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First, we define AI: Professor Edward W. Felten, of Princeton University, spoke on the past, present and future course of artificial intelligence, as the 2018 Grafstein Lecturer

By Alvin Yau, 3L  / Photo by Tina Deng

Professor Jutta Brunnée, Metcalf Chair in Environmental Law, has won a prestigious 2018 American Society of International Law Certificate of Merit for her new book International Climate Change Law (Oxford University Press, 2017) co-authored with Professors Daniel Bodansky (Arizona State University) and Lavanya Rajamani (Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi).  The ASIL book awards committee pra

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Kent Roach argues that the ability of both the prosecution and the defence to exercise peremptory challenges of prospective jurors means the current method of jury selection in Canadian trials  is fundamentally unfair and makes it possible for lawyers to discriminate against Indigenous persons and others ("Colten Boushie’s family should be upset: Our jury selection procedure is not fair," January 20, 2018).

By Peter Boisseau

Multiculturalism is an important social goal but not very useful as a legal mechanism, Justice Daphne Barak-Erez of the Supreme Court of Israel told an audience at the 2017-18 David B. Goodman lecture.

Drawing examples from both Canada and the Israel, Barak-Erez said there are many circumstances where multiculturalism leaves too many unanswered questions about who it protects, when and to what degree.