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‘There’s no business, like show business’: U of T Law’s virtual alumni reunion highlights remarkable legal and comedy career of alumnus Hart Pomerantz (LLB 1965)

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

The University of Toronto Faculty of Law’s annual alumni reunion brings together honoured class years to reconnect with one another at the law school. This year’s reunion, held on November 6, celebrated class years ending in 0 and 5.

In Memoriam: Jamal Howlader (1995-2020), Class of 2020

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Jamal A Howlader

The University of Toronto Faculty of Law is saddened to hear of the sudden passing of alumnus, Jamal Akim Howlader, JD Class of 2020.

Prior to law school, Jamal graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 2017 with an Honours Bachelor of Medical Sciences, specializing in Physiology and Pharmacology.

Op-Ed by Professor Trudo Lemmens and JD student Leah Krakowitz-Broker: Why the federal government should rethink MAID

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

In an op-ed for CBC Opinion, published Nov. 10, Professor Trudo Lemmens, Scholl Chair in Health Law and Policy and JD student Leah Krakowitz-Broker, write why the new medical assistance in dying (MAID) proposal represents a deadly form of discrimination against people with disabilities or chronic illness: 

Interview with Professor Ayelet Shachar: Zolberg Institute's Tempest Tossed podcast

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Professor Ayelet Shachar was recently interviewed by Professor Alex Aleinikoff, former United Nations Deputy High Commissioner of Refugees and current Director of the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at The New School, New York, for the Zolberg Institute's "Tempest Tossed" podcast.

The focus of the interview is Shachar's recently published book, The Shifting Border and how new technologies are reshaping borders and mobility.

Remembrance Day to be marked at U of T with virtual ceremonies

Monday, November 9, 2020

Members of the University of Toronto community are invited to come together virtually to honour soldiers and veterans via online Remembrance Day events organized by the university’s three campuses. 

The annual services on Nov. 11 were modified this year to protect the health and safety of the community during COVID-19 pandemic, and to help curb the spread of the virus. 

Nexus: The Thank You Issue

Wednesday, November 4, 2020

In this issue of Nexus

This issue marks the second digital edition of Nexus and the first in our new series of themed editions.

In this issue we thank the U of T Law community. Whether you gave to the Excellence Without Barriers campaign, tweeted support to U of T Law students during spring exams or are a professor who helped establish student RAships this summer – thank you.

U of T Law ranked in top 15 global law schools: THE World University Rankings 2021 by subject

Friday, October 30, 2020

The University of Toronto Faculty of Law is ranked first in Canada and among the top 15 law schools in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2021. U of T Law ranked in the top ten in the THE 2020 subject rankings.

What drives the personal investment decisions of millionaires? New research by Professor Adriana Robertson

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Adriana Robertson is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law and Rotman School of Management and holds the Honourable Justice Frank Iacobucci Chair in Capital Markets Regulation.

Researchers with GuideWell, UBS, Yale School of Management and U of T's Robertson, questioned almost 2,500 high-net worth investors: what goes through their mind when they think about equity exposure?

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