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U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan receives U of T honorary Doctor of Laws

Monday, November 12, 2018

From left: Prof. Albert Yoon, Justice Elena Kagan, Chancellor Rose Patten and President Meric Gertler. Photo: Lisa Sakulensky

By Romi Levine

The University of Toronto hosted a special convocation Monday, November 12th to recognize The Hon. Elena Kagan, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Kagan received an honorary degree to acknowledge “her excellence in the academy and her outstanding service for the public good, as lawyer, scholar and jurist.”

LIVESTREAMING: A Conversation Between Justices Elena Kagan and Rosalie Silberman Abella, Mon. Nov. 12th

Saturday, November 10, 2018
Portrait of Justice Elena Kagan

The Honourable Elena Kagan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, will be visiting the University of Toronto on Monday, November 12th, to receive the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa. 

As part of this special day, she has agreed to visit Faculty of Law students in the afternoon for a conversation with our alumna, The Honorable Rosalie Abella, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, from 2 – 3 pm.

Prof. Anita Anand writes "Reputation, risk and the changing role of ESG in corporate governance" in Globe and Mail

Friday, November 9, 2018

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Anita Anand analyzes the ways in which corporate boards need to take into account the issue of environmental and social governance – known as “ESG” ("Reputation, risk and the changing role of ESG in corporate governance," November 9, 2018).

Read the full commentary on the Globe and Mail website, or below.

Here's a look at the Class of 2021

Thursday, November 8, 2018

Each year, since 2015, the Faculty of Law has been able to get a clear picture of our first-year JD students, thanks to a self-reporting survey used to gather information about the diversity of the new cohort, and to match students with peer mentors.

This fall, we have 213 students in first year, out of 2,388 who applied. And for the fourth consecutive year, that number of applications to the JD program has gone up— 8% over last year and up 15% compared to 2015-16.

Reunion 2018

Thursday, November 8, 2018

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo / Photos by Dhoui Chang

Menaka Guruswamy, lead lawyer who represented LGBTQ Indians in fight to decriminalize gay sex in India, gives the 2018 Goodman Lecture

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

By Peter Boisseau

When India’s Supreme Court recently changed its position and struck down a nearly 155-year-old colonial era law criminalizing gay sex, it had as much to do with shifting perceptions of love as with new legal interpretations, one of the lead lawyers representing petitioners in the case told an audience at the 2018 David B. Goodman Lecture.

Prof. David Schneiderman writes "How to make investment agreements more progressive: stop signing them" in Globe and Mail

Monday, October 29, 2018

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. David Schneiderman argues that there are compelling to revisit Canada’s participation in the investor-state dispute settlement agreements that are part of most trade treaties ("How to make investment agreements more progressive: stop signing them," October 27, 2018).

Read the full commentary on the Globe and Mail website, or below.

Asper Centre celebrates 10 years with a special constitutional panel, and a $2.5 million gift from namesake, David Asper

Friday, October 26, 2018

Constitutional panel includes the former SCC Justice Thomas Cromwell moderating, with Joseph Arvay and Mary Eberts as panelists.

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo / Photography by Dhoui Chang

Prof. Markus Dubber discusses the Centre for Ethics' popular 'ethics of AI' focus

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Markus Dubber, the director of U of T's Centre for Ethics, says the centre's interdisciplinary focus helps AI researchers and other stakeholders better understand the human impact of the technology (photo by Chris Sorensen)

By Chris Sorensen

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