A law school (also known as a school of law or college of law) is an institution specializing in legal education.
The oldest civil law faculty in Canada offering law degrees was established in 1848 at McGill University in Montreal, and the oldest common law faculty in Canada offering law degrees was established in 1883 at Dalhousie University in Halifax. The typical law degree required to practice law in Canada is now the Juris Doctor, which requires previous university coursework and is similar to the first law degree in the United States, except there is some scholarly content in the coursework (such as an academic research paper required in most schools). The programs consist of three years, and have similar content in their mandatory first year courses. Beyond first year and the minimum requirements for graduation, course selection is elective with various concentrations such as business law, international law, natural resources law, criminal law, Aboriginal law, etc. Some schools, however, have not made the switch from LL.B. to the J.D. - one notable university that has not made the switch is McGill University.
Vera Mindy Chokalingam (born June 24, 1979), better known as Mindy Kaling, is an American actress, comedian, writer and producer who plays Kelly Kapoor on the NBC sitcom The Office. Kaling is also a co-executive producer and writer of several of the show's episodes.
Kaling was born Vera Chokalingam in Cambridge, Massachusetts, to a Tamil father and Bengali mother from India. Her father, Avu, is an architect, and her mother, Swati, is an obstetrician/gynecologist.
She explains that she has been known as Mindy ever since her mother was pregnant with her when her parents were living in Nigeria. They were already planning to move to the U.S. and wanted a "cute American name" for their daughter, and liked the name Mindy from the TV show Mork & Mindy. The name Vera is the name of the "incarnation of a Hindu goddess."
She graduated from Buckingham Browne & Nichols, a private school in Cambridge in 1997. The following year, she entered Dartmouth College, where she was a member of the improvisational comedy troupe "The Dog Day Players" and the a cappella group "The Rockapellas", and the creator of the comic strip "Badly Drawn Girl" in The Dartmouth (the college's daily newspaper), as well as writing for the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern (the college's humor magazine). She graduated in 2001.
Glenn Greenwald (born March 6, 1967) is an American lawyer, columnist, blogger, and author. Greenwald worked as a constitutional and civil rights litigator before becoming a contributor (columnist and blogger) to Salon.com, where he focuses on political and legal topics. He has also contributed to other newspapers and political news magazines, including The New York Times,The Los Angeles Times,The Guardian,The American Conservative,The National Interest, and In These Times.
Greenwald has written four books, three of which have been New York Times bestsellers: How Would a Patriot Act? (2006); A Tragic Legacy (2007), and With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful, released in October 2011. He also wrote Great American Hypocrites (2008).
In March 2009, he was selected, along with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!, as the recipient of the first annual Izzy Award by the Park Center for Independent Media, an award named after independent journalist I.F. "Izzy" Stone and devoted to rewarding excellence in independent journalism. The selection panel cited Greenwald's "pathbreaking journalistic courage and persistence in confronting conventional wisdom, official deception and controversial issues."
Demetri Martin (born May 25, 1973) is an American comedian, actor, artist, musician, writer and humorist. Martin is best known for his work as a stand-up comedian, contributor on The Daily Show and for his Comedy Central show Important Things with Demetri Martin.
Demetri Martin was born to a Greek American family in New York City, New York, and grew up in Toms River, New Jersey. He is the son of Lillian, a nutritionist, and Dean C. Martin, now deceased, a Greek Orthodox priest. Martin graduated from Yale University in 1995. Although he was accepted into Harvard Law School, he went to New York University School of Law after he received a full scholarship.
In 2001, Martin caught his first big break in stand-up comedy when he appeared on Comedy Central's stand-up showcase Premium Blend. At the 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe he won the Perrier award with his show If I.... The show was turned into a British television special in 2004. From 2003 to 2004, Martin wrote for Late Night with Conan O'Brien. In 2004, Martin had his own Comedy Central Presents stand-up special. His special was divided into three parts. In the first, he performed in traditional stand-up comedy fashion. In the second segment, he used humorous drawings as visual aids, which would serve either as the punchline or a background. During the third segment, he played a guitar and put on a pseudo-play where he would strum his guitar while alternating between playing harmonica and talking; some of his comedian friends dressed as fairies and dragons acted according to the story he was telling, detailing the magical land where his jokes came from. Martin's mother and grandmother also appeared.
Ann Levine is the author of two books aimed at people considering law school.
Her first book The Law School Admission Game: Play Like an Expert, is a law school admission guide published in 2009 by Abraham Publishing. It has sold more than 3,000 copies and is consistently a bestselling law school guide on Amazon. The book received the 2010 Next Generation Indie Book Award finalist honor and has been reviewed by legal related publications like the Wyoming Law Journal. Her second book, published in October 2011, is a guide for prospective law students, current law students, and recent graduates planning their careers. The Law School Decision Game: A Playbook for Prospective Lawyers is available now on Amazon in paperback or for Kindle readers.
Levine is a law school admission consultant and owner of Law School Expert, Inc. She previously served as Director of Admissions at California Western School of Law and Loyola Law School, and as Director of Student Services at the University of Denver College of Law. She has been interviewed for her expertise on law school admissions for several publications including US News and World Report, the Buffalo Law Journal, and Hispanic Outlook, and is a regular contributor at Law School Podcaster.
I arise today through the strength of heaven
Light of sun, radiance of moon
Splendor of fire, speed of lightning
Swiftness of wind, depth of the sea
Stability of earth, firmness of rock
I arise today through God's strength to pilot me
God's eye to look before me
God's wisdom to guide me
God's way to lie before me
God's shield to protect me
From all who shall wish me ill
Afar and a-near
Alone and in a multitude
Against every cruel, merciless power
That may oppose my body and soul
Christ with me, Christ before me
Christ behind me, Christ in me
Christ beneath me, Christ above me
Christ on my right, Christ on my left
Christ when I lie down, Christ when I sit down
Christ when I arise, Christ to shield me
Christ in the heart of everyone who thinks of me
Christ in the mouth of everyone who speaks of me
Take the wave now and know that you're free
Turn your back on the land, face the sea
Face the wind now, so wild and so strong
When you think of me, wave to me and send me a song
Don't look back when you reach the new shore
Don't forget what you're leaving me for
Don't forget when you're missing me so
Love must never hold, never hold tight, but let go
Oh the nights will be long
When I'm not in your arms
But I'll be in this song
That you sing to me across the sea
Somehow, someday
You will be far away
So far from me
And maybe one day
I will follow you in all you do
'Til then, send me a song
When the sun sets the water on fire
When the wind swells the sails ever higher
Let the call of the bird on the wing
Calm your sadness and loneliness and then start to sing
to me
I will sing to you
If you promise to send me a song
When you're lying alone
Under Spanish skies
Softly sing me the song
And waves will bring the love you sing
To me, send me a song
I walk by the shore and I hear
Hear your song come so faint and so clear
And I catch it, a breath on the wind
And I smile and I sing you a song, I will send you a
song
I will sing you a song
I will sing to you
May it be an evening star shines down upon you
May it be as darkness falls your heart will be true
You walk a lonely road
Oh how far you are from home
Mornie utúlië Darkness has come
Believe and you will find your way
Mornie alantië Darkness has fallen
A promise lives within you now
May it be the shadow's call will fly away
May it be your journey on to light the day
When night is overcome
You may rise to find the sun
Mornie utúlië Darkness has come
Believe and you will find your way
Mornie alantië Darkness has fallen
A promise lives within you now
Find me, look for me
Where stars are rising
Bathe me in the deepest blue you can find
Falling away and letting go
I'll reach out to you
When the sky fades away
Reach out for me
When the sky fades away
I'll falling now
Fall with me
To the starry sky
High in the sky through the clouds and rain
Every familiar field seems like an old friend
When every hand that you shake is like a warm embrace
Could only be one sweet place
Home and the heartland
Sing out your songs and
Ring out your stories and rhymes
Weave from your dreams
The mystical dances that lead us to
Bind in heart and mind
As we circle the world with our wandering airs
Gathering here and there, leaving behind our share
Like the leaves in the wind, they are blown along
Each melody rising from
Home and the heartland
Sing out your songs and
Ring out your stories and rhymes
Weave from your dreams
The mystical dances that lead us to
Dubhdarra, he's a-sailing
Far out in the blue ocean
Far beyond the misty mountain
On the sun stream he's riding with the wind
Lost in a million dips and hollows
Swallowed in the racing horses
Dubhdarra will always return
To take me up in his arms
Angels hasten into the daylight
As the shadows fade away
And the rainclouds move among the islands
Far down in Clew Bay
I am waiting, waiting on the white-shelled sand
In the sea garden drifting far out to sea
I'm sailing far out to sea
Dubhdarra, he's a-sailing
Far out in the blue ocean
Flying canvas with the seagulls
In the freedom of a kind and gentle wind
Angels hasten into the daylight
As the shadows fade away
And the rainclouds move among the islands
Far down in Clew Bay
I am waiting, waiting on the white-shelled sand
In the sea garden drifting far out to sea
I wish I was in Carrickfergus
Only for nights in ballygrand,
I would swim over the deepest ocean,
The deepest ocean for my love to find.
But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over
Nor do I, have wings to fly
If I could find me a handsome boatman
To ferry me over to my love and die.
My childhood days bring back sad reflections
Of happy times spent long ago.
My childhood friends and my own relations.
Have all passed on now, like melting snow.
But Ill spend my days in endless roaming
Soft is the grass and my bed is free.
But to be back now in Carrickfergus,
On that long road down to the sea.
But Ill spend my days in endless roaming
Soft is the grass and my bed is free.
But to be back now in Carrickfergus,
On that long road down to the sea.
I arise today
Through the strength of heaven:
Light of sun,
Radiance of moon,
Splendour of fire,
Speed of lightning,
Swiftness of wind,
Depth of the sea,
Stability of earth,
Firmness of rock.
I arise to-day
Through God's strength to pilot me:
God's eyes to look before me,
God's wisdom to guide me,
God's way to lie before me,
God's shield to protect me,
From all who shall wish me ill,
Afar and anear,
Alone and in a multitude.
Against every cruel merciless power that may oppose my body and soul
Christ with me, Christ before me, Christ behind me,
Christ in me, Christ beneath me, Christ above me,
Christ on my right, Christ on my left,
Christ when I lie down,
Christ when I sit down,
Christ when I arise,
Christ to shield me,
Christ in the heart of every one who thinks of me,
Christ in the mouth of every one who speaks of me.