The Vol. 12, Issue 3 Caveat Lector THE CHECKED-OUT AND PROCRASTINATING EDITION FEATURING: What I Wish I Knew Before Law School, Useful Tips For Picking Classes, Tribute to the 1 and 3Ls, and The Class of 2016 Superlatives! Managing Editors Sean Watson The Caveat Lector Brian Lunde Editors Keith Barron Volume 12, Issue 3 Jared Dunlop Liam Fitz-Gerald Cody Gieni Sean Watson & Brian Lunde Julia Kindrachuk It seems like only yesterday that Sean and edition will give you a few peaceful min- Shea Mooney Brandi Rintoul I were given the keys to the Caveat Lec- utes of respite from the soul-crushing William Vavra tor. With only a limited ability to write and nervous breakdown-inducing final words in sentences, we rode the coattails exam season, which is the reason we took Disclaimer of the Caveat editorial staff to get our first up writing the Caveat in the first place. edition out in February. Sean and I were The Caveat has, and will always be a Law The Editors of the Caveat Lector, in their infinite wis- able to help with the logistics of the opera- Student newspaper that provides laughs, dom, do not necessarily tion, which included setting deadlines for insight, and most importantly, another endorse or condone the opinions included here- articles and placing/paying/and picking source of procrastination throughout the in. The submissions are the views of your peers. up the order. While some may say these year. Really, what more could you ask for? Take it up with them. were menial tasks that a trained monkey could do, others may say they were the To close, we wish everyone the best of Misson Statement hardest parts of the publishing process. luck on their final exams. We wish the The Caveat Lector ex- 1L and 2L class an enjoyable remaining ists to be redundant. It also exists to publish and This brings us to this edition, the final one year or two of law school. And our fel- make available informa- of the 2015/16 academic year. This edition low 3L classmates, we wish you the best tion and creative works from law students for law is supposed to be a treasure for all years. of luck in all of your future endeavours students, all the while maintaining a standard The superlatives of 3Ls will be a memo- and finally, we want you all to know that: of journalistic integrity. ry we can cherish long after we graduate, Well maybe not integri- ty but something close. and for the 1L and 2Ls, we tried to make “I’ve had the time of my life Address this edition useful with some articles on And I’ve never felt this way before Caveat Lector class selection and some law school reflec- And I swear this is true c/o College of Law tions from the graduating class of 2016. And I owe it all to you 15 Campus Drive Saskatoon, SK. In an attempt to worker smarter instead You-you-you-you-you S7N 5A6 of harder, we crowd-sourced the articles You-you-you-you-you E-Mail with the help of our fellow 3L classmates. You-you-you-you-you-you-y-y-y-y-you [email protected] People may ask “Well Brian, is the advice Dirty bit” you gleaned from those degenerates actu- - Black Eyed Peas ally useful?” or “Sean, why should I trust that your list of classes is actually help- ful?” To those people I say: Who cares? Sean and I personally guarantee that this 1Ls Tribute To The Class of 2016 Liam Fitz-Gerald With the arrival of a beautiful spring after a long, dark, and cold winter, we bid adieu to the class of 2016. After a journey through the pit of hell, they are all ready to go into the real world, after, for some people, a good decade and $60k of debt. Still, the class of 2016 taught us lowly 1Ls many things, some of which I’d like to share (and forget). First, let’s talk about first impressions. At the beginning of the year, a kegger at 202 Clarence ended with the cops stopping by. Of course, by then the Class of 2016 were already at the Hose, a place where we would become immensely famil- iar with. This would not be the first time this year that the cops would wind up at 202 Clarence … thank- fully no incidents occurred there that would wind up in a casebook (although there’s still potential). Second, let’s talk priorities. A big thanks to the 3Ls for teaching us about priorities. Although doing readings, CANs, going to class at 8:30 AM on time (…), changing upper years’ adult diapers in the Colonial bathroom are important, jugs and free pool at the Thirsty Scholar always come first. This was even bet- ter for us because our first semester exams didn’t even count (35/100 midterm aver- age? No problem). We had no excuse to not follow the class of 2016 to the Scholar. Every. Single. Thursday. Third, let’s talk social skills. Good to know we can always date younger years when we get to 3L, even if they punch you out. Furthermore, all you need for your peers to respect you is a good extracurricular skill—like foosball, being a white rapper, jugging or abs. Finally let’s talk work ethic. The class of 2016 has shown us that by 3L there’s really no need to work hard by the time we get there. Isn’t the whole point of 3L to just get by via softball classes, go- ing on exchanges, and doing just well enough to get a pass? If you haven’t failed out by then, the College isn’t going to do so at this point. At least, that’s the impression I got when a see a troupe of 3Ls sitting in the lawby grinning about their futures (or despairing). Nevertheless, at least the 3Ls taught us some things of value. I mean, all we’ve learned from the 2L class is bidding while inebriated at an auction makes the contract void … even when the contract is with a charitable organization. Here’s to the Class of 2016! Class of 2016 Superlatives First, on behalf of the grad- uating 3Ls of the Caveat Editorial Board, we want Cam Klein Kristen Bates to give a big thanks to ev- Most likely to leak Scott Most likely to get the first eryone that came out to Hitching’s sex tape. law society complaint help write these. Second, (Sorry Bates, family law’s a we want to thank the entire David Konkin bitch like that). graduating year for making Most likely to become the the last 3 years interesting as hell. We have loved, hated, first judge. Mandeep Minhas laughed, and cried together Most likely to move to BC throughout law school and Brooke Johnson for law-related reasons. I wouldn’t change any of it. Most likely to give up on sleep completely. Shane Gardner Paul Fedoroff Most likely to move to BC Most likely to get involved Matt McMahon for non-law related in Paul-litics. Most likely to never drink reasons. chocolate milk again. Jon Ponath Brandon Veenstra Most likely to own a pug. Sarah Gryba Most likely to lose his Most likely to argue the keys. Amjad Murabit defence “gangsta rap made Most likely to defect to me do it” in court. Kyla Duchin Libya to become the next Most to be diagnosed with Libyan President. Vanessa Williams narcolepsy. Most likely to crush you in Jim Jewdish court and on the court. Dom Sikora Most likely to be eligible Most likely to still be at for the superlatives section Morgan Grant the Colonial. of the Caveat for the Class Most likely to have a tro- of 2017. phy husband. Julia Kindrachuk Most likely to eclipse Scott Hitchings Laura Forseille Dwight Newman’s Most likely to make a sex Most likely to elope. academics achievements. tape. John Fast Shea Mooney Amanda Zalmanowitz Most likely to fish off the Most likely to move up Most likely to become the company pier, repeatedly. north and live off the land first named partner. while wearing a full face of Jared Brown make up. Steven Wang Most likely to fail CPLED. Least likely to become a Izaak Atnikov named partner. Mitch “Sweet Sexy” Sand- Most likely to get a ers Most likely to forget to reasonably priced hooker. Arran Ferguson apply to graduate. Most likely to start a Herman Jhangri fraternity at McDougal Kurt McDonald Most likely to overpay for a Gauley. Most likely to hooker. divide by two and add Ben Parr seven. Amanda Krishan Most likely to be the first Most likely to abandon law pledge of Arran Ferguson’s Alanna Carlson to open a yoga studio. new fraternity. Most likely to order grad photos with flowers. Turner Ralston Lisa Smart Most likely to still order Most likely to break multiple Jordan Bolt a happy meal when he’s a keyboards during articling. Most likely to sweat. lawyer. Sean Watson Brian Lunde Jordan Thompson Most likely to become his Most likely to opt to take the Most likely to sever all non- dad. stairs #fitbitlyfe gym related ties to the Class of 2016. Madlin Lucyk Andrew Campbell Most likely to star in the Most likely to own a $5,000 Janelle Souter reboot of Legally Blonde. foosball table. Most likely to make you feel inadequate about whatever Brandi Rintoul Bruce Gordon you’ve achieved in your life.