LSS Elections – Candidate Bios & Speeches

Posted on March 9, 2014 by President

LSS LogoHello everyone,

Nominations for the LSS spring elections have now closed.

The bios for candidates who chose to write them are attached to this post (see below).

Candidate speeches will occur on Thursday, March 13th, 2014 in room 157 from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm. Speeches should be no more than 5 minutes for each candidate. They are not mandatory for the candidates, but are helpful for the contested elections.

Polls will open at 9 am on Monday, March 17th, 2014 and close at 4 pm on Sunday, March 23rd, 2014. These dates will also be the dates of the referendum to reform the LSS’ constitution and bylaws. Voting will take place via https://webvote.uvic.ca/ . This timeline may continue to shift slightly based on the availability of UVic Webvote Services. I’ll give you notice of any changes.

Additional information (such as detailed election rules) can be found here: http://www.uviclss.ca/blog/archives/844

If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know at your earliest convenience.

With thanks,
Yianni
Outgoing LSS President

Click here to see the Candidates’ bios

Posted in elections, LSS

LSS Housing & Textbook Exchange Now Live!

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Vice President Internal

LSS LogoThe LSS Exchange has been (boringly) re-branded the “Classifieds” as you may now post housing/accommodation advertisements as well. (If anyone has an idea for a more clever name, please let me know). Please consider using our classifieds system rather than in the Facebook groups as all years will be able to see your post this way! Additionally, this way we may direct students on exchange or summer positions to the classifieds page if they are looking for temporary accommodation. If you have any questions or comments, please direct them to me by email or Facebook message!

Posted in LSS, UVic Law

Notice of Annual General Meeting

Posted on March 4, 2014 by President

LSS LogoThe LSS will be hosting its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, March 18th from 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm in room 159. As an undergraduate law student at UVic, you are a member of the LSS and should come to this meeting!

Samosas will be served!

The meeting will be quite brief (the agenda is right here), but we need to reach quorum. Quorum under our constitution is 25% or the student body (or 91 students). We need you there!

It is particularly important that we host the AGM this year, because the LSS has neglected to do so in accordance with our bylaws for an unknown number of years. This needs to change this year, and in future years. Let’s keep our society in good standing.

Please let us know if you have any questions. We’re looking forward to seeing you on the 18th!

With thanks,

Yianni

Posted in LSS

Congrats to UVic’s Championship Mooting Teams!

Posted on March 4, 2014 by Vice President Internal

judges-gavelA huge congratulations to UVic Law’s 2014 championship mooting teams!

  • Wilson Moot – Aislinn Sirk, Devon Black, Sarah Ahsan and Vivian Lee out performed 12 other law school moot teams to win the 2014 Wilson Moot Competition.   In addition to winning the overall competition, U Vic took two of the top three oralist awards with Devon Black winning the award for second top oralist and Aislinn Sirk winning the third top oralist award.   The win was a first for UVic.

  • McIntyre Cup - UVic’s team of Cadeyrn Christie, Kaitlyn Chewka, and Tyler Gloux tied for first place with the team from the University of Saskatchewan team and will be headed to the National Sopinka Cup in Ottawa later this month. The UVic Law team was assigned the role of defence counsel in a case of criminal negligence causing death. After a gruelling trial involving four witnesses, and the anxiety of waiting for a jury verdict, the accused was acquitted.

  • WCEL Twitter Moot - Congratulations to Erin Gray and Mae Price for being the overall winners of the third annual West Coast Environmental Law Twitter Moot, as well as taking home the People’s Choice Award. The issue up for debate was based on Ross River Dena v. Yukon.
Posted in UVic Law

LSS Elections: Nominations Open

Posted on March 3, 2014 by President

The nomination forms for the LSS Spring Elections are now up! They’re posted on the bulletin board by the lounge.

Nominations close at 4 pm on Sunday, March 9th. Each candidate requires two student nominators.

All candidates may send their short biographies to Yianni Pappas-Acreman ( yiannipa@uvic.ca ) by 8 pm on Sunday, March 9th. These biographies will be sent out to all students via email and included on the UVic WebVote page. Late biographies will not be accepted or circulated by the LSS.

More information about the available positions and the election process can be found here:

http://www.uviclss.ca/blog/archives/844

One additional point which I must clarify: there is a common misconception each year that the third years do not vote. Third year students DO vote in the spring election annually.

Best of luck to everyone!

Yianni

Posted in elections, LSS
LSS Office Hours
Yianni Pappas-Acreman
Tuesdays - 1:30-2:30
Thursdays - 2:00-3:00

John Bullock
Tuesdays - 2:30-3:30
Thursdays - 2:30-3:30

Cody Reedman
Tuesdays - 1:30-2:30
Events Calendar
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  • Financial Realities and Planning After Law School
    Starts: 12:30 pm
    Ends: March 4, 2014 - 1:30 pm
    Location: FRA 158
    Description: When we graduate, our financial situations will change dramatically. Student loans will be repayable, expenses will change, income will start to flow and taxes will have to be paid. Join us for an accessible, impartial and straightforward lunchtime panel with local experts about the financial realities we may face and how to plan for them. Short presentations will be followed by a Q&A period. All students, not just 3Ls, are encouraged to attend. Samosas will be provided.
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  • 2014 COMMUNITY CONFERENCE
    Starts: 9:15 am
    Ends: March 7, 2014 - 7:00 pm
    Location: Law Building
    Description: Details: Each year UVic hosts a Community Conference. This year, come and discuss the theme Access to Justice. The day will include a variety of speaker panels, smaller workshops and snacks! Come check out the speeches of First Nations Court Judge Challenger, Law Foundation Executive Director Wayne Robertson and many more! Please note the Conference will include a Theater of The Oppressed workshop. If you would like to participate in this workshop please email community.conference2014@gmail.com.
  • "Beer is a serious matter" & Stories from the Federal Court
    Starts: 5:00 pm
    Ends: March 7, 2014 - 6:00 pm
    Location: FRA 158
    Description: Join Justice Michael Phelan from the Federal Court as he regales students with tales and insights from the bench! Justice Phelan's talk has been a near-annual event at UVic Law for the past several years, and he has consistently drawn a large audience as a popular, entertaining, and engaging speaker. Justice Phelan, who interviews students for clerkships at the Federal Court each year, is known for deciding the groundbreaking Amazon.com "One-Click" case. He will be discussing his recent decision in the trademark case San Miguel Brewing International Limited v. Molson Canada 2005 (2013 FC 156), one that may be of no small importance to "the ordinary beer drinker" in Canada: http://canlii.ca/en/ca/fct/doc/2013/2013fc156/2013fc156.html And yes, there will be food!
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  • Early Earth Day Recycling Week
    Starts: 12:00 am
    Ends: March 11, 2014 - 12:00 am
    Description: Early Earth Day Recycling Week! (March 10 - 13)

    Do you have an accumulating supply of not-easily-recyclable goods that are taking up room and yet pain you to throw away? The UVic Environmental Law Club will take them off your hands for proper recycling from March 10 - 13, so don't throw them out! Bring the following items to the tables outside the lounge; we'll focus on different items on each of the following days, but feel free to bring any items on any of the days.

    Mon Mar 10th: electronics (including batteries and ink cartridges)
    Tues Mar 11th: running shoes, bras (the ones that the Goodwill won't take, i.e. on their last legs)
    Wed Mar 12th: styrofoam
    Thurs Mar 13th: books/magazines (these will be sold in a used book sale, as a fundraiser for the ELC)

    Start saving those items, and email us with questions in the meantime:elcexec@uvic.ca
  • SALDF presents The Ghosts in Our Machine (documentary screening)
    Starts: 7:00 pm
    Ends: March 10, 2014 - 8:00 pm
    Location: FRA 159
    Description: FREE admission! More information on the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/423219237813054/
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  • Early Earth Day Recycling Week
    Starts: 12:00 am
    Ends: March 12, 2014 - 12:00 am
    Description: Early Earth Day Recycling Week! (March 10 - 13)

    Do you have an accumulating supply of not-easily-recyclable goods that are taking up room and yet pain you to throw away? The UVic Environmental Law Club will take them off your hands for proper recycling from March 10 - 13, so don't throw them out! Bring the following items to the tables outside the lounge; we'll focus on different items on each of the following days, but feel free to bring any items on any of the days.

    Mon Mar 10th: electronics (including batteries and ink cartridges)
    Tues Mar 11th: running shoes, bras (the ones that the Goodwill won't take, i.e. on their last legs)
    Wed Mar 12th: styrofoam
    Thurs Mar 13th: books/magazines (these will be sold in a used book sale, as a fundraiser for the ELC)

    Start saving those items, and email us with questions in the meantime:elcexec@uvic.ca
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  • Early Earth Day Recycling Week
    Starts: 12:00 am
    Ends: March 13, 2014 - 12:00 am
    Description: Early Earth Day Recycling Week! (March 10 - 13)

    Do you have an accumulating supply of not-easily-recyclable goods that are taking up room and yet pain you to throw away? The UVic Environmental Law Club will take them off your hands for proper recycling from March 10 - 13, so don't throw them out! Bring the following items to the tables outside the lounge; we'll focus on different items on each of the following days, but feel free to bring any items on any of the days.

    Mon Mar 10th: electronics (including batteries and ink cartridges)
    Tues Mar 11th: running shoes, bras (the ones that the Goodwill won't take, i.e. on their last legs)
    Wed Mar 12th: styrofoam
    Thurs Mar 13th: books/magazines (these will be sold in a used book sale, as a fundraiser for the ELC)

    Start saving those items, and email us with questions in the meantime:elcexec@uvic.ca
  • movie screening of the documentary "The Dark Side of Chocolate”
    Starts: 12:00 pm
    Ends: March 12, 2014 - 1:20 pm
    Location: FRA 157
    Description: The CLA will be hosting a movie screening of the documentary "The Dark Side of Chocolate" over the lunch hour. This film by award winning Danish journalist, Miki Mistrati, explores trafficking in the context of the chocolate industry. Come enjoy some themed snacks and an important educational film!
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  • Early Earth Day Recycling Week
    Starts: 12:00 am
    Ends: March 14, 2014 - 12:00 am
    Description: Early Earth Day Recycling Week! (March 10 - 13)

    Do you have an accumulating supply of not-easily-recyclable goods that are taking up room and yet pain you to throw away? The UVic Environmental Law Club will take them off your hands for proper recycling from March 10 - 13, so don't throw them out! Bring the following items to the tables outside the lounge; we'll focus on different items on each of the following days, but feel free to bring any items on any of the days.

    Mon Mar 10th: electronics (including batteries and ink cartridges)
    Tues Mar 11th: running shoes, bras (the ones that the Goodwill won't take, i.e. on their last legs)
    Wed Mar 12th: styrofoam
    Thurs Mar 13th: books/magazines (these will be sold in a used book sale, as a fundraiser for the ELC)

    Start saving those items, and email us with questions in the meantime:elcexec@uvic.ca
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  • SKIT NIGHT 2014
    Starts: 6:30 pm
    Ends: March 15, 2014 - 8:00 pm
    Location: Metro Theatre (1411 Quadra)
    Description: Skit Night 2014 is next Saturday, March 15 at Metro Theatre (1411 Quadra)! Doors open at 6:30 and the show will get going at 7:00PM! Tickets will go on sale over the lunch hour from Monday, March 10 through Thursday, March 13 for $10. Depending on availability, tickets will be on sale at the door the night of the event for $12. If you're interested in performing or have any questions or concerns feel free to get in touch with Emma Vallance at emmacvallance@gmail.com.
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  • SALDF and Fem Law present Race, Gender and Species: Seeing the Links Among Oppression Presented by Professor Deckha
    Starts: 12:00 pm
    Ends: March 17, 2014 - 1:00 pm
    Location: FRA 142
    Description: Samosas provided!

    This talk explores how the norms, discourses and ways of thinking/feeling that undergird socially constructed differences and hierarchies among human groups also affect and influence the social construction of species and the human-animal divide. How are "animal" issues also ones that implicate social justice concerns broadly defined? How do "gender", "race" and other human-centered concepts also inflect our understanding of the power relations between humans and animals? This talk will address these interconnections.
  • 20 th Anniversary Film Presentation - Keepers of the Fire
    Starts: 12:00 pm
    Ends: March 17, 2014 - 1:00 pm
    Location: Fraser Room 158
    Description: University of Victoria Faculty of Law – Amicus / Cultural Activities
    20th Anniversary Film Presentation - Keepers of the Fire
    By Christine Welsh

    Monday, March 17, 2014
    Fraser - Room 158 at NOON

    Keepers of the Fire (1994) profiles Canada's Native "warrior women" who are protecting and defending their land, their culture and their people in the time-honored tradition of their foremothers. Mohawk, Haida, Maliseet, and Ojibwe women have stepped forward as leaders in some of the most important struggles faced by First Nations people in this century. The voices of these warrior women have resonated from Oka, Quebec to Haida Gwaii, BC to Tobique, New Brunswick to Toronto, Ontario.

    Christine Welsh travelled to meet these women who share powerful stories of personal and collective courage.

    Join us for an inspiring film and some tasty popcorn!
  • LSS COURSE SELECTION PANEL
    Starts: 12:00 pm
    Ends: March 17, 2014 - 1:20 pm
    Location: Library 265
    Description: First years! Are you wondering what courses to pick for second year? Registration happens in the summer, but start thinking about this now! A panel of upper-year students will offer their advice and experiences to help you pick courses. The panellists will cover course selection around different programs like Law Centre, the ELC, and Co-op, as well as many different areas of law and career paths. Only students will be in attendance at this event. Bring your questions
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    Starts: 4:30 pm
    Ends: March 26, 2014 - 6:00 pm
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