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The importance of self-advocacy: U of T Law student produced medico-legal guide for Indigenous peoples with rare disorders

Wednesday, May 1, 2019

The June Callwood Fellowship in Aboriginal Law funded the partnership with the Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders (CORD): Durhane Wong-Rieger, president and CEO of CORD, Natalie Day and Ian Stedman, fellowship supervisor and former CORD board member

By Natalie Day, JD 2019

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Congratulations to the 2019 Cressy Student Leadership Award Recipients

Tuesday, April 30, 2019

2019 Gordon Cressy Award ceremony

The Faculty of Law extends warm congratulations to the following graduating students who have been selected as University of Toronto Cressy Student Leadership Award recipients:

Ramz Aziz

Ramz was Co-Chair of the South Asian Law Students Association, and Senior Editor of the UofT Faculty of Law Review.

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Prof. Trebilcock and SJD candidate Kanksha Mahadevia Ghimire co-author report on alternative medicines, argue need for risk-based regulation

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

University Professor Michael Trebilcock and SJD candidate Kanksha Mahadevia Ghimire authored a report on alternative medicines and called for risk-based regulation on certain popular forms of alternative medicine, especially when their use could be life-threatening to patients.

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Law of Leadership concentration launched for U of T Law’s Global Professional Master of Laws program

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

"Privacy, human rights, employment, and dispute resolution are among the many issues leaders grapple with on a daily basis, and it’s becoming increasingly necessary to understand how to manage them from a legal perspective."

By Karen Gross

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2019 Moot Results: Jessup and Gale Moots

Monday, April 15, 2019

As always, the U of T moot teams worked hard and did the school proud in this year's mooting competitions, bringing home wins and many awards for their oral presentations and factums.

Here are the results of the 2019 Mooting competitions:

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U of T Law students win intramual divisionals in hockey, flag football and ultimate

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Another great showing this academic year for UTLaw students in the University of Toronto’s intramural sports program.

About 128 law students participated in the fall and winter terms, and 3L Paul Sahota was recognized at the awards banquet with an Intramural 'T' Award for outstanding contribution to the U of T intramural program.

U of T Law's men's flag football intramural group shot