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MCGILL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF LAW ~ FACULTÉ DE DROIT DE L’UNIVERSITÉ MCGILL
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10 MAR 2026
47volume vi issue09
not regret. When else will I discover that it takes three law students
figure out how to key open a hotel door? And more LETTER FROM THE EDITOR toimportantly, if the world isn’t going to do anything nice for me,
The Thing with Feathers
I’ve got to do something nice for myself.
Catherine Zhang | 3L
Hi again McGill Law! I find that in these letters, I’m always hoping for something. These probably come off as platitudes: I hope you’re having a nice start to term, I hope you had a great winter break… and now, I hope you had a relaxing reading week! I also hope you know that these hopes are genuine. Though it might seem like I’m doing a whole lot of hoping—woof, semantic satiation!—it’s truly my wish that when you pick up your copy of the Quid, you find yourself less in a raging current than floating gently down a calm stream. (Said no one ever about law school, but a girl can dream.)
To quote my supervisor when I asked him for a week off so I could try to hold a baby lamb in Ireland (have done it, can confirm it healed me), “it’s nice to have achievable dreams.” Of course, I haven’t the faintest doubt that we’ll all achieve our lofty and ambitious law school desires. But no matter how hard I hope, I can’t actually guarantee the little things—for example, that you’re having a good time when you open this issue of the Quid. If you’re so inclined, help me out. No matter how you’ve started your day today, make the rest of it a good one. For me! Pretty please! I’ll see you next time.
I’m sorry to say that there is no Quartier latin column in this issue. That’s because, for my reading week, I went to Ireland and the UK with Quid columnist Sébastien and our cherished friend Amy (hi Ames!). How many law students does it take to get across the pond and back unscathed? As it turns out, three is not enough. I was too busy navigating jet lag, rainy weather, and brutal exchange rates to write, and for that I do apologize. But hey, did you know that cuius est solum, eius est usque ad caelum et usque ad infero? That’s not really true anymore, but it’s fun to think about on a plane. Suffice it to say that not only have I been doing some hoping for you, I’ve been doing a lot of hoping for myself recently: hoping that my flights aren’t delayed; that my bank account will withstand my souvenir purchases; and, of course, that I’ll manage to scrape together a couple of smooth, maybe even relaxing, days amidst what I presumptuously predict has been an awfully hellacious time for us all. Hopes don’t always come true, but a lot of mine did last week. They came true because Amy and I, verily perishing in Café Noya down Peel one January night, decided to check the Air Canada deals page “just for fun.”And when we found a great deal, we decided to do it,“just for fun.” I admit it was impulsive and indulgent, but it’s an impulse I do
Your Co-EIC holding a baby lamb. The peak of her trip and quite possibly her life.
Cette semaine INSIGHTS
COMMUNAUTÉ
EVENTS
2 | LEGAL LORE (Not So) Legal Lore: Une conversation avec mon amie Nina
4 | A MONTH IN THE LIFE
3 | MICHELLE DOUGLAS LECTURE Notwithstanding Human Rights: How We Must Respond
5 | QUELLE BRÛLURE MÉRITE MON COEUR?
15 | THE MJDR CELEBRATES ITS TEN YEARS!
6 | SIMPSON‘S PARADOX Why you should never trust graphs
16 | SLANDER AND THE CITY Judgment Rendered: Sora45
8 | REFERENDUM REGARDING THE ACADEMIC AND CULTURAL BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL TO PRESERVE ACADEMIC FREEDOM
18 | MEET THE QUID TEAM
17 |A 1L CASE FORYOUR ZODIAC SIGN QUID.LAW@MCGILL.CA
5 | OVERHEARDS
19 | LEGAL LATIN 101 19 | MINI-CROSSWORD March 8: International Women’s Day
7 | MARTINE ROY STUDENT COLLOQUIUM 2SLGBTQ+ Rights in Troubled Times: Contemporary Issues and Perspectives 15 | MAKING AN IMPACT The Introduction of Impact of Race & Culture Assessments (IRCAs) in Quebec 18 | THE RIGHT TO HUG Constitutionnaliser le droit aux câlins QUIDLAW