U of T Law alumni recognized at 2023 Canadian Law Awards

Friday, May 12, 2023

The Canadian Law Awards winners were announced May 11 at the Liberty Grand in Toronto. Outstanding firms, teams, individuals, deals or cases in each category are recognized with an Excellence Award. 

Congratulations to the U of T alumni named in the individual categories: 

The Hon. Mm. Justice Sharon Nicklas (LLB 1992) appointed Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice

Thursday, May 4, 2023

The Government of Ontario announced on May 1, the Hon. Mm. Justice Sharon M. Nicklas (LLB 1992) as the Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice.  

For fossil-fuel emitting governments, climate action should start at home: Steve Lorteau (SJD) for The Conversation

Wednesday, April 19, 2023

For fossil-fuel emitting governments, climate action should start at home

One hundred twenty-five of the world’s richest billionaires emit roughly three million tonnes of CO2 per year.

New book by U of T's Kent Roach addresses the injustice of wrongful convictions in Canada

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Professor Kent Roach

University of Toronto Faculty of Law Professor Kent Roach has spent decades sounding the alarm on wrongful convictions in Canada.

His new research underlines the dangers of wrongful convictions based on false guilty pleas or imagined crimes that never happened.