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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.

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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.

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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)

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U of T Law mooters advance from regional WeirFoulds-Arnup Cup to compete at the Sopinka Cup

Thursday, April 3, 2025

Corie Langdon, Olivia Schenk, Janna Getty, Emily Marrocco, and Royland Moriah

Photo (L-R): Corie Langdon, Olivia Schenk, Janna Getty, Emily Marrocco, and Royland Moriah

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David Dyzenhaus receives honorary doctorate from University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

David Dyzenhaus honorary degree presentation at Wits

Photo courtesy of the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg

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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

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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.

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John Borrows receives Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

John Borrows

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Professor Borrows, the inaugural Loveland Chair in Indigenous Law at U of T's Faculty of Law, has been named a recipient of the Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize.

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Cheryl Milne receives Chancellor’s Leadership Award

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Cheryl Milne

Cheryl Milne, Executive Director of the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights at U of T's Faculty of Law has been named a recipient of the Chancellor’s Leadership Award.