The Queen’s Law Student Society (LSS) held its first election forum on Jan. 28 in the Law lounge of Sir John A. Macdonald Hall.
The only contested position in this year’s election is for Vice President (Academic), while the other four positions have candidates running unopposed for a vote of confidence.
The candidates are:
President: Nima Hojjati
Senator: Jason Mercredi
VP Academic: Cindy Zhang and Brandon Chung
VP Administrative: Rachel McCarney
VP Activities: Jaimie Singleton
Juris Diction, the Queen’s Law’s student-run newspaper, hosted the forum, with Adam Sadinsky, the paper’s Editor-in-Chief, acting as moderator. Each candidate gave an opening statement before they were asked a series of position-specific questions.
Question for VP Admin candidates: How would you conduct yourself if you disagreed with Senior Administration during a meeting?
— Juris Diction (@QLJurisDiction) January 28, 2016
Chung says he would reach consensus before the meeting and work with other core members to resolve it
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Zhang says she would “leave no stone unturned” and express dissenting opinion b/c it will be “something to think about” for someone #QLPoli
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Juris Diction said the most contested issues were the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report recommendations and the new Introduction to Legal Skills (ILS) course, which will give first-year students an introduction to lawyering skills. The status of surplus LSS funding and what could be done to improve law school events were also heavily debated.
The next part of the evening was a question and answer period with questions provided either via Twitter or in writing from the audience. The debate concluded with a two-minute statement from each candidate.
See the Juris Diction’s full forum summary here.
http://juris-diction.ca/1831-2/
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