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Four U of T Law graduate alumni appointed to faculty at McGill Law

Monday, May 16, 2022

Last week, McGill University Faculty of Law announced four U of T Law graduate alumni will join its faculty: 

Jennifer Raso (SJD) will join the Faculty of Law as assistant professor on 1 August 2022; Konstanze von Schütz (LLM, SJD) will begin as Wainwright Junior Fellow on 1 January 2023. Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly will begin as Boulton Junior Fellow on 1 January 2023; von Schütz and Boulanger-Bonnelly will become assistant professors on 1 August 2023.  

Using gaming tactics in apps raises new legal issues: Doug Sarro (SJD) for The Conversation

Monday, May 2, 2022

When new innovations emerge, there’s always a temptation to say that we need to rewrite the rulebook for them. Gamification has been no exception.

Gamification refers to the use of elements from gaming, often by a smartphone app, to make ordinary activities like stock trading or rideshares more engaging. It can have powerful influences on our choices, sometimes in controversial ways.

Researchers collect personal stories from coast to coast to illuminate the history of Muslims in Canada

Friday, April 29, 2022

Supported by the Canadian government, the archive plans to expand its scope from Ontario, Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador to the rest of the country (photo by Emily Moran)

Supported by the Canadian government, the archive plans to expand its scope from Ontario, Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador to the rest of the country (photo by Emily Moran)

Following #MeToo, Professor Brenda Cossman makes the case for a 'restorative and transformative model of justice'

Thursday, April 28, 2022

Professor Brenda Cossman

Brenda Cossman's new book, The New Sex Wars: Sexual Harm in the #MeToo Era (NYU Press 2021), revisits the sex wars of the 1970s and 80s and examines their impact on more recent debates around #MeToo (photo courtesy of Brenda Cossman)

Afrofuturism and the Law: An International & Interdisciplinary Conference

Thursday, April 28, 2022

The Faculty of Law community is invited to attend the University of Toronto's Centre for Ethics online conference, Afrofuturism and the Law on May 13, 2022.

Appointment of Danielle Szandtner (LLB/MSW 1996) to the Ontario Court of Justice

Wednesday, April 20, 2022

From Attorney General of Ontario news release

Attorney General Doug Downey announced April 19, 2022 the appointment of a new judge to the Ontario Court of Justice, effective April 21, 2022.

U of T Law ranked first in Canada in QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021

Thursday, April 14, 2022

The University of Toronto ranked first in Canada across all five of the broad subject categories evaluated in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022.

U of T also ranked among the top 25 universities globally in 32 specific subjects – a feat matched by only six other schools: Harvard University, the University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.

Popularity of 'gamified' apps raises new legal issues, student researchers warn: Future of Law Lab report

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

With a few pushes of a button or a swipe of your fingers, you can trade stocks, hail a ride, order a pizza or find a date. But what are the implications of these gamified apps on human behaviour and the law?

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