold of an umbrella in anticipation of the DJ playing Rihanna’s hit single. (You never know!) (Credit: Sangeeta Patel)

Right: Dilraj Sandhu, Janet Shaikh, Sangeeta Patel and Aniroodh Devalia. (Credit: Sangeeta Patel)

Above: The Three Ts, expertly Turned out: Tatjana (Obradovic), Tijana (Gavric) and Talayeh (Voosoghi).

Left: Personalities collide: Paul Boshyk displays uncontrollable glee, perhaps from winning the jackpot, Nima Amiri shows how he really feels about having his picture taken, Emily McGivern looks like she’s seen that face before, and Charles McRoberts is just having a great time. (Credit: Sangeeta Patel)

Law students were dressed to kill, no license required, at Stampede Casino for the first annual law school formal on March 7.

Drinks were shaken, not stirred, and they came in handy as students celebrated one of their last opportunities to cut loose before exams.

First year students especially sought a quantum of solace by hitting the dance floor, forgetting about their factums for one blissful, Shogun-freenight.

Why all the James Bond-isms, you ask? “We wanted the formal to be an event that would be of interest to both

men and women, hence the James Bond theme and casino venue,” said SLS President and event organizer, Bergis Mostaghim. This makes sense: there is an undeniable glamour and air of mystery associated with the Bond franchise – the perfect backdrop and theme for a formal event.

Bergis worked tirelessly to make the formal a reality, with SLS Events Coordinators Geoff Boddy and Nabeel Peermohamed working alongside her. The formal would not have been as accessibly priced without the financial support of Scott Hall LLP. “The $1000 funding from Scott Hall LLP and additional sponsorship by the SLS made the ticket price significantly lower. There were a lot of elements to consider in planning the event, including the venue, food, music, and advertising, but one of our top priorities was making the ticket price affordable,” noted Bergis. Students were pleasantly surprised if not shocked to discover that tickets were a mere $20, which included a buffet pasta dinner and a ‘fun’ casino, consisting of poker and blackjack tables and betting with fake bills.

Even with the absence of most first year students, likely at home working on their factums, there was an excellent turnout of approximately 165 people, including law students’ significant others.

Above: Ivonna Pospisilova, Corinne Grigoriu and Jordan Fordyce reveal their secret weapons: their miles-long legs and their holsters! (Credit: Corinne Grigoriu)

Perhaps the quirkiest element of the evening was the DJ, who took attendees on a tour of last decade, playing such musical gems as Barbie Girl by Aqua and TheBad Touch by Bloodhound Gang (I sense resident music critic Adam Oppenheim is cringing as he reads this). But despite the Macarena and the line dancing, everyone had a fantastic time.

Above: Shawn Kraft and wife Sheryl enjoy their dessert. (Credit: Jordan Fordyce)

Written by Anjli Patel, Meghan Waters and Bergis

Mostaghim. Layout and Photos by Anjli Patel unless otherwise noted.

Dear K + A You ask, We answer, Everyone wins @ life.submit your questions to answers_live_win@live.com (buy Bear Stearns)[The views in Moot Times do not represent those of K + A]

Q: I can’t remember Law Ball. Is that bad? A: Blacking out is God’s way of restoring harmony to the universe. Say, for instance, you’d had so much to drink that you were on an inevitable crash course with some unsavoury fate. In steps God, and thankfully pushes you over the edge. Now you can just sit back and let the magic of losing consciousness unfold. You’ll probably end up in the bathroom...where you puke on your shoes...and begin communicating with those unfortunate enough to be around you by humming, or with bone-chilling, listless stares. And then your cab on the way home will probably almost t-bone another car, and you may somehow manage to open your front door without any keys. As embarrassing as this totally hy-pothetical story is, blacking out is kind of like having a heavenly reset button. It’s what allows you to disappoint so many people and wake up completely refreshed the next day. K: Oh man, do I feel sorry for you. It was awesome! Let’s just say, if all the gods on Mt. Olympus had a huge party with all sorts of alcohol and door prizes, no matter how awesome it was, all the guests would be like, “We totally should have gone to Law Ball! I told Zeus his slideshow of his trip to Egypt would bore people.” Anyways, let me hit you with the highlights. I rolled in around 8:00 p.m., and everyone was all “yo, check it, he looks so good!” And then I ate some food while everyone gathered around to check and peep my strategy. Then after that, we hit the dance floor, and my song came on (“Circus” by B-Spears). I owned it, and everyone got served. At the end, when I was done serving everyone, I hit them with my Thunder Pose and simultaneously undid 17 bras and one kilt. Party success.

Q: I am always worried about getting mugged. How do I protect myself? A: Oh my Gods! To keep from being FUBAR, you gotta project on those toaster Cylons that all you and your knuckle-dragger friends are doing is not Sierra Alpha, but, rather, just box-ing a cubit of tylium for the Beast. Then invite some skin jobs to Download City for some ambrosia. And if you understand what the hell I’m saying, you’re going to get mugged a lot no matter what my friend. K: If there is one thing I learned while growing up on the mean, well-lit streets of suburban Guelph, it’s how to protect

myself from would-be muggers. Like this one time I was chilling in my hood, and these kids rolled up to my house and were all “We are selling...” But before they could finish, I punched them both in the face and stole their chocolate bars. Know what the lesson is here? Always get mugged by people smaller and weaker than you. And know when you’re getting robbed, because $2.50 for a chocolate bar isn’t a good deal, even if it’s supposedly going to help people in third world countries.

Q: Should I be worried about the recession hitting me? A: You? Yeah. Me? I saw this coming 10 years ago. Ever since then I’ve been stockpiling Spaghetti-O’s, cuz I’m gonna need all the energy I can get if I have to repopulate the earth. So if you like canned pasta, and have an energetic attitude that just won’t quit, then I’ll catch you at the intersection of supply and demand (p.s. that’s in my pants). K: Since I am pretty sure you made up the word “reces-sion,” I decided to do some fact checking on your question. So I went to the Google machine to check it out. But since it didn’t ask me for my age or credit card number, I didn’t know how to use it. So I went to the only other place for information I knew of: that being Red Dawn, released in the 80’s, and starring a dashing Pat-rick Swayze and a young, but mature-looking, Charlie Sheen. As I watched Patrick and his onscreen brother kill over 118 invading Commies in all-out guerrilla mountain warfare, I realized if these two mild-mannered country boys could mount a resistance in this re-enactment of the war of 1984 between the U.S. and the Com-mies (that thankfully took place before I was born), then I am sure whenever this “recession” shows up at your house, you could eas-ily just kick it between the legs and end whatever conflict you two have.

Q: I’m about to start my summer job, but am worried about mak-ing a mistake. How do I make a good impression? K: Let’s face it, everyone makes mistakes. Everyone at one point or another has accidently deleted the memo you spent the whole night working on right before it was due, thus forcing you to print off the Wikipedia page for “Civil Contempt” with-out reading, and in doing so accidentally handing your boss a three-page document detailing the emo-love-ballad band “Civil Contempt” that’s based out of Fresno. It happens. But there is a simple way to make sure you don’t get into trouble for it. They can’t yell at, fire, or put to photocopier duty a person they can’t find. So every 4 to 5 days, move your office. That way, whenever they finally realize your Wikipedia mistake – or that you some-how forgot it’s a 5, not a 4-day work week – they probably won’t be able to find you. Also, try to blend in with your surroundings. May I suggest beige on beige? A: Have you ever made a mistake? Yeah, I thought so. It’s bound to happen at your new job too, so the trick is not actu-ally making a good impression, but understanding that the best defence is a good offence. Think of work as if it’s a jail. You might want to start the first day by shanking a partner’s secretary. But make sure everyone knows you did it, so you’re going to want to spend a lot of time in the break room that morning talking about how you’re going to “shank a secretary,” and what gang you roll with. Also, if someone asks how amenable you are to sharing your office, you will want to mention what a terrible idea “bunk-ing” with you would be. Eventually you’ll be able to work your way up to alpha male, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

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Come One, Come All to the this year’s Law Show Mark Henderson (3L)

Last year a chorus of praise and critical acclaim was heaped upon the daring souls who forged ahead through the early March doldrums of readings and papers to craft their flights of fancy and share them with the law school. Many of the acts proceeded on the basis that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. It also helped that parody, imita-tion’s naughty younger brother, was applied in liberal doses to add a dash of whimsy to the proceedings. The evening started off simply enough with four errant students attempting to sing a Barbershop Quartet. The self-titled D minuses sought to emulate Homer Simpson’s own B Sharps. The audience mercifully forgot this meager attempt at Barbershop serenade as Professor Jennifer Koshan’s com-edy routine had the folks rolling in the aisles. Sadly Profes-sor Koshan was the only faculty participant in last year’s show. However the surgical precision of her rapier wit was received with such delight that we could excuse the other faculty members for their glaring absence from the stage. We shall not be so accommodating in the future. The quality of the acts continued from strength to strength. Among the other performances we were once again amused by the acrobatic skill of Matt Gardner and Fraser Bush as the human bowling ball. With Mr. Bush’s broken hands it is unlikely that he will be able to participate again this year but we may yet find a replacement. The audience was also treated to a number of multi-media presentations of first-rate quality. Woodside Ranu productions in affiliation with DJ Woozy Wu produced two music videos. “Dough” and “Patronage”, parodies of Flo-Rida’s “Low” and the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage.” Both are available for your viewing pleasure on YouTube. This was followed up by a superb “whodunit” detective flick, shot entirely on location at the Law school. The victim was none other than Professor Nick Rafferty, ably portrayed by Jim Chronopoulos. The son of time has great insights into the mind of Professor Rafferty having already portrayed him in Law School Jeopardy in 2007. The cast of characters included Paul Williams as himself, Jim Chronopo-ulos as himself, Donald Sullivan as Agent Kujan, and Steve Morris as the evil criminal mastermind Kaiser Sozhe. The film paid homage to The Usual Suspects, with a few borrow-ings from The Bourne Identity and Jerry Maguire among other flicks. The screenplay was a delightful work of art, ably composed by Paul Williams and Jim Chronopoulos. Jim also directed the film and was responsible for all of the post-production editing. Jim, if I’d been on the Oscar Nominating Committee you’d have had my vote! The final troupe (The Flukers) of the night was a Band with Jay Alexander on Vocals and Guitar, Geoff Boddy on Guitar, Matt Gardner on Bass, Heidi Pernitsky on Key-boards and Jay’s brother on Drums. Your author sadly no longer remembers what on earth they played. But the band played marvellously and gave the audience a great chance to

Silent Dignity Be Damned *sigh* Joshua Thon 1L+ ¾’s

Spring is soon approaching, with winter in stubborn retreat. The halls that Murray Fraser built are flush with the sweet sycophantic cries of defeated students mustering enough self-confidence to plead for positions before their next rent cheque is due. Factum arguments are being formulated, and the air is thick with the promise of an assignment still salvageable before the in-evitable soul-crushing, suicide inspiring, mother#$%@*!& median creeps up from beneath the freshly defrosted sod to bite you in the ass. Such is life. And yet, it all seems rather trite when you consider that in some dank, depressing cell on the South-Eastern coast of Cuba a tortured soul is wallowing away the years bereft of hope and human kindness. The only solace worth a damn didn’t come from his family – intent on his being labeled as a suicide bomber. It came from a pair of lawyers. Not your bleeding heart liberal types either. The sort that suffer the thought of passing another moment in pro-bono limbo – reminiscing about what it was like to come home for dinner and earn a living wage. I might mention the lat-ter point earned particular ire. Still, armed with the insight drawn from the better part of a decade spent labouring at Omar Khadr’s defence, Dennis Edney would not have done it any differently. His wife has stood as a pillar of strength, supporting his decision from the outset. His children champion his cause. His cause is just. The dark chocolate truffle was just to die for. To put it bluntly, it provided perspective. The stress of the everyday became awash in the mire of Khadr’s plight. To wit, we’re privileged, and don’t you damn forget it. Edney’s talk took one through the struggle of satisfying the principles of fundamental justice in the wake of unceasing opposition. Counted among the antagonists to Edney’s quest are the Canadian government, the U.S. Supreme Court, and apathy of the Canadian people. His allies are few. The Supreme Court of Canada has provided support for his position, but it has been brushed aside by Harper who pays lip service to American due process (wilful blindness of the highest order). The CBA followed the presentation with a declaration by its executive, advocating for a solution to the predicament that is in keeping with principles that Canada claims to hold dear. I support their position, and I en-courage our faculty to take it a step further: I submit that we col-lectively hold our breath until Harper commits to a major policy reversal. Last man standing gets to fully appreciate my point… The fine folks at SLA put on one hell of a show - supply-ing inspiration to the well-connected masses at the low, low cost of supporting a worthy cause. I can attest to the fact that the food was delicious, the wine was delectable, and the company worth keeping. A great thanks go out to all those that made the night a resounding success, with special due to the volunteers that gave generously of their time.

stretch their legs and cut a rug on the dance floor. I hope that I have whetted your appetite for the 2009 edition. With the law school’s increased enrolment we can look forward to even more creativity and panache this year. It’s a show not to be missed.

MArch 20, 2009At Quincy’s on SeventhTickets can be obtained through Geoff Boddy:gboddy@gmail.com

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Lá Fhéile Pádraig By Orlagh O’Kelly (2L)

Everyone’s favourite holiday is fast approaching . Most see St. Patrick’s Day as an opportunity to get off work (or class) early, head to one of the cities many Irish watering holes and drink green beer. Everyone knows, though, St. Patrick’s day is about more than this. It is the feast day of Ireland’s patron saint. Saint Patrick was exiled to some random island, but made the most of his experience using the shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity (Father, Son and the Holy Ghost) and thus introducing Christianity to Ireland. What’s more, St. Paddy’s day parades have a long history in North America. In Toronto, for instance, the 19th century parades (Read: following the Fenian raids of the United States) were the site of “old country” clashes between the Orangemen and Irish Catholics. Today, the event is much more benign or, as some would say, it’s much more plastic. It was a public holiday in Newfoundland until 1992. The Chicago River is died that awful green colour every year. AS a result, the “true” Irish think that St. Paddy’s brings out the “plastic paddy’s” in droves. You know, the ones who claim that their great, great, great, great grandfather was the King of Ireland, Brian Boru, or what not. This ancestor, they continue, was fresh off the boat. In accordance with this logic, the plastic paddy exclaims: kiss me, I’m Irish too! Would you like a more authentic experience this year? Here’s how. Drink Guinness with an Irish breakfast (com-plete with fried pig’s blood- black pudding). If the black stuff’s too much, try Kilkenny, Harp or the drink of choice for some young Irish these days, Cider. Wear green or real shamrock leaves. Attend some live music or dancing (no, the Lord of The Prance does not cut it). Leave the house equipped with some token Gaelic, such as “Slainte” (cheers) and “Pog Mo Thon ” (kiss my arse). And, if you are really keen, learn a few songs (The Fields of Athenry is a classic anthem) and an instrument (preferably the Celtic harp, the tin whistle or the fiddle). Finally, when you wake up the next morning, don’t go to work. As one great Irishman said, “it is the day after St. Patrick’s day that should be the holiday.” Much preferable logic. After all, despite their moanings about plastic paddys, most Irish love the fact that so many embrace March 17th as their own.

Some recommended haunts: Molly Malone’s in Kensington Law school hangout (Affordable, quaint and plenty of green beer in hand): James Joyce on Stephen Ave (Downtown) A classier establishment. Irish owned but the prices are not for all students. What’s the perfect pint worth to you? Kilkenny Pub near the University Can’t wait for a Ctrain to quench your thirst? Walk across to this pub, an undergrad favourite.

Work/Life Balance

Random Musings/Thinking about random mus-ings makes you a Zen master

BY Adam Oppenheim (1L)

- When at the club, if someone yells over the music, “I love this song”, what they really mean is “I recognize this song”.- Nobody likes a wine snob.- When you ask someone what kind of music they listen to, and they answer “I like all music”, what they really mean is “I don’t listen to music”- It doesn’t matter where you are in the world, be it Calgary, New York, Nashville, Marrakesh, London, el Aviv, Johannesburg, Sydney, Cairo, Vancouver, etc., the minute the wind picks up the people will say “it’s that (insert the city your in’s name) weather, it changes just like that”- Dudes the world over will stop whatever they’re doing to play with sticks, rocks or fire.- Everyone has a bizzarro version of themselves somewhere in the world. This is a person that looks exactly like you, except this individual sports a moustache.

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Common SenSe, UnCommon InnovatIon.

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- I found the Bizzaro version of myself in Morocco.- All of my furniture is imported from Sweden.- Sometimes its best to just roll the dice. Vinnie Chase wouldn’t have become Aquaman if he had taken the road well traveled.- Sometimes I think that every lesson I’ve learned, I’ve learned from pop culture.- This doesn’t mean I should hug and kiss the TV when I go home.- Women’s studies classes are not good places to meet women.- A friend once told me “drinking rye turns [him] into a wild animal, drinking whiskey gives that animal a sawed off.”- When people start a story with “a friend once told me” or “this happened to a friend of mine”, the person telling the story is probably “the friend”.- I am not “the friend” who turns into a wild animal with a shotgun.- I don’t know why people think they have to go to India to find themselves. They will only find the bizzarro version of themselves.- I still don’t know what I want to do with my life. Maybe I need to go to India to find myself.- Everyone knows that they won’t die at midnight, but everyone still forwards the e-mail along.- Vanilla Ice sold 11,000,000 records, but no one admits to owning one… “My friend” owns one.- The above used to be true of Michael Jackson. I don’t know why we decided that it wasn’t cool to admit to owning Michael Jackson records. Forget about his ills, love him for the thrills.- No matter where you are in the world, everyone can settle on Bob Marley.- Just ‘cause everyone’s doing it, doesn’t mean it’s a good idea. Synthesizers in the ‘80s fooled a lot of prolific artists into thinking that was the right thing to do. Now every disc from the ‘80s is unlistenable.- I’m pretty sure the 80s were tons of fun, and that they are probably tons of fun in every century. I was only 6 when the 80s ended, so chances are I won’t be able to find out if 2080 is the start of 10 years of fun.- All those Flintstones vitamins may make it so that I will know if 2080 is the start of 10 years of fun.- If you’re trying to find parking, don’t look for parking, just go there.- If you were forced to drink milk with every meal when you were a kid, you now hate milk. - Despite my mom’s insistence, I am not convinced I needed to drink milk with every meal to avoid osteoporosis.- If you’re in a crowd of strangers, and you make a Simpson’s joke, you’ll find a friend.- When director’s start making period pieces about the 2000’s, we’re all gonna be characterized as hipster dufouses rockin’ skinny jeans and floppy toques. It’s the same way that everyone is wearing flannel shirts in movies about the 90s.- Selling out doesn’t feel nearly that bad when you get the first pay cheque.

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2009 Summer Students 2009 / 2010 Articling Students 2010 / 2011 Articling Students Adrian Etchell Marika Strobl Craig Alcock Sylvie Welsh Ashley Weldon Fiana Bakshan Scott Tallman Esther Kim Kristen Dick Mark Henderson Mike Gilchrist Bronwyn Inkster Elizabeth Toews Megan Ross

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By Anjli Patel Recently I had the opportunity to attend a seminar hosted

by University of Calgary’s Leadership Program called “Dress for

Success”. As fashion- and style-conscious as I think I am (if I dare

flatter myself in such a way), I figured I could use a refresher

course in developing a professional wardrobe, since the last time I

panicked about skirt lengths, pant cuts and French cuffs was a month before beginning law school.

The seminar was held on campus at the Rozsa Centre, and

at an ideal time of the year, with the winter semester quickly

coming to an end, and graduation and summer jobs right around the

corner for many students.

The leaders of the seminar were three stylists from Blu’s, a

multi-brand women’s clothing store with two locations in Calgary:

one downtown in Bankers Hall, and the other in Southcentre Mall.

Their rationale for investing in good quality separates is

based on the 80/20 theory: we wear 20 per cent of our clothing 80

per cent of the time, making it imperative to invest in pieces that will survive many washes and wears, and stand the test of time. They

truly believe that clothing is an investment in yourself and your career, which justifies the often high prices: “We carry quality clothing that is expensive, but it will make you look and feel like a million bucks,” said stylist Linda Legate. Even after I pressed the ladies for a

price range, they declined to give one, likely because the ensuing sticker shock would prevent many seminar attendees from visiting their

stores.

However, anticipating that affordability is a barrier for many students and women, Blu’s offers an “Interest-Free Fashion Plan” to

its customers, which allows you to buy up to $2500 of clothing, but pay only 20 percent of the total each month, interest-free, until the

balance is paid off. In essence, it is a layaway program, but the difference is that you get to take the clothing home right away, instead of

after you have paid for it in full.

With the accessibility issue out of the way, the ladies spent the rest of the seminar discussing their roles as stylists, and offering

tips on putting together a capsule collection of business clothing: eight to ten separates that can be worn in multiple combinations,

maximizing the use of each individual piece.

As stylists, the ladies eliminate the often time-consuming process of shopping for clothing by getting to know a customer’s lifestyle, career, likes and dislikes, and using this information to pick pieces that will be well-suited to them. This service, offered free of

charge, is especially welcomed by professional women who do not have the time to shop – a situation I expect many of us will be in once

we start working (if not already!). However, the ladies emphasized that they do not take the fun out of shopping for those who do enjoy it.

Rather, they enhance the process with their knowledge of what designers best fit particular body types, and what colours most flatter

particular hair colours and complexions. “We can very quickly zero in on what will work for you,” said stylist Jennifer Ribey.

The main point that I took away is that business outfits should have clean, crisp lines: the less organization it takes to put together

an outfit, the better it is going to look. In other words, keep it simple. However, simple doesn’t have to mean boring. Wearing colour is

appropriate, even in conservative professions like law, as long as the overall look is balanced, for example, by wearing a solid-coloured

shirt with a neutral-coloured suit. At the same time, it isn’t the time to make a fashion statement: accessories like jewellery should be

subtle and literally quiet: bangles clanging against each other can be extremely distracting. “When it doubt, leave it out,” were stylist

Suzanne Gelmon’s words of advice. Despite arranging a selection of designer handbags on a coffee table (as seen in the photo above), the ladies didn’t really talk

about them, which was a misstep because, in my opinion, the handbag, next to the suit, is the second most crucial – and often ill-chosen –

element of a professional wardrobe. Check this space next month for a guide on selecting an appropriate handbag, and in the meantime, I

think it would be worth making a trip to Blu’s if your business wardrobe needs a boost.

Dress for Success

Stylists Linda Legate, Jennifer Ribey and Suzanne Gelmon of

Blu’s in Southcentre Mall.

Designer Offerings

Contemporary: Ted Baker, Velvet, Vince, Michael Kors,

Hugo Boss, Burberry

Canadian Designers: Joeffer Caoc, Ports 1961, Pink Tartan

Denim: Fidelity, Paige Premium Denim

Handbags: Michael Kors, Cole Haan, Burberry, Kooba,

Linea Pelle, Longchamp

Shoes: Donald J. Pliner, Faryl Robin, Stuart Weitzman, Frye

Boots, Cole Haan, Michael Kors

Intimates: Hanky Panky, Hue

Eveningwear: Badgley Mischka, Tadashi

Jewellery: Kenneth Jay Lane

Additional Tips

- Pick a neutral colour for your first suit: black, navy, grey or brown are

good choices, and keep the season in mind as well.

- Always wear hosiery with a closed toe shoe, especially at an

interview.

- Your skirt should be just above the knee at its shortest, or just below

the knee at its longest.

- It’s better to be over dressed than under dressed.

- Hang up your clothes at night on sturdy hangers, but always fold knits

so they don’t become shapeless.

- Take wardrobe cues from the people you work with, and always try to

dress as well as your superiors. - Make sure your blacks match: it is noticeable if your suit jacket is a

different shade of black than your pants.

C U @ . . .

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We are excited and pleased that the following students will be joining BD&P’s summer and articling programs. Looking forward to seeing you soon!

2009 Summer Students 2009 / 2010 Articling Students 2010 / 2011 Articling Students Adrian Etchell Marika Strobl Craig Alcock Sylvie Welsh Ashley Weldon Fiana Bakshan Scott Tallman Esther Kim Kristen Dick Mark Henderson Mike Gilchrist Bronwyn Inkster Elizabeth Toews Megan Ross

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