Fall 2000 Online Diary
January 2001 - July 2001 Online Diary
December 21, 2001, Upper Year Party at The Waterfront Bar and Lounge, 266 Queen's Quay West. I had a great time.
December 21, 2001, BLSA's Fourth Annual Holiday Celebration, Rowell Room (new Student Lounge), University of Toronto. I stayed for 10 minutes!!!!
December 21, 2001, Refugee Law Examination.
December 19, 2001, Immigration Law Examination.
December 14, 2001, met with the Canada Customs and Revenue Agency for mediation of the Racial Profiling complaint.
December 13, 2001, from 11:45am to 12 noon: CBC Radio One, 99.1 FM, aired a program called "Testifying." In Toronto, an African Canadian lawyer brought together five of his colleagues to bear witness to their experiences as Black lawyers including racism in the profession, intense community pressure, and why most of them have decided to stick with it.
December 12, 2001, evidence Examination.
Friday, December 7, 2001, classes end.
November 26, 2001, Madam Justice Chapnick launched publication on mature students at Osgoode Hall Law School. I enjoyed both the dirnner and the speeches.
November 24, 2001, Trial Practice - 361 University Avenue (Pieters and Bobbette Jones against Pierre-Louis Le Saunier). The Judge was Carolyn Horkins. We argued for the plaintiff in Dixon v. Providential Life Insurance Company.
November 21, 2001, appearance before the Federal Court of Appeal: case reported at: Pieters v. Canada [2001] F.C.J. No. 1756.
November 21, 2001, LSUC event, The Passage of Time: The Changing Face of the Legal Profession - Celebrate the Contributions of Kew Dock Yip
November 14, 2001, SLUT (Student Leaders U of T) Reunion at University of Toronto.
November 9th and 10th, 2001, The Security of Freedom: A Conference on Canada's Anti-Terrorism Bill, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
November 09, 2001, Salsa Dinner; BLSA mentor night.
November 08, 2001, LSUC & OBA, 9th Annual Immigration Forum Opening and Closing the Door: The New Immigration Regime
November 07, 2001, Monash Law School Students Sarah Coffey and Leanne O'Donnell visited me at work. They were impressed.
November 01, 2001, LSUC event, Lawyering at the Margins.
October 26/27, 2001, Criminal Lawyers' Association Fall Conference at the Inn On The Park in Toronto.
October 24/25, 2001, IRB-CRDD conference for Members and Refugee Claim Officers.
October 19, 2001 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm LSAT Info Session - Brian Mazer from the University of Windsor has agreed to visit Osgoode to provide an overview of the Law School Admission Test. The intention of the discussion is to provide information about the test and its strengths and limitations.
October 16, 2001, at 9:30 at OCCPS 25 Grosvenor St. 1st. Floor, appearance before the Ontario Civilian Commission on Police Services to argue Constitutional Challenge Launched in Reference to Part V (Complaints Provisions) of the Police Services Act.
October 15, 2001, I wrote an article in the Osgoode Law School paper Obiter Dicta entitled "Stamp out the LSAT".
Saturday October 13, 2001, 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m Muslim Lawyer's Association Conference, Metro Hall, 55 John Street, Toronto. October 10, from 12:30 - 2:00 Clifford Lax of Lax, O'Sullivan Cronk and Justice Joan Lax, of the Superior Court of Justice, visited the law school to discuss their careers in Civil Litigation.
Monday, October 8, 2001, Thanksgiving – no classes.
October 07, 2001: U.S. Forces began bombing Afghanistan.
October 05, 2001: meeting with A/Dean Alexandris and Financial Aid Officer Penny Spence.
October 3, 2001, 12:40 and 2:20 p.m., Club Days.
October 03, 2001: The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has granted interested party status to the African Canadian Legal Clinic in Pieters v. Department of National Revenue, the first human rights inquiry into racial discrimination in Canada's Customs practices, i.e. racial profiling of travellers at Canada's ports of entry. In granting status to the ACLC the Chairperson of the CHRT wrote that "While the involvement of the ACLC will inevitably result in a somewhat longer hearing, in my view, the novelty and the importance of the issues raised by Mr. Pieters' complaint justify such a result." Pieters v. Department of National Revenue (Ruling 1).
Hearing dates are set for January 14 - 18, 2002, January 28 - February 01, 2002, February 11 - 15, 2002, February 25 - March 01, 2002.
October 02, 2001, Decision from Public Service Staff Relations Board (PSSRB) with respect to Registry of the Federal Court of Canada.
September 28, 2001, 1:30 to 3:30 room 220 at Osgoode, diversity training session. Scheduled meeting with the A/Dean Alexandris cancelled without notice.
September 25, 2001, appeared before the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal in the matter of TSL-33550, L4 - Term. Tenancy.
September 21, 2001: AIDSbeat 2001, the annual bash where the Bay Street legal crowd gets rowdy... Once again, AIDSbeat features five lawyer bands from different firms in a full throttle "battle of the bands" to capture the LEXPERT Cup (judges this year are DEAN PETER HOGG, SHEILA BLOCK and DALE LASTMAN). Throw in a great D.J., hot go-go boys and girls, free food, and let 'er rip.
September 21, 2001: Back to School pro-fac party at the Docks nightclub/lounge.
September 20, 2001: at 4:45 to 5:45 in room 204, Pro Bono Students Canada programme kick off. Guest: Toronto lawyer, Julian Falconer.
Tuesday, September 18, 2001, Rosh Hashanah - no classes held on the evening prior to nor during the day of.
Friday September 14, 2001, BLSA Homecoming Dance @ Osgoode JCR.
Friday September 14, 2001, Dean Hogg requests the presence of the Osgoode community at 12:00 noon today at the Osgoode mixing area where Dean Hogg will say a few words and observe a moment of silence for the victims of the terrorist attacks in the United States. The gathering will then proceed to The Harry Arthurs Common where the University will also observe a moment of silence (please see notice below).
September 13, 2001, appeared before the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal in the matter of TSL-32038, L1 - Term. and Non-Payment of Rent. Also attended the opening of the Dr. Kin-Yip Chun Resource Library.
Tuesday, September 11, 2001, World Trade Centre attack - some classes at the school cancelled - while some others proceeded!!!
Monday, September 10, 2001, @7:30 p.m. BLSA Annual Potluck Dinner @ LSUC, 130 Queen's Street West.
Tuesday, September 4, 2001, Classes begin - party at Montana's unitl 2:00 am. with Dana, Jim, Mark and Nigel.
Monday, September 3, Labour Day – no classes.
August 29, 2001, mature students orientation.
August 24, 2001, appeared in a story in The Lawyers Weekly focusing on Wayne MacKay, President of Mount Allison University, along with my website focusing on the allegations of racism at Dalhousie Law School: see, Wayne MacKay, winner of the CBA's Tarnopolsky Human Rights Award, ironically finds himself accused of practising racism THE LAWYERS WEEKLY August 24, 2001
Thursday August 23, 2001, Shank v. University of Toronto: The Superior Court of Ontario has decided that the case of the law students is sufficiently important and complicated to need a panel of three judges! The case is being brought forward by one of the law students sanctioned by Dean Ron Daniels for misrepresenting December practice test marks to law firms.
August 19, 2001, 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM - Student Caucus Committees Get-together, Osgoode Hall Law School.
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November 27, 2000
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