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Queen's Takes the Real World: The journey from Queen's to law school

Written on September 28, 2018. Posted in Lifestyle, Student Life.

A Queen’s student prepares to enter the real world. Illustration by Amelia Rankine When I graduated from Queen’s this past June—my best friend by my side and in identical convocation robes, my mom wiping her tears as I strutted down the stage—I remember thinking this...

Exclusivity has no place at Trinity Western

Written on June 25, 2018. Posted in Editorials.

Canada’s Supreme Court struck down Trinity Western University’s proposed exclusive enrolment practices, including abstinence outside heterosexual marriage—and not a moment too soon. While most higher education institutions in Canada started as Christian schools—including Queen’s—the nation is different...

Standardize the standardized test

Written on March 24, 2017. Posted in Editorials.

Cutting the LSAT requirement for law school admission breaks down barriers, but the next step is making sure requirements are even across the board. Harvard Law School recently announced that it’ll allow applicants to choose between submitting their Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score or their...

I took the LSAT for fun

Written on February 7, 2017. Posted in Lifestyle.

‘11:11’ by the Arkells was blasting on my phone. But it wasn’t 11:11 — it was 7 a.m. on a Saturday morning and I was less than pleased. When I saw the Princeton Review’s event for a free practice LSAT, I decided this would be a great way to spend a Saturday morning, as I’ve always been curious about...

Voices from behind the doors: John McDonald Hall

Written on October 21, 2016. Posted in Lifestyle.

There I was in my first class of law school. I came from an undergrad where I didn’t do the readings, so I wasn’t as prepared as you should be for a law school class. We had this professor who everyone warned me about because he ‘cold-calls.’ I didn’t even know what that meant. The second class...

Looking into law

Written on September 26, 2014. Posted in Lifestyle.

Sept. 27 may be just another Saturday for most, but for a handful of Queen’s students, the date represents the culmination of months and weeks of preparation. This Saturday, myself and many of my classmates will write the Law School Admission Test (LSAT), an exam that demands borderline obsessive...

This can be happening at Macdonald Hall

Written on October 18, 2013. Posted in Opinions.

Aarondeep S. Bains, JD ’14 Earlier this month, the Queen’s Law Students’ Society (LSS) released its Report on Student Opinion: Proposed Enrollment Expansion. The Report took the opinion of 37 students, over email and social media, regarding a proposal by the Faculty of Law administration to expand...

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Queen's Takes the Real World: The journey from Queen's to law school

Exclusivity has no place at Trinity Western

Standardize the standardized test

I took the LSAT for fun

Voices from behind the doors: John McDonald Hall

Looking into law

This can be happening at Macdonald Hall

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