Valley of the Birdtail: A roadmap to reconciliation gifted to law students with donor support

Thursday, March 23, 2023

Valley of the birdtail authors and U of T Law students and faculty

Attendees received a complimentary copy of Valley of the Birdtail during the author talk held on March 15 in the Michael J. Trebilcock solarium, Falconer Hall. The session was moderated by Promise Holmes Skinner (JD 2013).

Sophia Moreau receives the Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Professor Sophia Moreau

For their global reputation as a leading scholar of anti-discrimination law, Sophia Moreau, a professor in the Faculty of Law and the department of philosophy in the Faculty of Arts & Science, has received the Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize (Influential Leader).

Five U of T Law students celebrated for exemplary leadership

Monday, March 20, 2023

The University of Toronto Student Leadership Award  (UTSLA) continues U of T’s long-standing tradition of recognizing outstanding student leadership, volunteer service, and commitment to the university.

U of T Law panellists address governance in a time of climate crisis: Law360

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Law360 writer, Amanda Jerome, writes about the Faculty of Law conference Law in a Changing World: The Climate Crisis, held March 2 & 3.

Faculty members tackled an important question during the event's first panel: in a time of climate crisis, who governs?

Professor John Borrows, Loveland Chair in Indigenous Law, wins the 2023 Charles Taylor Prize for Excellence in Policy Research

Friday, March 10, 2023

Professor John Borrows

John Borrows, Professor and Loveland Chair in Indigenous Law at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law (photo Alice Xue Photography)

John Borrows, one of the world’s leading scholars of Indigenous law, has been awarded the 2023 Charles Taylor Prize for Excellence in Policy Research from the Broadbent Institute.

U of T Law Alumni Awards recognize the exceptional contributions of valued community members

Thursday, March 9, 2023

The University of Toronto Faculty of Law Alumni Awards biennially recognize the exceptional contributions of valued community members. 

Environmental Law, Standing, and the History of the Sierra Club v. Morton: Professor Angela Fernandez

Friday, March 3, 2023

Professor Angela Fernandez, "Environmental Law, Standing, and the History of Sierra Club v. Morton", for JOTWELL (March 2, 2023), a review of  Daniel P. Selmi's Dawn at Mineral King Valley: The Sierra Club, the Disney Company, and the Rise of Environmental Law (2022):

Algorithmic Black Swans: Noam Kolt (SJD)

Thursday, March 2, 2023

In a forthcoming article in Washington University Law Review (Vol. 101) doctoral candidate (SJD) Noam Kolt, a Vanier scholar and graduate affiliate at the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society, offers a roadmap for algorithmic preparedness and a set of forward-looking principles to guide the development of artificial intelligence regulation.