Today (November 6) there is going to be a meeting to attempt to save / reinstate the criminal law concentration at the University of Western Ontario’s Faculty of Law.
If you are at all interested, join us in room 205 at 13:00:
Here is the original email:
From Patrick Bruce, Student Academic Commissioner
“Hello guys,
I am writing to you in my capacity as Academic Commissioner. What has happened to the Criminal Law generally and the Concentration specifically in the past year has angered many and in my opinion, as a student formerly in the Criminal Concentration, rightfully so. I understand that many of you feel as if your thoughts and opinions have not been taken into consideration, or if they have it has been on an erratic and unorganised basis. I would like to meet with you as a group to really understand what you would like from the administration at this point. To this effect, I would like to meet with you in the next week or so and so I can solidify your/our position with regards to the Concentration and Criminal Law in general. I can promise you this, the Concentrations are being discussed currently and if we do nothing they will be gone, probably with nothing to replace them. To protect your interests I need to hear from you and understand what matters to you. My intention is formulate a concrete response and list of concerns and desires on the part of criminal law students at Western Law.
I understand a lot of you are busy with CLA, CLS, Police-Witness program and other endeavours, so I am trying to gauge when the best time to schedule a meeting is. To this effect, please copy and paste the following two questions with your answers in an email back to me. Just indicate “yes” next to the times you can meet, a blank space will indicate you are not available. Also indicate if there is another time you would be available.
1) Are you willing to meet to help to discuss how to restore criminal law and possibly the concentration to the school for a brief period of an hour?
2) If yes, what time works best for you?
a) Tuesday Nov. 3 @ 1pm-2pm @ 5-6pm Other:
b) Wednesday Nov. 4 @ 1pm-2pm @ 5-6pm Other:
c) Thursday Nov. 5 @ 1pm-2pm @ 5-6pm Other:
d) Friday Nov. 6 @ 1pm-2pm @ 5-6pm Other:
e) Monday Nov. 9 @ 1pm-2pm @ 5-6pm Other:
a) Tuesday Nov. 10 @ 1pm-2pm @ 5-6pm Other:
b) Wednesday Nov. 11 @ 1pm-2pm @ 5-6pm Other:
c) Thursday Nov. 12 @ 1pm-2pm @ 5-6pm Other:
d) Friday Nov. 13 @ 1pm-2pm @ 5-6pm Other:
Please take the time to do this, and please if possible make yourself available. I have already sat on a meeting of the Programs Committee, and they do care about what you think, but right now they seem confused about what you want. I will also be meeting with the Academic Dean Lynk on a regular basis, so we do have an opportunity to be heard.”
Hope to see you there,
Ryan
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