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SJD student Kyle Kirkup - "New prostitution laws, same old harms to sex workers"

Thursday, June 5, 2014

SJD student and Trudeau scholar Kyle Kirkup has written a commentary in The Globe and Mail analyzing the Government of Canada's proposed new law to regulate prostitution ("New prostitution laws, same old harms to sex workers," June 4, 2014).

Read the full commentary on The Globe and Mail website, or below.

Congratulations to the Class of 2014!

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Law graduates Brendan Stevens, Jamie-Lynn Leci and Andrew Sniderman on the steps of Falconer Hall.

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

Most law students leave the Faculty of Law after three years of hard work with lifelong friends, another degree in hand, and a new career to follow. Jamie-Lynn (Smukowich) Leci will graduate on June 6, 2014 with a little bit more.

Prof. Lisa Austin - "Harper’s Privacy Commissioner is wrong for the job"

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, Prof. Lisa Austin argues that Daniel Therrien, nominated by Prime Minister Harper as Privacy Commissioner of Canada, is not a good choice because of his past involvement with policies that undermine privacy ("Harper’s Privacy Commissioner is wrong for the job," June 2, 2014).

Read the full commentary on The Globe and Mail website, or below.

Prof. Kent Roach - "Missing aboriginal women: More imprisonment is not the solution"

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, Prof. Kent Roach argues that increasing the number of people sent to prison will not reduce the number of Aboriginal women who are murdered or go missing ("Missing aboriginal women: More imprisonment is not the solution," May 27, 2014).

Read the full commentary on The Globe and Mail website, or below.

'The Enigmatic W.P.M. Kennedy': Prof. Friedland writes about the law school's first dean

Friday, May 23, 2014
book cover of W.P.M Kennedy

By Martin Friedland, CC, QC, James M. Tory professor of law emeritus and former dean of law

In the spring of 2013, I was contacted by the University of Oxford Press. Oxford was reissuing W.P. M. Kennedy’s 1922 classic text, The Constitution of Canada. Would I write the introduction? I agreed to do so. It turned out to have been a fascinating project.

Prof. Audrey Macklin - "Citizenship Act will create two classes of Canadians"

Friday, May 23, 2014

In The Globe and Mail, Prof. Audrey Macklin, with co-authors Michael Adams and Ratna Omidvar, argues that the proposed new Citizenship Act will create second-class Canadian citizens who do not enjoy the same rights as others ("Citizenship Act will create two classes of Canadians," May 21, 2014).

Read the full commentary on The Globe and Mail website, or below.

Our grads get jobs: Nine graduate students land academic positions this year

Friday, May 9, 2014

Faculty of Law master's and doctoral students are celebrating an unprecedented number of successful appointments in one year. Nine graduate students have landed academic positions at top law schools in Canada and around the world.

Report by JD student Josh Mandryk on Ontario’s fair wage policy published by think tank

Friday, May 9, 2014

The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA) has published a report by graduating JD student Josh Mandryk, titled "The Case for a Stronger Fair Wage Policy in Ontario."  The research for this project was conducted under the Faculty of Law's directed research program during the Winter 2013 term.

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