‘Students facing an unprecedented summer’: U of T Law creates 60 new research positions, increases funded summer opportunities to $1.1 million

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

U of T Jackman Law building

Abdullah Khan was making plans to work outside Toronto this summer. But like many of his first-year classmates, the University of Toronto Faculty of Law student found his employment prospects dwindle, due to the global pandemic.

“I’m looking for other law-related opportunities, but remote ones are hard to come by,” says Khan.

Professor Douglas Sanderson for the GB Geo-Blog: COVID-19 Strategy From Indigenous Memory of Pandemics

Friday, April 24, 2020

For the Geo-Blog with Global Brief, an international affairs magazine, Faculty of Law Professor Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) examines COVID-19 strategy from Indigenous memory of pandemics. He writes: 

"My purpose here, in this first post of my Geo-Blog with GB, is twofold: first, argue for the kind of government coordination that is not my people’s experience of government crisis response; and second, to say a little bit about how my people understand the nature of the problem before us."

Walsh Family Law Negotiation Competition

Monday, April 20, 2020

U of T Law student mooters

Jason Silverberg, Matthew Walwyn, Morgan Watkins and Celina Kassam

The Walsh Family Law Moot and Negotiation Competition is named to recognize the late Supreme Court of Canada Justice George Tucker Walsh and his contributions to the growth and development of family law.

Op-Ed by Professor Trudo Lemmens: COVID-19 triage orders mustn't work against those with disabilities

Monday, April 20, 2020

Governments need to affirm ethical and human rights obligations to persons with disabilities

In an op-ed for CBC's Opinion section published April 19, Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Roxanne Mykitiuk, director of the Disability Law Intensive Program at York University and U of T Faculty of Law and Dalla Lana School of Public Health Professor Trudo Lemmens write how COVID-19 triage orders mustn't work against those with disabilities.

Alumnus Nader Hasan joins the Asper Centre as Constitutional-Litigator-in-Residence

Friday, April 17, 2020

Nader Hansan

Alumnus Nader Hasan has been selected as the Asper Centre Constitutional-Litigator-in-Residence for Fall 2020.

Confronting the Cost of Collective Action: Professor Jutta Brunnée featured by Research2Reality (R2R)

Thursday, April 16, 2020

Research2Reality (R2R) shines a spotlight on world-class scientists engaged in innovative and leading-edge research in Canada. R2R celebrates the success and impact of researchers who are shaping the new frontiers of science

Surveillance Won’t Stop the Coronavirus: Op-Ed by IHRP's Petra Molnar

Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Access to adequate health care, including protective equipment and sufficient testing, will do more good than another hackathon

In an op-ed for the New York Times, published April 15, Acting Director of the Faculty of Law's International Human Rights Program (IHRP) Petra Molnar and co-author Diego Naranjo, head of policy at European Digital Rights, discuss how AI is impacting migration in the age of COVID-19.

Professor David Dyzenhaus named a Guggenheim Fellow

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

Faculty of Law Professor David Dyzenhaus has been named a 2020-21 Guggenheim Fellow.

Established in 1925 by former United States Senator and Mrs. Simon Guggenheim, the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowships are intended for individuals who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts.

Op-ed by Professor Jutta Brunnée: The UN's relative silence speaks volumes about the U.S.'s failure to lead

Monday, April 13, 2020

Professor Jutta Brunnee

Faculty of Law Professor Jutta Brunnée is the Metcalf Chair in Environmental Law with teaching and research interests in the areas of Public International Law, International Environmental Law and International Legal Theory.

In an op-ed published in the Globe and Mail, Professor Brunnée writes about the U.N. Security Council's response to COVID-19.

Borders in the Time of COVID-19: Professor Ayelet Shachar

Wednesday, April 8, 2020

Professor Ayelet Shachar

Professor Ayelet Shachar, Faculty of Law and Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy (photo credit: MPI-MMG 2020)

“The COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us of the significance of borders,” says University of Toronto’s Ayelet Shachar, a professor of law, political science and global affairs at the Faculty of Law and Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.