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Susan Ursel selected Constitutional-Litigator-in-Residence for the Asper Centre

Friday, May 18, 2018
Susan Ursel headshot

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.

Prof. Douglas Sanderson writes "A federal equalization program that includes First Nations" in Policy Options

Thursday, May 17, 2018

In a commentary in Policy Options, Prof. Douglas Sanderson says that in the future, Indigenous confederacies that exercise self-government and have taxation power could also be part of the larger equalization system ("A federal equalization program that includes First Nations," May 16, 2018).

Shanghai in the spring: D'Arcy White is the inaugural recipient of the Dr. Scott Guan China Law Practice Award

Monday, May 14, 2018

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.

An evening of gratitude for our volunteers and recent donors!

Saturday, May 12, 2018

Alumni Chris Graham and Shannon Leo, with law student Marie Kiluu-Ngila.

Photos by Wasila Baset

Faculty of Law donors and volunteers for this academic year were celebrated in the Jackman Law Building’s Torys Hall on May 3, recognizing those who gave back to their alma mater between May 1, 2017 and April 30, 2018.

How the GPLLM program helps executives master the law

Thursday, May 10, 2018

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.

Prof. David Schneiderman writes "Barriers for beer, but not oil" in National Post

Monday, April 30, 2018

In a commentary in the National Post, Prof. David Schneiderman assesses the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in the Comeau interprovincial trade case and its relevance to disputes between Alberta and British Columbia ("Barriers for beer, but not oil," April 26, 2018).

Read the full commentary below (not available online).

Barriers for beer, but not oil

By David Schneiderman

April 26, 2018

Prof. Karen Knop awarded British Academy Visiting Fellowship for "Peace Cases and Peace Camps" project

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Prof. Karen Knop has been awarded a British Academy Visiting Fellowship. She will be at the Centre for Women, Peace & Security at the London School of Economics and Political Science in the autumn of 2018.

Her project is "Peace Cases and Peace Camps: A Study in Feminist International Law and Foreign Affairs Law." Here is the abstract:

Graham Fellow Maria Banda writes "Comeau ruling about more than beer and the Supreme Court got it right"

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Maria Banda, Graham Fellow at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, analyzes the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in the Comeau case about inter-provincial beer purchase ("Comeau ruling about more than beer and the Supreme Court got it right," April 24, 2018).

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

Comeau ruling about more than beer and the Supreme Court got it right

Maria Banda

April 24, 2018

SJD student Daniel Del Gobbo co-authors article in Policy Options on modernizing the criminal justice system in the wake of #MeToo

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

SJD student and Trudeau Scholar Daniel Del Gobbo has co-authored (with Vathsala Illesinghe) a commentary in the magazine Policy Options, "The #MeToo movement has exposed inequalities in the legal system that disadvantage women. Restorative justice could help in certain sexual violence cases" (April 23, 2018).

Read the full commentary on the Policy Options website, or below.

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