Watch the 2017 Grand Moot online

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Sketches of the 2017 Grand Moot by artist Tanya Murdoch
Sketches of the 2017 Grand Moot by artist Tanya Murdoch

Did you miss the 2017 Grand Moot? Watch the video online!

The 2017 University of Toronto Faculty of Law Grand Moot took place on Thursday, September 28. The problem dealt with "Assisted Human Reproduction and the Charter". The panel consisted of:

Prof. Anver Emon testifies at Parliamentary Committee about Systemic Racism and Religious Discrimination,

Thursday, October 5, 2017

On Wednesday Oct. 4, 2017, Prof. Anver Emon testified at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage hearings about the motion Systemic Racism and Religious Discrimination, M-103.

Times Higher Education ranks Faculty of Law among global Top 10 law schools in world university rankings

Wednesday, October 4, 2017
law students in front of Jackman Law Building entrance

In its first world university rankings for subject areas such as law, Times Higher Education released its report for 2018, and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law was the only Canadian law school in the Top 10.

Prof. Trudo Lemmens co-authors "Disclosure of pharma payments to doctors is a good first step – but it’s not enough"

Thursday, September 28, 2017

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Trudo Lemmens and co-author Paul D. Thacker praise Ontario's initiative to require medical companies to disclose payments to health-care providers, but note other areas of commercial drug marketing that also need greater transparency ("Disclosure of pharma payments to doctors is a good first step – but it’s not enough," September 27, 2017.

Three tips to improve your law firm’s web presence: Because your public legal information matters, says Donner Fellowship summer student

Wednesday, September 27, 2017
law student benjamin miller

By Benjamin Miller, JD/MPP candidate, Class of 2020

This summer, supported by a Donner Fellowship, I worked at Community Legal Education Ontario (CLEO) on its non-profit law site called Get Ready for the ONCA. Since Ontario’s Not-For-Profit Corporations Act (ONCA) is not expected to be in force for at least two more years, my task was to add the vital legal information non-profits need in the meantime.

Prof. Audrey Macklin receives a prominent 2017 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Fellowship

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo / Photo by Sarah Coyle

Professor Audrey Macklin, Chair in Human Rights Law, is one of five scholars in Canada to receive a 2017 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Fellowship, in recognition of her outstanding scholarship and probono work advocating for immigrant and refugee rights.

Kitty Newman Memorial Award given to Prof. Anver Emon

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Prof. Anver Emon is the recipient of the 2017 Kitty Newman Memorial Award which recognizes an outstanding emerging Canadian scholar in the field of philosophy. This award is selected by a committee of disciplinary peers who are Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada.

Mostly fiction readers, 84% first in family to attend law school, 19% have a graduate degree: the 2017 1L Class Profile

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

We love back to school time here at the Faculty of Law, when we welcome so many new students. Here’s a snapshot of the first year cohort: who they are, where and what they studied, what they’re interested in, and much more.

It’s the third year we’ve run a questionnaire to get a better picture of our 1Ls, as we strive to closely monitor the diversity – in all its forms – of our class and keep the numbers moving in the right direction each year.

Click here for more detailed admissions data.

Prof. Anver Emon one of six U of T researchers appointed to the notable Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Professor Anver Emon

The Faculty of Law’s Professor Anver M. Emon, a world-leading scholar of Islamic law, is one of six University of Toronto researchers appointed to the notable Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. In total, the College named 70 scholars to its academy today, in recognition of an emerging generation of outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic leadership in Canada.