Join our guest host Gabriella Bright in conversation with Dean Napoleon. Their discussion touches on favourites, inspirations, Dean Napoleon’s journey to law school, visions for the future, and more!
Queers in Law: Layne Clarke
Navigating law school and the law is a unique experience—what is it like as a queer person? In this episode, Vinson profiles Layne Clarke, a fellow queer law student at UVic. Join the two as they examine what their queerness means to them, and what it means to be queer in law in this cozy coffee chat.
“Why Appeal?” ft. Vinson Shih from Podcasting/Public Relations
Curious about Appeal? Wonder what it’s like to work on a law journal? Join podcast host Sarah Lachance in this new mini-series as she interviews different members of Appeal’s editorial board to learn more about the different departments, roles, and all the reasons you should get involved in the journal. Tune in this week to hear Vinson Shih share his experience on the Podcasting/Public Relations team and his thoughts on why you should get involved in Appeal!
“Why Appeal?” ft. Publications Department’s Jinjae Jeong
Curious about Appeal? Wonder what it’s like to work on a law journal? Join podcast host Sarah Lachance in this new mini-series as she interviews different members of Appeal’s editorial board to learn more about the different departments, roles, and all the reasons you should get involved in the journal. Tune in this week to hear Jinjae Jeong share his experience as a member of the Publications Department and his thoughts on why you should get involved in Appeal!
Paper Preview: The Myth of the Ideal Victim
Content warning: In this episode we discuss sexual assault and intimate partner violence, as well as survivors of sexual assault navigating reporting and trial.
Stare Indecisis sits down with Camas Ussery, an author in Volume 27 of Appeal (published Spring 2022). We discuss Camas’ paper, “The Myth of the Ideal Victim: Combatting Misconceptions of Expected Demeanour in Sexual Assault Survivors” and how the myth of the ideal victim can prejudice a trier of fact to view survivors as non-credible witnesses at trial.
Highlights
00:03:11 – What Is the Ideal Victim Myth?
00:04:58 – How is the myth used?
00:06:40 – The Myth and the Courtroom
00:07:50 – Trauma and Demeanour
00:09:16 – The Duty of Lawyers and Judges
Here are some resources in the event that you or someone you know has experience sexual assault and would like to speak to a qualified individual.
Ending Violence Canada provides a list of sexual assault centres and crisis lines that are organized by region and specific need: endingviolencecanada.org/sexual-assault-centres-crisis-lines-and-support-services/
The Vancouver Island Crisis Line : 1-888-494-3888
They can connect to the Victoria Sexual Assault Centre.
Victoria Sexual Assault Centre directly at 250-383-3232 or VSAC.ca
Take Care.
Why Appeal? ft. Submissions Department’s Hilary Mutch
https://open.spotify.com/episode/509yPN7wt37T8q0Nf9jky0?si=ac8a6dda1ef4418b
Curious about Appeal? Wonder what it’s like to work on a law journal? Join podcast host Sarah Lachance in this new mini-series as she interviews different members of Appeal’s editorial board to learn more about the different departments, roles, and all the reasons you should get involved in the journal. Tune in this week to hear Hilary Mutch share her experience as a member of the Submissions Department and her thoughts on why you should get involved in Appeal!
Host/Producer/Editor: Sarah Lachance (she/her)
Theme Music: Jeremy Marsan jeremymarsan.com
Special Thanks: Nicola Watts, CFUV 101.9 FM CFUV.ca
Website: onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/stareindecisis
Contact: appealpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook: @appealreviewofcurrentlawandlawreform
Twitter: @AppealLawReview
Why Appeal? ft. Appeal’s Editor-in-Chief, Frances Miltimore
Curious about Appeal? Wonder what it’s like to work on a law journal? Join podcast host Sarah Lachance in this new mini-series as she interviews different members of Appeal’s editorial board to learn more about the different departments, roles, and all the reasons you should get involved with the journal. Tune in this week to hear Frances Miltimore share her experience as Editor-in-Chief and her thoughts on why you should get involved in Appeal!
Host/Producer/Editor: Sarah Lachance (she/her)
Theme Music: Jeremy Marsan jeremymarsan.com
Special Thanks: Nicola Watts, CFUV 101.9 FM CFUV.ca
Website: onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/stareindecisis
Contact: appealpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook: @appealreviewofcurrentlawandlawreform
Twitter: @AppealLawReview
Competition Bureau says “Peel, Dump, Toss” to Greenwashing
On January 3, 2022 the Competition Bureau ordered Keurig, the maker of the ubiquitous single-use coffee pod, to pay a $3 million fine and change its coffee pod packaging following a complaint made about its advertising. Patrick McDermott, Stare Indecisis volunteer and member of the University of Victoria’s Environmental Law Club met with Calvin Sandborn, Senior Counsel with the Environmental Law Centre to discuss the ELC’s role in determining that Keurig was using greenwashing in misleading advertising. Listen to learn how Margaret Atwood fits into this story, what the threshold for determining greenwashing is, how damages are assessed, and more!
The Environmental Law Club is hosting a Research-a-thon on March 4th to assist the Environmental Law Centre to identify businesses who are potentially utilizing greenwashing advertising for their products. If you are a law student at the University of Victoria and want to participate, register using the link below.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScx2NnmD_izB4Hwz0zHhglVtNkXP1ORkcQcruOCOQ7tV0hyfw/viewform
Guest Host/ Co-Producer: Patrick McDermott
Co-Producer/Audio Engineer: Camille O’Sullivan
Editor: Sarah Lachance
1:34: What is the Environmental Law Centre
2:42: The email that started it all
9:03: Damage Assessment
11:25: Environmental Law trends and greenwashing advertising
14:55: Threshold of assessment
An Honest Introduction
Join podcast hosts and UVic Law students Sarah Lachance (2L, she/her), Camille O’Sullivan (2L, she/her), and Vinson Shih (3L, he/him) in this inaugural episode of Stare Indecisis as they get to know one another, exploring where they come from, their passions, and hopes for this brand new podcast season—We Are Not Really Strangers style.
Hosts: Sarah Lachance, Camille O’Sullivan, Vinson Shih
Producer: Vinson Shih
Editor: Camille O’Sullivan
Theme Music: Jeremy Marsan jeremymarsan.com
Special Thanks: Nicola Watts, CFUV 101.9 FM CFUV.ca
Website: onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/stareindecisis
Contact: appealpodcast@gmail.com
Facebook: @appealreviewofcurrentlawandlawreform
Twitter: @AppealLawReview
00:45 – Making podcasts for the people – Some context
03:15 – The Bachelor and Taylor Swift – Our podcast influences?
04:30 – Film school and Backstreet Boys? Our creative past
08:16 – Game rules – We Are Not Really Strangers
09:13 – Are law students all control freaks? – First impressions
13:30 – Banana loaf – How messy is my car?
15:57 – Just spend time with me – Guessing love languages
18:12 – Cul-de-sacs, farm town fun, and coming out
25:24 – Never be a lawyer! Why we chose the law
36:24 – Broken plans, mental health, new hobbies – Pandemic lessons
42:56 – Not regular law students – our TV obsessions