Law School Success: A Matter of Heart (Réussir ses études en droit: une affaire de cœur)

Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2024-05

Ottawa Law Review, Vol. 56, No. 1, 2024

16 Pages Posted: 9 Sep 2024 Last revised: 23 Mar 2025

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Yan Campagnolo

University of Ottawa - Common Law Section

Date Written: August 12, 2024

Abstract

English Abstract:
On September 3, 2024, at the start of the academic year, Vice-Dean Yan Campagnolo addressed the new students of the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law. His speech outlined the key qualities that the most successful students exhibit: they are consistent, organized, efficient, ultra-hardworking, and rigorous. Together, the first letters of each of these qualities make the acronym “C.O.E.U.R.”, the French word for “heart”. The speech shows that success at law school is thus ultimately an affaire de coeur—a matter of heart

French Abstract: Le 3 septembre 2024, à l’occasion de la rentrée universitaire, le vice-doyen Yan Campagnolo s’est adressé à la nouvelle cohorte d’étudiants et étudiantes de la Faculté de droit de l’Université d’Ottawa. Dans son allocution, il s’est penché sur les compétences essentielles que possèdent les étudiants et étudiantes qui réussissent le mieux : il s’agit d’être constant, organisé, efficace, ultra-travaillant et rigoureux. Les premières lettres de ces compétences forment ensemble l’acronyme « C.O.E.U.R. ». Ainsi, il ressort clairement de cet exposé que réussir ses études de droit est avant tout une affaire de cœur.

Keywords: Legal education, law school, academic success

Suggested Citation

Campagnolo, Yan, Law School Success: A Matter of Heart (Réussir ses études en droit: une affaire de cœur) (August 12, 2024). Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2024-05, Ottawa Law Review, Vol. 56, No. 1, 2024, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4923411 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4923411

Yan Campagnolo (Contact Author)

University of Ottawa - Common Law Section ( email )

57 Louis Pasteur Street
Ottawa, K1N 6N5
Canada

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