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U of T Law alumni contribute to release of groundbreaking book “The Right Not to Remain Silent: The Truth About Mental Health in The Legal Profession"

Friday, May 10, 2024

Released April 30, The Right Not to Remain Silent: The Truth About Mental Health in The Legal Profession sets the stage for revolutionizing how mental health is perceived in the legal profession and beyond. It contains a series of candid and courageous memoirs by members of the legal profession living with mental health and addiction issues. The authors are judges, lawyers, and law professors with wide-ranging legal practices in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario including at Bay Street and small boutique firms.

Jim Ware (LLB 1968) to be inducted to University of Toronto Sports Hall of Fame

Friday, April 26, 2024

This May, U of T Law graduate Jim Ware (LLB 1968) will be inducted as a builder to the University of Toronto Sports Hall of Fame.

As founding president of the ‘Friends of Football’, Ware played a pivotal role as leader of the alumni group that helped save the Varsity Blues football program in the early 1990's.

In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Edmund Alexander

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

It is with immense sadness that the Faculty of Law announces the passing of Professor Emeritus Edmund Alexander.

Born and raised in Toronto, Professor Alexander graduated from the University of Toronto in 1953 with a Bachelor of Commerce and the Faculty of Law with a Bachelor of Laws in 1956.

After briefly teaching in Ottawa, he returned to Toronto and spent 25 years teaching at the Faculty of Law. He was a passionate and dedicated professor, leaving a legacy of kindness and generosity to students and colleagues alike.

Bestselling author Natalie Jenner (LLB 1993) to release third novel, Every Time We Say Goodbye

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Natalie Jenner is the author of the internationally bestselling novels The Jane Austen Society and Bloomsbury Girls, which have been translated into more than twenty languages worldwide. Her third novel, Every Time We Say Goodbye, releases in May 2024 and her fourth novel, Austen at Sea, is slated for a spring 2025 release.

Martin Friedland's Canadian Criminal Law in Ten Cases: Witness to Yesterday podcast

Friday, April 12, 2024

In today's Witness to Yesterday podcast, UNB Faculty of Law Professor Nicole O’Byrne talks to University Professor and Dean Emeritus Martin Friedland (LLB 1958) about his forthcoming book, Canadian Criminal Law in Ten Cases, an in-depth examination of ten significant Canadian criminal law cases. 

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