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It's official: Let the construction begin

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

 

More than 170 alumni, friends, faculty, students and staff joined us as we broke ground yesterday for the Faculty of Law expansion project and Jackman Law Building construction. More photos and story to come!

Today's the Day

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

New building signage on platform

Groundbreaking baseball caps

See you at 4 pm today!

T-3 Days until Groundbreaking!

Friday, May 31, 2013

The groundbreaking for the Jackman Law Building will take place here, south of the Bora Laskin Law Library on June 4, 2013.

 

Platform painted and prepped.

 

And here's the first section of the hoarding going up around north of the Bennett Gates, to be completed after the groundbreaking.

Graffiti Party in the Moot Court Room

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Law students didn’t have any problem saying good-bye to the Moot Court Room, in advance of its demolition.

The recent graffiti party on May 23, 2013 officially closed out the room in preparation for construction of the new Jackman Law Building.

Forty students and faculty, including Dean Mayo Moran, decked out in a hazmat suit, put on gloves, grabbed some cans and started to spray paint.

Mr. Jackman take down this wall. Loot the Moot. Toxic torts. Moot Court you are now moot are just some of the light-hearted tags currently gracing the walls inside and outside the MCR.

For 3L Brendan Stevens, the memories are bittersweet.

“Tagging the Moot Court Room allowed students and faculty to share fond memories of the place and relay some frustrations with the room's inherent limitations,” says the president of the Students Law Society. “The event also allowed me to express myself in a creative fashion, which is always a welcome addition to any day.”

His large red and white rose was a tribute to the MCR’s namesake, Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella.  

“It was a fun event,” says Ben Iscoe, vice-president (social) for the SLS. “The administration accurately identified a room that we students would be eager to destroy.”

The Bora Laskin Law Library Move

Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Library Move

The Bora Lasking Law Library is tracking its move on the Bora Laskin Law Library Reference Services Weblog.

The library is moving across the road to the Birge-Carnegie Library, 75a Queen’s Park.

Other parts of the collection are moving to open stacks on Robarts Library's 13th floor, closed stacks in the Robarts Library basement, and to closed storage.

See the Library Move FAQ for more information.

Revitalizating Green Space around the Jackman Building

Wednesday, May 15, 2013
New landscape mockup for Jackman Law Building

Rendering courtesy of B+H Architects

The Faculty of Law’s building project includes exciting plans for the green space at the south end of the site. In addition to creating wonderful new space for the Faculty of Law, we are also committed to enhancing the beauty of the natural environment in Philosopher’s Walk and the other areas around the new Jackman Law Building.

The architects conceptualized the landscape plan to address four primary challenges:

  • extending the pastoral, tree-dominant landscape of Philosopher’s Walk
  • providing appropriate transitions to a more ornamental landscape in close proximity to the law school buildings
  • adding a colourful landscape in high visibility areas around the Jackman Law Building
  • addressing the extensive Queen’s Park Crescent frontage in an sensitive manner

The design was developed around the idea of restoration of  “a full native palette of dominant and understory tree species that draw from both the ravine and oak-savannah Carolinian habitats.” The plantings include an array of greenery and floral beds featuring native and recommended species plus new tree plantings to rejuvenate the site with healthy young species.

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