Law school is shockingly social. I drank more beer (scratch that--ciders) than the sorority-filled days of my undergrad. Every other Friday there is generally a beer garden for the law students, where we can get together and talk about the Oakes test and other nerdy law subjects that no other group of people would ever consider as socially appropriate conversation while a beer is in hand. And beers don't always have to be in hand either...sometimes it's ice cream sundaes. There are trivia afternoons where you form teams with your professors and compete (viciously) against other student/professor teams, while ice cream drips down your chin. And then, sadly, but socially none the less, are the study days/nights/mornings (sometimes consecutively), when you spend all day and night in the library together, whispering amongst the study carrels and ordering sushi or pizza to be delivered to the library and as you eat it together for dinner/breakfast? There are also dinners at law firms, Canadian Bar Association mentoring banquets and plenty of sports teams to join.
There are a few law social events that are specific to UBC Law, so specific in fact that any other person at UBC walking by would fear deeply for the future of the legal profession in BC. I'm referring to the annual Trike Race. A tradition so ingrained at UBC Law that many of our profs will regale you with stories of their trike race days as UBC Law Students. This event consists of teams of four chugging a beer and then racing one another on tricycles while the rest of the law school pegs them with water ballons. The kicker is that this year, there was still snow on the ground as they competed.
Check out a list of some of the social events here: http://www.law.ubc.ca/orientation/extra_curricular/social.html
If you have any questions about social events, tricycles or UBC Law in general, please give me a call: (604) 827-3552 or email: orientation@law.ubc.ca
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