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jurists, can agree on one thing: we must LETTER FROM THE EDITOR do-away with handshaking. While a A Plea to End Handshaking polite gesture, this completely unnecAnna McAllister | 3L
Hello lovely Quid readers, I hope that you are all surviving the busiest time of the year. Finals are approaching, projects are due, and the flu is going around. What a perfect cocktail for a McGill Wellness Hub full of law students looking for a combination of antivirals, antibiotics, and refills on their anti-anxiety medication prescription. I fear that I, along with anyone else who recently participated in Toronto Recruit, may be in-part responsible for the flu-outbreak. Over the course of the three-days of Toronto Recruit, I genuinely believe that I shook more hands than I had in the past four years combined. During the pandemic, hand-shaking, along with other forms of in-person inter-
action, were of course limited. Last week in Toronto, students and employers alike were eager for the opportunity to be able to connect in-person for the first time since the pandemic. While the three-day period of Recruit is complete mayhem, having gone through it, I do believe there is a method to the madness. I am unaware of any other opportunities which allow you to meet, consider, and contrast employers from NGOs, Government, and Big Law in such quick succession. This format certainly helped inform my choice of summer position, and I hope that my colleagues feel the same. While a variety of opinions on Toronto Recruit’s hectic-format are welcome, I hope that we, as the next generation of
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essary germ-swap adds nothing to the experience of a job interview besides anxiety. What if my palms are too sweaty? What if my handshake is not ‘strong’ enough? What if I catch a flu that results in me being incapacitated for upwards of four-days during the busiest part of the semester? Admittedly, that last one might be specific to me, but the anxiety was well founded as that is exactly what occurred. So dear, future jurists, please consider abandoning handshaking in your practice as we look for new ways to innovate the legal profession in our wake. Afterall, the elbow touches and fist bumps were a fine alternative. My immune system thanks you. P.S. The flu shot is definitely worth it this year.