THE WELDON TIMES

Each year, law students across the country suit up, polish their resumes, and enter one of the most intense processes of their legal careers. This article offers steps and advice on how to make the most of your recruit process from those who have learned firsthand. 

Come with me to the Halifax Brewery Market Saturday morning. Farmers, bakers, florists, and crafters, painters, makers, chefs, and baristas – rain or shine, year after year – travel with their vans packed to the brim before dawn from The Valley and South Shore and set up on Lower Water Street to prepare displays that charm eyes and satiate curious tastes.

Few students know the Weldon Law Building’s namesake, but his legacy continues to echo through our halls through the Weldon Tradition of unselfish public service and, of course, The Weldon Times. The latter was founded in 1975 – or so we thought. Until last year, the thick fog of time enshrouded The Weldon Times’ beginning. A light pierced through, and that light was Doug Shatford. He reached out, we were dazzled, and he (quite humbly) allowed me to interview him on his ex

This piece was submitted anonymously as a handwritten letter, though the law school soon came to know the author colloquially as the "Saint." After deliberation, Doug Shatford moved forward with its first publication in volume 1, number 5 of The Weldon Times on April 4, 1973. Shatford decided to print the unedited, untranscribed version of the letter, but for accessibility purposes, this publication will feature a version transcribed to the best of my ability.

You have really done it this time. After trash-talking beekeeping on social media again, you received a stern e-mail from Dean Harding summoning you to her office. Resigned to your fate, you close your eyes, take a deep breath, and softly open her door. If you don't complete this chess puzzle you could end up killed – or worse, expelled.

This summer, I had the opportunity to participate in the Queen’s International Law Program in the public international law stream. In this article, I will share some highlights and personal reflections on the program, from practical advice on entering the field of international law to insights into what it means to study it at a time when the system appears to be collapsing. 

Intrepid connoisseur, Nicole McLuhan, details her summer journey across the Halifax hot dog landscape. Ten dogs, all alike in company, In fair Halagonia, where we lay our scene, From ancient goal break to new glizzy-dom, Where hot dog stuff makes civil hands unclean.

During my summer position in family law, I’ve heard more than one family lawyer half-jokingly say the best way to avoid the chaos is simple: “Don’t get married.” Romantic, I know.

Law school is truly a journey, and we’re glad to be closing ours out with one last Tastefully Timed article. We hope you celebrate the highs and soften the lows with good food during your time at Weldon. Here’s our final recommendations for the moments and emotions you’ll experience over the next three (or more) years.

A student reflects on grief during law school and how members of the Weldon community supported her in a manner previously unexperienced.

Early on, I decided, “I would never pursue law.”    That is what I would tell my mom anytime she floated the idea of me becoming a...

My mind always craved high-impact movement. This made things like cardio circuits, spin class, and Pilates a perfect fit. In these spaces, I was part of something bigger than myself. When I made space for movement, I found community.

Since 1L isn’t intimidating enough, why not add a cross-country move to the mix? Although the first year class represents students from every province, an unexpectedly high proportion hail from British Columbia, including me, a Vancouverite!

When I was eight, university felt impossibly far away. As a kid, just a week felt like a year. But as the weeks turned into months, and months into years, my undergrad came and went in a flash. So much life happens between point A and point B, and yet we look back and wonder how things flew by so quickly. Even during undergrad, the idea of being a working lawyer felt like a lifetime away.

Climate change has been a sword of Damocles hanging over our heads for over 40 years now. The changes predicted in the late 1970s are materializing at home and in remote areas of the world. One of the most notably impacted regions is the Arctic. The melting of glaciers, disappearance of polar caps, and recession of perma-ice have wreaked havoc on the lives of animals and plants inhabiting the North. Unfortunately, new challenges have arisen.

As we step into the new academic year, I am thrilled to welcome both new and returning students to our law school community. To the incoming class of 2028, huge congratulations and welcome! You are about to begin an incredibly exciting and transformative journey. Law school will challenge you in ways you may not yet expect.

Welcome to a new year at Weldon and another year of Domus! Domus Legis has been part of Dal Law since 1965, and I’m so excited for what the Domus executives have in the works for our 51st year. You can expect the classic events we all know and love, but we’re also adding new themes and venues to make the 2025/2026 year unforgettable.

Who better to pen a few words on a theme about the past than a dean whose history with this law school dates back to the 1980s? I’m always shocked to learn that fashions from the 80s and 90s are retro. Personally, I can’t imagine returning to padded shoulders and puffy hair. Aside from fashion – a subject on which no one would trust me – but in line with the theme of looking back, readers might be interested to learn more.

The 2025 Canadian federal election is here. Two candidates for Halifax, NDP's Lisa Roberts and Liberal's Shannon Medeima, answer pressing student questions about how they plan to represent Haligonians if elected.

In this edition of Tastefully Timed, Emily and Gerald are excited to highlight some of their favorite Asian-owned food spots around the HRM.