Celebrating 75 years of modern legal education at U of T

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

University of Toronto Faculty of Law logo 75

The modern law school at the University of Toronto was founded in 1949.

U of T Law students awarded factum prize at The Gale Cup

Wednesday, April 16, 2025

Gale Cup mooters and coaches 2025

Photo L-R: Elizabeth Hicks, Brynne Dalmao, Humza Khan, Henry Mann, Sarah Zaitlin, Akash Jain, Meghan Bridges (JD 2014) and Holly Kallmeyer (JD 2019).

Cassels Cup champions: U of T Law mooters sweep top honours

Thursday, April 10, 2025

Baby Gale mooters

U of T Law wins overall team!

Back row L-R: Hasti Jamalomidi, Sarah Zaitlin (coach), Tenzin Shomar, Humza Khan (coach), Ethan Sabourin, Srivani Edupuganti, Jamie Blunt, Alicia Parker, Akash Jain (coach), Ke Xu.

Melissa Kluger (LLB 2001) and Yola Ventresca (LLM 2007) win 2025 Law Society of Ontario Awards

Thursday, April 10, 2025

We are delighted to share that U of T Law graduates Melissa Kluger (LLB 2001) and Yola Ventresca (LLM 2007) have received a 2025 Law Society of Ontario award.  

Kluger has received a Law Society Medal. The award is given for outstanding service within the profession, whether in the area of practice, in the academic sphere, or in some other professional capacity where the service is in accordance with the highest ideals of the legal profession.

From Toronto to Oxford: Mooters triumph as top team at Oxford International IP Moot

Thursday, April 10, 2025

Oxford IP Moot team

Winners: Third-year students Alessia Woolfe, Avital Sternin and Rebecca Tyli (photo courtesy of the Oxford International IP Moot)

U of T Law students take home Fanaki Moot factum and oralist awards

Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Student mooters

Photo: L-R: Vlad Mirel, Kristina Wolff, Cam Flanagan and David Niddam-Dent 

Melanie Woodin named U of T’s 17th president

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Melanie Woodin, an internationally recognized neuroscientist who studies the mechanisms underlying learning and memory in the brain, has been named the University of Toronto’s 17th president.