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Faculty honoured to be invited to submit clerkship applications to International Court of Justice

Thursday, January 6, 2011

The Faculty is delighted to announce that it has just been invited by the International Court of Justice in The Hague to join a very small number of elite law schools internationally that may submit applications from graduating students to the Court’s nine-month “University Traineeship Programme”.

Prof. Mohammad Fadel on TVO's The Agenda discussing "Who is a Moderate Muslim?"

Thursday, January 6, 2011

On Nov. 25, Prof. Mohammad Fadel took part in a panel discussion on the TVO program The Agenda with Steve Paikin about the question "Who is a Moderate Muslim?"

Watch the episode on the TVO website.

Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh - "The Houdini gambit"

Thursday, January 6, 2011

In a commentary in the Financial Post, Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh argues that the federal government's legal case for a national securities regulator fails to meet all of the Supreme Court’s requirements for constitutional validity ("The Houdini gambit," November 23, 2010).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh - "Systemic fallacy"

Thursday, January 6, 2011

In the second of a two-part series, Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh has published a commentary in the Financial Post arguing that, based on recent experience, federal securities regulators are no more capable of addressing systemic risk than provincial ones ("Systemic fallacy," November 24, 2010).

Read the full commentary.

PBSC Family Law Project receives National Pro Bono Program Award

Thursday, January 6, 2011

PBSC receives award
Nikki Gershbain, National Director, Pro Bono Students Canada, and Nav Johal, National Manager, PBSC Community Placement Program, (front, first and second from left) hold the National Pro Bono Program Award presented by Supreme Court of Canada Justice Marie Deschamps (front, far right). Stephen Lewis, keynote speaker, is at the front far left.

Rights of Children Need Consideration in Polygamy Reference, says Asper Centre

Thursday, January 6, 2011

(Toronto, Nov. 19, 2010) The rights of children need to be seriously considered during the polygamy reference case before the Supreme Court of British Columbia. This is the primary message in the position that the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children (CCRC) and the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights (DACCR) at the University of  Toronto Faculty of Law will put before Chief Justice Robert Bauman at the commencement of the hearing on November 22, 2010.

Chief Law Librarian John Papadopoulos co-authors "The Practical Guide to Canadian Legal Research"

Thursday, January 6, 2011

The Practical Guide to Canadian Legal ResearchChief Law Librarian John Papadopoulos (currently on leave) is one of the co-authors of the recently released Third Edition of The Practical Guide to Canadian Legal Research (Carswell).

JD/MBAs launch new academic year

Thursday, January 6, 2011

More than 40 JD/MBA alumni and students turned out on a warm late summer night at Dan Debow’s house in the Hillcrest neighbourhood of Toronto, to talk about life during and after the UofT program.

JD/MBA event

Debow, JD/MBA ’00, says he remembers enjoying these mixers when he was a student, and he and his former classmates wanted to resurrect it this year. So he decided to host a BBQ.

Prof. Michael Trebilcock nominated for Globe and Mail's "Transformational Canadians" program

Thursday, January 6, 2011

Prof. Michael Trebilcock is one of the nominees for national newspaper The Globe and Mail's "25 Transformational Canadians" program. The program is selecting the chosen 25 from the nominees over the course of November and December, and reveals the complete list in early 2011.

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