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Student Ryan Liss reports from Uganda on International Criminal Court conference

Friday, November 5, 2010

JD student Ryan Liss attended the first Review Conference of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in Kampala, Uganda in the Spring of 2010, as a member of the delegation of the Coalition for the International Criminal Court  (CICC). His participation was supported by the Faculty of Law and the International Human Rights Program (IHRP).

Profs. Mohammad Fadel and Arthur Ripstein discuss secularism on CBC radio's "Ideas"

Friday, November 5, 2010

Profs. Mohammad Fadel and Arthur Ripstein participated in a panel discussion on the CBC radio show "Ideas" on the topic of "Talking Philosophy: Secularism" (Aug. 3 and Aug. 4, 2010).

We live in a Secular Age. Here in Canada, as in other liberal democracies, religion no longer plays a central role in public life. How then are we to think, in a principled way, about a host of issues riddling society today?

Law students hit the books for a new year

Friday, November 5, 2010

(Sept. 13, 2010) It was a busy and noisy week last week, as hundreds of law students descended on Falconer Hall and Flavelle House to find their classes, buy books and begin school.

Students at 2010 clubs fair

And that included keeping 194 first-years busy with orientation events, such as the Club Fair, to which many headed over with enthusiasm, says 2L Karen Law.

Prof. Anand to chair OSC investor advisory panel

Friday, November 5, 2010

Prof. Anita Anand(August 31, 2010) Prof. Anita Anand was appointed the chair of the Ontario Securities Commission investor advisory panel today.

Anand is an associate professor and a past associate dean of the J.D. program here at the UofT Faculty of Law. She teaches securities regulation and corporate law.

In memoriam: Prof. Betty Mayfoon Ho, 1948-2010

Friday, November 5, 2010

By Prof. Mayo Moran, Dean, Faculty of Law 

Macleans ranks Faculty of Law No. 1 in Canada again

Friday, November 5, 2010

(Sept. 16, 2010) For the fourth consecutive year, Maclean’s magazine has selected the Faculty of Law as Canada’s top law school. The rankings assess graduates and faculty on “key output measures” such as faculty citations, elite firm hiring, national reach and Supreme Court clerkships.

Read the 2010 professional schools coverage here:

http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/toronto-and-mcgill-lead-the-law-school-rankings/

 

A big thank you to all our volunteers

Friday, November 5, 2010

From the bar to the bench, more than 40 law school volunteers joined us for breakfast June 29, 2010, for a celebration of their contribution to the school.

Volunteers breakfast

The group represented a small portion of the many volunteers who give their time and expertise to our students.

Prof. Audrey Macklin comments widely about legal aspects of Tamil refugee ship issue

Friday, November 5, 2010

Prof. Audrey Macklin has commented in various media about the legal obligations and issues around the arrival in BC of a ship full of Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka.

In the Globe and Mail, Prof. Macklin penned a commentary on the issue with immigration lawyer Lorne Waldman ("Why we can’t turn away the Tamil ships," August 17, 2010).

Read the full commentary.

In memoriam: John Yaremko, 1918-2010

Friday, November 5, 2010

Mary and John Yaremko
Mary and John Yaremko
The Faculty of Law is saddened with the passing of U of T alumnus and long-time law school supporter, John Yaremko, on August 7, 2010, just three days shy of his 92nd birthday.

Prof. Trudo Lemmens - "Is privacy really at the heart of mandatory census change?"

Friday, November 5, 2010

In a commentary in The Hill Times, Prof. Trudo Lemmens takes a closer look at the privacy issues cited by the federal government as the reason for the cancellation the mandatory long-form census ("Is privacy really at the heart of mandatory census change?" August 23, 2010).

Read the full commentary (PDF).

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