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Cheryl Milne

The Faculty of Law’s Professor Carol Rogerson, our alumna, and Cheryl Milne, executive director of the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights, are among the 2019 recipients of the Law Society of Ontario Medal, which recognizes and lauds “exceptional career achievements and contributions to their communities.”

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It was a busy and info-packed Welcome Day 2019, as about 145 newly admitted students, 'admits,' plus guests spent a full day at the Faculty of Law, meeting faculty, staff, alumni and their future classmates, touring the Jackman Law Building and learning more about what the next three years will be about.

The Career Development Centre has posted the latest statistics for law’s Class of 2018, and the Faculty of Law is pleased to see 98% of the graduates known to be actively seeking articling placements have secured a position. There were 214 graduates, and 196 found positions, with 10 pursuing other plans, such as further study or non-legal employment, while 5 did not respond to the survey. View the full list of articling and employment data statistics here.

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail on the anniversary of the acquittal of Gerald Stanley for the killing of Colton Boushie, Prof. Kent Roach assesses what little has been done, and what more needs to be done, to ensure "Canadian justice does not continue to be experienced by Indigenous people as injustice." ("One year after the acquittal of Gerald Stanley, little has changed," February 9, 2019).