What‘s Law Got To Do With It?

Our guest today is Dante Trunzo, currently an aerospace engineer in Montreal but in September of this year, a 1L at McGill. (We refer to him as a 0L which we may ask him to patent/copyright/trademark/whatever). Richard and Felicity try to handhold him through the process of becoming a law student. Dante clearly doesn't need our help.     Links: WLGTDWI Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/whatsla...

Christina Tassopolous is our guest today. She's a 1L student at Osgoode whom Richard taught in the fall term of 2020. Christina talks about how her first year has been going, why she joined student government and why, unlike Richard, she's an angel who belongs in law school. We have yet to determine where Felicity is on the rebel/angel scale.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/...

It's Part 3 of Alex Mulligan's series on the 2021 job interview process. Today is all about the dreaded "callback". If you don't know what that is, have a listen. Right now.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attributions: What's Law Got to Do With It Music by Tina Turner; Lyrics by Nikolas Koschany   What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner...

This is Part 2 of Alex Mulligan's report on the 2021 job interview process. As noted in episode #73, Alex is a 2L student at Osgoode. Today's episode is all about the second part of the process where candidates have longer interviews. Again, Alex and Felicity have a lot to say on the subject; Richard continues to simply tag along, although he coins a new term, OZI (which the others make fun of).  ...

Alex Mulligan, a 2L student at Osgoode, joins us today and for the following two episodes as we do a special series on the job interviews in 2021. Today's episode, Part 1, is all about the "OCI" process in Ontario, where employers and students get together for 17 minutes to decide if they'd like to get together for longer later. Richard is just along for the ride.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram:  http...

Our guest this episode is Erin McCready, a friend of Felicity's studying at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston. We first had Erin on the show in episode  #57, NUSOL v. MAGA, related to the 2020 US election. As we indicated then, that episode was actually Erin's second episode with us, but we simply had to launch it first because of the timing. We now go back to the future for Erin's f...

Our guest this episode is Emily Kot, returning again for more challenging Zoom discussions. The three discuss what it has been like learning online for the better part of a year. No one can agree on what are creative solutions or what are just weird ones.   WLGTDWI Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcl...

Dylan Yan returns as our guest this episode. Dylan is in Montreal at McGill. Felicity and Dylan take over the show and ask Richard all about student evaluations of professors.     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 Mus...

Shaniel Lewis returns as a guest for this episode. Shaniel's a 2L student at Osgoode.   After much rambling, the discussion finally gets around to the reason Shaniel has returned -- to talk about the Black Law Students Association (or more colloquially known as BLSA, pronounced "Balsa").   Richard teases both Felicity and Shaniel by withholding some sage advice. He also remembers he has a gift for...

Our guest today is Nikolas Koschany, who is a 1L at Osgoode. We talk about what it is like to finish the first semester of law school, how the Supreme Court is not just fond of living trees, but can also be described as a gardener or as a pair of pants (you'll have to listen to figure that one out!). Nikolas describes themself as like a pie. Richard laments the use of metaphors.   Nikolas is the w...

Our guests today are Colin McMillan, who joined us on episode #63, and his roommate, Tom Russell. Colin is a 1L at Ryerson; Tom is a 1L at UofT. They have known each other since high school. We talk about what it is like to live with someone who is in law school but not the same one. There's something about law school that brings people together.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram:  https://www.instagram....

Our guest today is Karen Randhawa, a student at Osgoode. Karen was a mentee of Felicity's in her first year. Karen knew from grade 4 that she wanted to be lawyer; more relevant, she knew from her undergraduate days that she wanted to do tax law. That's why we had her on the show -- while some people take a long time to know what they want to do in life (read: Felicity) others are dead sure early o...

We are joined by a returning guest, Sim Singh. Sim regales us with his new method for accomplishing three key things at one time: walking in nature with 40 lbs in a backpack, listening to Audible books on his earbuds. You learn, you bear weight, and you improve the cardio-vascular system. He recommends all law students try it. The three then discuss some basic advice to students about the recruitm...

We are joined this episode by Zach Battiston and Karly Lyons. Zach and Karly are the co-founders of the Legal Listening Podcast. Like audiobooks, the Legal Listening podcasts provides an oral version of famous cases in their entirety. Karly and Zach explain how it came to be, how it all works, and why reading (or listening) to the full text of a case is often better than its excerpt.   Legal Liste...

Our guest this episode is Colin McMillan, a 1L student at Ryerson. Colin did his undergrad at UofT in physics and history, took a gap year where he worked in pest control and at a medical lab. But the reason he's on the show is mainly because he was one of the lucky students to be inducted into the inaugural class at Ryerson law school.   We discuss what's it like being at Ryerson. Colin goes over...

Our guest this episode is Sydney McIvor, a 3L student. Sydney mentions a play for her law-related entertainment -- What the Constitution Means to Me by Heidi Schreck -- which she saw on Broadway. (Lucky her! -- but also lucky for those who have access to Amazon Prime as it is available for streaming: https://www.amazon.com/What-Constitution-Means-Me/dp/B08KRB3FQ4 )   Sydney talks about two interns...

Felicity is in a state because she just had her graduation photos taken, and is wondering whether everything is happening too fast. Is she ready to leave the law school nest?   Our guest this episode is Dylan Yan, a former student at Osgoode who transferred to McGill and is back in 1L all over again. Richard and Dylan have an unusual relationship as Dylan, who admits he rarely goes to class, got t...

Shaniel Lewis is our guest this episode. Shaniel's a 2L student at Osgoode, and it's her first time being a guest on a podcast.   Shaniel looks back to law school from the perspective of her 1L self. The amount of readings were a shock to her, she didn't expect to be reading cases everyday, including weekends. Richard wonders why it's such a shock; Felicity admits she also found the first year to...

Our guest this episode is Emily Kot, a 2L student at Osgoode. Although she recommends Legally Blonde as a law-related film, she mentions she's seen Legally Blonde the musical. Richard and Felicity are completely blown away as they had no idea such a thing existed.   Turns out, she saw it at Hart House at the University of Toronto, as friends took her there to help ease the stress of grades release...

Our guest is Adam Bruchetta, a law student at Dalhousie Law School. Adam decided to go to law school on the opposite coast from where he normally resides in Vancouver. He says he chose the ocean over the mountains of Calgary. Richard also went to Dal, so he and Adam have much in common. Adam and Felicity also have something in common because they met at a Dal Welcome Event for incoming law student...

Our guest this episode is Erin McCrady, a friend of Felicity's and also the game of Quidditch. Erin is a 3L student at Northeastern University School of Law (or NUSOL) in Boston.   Before we even get to that, however, when Richard asks Felicity how she is, her reply is "same old steel." Turns out, that's a saying from her contracts prof at Osgoode, John McCamus. Richard then asks for her favourite...

Felicity announces that she now has her dog back, so everything starts off on a good note. Our guest this episode is Professor Karen Drake, Associate Dean Students at Osgoode. The gang spends a lot of time on Karen's choice of favourite law-related show because Karen tends to avoid them, in part because law is her job. In the end, she chooses Trailer Park Boys as her favourite, which provokes disc...

Felicity starts off her first co-hosting duties by claiming that she'd be going to class if it weren't for the pandemic; Richard is thankful she's not starting off in Adam's shoes. The guest this episode is Rachael Glassman, 3L student who before law school, worked for 10 years in the film and TV industry.   Rachael describes how her experience scheduling TV shows helped at the very beginning of l...

Richard and Adam are joined by Felicity Radan, a 3L student at Osgoode. Felicity's favourite film is the biopic, "On the Basis of Sex" which Adam knows nothing about except he's intrigued by the title. Now that he's leaving, Adam admits that he's never watched any of the guests' recommendations except "Training Day," which confused him, whereas Richard tries to watch them all.   Adam had an idea o...

Richard and Adam are joined by NOBODY again in this episode of WLGTDWI. The topic of this podcast is best not revealed in the notes, as it's too painful. Just listen.   Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do with It (Symphonic Version) by Tina Turner Buy now: https://VA.lnk.to/80sSymphonic