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Florence Ashley (SJD) receives Adel S. Sedra Distinguished Graduate Award

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

SJD student Florence Ashley

Florence Ashley (photo by Dewey Chang Photography)

For their outstanding leadership and commitment to academic excellence, Florence Ashley has received the 2022 Adel S. Sedra Distinguished Graduate Award. The Award includes a $25,000 fellowship to support their graduate research.

The Hon. Michael J. Moldaver (BA UC 1968, LLB 1971, Hon. LLD 2019) to retire from the Supreme Court

Tuesday, March 1, 2022

The Hon. Michael J. Moldaver (BA UC 1968, LLB 1971, Hon. LLD 2019), Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, has announced his retirement from the bench this September. On Dec. 23 Justice Moldaver will turn 75, the mandatory retirement age for Supreme Court judges.

R. Philip Campbell (LLB 1982) awarded the prestigious G. Arthur Martin Criminal Justice Medal by the Criminal Lawyers Association (CLA)

Thursday, February 24, 2022

In 2020, the Criminal Lawyers Association (CLA) awarded the prestigious G. Arthur Martin Criminal Justice Medal to Faculty of Law alumnus Philip Campbell (LLB 1982).

U of T alumni Norman and Gay Loveland endow new chair in Indigenous law

Tuesday, February 22, 2022

Norman and Gay Loveland

Norman (JD 1972) and Gay (BA 1965 Trinity, BEd 1972, MEd 1972) Loveland (photo by Nick Wong)

Powers to deal with convoy protest constrained by Charter, uncertainty: U of T Law profs

Friday, February 18, 2022

Legal issues of the convoy panel

On February 16, the Faculty of Law hosted a snap panel about the convoy and Canada's legal institutions: "How Freedom Rules and the Rules of Freedom: Convoys and Legal Institutions".

U of T to confer honorary degrees on 11 academic, business and community leaders including retired Justice The Honourable Gloria Epstein (LLB 1977)

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

An iconic Canadian musician who has championed charitable and social issues. A change-maker who paved the way for full marriage equality under Canadian law. An award-winning entrepreneur, author and human rights activist who founded the country’s first “urban contemporary” radio station. And renowned innovators in puppetry who have advanced human and animal rights around the world.

The legal defence of extreme intoxication is not inherently anti-feminist: JD student Vanshika Dhawan, 3L

Tuesday, February 15, 2022

In an op-ed published in the Globe and Mail Feb. 14, JD student Vanshika Dhawan, 3L, explains how the system was never built to support survivors of sexual violence.

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