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JD students work with Asper Centre on Supreme Court case

Thursday, November 27, 2014
L-R: Frances Mahon, Neil Abraham, Marlys Edwardh, Winston Gee

L-R: Frances Mahon, Neil Abraham, Marlys Edwardh,
Winston Gee

Geoffrey Stone on ‘Liberty, Security and the NSA: The View from the Inside’

Saturday, November 22, 2014

By Sheldon Gordon

Geoffrey StoneIn August 2013, a White House emissary approached Geoffrey Stone to serve on a presidential panel following Edward Snowden's revelations about electronic intelligence gathering by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA).

Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh writes series on new national securities regulator proposal

Friday, November 21, 2014

In a series of commentaries in the Financial Post, Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh has analyzed the proposal for a national securities regulator put forward by the federal government and five provincial governments. Read the series on the Financial Post website:

IHRP intern Evan Rankin reports on HIV and the law in India

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Evan Rankin, 2L, was an International Human Rights Program (IHRP) intern at the UN Economic and Social Council for Asia and the Pacific (Thailand) during the summer of 2014. This report was first published in the IHRP's Rights Review magazine.

Reminiscing at Reunion 2014

Monday, November 10, 2014

Class of 1989 turned out in full force to celebrate its reunion.

 

About 370 alumni from class years ending in ‘4’ and ‘9’ attended Reunion on Oct. 24-26, 2014, a spectacular weekend of reminiscing over brunches at the law school, dinners in downtown restaurants, kids’ activities and, for the second year, construction tours of the Jackman Law Building site.

Hockey Arbitration Competition of Canada packs in law students--and sports fans

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Winning arbitrators with judges: U of T law students Fraser Malcolm is second from the left, and organizing chair Amir Torabi is first from the right.

 

By Nick Rossi, JD 2013

The third annual, student-run Hockey Arbitration Competition of Canada attracted 32 teams from 15 law schools across North America—its largest turnout to date—and this year, included its first two American teams from Tulane and Toledo, among the 70 participants.

Rise of ‘shadow’ banking, lack of regulations could trigger another global meltdown

Monday, November 3, 2014
illustration of a magnifying glass looking at globe with international financial figures

Toronto-Tsinghua International Law Conference examined the threats—and possible solutions

By Peter Boisseau

Lawmakers and regulators around the world are grappling with the explosive growth of poorly regulated “shadow banking” sectors in China and the U.S. that provide easy credit and high returns but have become so large they may also pose the threat of a global economic meltdown, a University of Toronto law conference was told.

Pumpkins and professors: Annual carving contest brings out students' creativity

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Photos by Sara-Marni Hubbard

 

What’s Halloween around the law school without pumpkins? Today, the Faculty of Law hosted the Second Annual Pumpkin Carving contest, and as usual, our students didn’t disappoint. The winning team was a pumpkin portrait of Professor Douglas Sanderson created by his small group class (Property A) and enlisting the help of his wife too. Runners up were teams led by Serin Remedios and Maya Bielinski. The 'judge' was Interim Dean Jutta Brunnée.

Prof. Kent Roach provides insight on anti-terrorism law in various media in wake of Ottawa attack

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

In the wake of the attack in Ottawa that killed a Canadian soldier and resulted in shooting in the Parliament Buildings, Prof. Kent Roach has provided insight into the role of anti-terrorism laws, in various media.

In Just Security, he wrote "The Canadian Terrorist Attacks and Canadian Counter-Terrorism Law," (October 23, 2014). Read the commentary on the Just Security website.

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