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In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Samer Muscati, director of the International Human Rights Program, writes about some of the extraordinary women he has encountered in his international human rights work, and the power of photography to help tell their stories ("Extraordinary women invite us to imagine a better world," May 16, 2018).

Read the full commentary on the Toronto Star website, or below.

The Faculty of Law’s David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights is pleased to announce lawyer Susan Ursel will be the Asper Centre’s Constitutional-Litigator-in-Residence for fall 2018.

Ursel, a Toronto-based employment and human rights lawyer, will be teaching constitutional advocacy in the Asper Centre clinic during the academic fall term. Drawing upon her extensive experience from her constitutional, human rights and administrative law practice, she will mentor students on the case files that they will be working on in the clinic.

See you soon in Shanghai: alumnus Dr. Scott Guan gives law student D'Arcy White a ballcap from Zhong Lun Law Firm, where D'Arcy will soon start his internship. 

Story and photo by Lucianna Ciccocioppo

A new international business law internship at the Faculty of Law, generously funded by alumnus Dr. Scott Guan, SJD 2003, is sending JD law student D’Arcy White to Shanghai this spring.

This is the inaugural year for the Dr. Scott Guan China Law Practice Award, and he hopes it expands over the years.

When he's looking at something like data-sharing, Hitachi Canada CEO Howard Shearer isn't just thinking about the technology. He's contemplating the privacy considerations that accompany it, and the regulations that govern it.

Shearer is currently enrolled in the Global Professional Master of Laws (GPLLM) at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Law. The one-year program offers robust exposure to the legal ins and outs of today's business world.