What's Law Got To Do With It?

We are joined by Duncan Davies, who has been admitted to Dalhousie Law school to start in the fall of 2025. Duncan and Richard know each other through his parents -- he's one of the few guests who is a prospective student. Duncan explains how he got to the position he is in now. It takes a lot of blood and sweat, but not too many tears.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attribution: Let Go by Duncan Davies (If you want a copy of Duncan's song, feel free to send him a note -- he'd love to provide you with an MP3 version)

We are joined by Aashna Mehta, another 1L student from Richard's criminal law class in the fall of 2024. More trauma bonding with Rianna, as Aashna recounts her pre-exam meeting with Richard. Spoiler alert: she has no trouble with criminal law concepts, just with her coordination. Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/ Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

We are joined by Karthikeya (Karth) Gautam, a 1L student from Osgoode. Another one of Richard's criminal law students from 2024. Karth learned quickly that the "Paper Chase" version of law school is no longer (was it ever?) accurate. It's both better than that and worse than that.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

We are joined again by Alya Bhatia, a 1L student from Osgoode, who we had in episode #115. Last time it was what to do after an exam. This time, Alya inadvertently lets out a bombshell about what she does before an exam. Rianna and I were speechless. You might be too.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Cayne Lander joins us again for a chat about Dal Law, Halifax, the Maritimes, and the differences between law school locations. It's hard to compete with Dalhousie for at least one reason: Domus.   We use the same song from Cayne to introduce the podcast as we did in episode #112. Show him some love by playing it in full!   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attribution: My Saturday Nights by Cayne Lander Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2Hl9O9VzWWGwd7PVtwtScm?si=0a62f467f8e54e93

We are joined by Kevan (with an "a") Graham, a 1L student at Osgoode. Richard taught Kevan criminal law in the fall term. Let's be blunt: he's a massive criminal law nerd (and that's a good thing.)   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

We are joined by Alya Bhatia, a 1L student from Osgoode, just beginning the second semester. We talk about strategies for what to do after you write a law school exam. Rianna, as always, teaches Richard something new -- this time it's the notion of trauma-bonding. We debate whether that is a description of law school.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Julia Michaud from U of T law joins us again, this time to discuss her connection with Outlaws. They aren't a biker gang. Julia explains why we even need to say that.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Our guest this episode is Avery Wilson, who was a student in Richard's Public and Constitutional law class in 2023-24. Avery talks about how the love of her life has made law school easy. (Well, maybe not easy, but easier.) Rianna is made to cry.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

We are joined by Cayne Lander, a 3L student at Dalhousie Law School. Rianna met Cayne while summering at a Toronto firm. We talk about law school, sports, music and generally what to do when you aren't doing law. And since Cayne loves his music, we simply had to change up the podcast's signature tune.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/ Music Attribution: My Saturday Nights by Cayne Lander Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/2Hl9O9VzWWGwd7PVtwtScm?si=0a62f467f8e54e93

We are joined by Julia Michaud, a 1L student at U of T law. Julia's parents, who live in Houston, are both lawyers. How does that work? Do they help? Hinder? Love you just the same? Julia reveals all.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

We are joined by Armin Shakeri, a 2L student at Osgoode. We just want to talk about sports. That's all.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

We are joined by Nathan Williams, a 2L student at Windsor Law. Nathan seems to do just about everything, but still stresses the importance of having a school-life balance. It isn't exactly how he manages to achieve this, but he does. Including forming a wine club at the law school -- Richard wants Rianna to do the same at Osgoode.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/ Avenue program: https://www.oba.org/Avenue/Home. Note that the program now is for Black and Indigenous students; when Nathan and Rianna went through the program it was limited to Black students.   Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Erik Glasford returns to talk to us about the first months of law school and how it changes a person. Some things are expected, some not. Making new friends fits the first category; all that reading is in the second. Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

We just can't get enough of Lil. This time she thinks about what it means to be a young lawyer, and how to find your place in the profession. Some luck, some perseverance and some smarts. And don't forget that you will have forgotten some things, like your civil procedure class years ago!   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Richard and Rianna have another chat with Jinee Chong, this time about ethnicity, diversity and fitting in at law school. It can be challenging, but can also be rewarding.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

The return of Morgan Deiseroth and Michael Conroy, this time to talk about what it is like to be Americans coming to law school in Canada. There's a significant number of Canadians going to law school outside of Canada, but the numbers of Americans coming to law school in Canada is tiny. Morgan and Michael bring their perspective on why that is, and why Canada is so great. Maybe they will start a trend…   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Our guest today is Will Graham, an Osgoode student who recently finished first year. Rianna (on the road like a rock star) and I have a great discussion with Will about 1L. It's all about the highs and a little bit about the lows.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Our guest today is Dante Trunzo, another former guest of WLGTDWI who wanted to come back and let us know how things are going. We couldn't refuse! We talk about Dante's experience of law school in general, of going to McGill in particular, and what he plans to do now that he's finished.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Richard and Rianna (who's in a car recording this podcast!) chat with Jinee Chong, a student in Richard's Public and Constitutional law class. Jinee hails from Edmonton, and so she and Richard also share growing up in the same province. We talk about what it's like to 'come from away' to go to law school. We all agree it's a good thing.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Our guests today (two!) are Michael Conroy and Morgan Deiseroth, two students who Richard taught in his Public and Constitutional Law class. Early on in September they were very open about being a couple coming to law school. While it may not be novel to have couples forming during law school, it's uncommon to arrive that way. We discuss how it all works. Turns out, exceptionally well.      Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

What do you do for a 100th episode celebration? Bring back Adam, of course! It's almost as if he never left. Adam forgets to do his readings, but gives some excellent advice about how the legal profession depends on making relationships, and then finally reveals a TV show about law that he watches. It's a fitting tribute.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

For our 99th episode, we had to attempt getting either of the previous co-hosts, Felicity Radan or Adam Lachance, back. And whoever we had for this episode, we'll do everything in our power to have the other for the 100th. In short, it's the first of two WLGTDWI celebrations!   Turns out, we were able to wrangle Felicity. She makes a typically bold return, regaling us with how she's been and what she's done since leaving the fold, including clerking, moving to Vancouver and being prepared (for the unprepared). (At the same time, claiming to be the best co-host Richard has had!)   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

It's our first new guest since the re-launch. Rianna and Richard talk to Erik Glasford, a section colleague of Rianna's who also took Criminal Law from Richard. Erik has a long history of mooting -- well before law school -- and he shares his love of it with the team. It turns out that it is never too early to start thinking about law!   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Richard wanted to rekindle some old memories to relaunch the podcast. Who better to help out than the very first guest Adam and Richard had back in September, 2018, Lil Cadieux-Shaw? We catch up with Lil as she reflects back on what she's learned since leaving law school and what she can impart to new and prospective law students. A lot, it turns out.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

WE'RE BACK! It's been 2 years since the last episode. Things like Felicity's graduation, Richard's sabbatical, the pandemic, and the ennui that follows almost put a permanent end to the podcast. But it all changed when Richard was approached by a former student, Rianna Spence, asking to co-host. What joy! This episode introduces Rianna. It's a short one. But please stay tuned as we have a lot more to come.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

I'm joined by Kristen Shorer, who has just finished her first year at University of Toronto law school. Kristen did some pro bono work with Richard, and so they discuss the project, what it's like to be at U of T, and how she coped. (Hint: she did her readings!)   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It   What's Law Got to Do With It Music by Tina Turner; Lyrics by Nikolas Koschany

Richard is joined by Zafir Jetha-Rattani, an Osgoode student who appeared on an earlier episode (#93). This episode was recorded last year. In it, we mainly talk about Zaf's incredible involvement in the Ukrainian air disaster case of January 2020. It's an example of the interesting things that law students can fall into. When we recorded it, there was no inkling of the further tragedies that would befall Ukraine.   I struggled as to whether we should post this episode at this time, but I decided to do so as long as it was accompanied by a warning. You may wish to avoid listening if you find the current situation in Ukraine too disturbing.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Richard is joined by four of his students from our constitutional law class of 2019-20. Two are known to the podcast -- Dylan Yan and Kaliopi (Kali) Dimitrakoudis -- and two are new -- Shae-Lynn Chung and Zafir (Zaf) Jetha-Rattani. It's a longish episode because the five of us have so much to talk about: you might say that the episode has nothing to do with law school, and it has everything to do with law school.   (And if you want to listen to the original Dylan Yan property law episode referred to in the show, it is #61, "Taking Photos for Property Law.")   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Dylan Yan, also known as DY, returns again. Richard and Dylan discuss mental health issues in law school, particularly ADHD.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It   What's Law Got to Do With It Music by Tina Turner; Lyrics by Nikolas Koschany

Frederic Diebel continues as a co-host/guest for his second episode (after the usual WLGTDWI Holiday Break). We continue our discussion about the differences of a small, northern university law school, the interests of its students, and how rankings figure in law school reputation.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attributions: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Richard is joined by Frederic Diebel as a co-host/guest. Frederic is a first year (not 1L!) student at the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law at Lakehead University. Not only that, he's a deputy mayor of the Township of Nairn and Hyman. How does he do it? What's different about a new, small, northern law school? Listen and find out.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attributions: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Richard is joined by his first co-host/guest combo -- Ethan Martin. Ethan is currently contemplating applying to law school, so on our scale, he is most likely a -1L. He's the perfect person to start off this new season as we talk all about what it is to think about going to law school.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attributions: What's Law Got to Do With It Music by Tina Turner; Lyrics by Nikolas Koschany   What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Richard explains what he's doing and what he plans to do viz WLGTDWI. If you want to play a part in continuing this thing, shoot him an email and let him know: rhaigh@osgoode.yorku.ca. (Even if you aren't yet in law school, but want to go, there may be a role for you!)   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attributions: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Lil Cadieux-Shaw, the very first guest to appear on this podcast, returns again to talk about articling, lawyering and being a professional, and how they all do or don't connect with law school.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attributions: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Our guests this week are …. Richard and Felicity! This is a special episode taken from a podcast called Justice in Pieces hosted by John Paul ("JP") Rodrigues in which we were both put on the hotseat. JP gets us to talk about law school in general, online learning and hosting a podcast.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Justice in Pieces website: https://www.justiceinpieces.ca/   Music Attributions: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Richard and Felicity are joined by a special guest in this episode of WLGTDWI. We can't reveal any more than that, so go ahead and listen.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attributions: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Rufaida Hashmi and Emily Kim return for a second time, having been our guests in Episode #79. We continue our conversation about first year, focusing on the changes that occur in second term. Both give valuable advice to incoming students. Basically, don't listen to anyone (except this podcast, of course).     Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It   What's Law Got to Do With It Music by Tina Turner; Lyrics by Nikolas Koschany

We are joined this episode by Megan Phyper, a 3L law student at Osgoode Hall Law School. Megan and Felicity were teammates on the Wilson Moot this year and the two of them discuss all things moot-related. Richard was their coach. Richard and Megan bond because they are both shy.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Nikolas Koschany makes a return appearance with us. Nikolas is a 1L at Osgoode, now known for their "What's Law Got to do With It" podcast song intro (but this time, we are putting it at the end as an outro just for their benefit). We continue our discussion about 1L law school life in general. The guest takes over the hosting and starts asking Richard too many questions.     Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It   What's Law Got to Do With It Music by Tina Turner; Lyrics by Nikolas Koschany

We are joined this episode by two guests, Joey Galinsky and Ryan Delmar. They are the two founders of "Law School Life and Beyond", a blog, podcast, and social media enterprise dedicated to exploring the inner workings of law school life. Since our goals and missions are very much in sync, we discuss what it's like to try and dispel the myths of law schools. In fact, Richard worries that they will take us over (not really!).   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   "Law School Life and Beyond" Website: https://medium.com/law-school-life-and-beyond   Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Our guest is 1L Osgoode student Hafsah Memon. We're still going on about the first year, first term experience, this time focusing on exams. The first set of them (usually December, first year) are always a little scary and stressful. Two of us veterans give some good advice looking back from having done many of them; Hafsah tells it like it is from her much fresher perspective.     Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Rufaida Hashmi and Emily Kim are our guests today, both 1L students at Osgoode. We continue to discuss the first year, first term experience, continuing on from our conversation with Andrew last time. Both are surprised at how law school affects their eyes. Welcome to law.     Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It   What's Law Got to Do With It Music by Tina Turner; Lyrics by Nikolas Koschany

Our guest today is Andrew O'Brien, a 1L student at Osgoode. Andrew discusses what it was like to complete his first term of 1L (partly in a pandemic, although Richard always wants it to be more generic). Then all three go on to discuss how to maintain an online profile when you are embarking on a professional career (albeit, Richard mainly listens since he has no online profile). The bottom line: boring people will excel in this new world!     Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Our guest today is Dante Trunzo, currently an aerospace engineer in Montreal but in September of this year, a 1L at McGill. (We refer to him as a 0L which we may ask him to patent/copyright/trademark/whatever). Richard and Felicity try to handhold him through the process of becoming a law student. Dante clearly doesn't need our help.     Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It   What's Law Got to Do With It Music by Tina Turner; Lyrics by Nikolas Koschany

Christina Tassopolous is our guest today. She's a 1L student at Osgoode whom Richard taught in the fall term of 2020. Christina talks about how her first year has been going, why she joined student government and why, unlike Richard, she's an angel who belongs in law school. We have yet to determine where Felicity is on the rebel/angel scale.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attributions: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

It's Part 3 of Alex Mulligan's series on the 2021 job interview process. Today is all about the dreaded "callback". If you don't know what that is, have a listen. Right now.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attributions: What's Law Got to Do With It Music by Tina Turner; Lyrics by Nikolas Koschany   What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

This is Part 2 of Alex Mulligan's report on the 2021 job interview process. As noted in episode #73, Alex is a 2L student at Osgoode. Today's episode is all about the second part of the process where candidates have longer interviews. Again, Alex and Felicity have a lot to say on the subject; Richard continues to simply tag along, although he coins a new term, OZI (which the others make fun of).   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Alex Mulligan, a 2L student at Osgoode, joins us today and for the following two episodes as we do a special series on the job interviews in 2021. Today's episode, Part 1, is all about the "OCI" process in Ontario, where employers and students get together for 17 minutes to decide if they'd like to get together for longer later. Richard is just along for the ride.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Law Got to Do With It Music by Tina Turner; Lyrics by Nikolas Koschany   What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Our guest this episode is Erin McCready, a friend of Felicity's studying at Northeastern University School of Law in Boston. We first had Erin on the show in episode  #57, NUSOL v. MAGA, related to the 2020 US election. As we indicated then, that episode was actually Erin's second episode with us, but we simply had to launch it first because of the timing. We now go back to the future for Erin's first recording with us. We discuss what it's like to be a Canadian student at a US law school and Erin and Felicity re-connect over their Quidditch triumphs.   Links: WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/     Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It

Our guest this episode is Emily Kot, returning again for more challenging Zoom discussions. The three discuss what it has been like learning online for the better part of a year. No one can agree on what are creative solutions or what are just weird ones.   WLGTDWI Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatslawgottodowithit/   Music Attribution: What's Love Got to Do With It by Tina Turner Soundcloud: What's Love Got to Do with It