“This is a remarkable book, combining wonderful stories with historical, legal, and political analysis on a subject that is critical to our future in Canada and around the world.” — Bob Rae (BA 1969 UC, LLB 1977, Hon LLD 1999, Hon DLitt 2022 VIC), Canada's Ambassador to the United Nations
Awarded by vLex, legal intelligence company, the "Fastcase 50 Honorees" award honours the law’s "smartest, most courageous innovators, techies, visionaries, lawyers, and leaders."
(Photo by Veikko Somerpuro courtesy of the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies)
The University of Toronto Faculty of Law is recognizing the extraordinary scholarship of Karen Knop (1960-2022), a professor of international law who held the Faculty’s Cecil A. Wright Chair.
Lawyer and clinic director, Prasanna Balasundaram (far left), with staff lawyers Asiya Hirji and Jennifer Fehr, alongside staff and summer caseworkers on the steps of the Fasken Building, home to U of T's community legal clinic and clinical legal education program, Downtown Legal Services.
The Faculty of Law welcomes gifts that support our world-leading research and teaching and that align with our approved academic priorities. In December 2021, the Faculty received a donation from Amazon in the amount of US $450,000. The gift supported scholarship and experiential education in law and economics, a field in which we are globally recognized, and which spans diverse scholarly areas including competition law, innovation law, and law and technology.