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Faculty of Law hopes to revive summer program that inspired Indigenous teens to pursue law

Thursday, August 24, 2017

Amanda Carling (pictured in the front row, second from right) was a student mentor during the 2012 Indigenous Youth Summer Program (photo courtesy of Amanda Carling)
Amanda Carling (pictured in the front row, second from right) was a student mentor during the 2012 Indigenous Youth Summer Program (photo courtesy of Amanda Carling)

By Hannah James

SJD student Haim Abraham writes "Expect more civilian deaths with Trump’s new combat rules"

Wednesday, August 23, 2017

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, SJD student and Vanier Scholar Haim Abraham analyzes the potential consequences of US President Trump's statements on the war in Afghanistan ("Expect more civilian deaths with Trump’s new combat rules," August 22, 2017).

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

Prof. Michael Trebilcock authors CD Howe report: “Ontario’s Green Energy Experience: Sobering Lessons for Sustainable Climate Change Policies”

Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Dramatic electrical price increases and modest environmental benefits: these form part of the conclusions to a CD Howe report released today and authored by University Professor Michael Trebilcock, law and economics scholar at the Faculty of Law.

Inaugural Dean’s Graduate Student Leadership Awards announced

Monday, August 14, 2017

Dean Ed Iacobucci is pleased to announce the inaugural recipients of the Dean’s Graduate Student Leadership Awards: SJD students Haim Abraham and Nadia Lambek.

The award honours and recognizes the exceptional contributions of one or more graduate students who have demonstrated outstanding co-curricular and extracurricular leadership at the law school, and whose contributions have helped to make the law school an even more vibrant and inclusive scholarly community. 

"Boilerplate" scholar Professor Radin joins Faculty of Law

Friday, August 4, 2017
professor peggy radin

Contract and property law professor is an expert on 'boilerplate' contracts forced onto online consumers

By Andrew Stobo Sniderman, JD 2014

Fulbright Fellow J. R. Rothstein to be a Visiting Scholar for 2017-18

Saturday, July 29, 2017

J R Rothstein headshotFulbright Fellow J.R. Rothstein of Manhattan, New York will be a visiting scholar at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law this year to engage in a comparative law analysis regarding the role of Jewish, Islamic and secular law in the context of real estate transactions.

Prof. David Schneiderman on the US President's power to pardon

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

By Noreen Ahmed-Ullah

When U.S. President Donald Trump asserted his “complete power to pardon” on Twitter last week, speculation erupted over whether he planned to pardon relatives, aides or possibly even himself.

Professor David Schneiderman of the Faculty of Law says that while the president does have the power to pardon aides and relatives, the ability to pardon himself is up for debate.

SJD student Daniel Del Gobbo writes "In cases of sexual violence, justice can come from outside the courts"

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, SJD student and Pierre Elliott Trudeau Scholar Daniel Del Gobbo writes about rethinking the way that the law handles sexual violence and introducing the option of a restorative justice process ("In cases of sexual violence, justice can come from outside the courts," July 25, 2017).

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

Second annual Dean's Leadership Awards announced for law students

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

L-R: Solomon McKenzie, Joshua Favel, Ramz Aziz, Christina Liao
L-R: Solomon McKenzie, Joshua Favel, Ramz Aziz, Christina Liao

Dean Ed Iacobucci is delighted to announce the second annual Dean’s Leadership Award recipients for the 2016 – 17 academic year. They are:

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