What‘s Law Got To Do With It?

Richard and Rianna (who's in a car recording this podcast!) chat with Jinee Chong, a student in Richard's Public and Constitutional law class. Jinee hails from Edmonton, and so she and Richard also share growing up in the same province. We talk about what it's like to 'come from away' to go to law school. We all agree it's a good thing.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/whatsl...

Our guests today (two!) are Michael Conroy and Morgan Deiseroth, two students who Richard taught in his Public and Constitutional Law class. Early on in September they were very open about being a couple coming to law school. While it may not be novel to have couples forming during law school, it's uncommon to arrive that way. We discuss how it all works. Turns out, exceptionally well.      Links:...

What do you do for a 100th episode celebration? Bring back Adam, of course! It's almost as if he never left. Adam forgets to do his readings, but gives some excellent advice about how the legal profession depends on making relationships, and then finally reveals a TV show about law that he watches. It's a fitting tribute.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit...

For our 99th episode, we had to attempt getting either of the previous co-hosts, Felicity Radan or Adam Lachance, back. And whoever we had for this episode, we'll do everything in our power to have the other for the 100th. In short, it's the first of two WLGTDWI celebrations!   Turns out, we were able to wrangle Felicity. She makes a typically bold return, regaling us with how she's been and what...

It's our first new guest since the re-launch. Rianna and Richard talk to Erik Glasford, a section colleague of Rianna's who also took Criminal Law from Richard. Erik has a long history of mooting -- well before law school -- and he shares his love of it with the team. It turns out that it is never too early to start thinking about law!   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/whatsla...

Richard wanted to rekindle some old memories to relaunch the podcast. Who better to help out than the very first guest Adam and Richard had back in September, 2018, Lil Cadieux-Shaw? We catch up with Lil as she reflects back on what she's learned since leaving law school and what she can impart to new and prospective law students. A lot, it turns out.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram:  https://www.insta...

WE'RE BACK! It's been 2 years since the last episode. Things like Felicity's graduation, Richard's sabbatical, the pandemic, and the ennui that follows almost put a permanent end to the podcast. But it all changed when Richard was approached by a former student, Rianna Spence, asking to co-host. What joy! This episode introduces Rianna. It's a short one. But please stay tuned as we have a lot more...

I'm joined by Kristen Shorer, who has just finished her first year at University of Toronto law school. Kristen did some pro bono work with Richard, and so they discuss the project, what it's like to be at U of T, and how she coped. (Hint: she did her readings!)   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tin...

Richard is joined by Zafir Jetha-Rattani, an Osgoode student who appeared on an earlier episode (#93). This episode was recorded last year. In it, we mainly talk about Zaf's incredible involvement in the Ukrainian air disaster case of January 2020. It's an example of the interesting things that law students can fall into. When we recorded it, there was no inkling of the further tragedies that woul...

Richard is joined by four of his students from our constitutional law class of 2019-20. Two are known to the podcast -- Dylan Yan and Kaliopi (Kali) Dimitrakoudis -- and two are new -- Shae-Lynn Chung and Zafir (Zaf) Jetha-Rattani. It's a longish episode because the five of us have so much to talk about: you might say that the episode has nothing to do with law school, and it has everything to do...

Dylan Yan, also known as DY, returns again. Richard and Dylan discuss mental health issues in law school, particularly ADHD.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It   What's Law Got to Do With It Music by Tina Turner; Lyrics by Nikolas Koschany

Frederic Diebel continues as a co-host/guest for his second episode (after the usual WLGTDWI Holiday Break). We continue our discussion about the differences of a small, northern university law school, the interests of its students, and how rankings figure in law school reputation.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attributions: What's Love Got t...

Richard is joined by Frederic Diebel as a co-host/guest. Frederic is a first year (not 1L!) student at the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law at Lakehead University. Not only that, he's a deputy mayor of the Township of Nairn and Hyman. How does he do it? What's different about a new, small, northern law school? Listen and find out.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowit...

Richard is joined by his first co-host/guest combo -- Ethan Martin. Ethan is currently contemplating applying to law school, so on our scale, he is most likely a -1L. He's the perfect person to start off this new season as we talk all about what it is to think about going to law school.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attributions: What's Law G...

Richard explains what he's doing and what he plans to do viz WLGTDWI. If you want to play a part in continuing this thing, shoot him an email and let him know: rhaigh@osgoode.yorku.ca . (Even if you aren't yet in law school, but want to go, there may be a role for you!)   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attributions: What's Love Got to Do With It...

Lil Cadieux-Shaw, the very first guest to appear on this podcast, returns again to talk about articling, lawyering and being a professional, and how they all do or don't connect with law school.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attributions: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Our guests this week are …. Richard and Felicity! This is a special episode taken from a podcast called Justice in Pieces hosted by John Paul ("JP") Rodrigues in which we were both put on the hotseat. JP gets us to talk about law school in general, online learning and hosting a podcast.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Justice in Pieces website: https...

Richard and Felicity are joined by a special guest in this episode of WLGTDWI. We can't reveal any more than that, so go ahead and listen.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attributions: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Rufaida Hashmi and Emily Kim return for a second time, having been our guests in Episode #79. We continue our conversation about first year, focusing on the changes that occur in second term. Both give valuable advice to incoming students. Basically, don't listen to anyone (except this podcast, of course).     Links: WLGTDWI Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music At...

We are joined this episode by Megan Phyper, a 3L law student at Osgoode Hall Law School. Megan and Felicity were teammates on the Wilson Moot this year and the two of them discuss all things moot-related. Richard was their coach. Richard and Megan bond because they are both shy.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do...

Nikolas Koschany makes a return appearance with us. Nikolas is a 1L at Osgoode, now known for their "What's Law Got to do With It" podcast song intro (but this time, we are putting it at the end as an outro just for their benefit). We continue our discussion about 1L law school life in general. The guest takes over the hosting and starts asking Richard too many questions.     Links: WLGTDWI Instag...

We are joined this episode by two guests, Joey Galinsky and Ryan Delmar. They are the two founders of "Law School Life and Beyond", a blog, podcast, and social media enterprise dedicated to exploring the inner workings of law school life. Since our goals and missions are very much in sync, we discuss what it's like to try and dispel the myths of law schools. In fact, Richard worries that they will...

Our guest is 1L Osgoode student Hafsah Memon. We're still going on about the first year, first term experience, this time focusing on exams. The first set of them (usually December, first year) are always a little scary and stressful. Two of us veterans give some good advice looking back from having done many of them; Hafsah tells it like it is from her much fresher perspective.     Links: WLGTDWI...

Rufaida Hashmi and Emily Kim are our guests today, both 1L students at Osgoode. We continue to discuss the first year, first term experience, continuing on from our conversation with Andrew last time. Both are surprised at how law school affects their eyes. Welcome to law.     Links: WLGTDWI Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do W...

Our guest today is Andrew O'Brien, a 1L student at Osgoode. Andrew discusses what it was like to complete his first term of 1L (partly in a pandemic, although Richard always wants it to be more generic). Then all three go on to discuss how to maintain an online profile when you are embarking on a professional career (albeit, Richard mainly listens since he has no online profile). The bottom line:...