Trinity Western loses supreme court case; law societies can deny accreditation

[troutman]

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by blankall

Any articling student from a school in BC that is not UVic or UBC will have a tough time. That being said, there are plenty of lawyers willing to take on slave labour. You'd also be surprised how many lawyers are quite conservative and share values with TWU.

I don't know why this would surprise anyone. There are massive numbers of Evangelical Christians throughout Western Canada.

But that is an aside. I know nothing about law craft. Can you explain "articling" to me? Is that like a post-doc?

[Nufy]

Isn't it like working as an EIT...

Do all the work...get none of the credit ??

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

I don't know why this would surprise anyone. There are massive numbers of Evangelical Christians throughout Western Canada.

But that is an aside. I know nothing about law craft. Can you explain "articling" to me? Is that like a post-doc?

You get to be a lawyers b*tch for a proscribed period, think Bob Scratchit from a Christmas Carol

[Manhattanboy]

Why should my firm change its view with respect to this law school?

[blankall]

Originally Posted by Textcritic

I don't know why this would surprise anyone. There are massive numbers of Evangelical Christians throughout Western Canada.

But that is an aside. I know nothing about law craft. Can you explain "articling" to me? Is that like a post-doc?

Articling is a one year mandatory internship before you can get called to the bar. Typically you do get paid for it, but about half of what an entry level lawyer in your area would make. Depending on where you are working, you could end up working really long hours too.

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by blankall

Articling is a one year mandatory internship before you can get called to the bar. Typically you do get paid for it, but about half of what an entry level lawyer in your area would make. Depending on where you are working, you could end up working really long hours too.

Yeah, that sounds like a post-doc.

[troutman]

Originally Posted by blankall

Articling is a one year mandatory internship before you can get called to the bar. Typically you do get paid for it, but about half of what an entry level lawyer in your area would make. Depending on where you are working, you could end up working really long hours too.

In articles you are mentored by a lawyer/firm, and you are expected to be exposed to many different areas of the law. In some provinces you will attend a bar admission course during the year, and write a bar exam at the end before you are qualified to join the Provincial Bar.

There are limited court appearances you are allowed to perform as a student (small claims, uncontested chambers applications, first appearances). Mostly you are doing legal research for senior lawyers and writing legal memos for cases they are working on.

At the Xmas party, you are expected to perform naughty skits about the partners. If you don't offend too much, join the "right" political party, and backstab the other students, you may be kept on.

[blankall]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/britis...iage-1.4784924

Trinity Western students won't have to sign covenant banning sex outside straight marriage

Change will come into effect beginning this school year, but faculty and staff will still have to sign

Very interesting.

[MoneyGuy]

Originally Posted by troutman

In articles you are mentored by a lawyer/firm, and you are expected to be exposed to many different areas of the law. In some provinces you will attend a bar admission course during the year, and write a bar exam at the end before you are qualified to join the Provincial Bar.

There are limited court appearances you are allowed to perform as a student (small claims, uncontested chambers applications, first appearances). Mostly you are doing legal research for senior lawyers and writing legal memos for cases they are working on.

At the Xmas party, you are expected to perform naughty skits about the partners. If you don't offend too much, join the "right" political party, and backstab the other students, you may be kept on.

Or watch the Good Wife and L.A. Law. It’s pretty much all there.