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U of T ranked 2nd in the world in first-ever QS sustainability ranking

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

The University of Toronto has been ranked second in the world and first in Canada in the inaugural QS World University Rankings: Sustainability, which assesses universities for their environmental and social impact.

The new ranking, released this week by London-based Quacquarelli Symonds, placed U of T second out of 700 post-secondary institutions around the world. Only the University of California, Berkeley ranked higher.

Kevin D. Loo (LLB 1992) appointed to the Supreme Court of British Columbia

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced on Oct. 25 new appointments in the province of British Columbia.

Faculty of Law graduate Kevin D. Loo (LLB 1992), K.C., Partner at Nathanson, Schachter & Thompson LLP in Vancouver, is appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Vancouver. Justice Loo replaces Justice J.R. Groves (Vancouver), who elected to become a supernumerary judge effective June 11, 2022.

Thank you to our U of T Law Reunion Class Ambassadors

Friday, October 21, 2022

The Faculty of Law wishes to thank the following Class Ambassadors who helped make U of T Law Alumni Reunion a success on October 20, 2022. Class Ambassadors play an important role in bringing together alumni we may have lost touch with over the years. In addition to the Downtown Legal Services 50th anniversary panel discussion, honoured classes (ending in 2 or 7) gathered for a four-course dinner at Hart House, Great Hall.

Class of 1962:

U of T’s community legal clinic, Downtown Legal Services, celebrates 50 years

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Downtown Legal Services Fasken Building

Downtown Legal Services director Prasanna Balasundaram at the U of T community legal clinic on Spadina Avenue (photo by Nina Haikara).

Over 50 years ago, students from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law received summer project funding from a federal program then-named, Opportunities for Youth.

For students, it’s a scholarship. For Edward Roberts (LLB 1964), it’s an ode to Newfoundland

Monday, October 10, 2022

Edward Roberts

Ed Roberts loved dogs and installed this bench on a popular dog-walking trail in memory of one beloved rescue, Taffy. Photo courtesy of the Roberts family 

Shuo Xing (JD 2020) receives two Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) Foundation Awards

Friday, October 7, 2022

In a September 30 press release, the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) congratulated the winners of this year's Foundation Awards. 

Patent and Trademark Institute Education Foundation is a registered charity managed by IPIC that awards prizes to the candidates who obtain the highest marks in the patent and trademark agent exams.

Opinion by Professor Audrey Macklin: Why the Safe Third Country Agreement does not live up to its name

Thursday, October 6, 2022

In an op-ed published by the Vancouver Sun on Oct 5, Professor Audrey Macklin, Rebecca Cook Chair in Human Rights Law, and Efrat Arbel, an associate professor at UBC's Peter A. Allard School of Law, write that getting rid of the Safe Third Country Agreement (STCA) will help restore safe, orderly and humane management of our refugee protection system:

Statement from U of T President Meric Gertler on the crisis in Iran

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Members of the University of Toronto community have been following the news from Iran with outrage and profound sadness since the killing of Mahsa Amini last month while in the custody of the government’s ‘morality police’. In recent days, reports of police brutality and other egregious human rights violations against student protesters at Iranian universities have deepened our concerns.

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