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‘Learn to embrace discomfort’ – U of T Law valedictorian Ema Ibrakovic gained confidence through mooting

Monday, June 13, 2022

Ema Ibrakovic

Mooting offers students opportunities to practice and improve oral advocacy skills in a simulated appellate court or arbitration, for course credit. For JD graduate Ema Ibrakovic, her early introduction to mooting is the reason why she chose to pursue a legal education at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law. 

JD Class of 2022 Convocation Awards: Congratulations to all our graduates

Monday, June 13, 2022

Convocation: You did it! We're so proud of you!

Today, the University of Toronto Faculty of Law celebrated its Class of 2022 at its first in-person ceremony and reception in two years!

Congratulations to our JD, LLM and SJD graduates!

The following Convocation Awards for graduating JD students were announced today at the JD program reception:

Retired Justice Gloria Epstein (LLB 1977), who paved the way for marriage equality as a judge, receives honorary degree

Monday, June 13, 2022

Gloria Epsein (photo by Lisa Sakulensky)

Gloria Epsein (photo by Lisa Sakulensky)

From humble beginnings, Gloria Epstein has forged a distinguished legal career – as a litigator and a judge – that has helped blaze a trail for other women in the profession. 

Hart House Pride Spotlight: LGBTQ2S+ Community Builder Terry Gardiner

Wednesday, June 8, 2022

Terry Gardiner

University of Toronto's Hart House interviews Faculty of Law's Director of Student Programs, Terry Gardiner: 

Professor Ayelet Shachar's "The Shifting Border" shortlisted for the C.B. Macpherson Prize

Friday, June 3, 2022

Ayelet Shachar

Professor Ayelet Shachar (photo credit: MPI-MMG 2020)

Professor of Law, Political Science & Global Affairs Ayelet Shachar has been shortlisted by the Canadian Political Science Association (CPSA) for the C.B. Macpherson Prize.

What the forthcoming U.S. Supreme Court decision on abortion means for gay sex and same-sex marriage—it ain’t good: Opinion by Professor Brenda Cossman

Wednesday, June 1, 2022

In an Opinion for Xtra magazine published May 30, Faculty of Law Professor Brenda Cossman writes that by questioning Americans’ right to privacy, the U.S. Supreme Court proves it’s capable of undoing the last two decades of LGBTQ2S+ progress:

Canada should be putting RCMP contract policing on trial: Opinion by Professor Kent Roach

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

In an Opinion for The Globe and Mail, published May 22, Faculty of Law Professor Kent Roach writes that we need a more specialized Mounties and more locally responsive police:

Two years after the worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history – when a gunman posing as a police officer killed 22 people and injured three others over the course of 13 hours – the Mass Casualty Commission in Nova Scotia is now investigating what went wrong.

U of T of Law students delve into journalism, media law issues during Toronto Star 'externship'

Friday, May 20, 2022

U of T students Dan Schechner, Sabrina Macklai and Jane Fallis Cooper pictured on the last day of their eight-month externship in media law at the Toronto Star.

U of T Law students Dan Schechner, Sabrina Macklai and Jane Fallis Cooper pictured on the last day of their eight-month externship in media law at the Toronto Star.

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