The Quid Novi MONTREAL, QC
MCGILL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF LAW - FACULTÉ DE DROIT DE L’UNIVERSITÉ MCGILL
46 14 1 APR 2025
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR A Final Word As EIC
Pablo Mhanna-Sandoval | N/A L
Time flies. It does. Time really does fly. Just like that, I’m already penning my last letter as co-EIC of the Quid Novi. I remember writing my first article for the Quid as a 1L columnist. Weeks into law school, I participated in the Christie Bike Ride and thought it appropriate to document my experience. A few members, including Dean Leckey by email, commented to me about it in the week following. The bike ride, my first Quid article, three Skit Nites: these are some of the happy memories in this place. The journey has been a long one, and in many ways inconclusive. But it was also marked by cherished friendships and collegiality. I have many people to thank. Thank you to co-EICs Anna McAllister and EIC Jess Keer Li. Thank you to the Quid Novi columnists, copy
editors, layout editors and art directors I’ve worked with over the past two years. Thank you, of course, to the students of McGill Law for your one-off contributions and your readership. Thank you to the Skit Nite co-directors and co-animateurs I’ve had the pleasure of collaborating with over the last three years. Those were special times, and I’m honoured to have known and worked with all of you. What a privilege to have had the opportunity to laugh and make laugh as a community. It’s on this note and a related call to action that I will leave you. It has been reported to me–by people who are on campus much more often–that some vibes at McGill Law are off. What this could mean specifically is hard to pin down. But there is, I sense, an agree-
ment on the basic truth of this statement. While not the whole story, it seems there is a waning participation in culture and community. This manifests in a declining interest in MedLaw and Coffeehouse and yes, contributing to the Quid. The source of this trend I have not interrogated too closely. I am convinced, however, that a widespread re-commitment to contributing to culture and community at the faculty can only benefit it. I’ve often written in these pages that law school–even in ideal circumstances– is not an easy undertaking. Part of what makes it bearable, enjoyable even, is the shared experience of the place’s culture between hardships. This is my sincere wish for the McGill Faculty of Law. Thank you for reading. Good luck in exam season.
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