We'll finally get a decision on our Canadian Moot problem!

Top court to rule on use of police sniffer dogs

This case was our Canadian Moot Problem last year (2007). There will be a decision today on the case by the SCC.

For those who don't know the ins and outs of the JD/LLB program we "Moot" twice in our first year legal writing and analysis class, called "Applied Lgeal Theory and Analysis" or ALTA for short.

As with nearly all North American law schools each first year JD/LLB writes arguments for and delivers oral arguments before a moot court regarding a current problem of law. The twist with the JD/LLB program is that we get to do it twice. Once in the U.S. and once in Canada.

Interestingly, the case linked above is the case we argued for our Canadian problem. A decision is expected today.

Employment Stats - sort of...

My apologies for taking so long to get back to our anonymous commenter. It is that time of the year, exams, papers and all that end of year stuff keeps stealing my time.

I will try to get some employment stats for the program itself, but it will take some asking around. In the meantime, here are some of the places where some graduates of the program are now, or are headed shortly. This does not include 2L summer jobs.

• Clerkship with the Ontario Court of Justice.
  
• Clerkship with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in the Hague.
• Articling with Farris, Vaughan in Vancouver.
  
• Articling with McCarthy Tetrault on Bay Street (Toronto).
  
• Articling with Cassels Brock on Bay Street.
  
• Junior Associate with Paul Hastings in New York.
  
• Junior Associate with Miller Canfield in Detroit (and Windsor).
  
• Clerkship with the Federal Trial Court in Ottawa.
  
• Articling with Lerners in London.

And there's many more. I just don't remember all of them off the top of my head. What I do know is that nearly every member of the 3L class has a job waiting for them after graduation.

I hope that helps.

RW