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An evening of gratitude for our volunteers and recent donors!

Saturday, May 12, 2018

Alumni Chris Graham and Shannon Leo, with law student Marie Kiluu-Ngila.

Photos by Wasila Baset

Faculty of Law donors and volunteers for this academic year were celebrated in the Jackman Law Building’s Torys Hall on May 3, recognizing those who gave back to their alma mater between May 1, 2017 and April 30, 2018.

How the GPLLM program helps executives master the law

Thursday, May 10, 2018

When he's looking at something like data-sharing, Hitachi Canada CEO Howard Shearer isn't just thinking about the technology. He's contemplating the privacy considerations that accompany it, and the regulations that govern it.

Shearer is currently enrolled in the Global Professional Master of Laws (GPLLM) at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Law. The one-year program offers robust exposure to the legal ins and outs of today's business world.

Prof. David Schneiderman writes "Barriers for beer, but not oil" in National Post

Monday, April 30, 2018

In a commentary in the National Post, Prof. David Schneiderman assesses the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in the Comeau interprovincial trade case and its relevance to disputes between Alberta and British Columbia ("Barriers for beer, but not oil," April 26, 2018).

Read the full commentary below (not available online).

Barriers for beer, but not oil

By David Schneiderman

April 26, 2018

Prof. Karen Knop awarded British Academy Visiting Fellowship for "Peace Cases and Peace Camps" project

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Prof. Karen Knop has been awarded a British Academy Visiting Fellowship. She will be at the Centre for Women, Peace & Security at the London School of Economics and Political Science in the autumn of 2018.

Her project is "Peace Cases and Peace Camps: A Study in Feminist International Law and Foreign Affairs Law." Here is the abstract:

Graham Fellow Maria Banda writes "Comeau ruling about more than beer and the Supreme Court got it right"

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Maria Banda, Graham Fellow at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, analyzes the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in the Comeau case about inter-provincial beer purchase ("Comeau ruling about more than beer and the Supreme Court got it right," April 24, 2018).

Read the full commentary on the Toronto Star website, or below.

Comeau ruling about more than beer and the Supreme Court got it right

Maria Banda

April 24, 2018

SJD student Daniel Del Gobbo co-authors article in Policy Options on modernizing the criminal justice system in the wake of #MeToo

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

SJD student and Trudeau Scholar Daniel Del Gobbo has co-authored (with Vathsala Illesinghe) a commentary in the magazine Policy Options, "The #MeToo movement has exposed inequalities in the legal system that disadvantage women. Restorative justice could help in certain sexual violence cases" (April 23, 2018).

Read the full commentary on the Policy Options website, or below.

Prof. Kent Roach writes "Why the Quebec City mosque shooting was terrorism"

Friday, April 20, 2018

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Kent Roach argues that Alexandre Bissonnette could and should have been charged with terrorism as well as murder, on the basis of s.231(6.01) of the Criminal Code ("Why the Quebec City mosque shooting was terrorism," April 20, 2018).

Read the full commentary on the Globe and Mail website, or below.

Prof. Lisa Austin writes "Protecting the public interest when ‘Your user agreement sucks'"

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Lisa Austin assesses some key issues that Canadians concerned about the state of our own privacy laws should focus on in the wake of the U.S. Senate hearings on Facebook ("Protecting the public interest when ‘Your user agreement sucks’," April 17, 2018).

Read the full commentary on the Toronto Star website, or below.

Prof. Anita Anand writes "Canada should take a U.S. approach to the Aecon takeover bid − and reject it"

Monday, April 16, 2018

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Anita Anand examines approaches to assessing national security concerns with regards to the bid by Chinese state-owned company China Communications Construction Co. to take over Canadian construction company Aecon Group Ltd. ("Canada should take a U.S. approach to the Aecon takeover bid − and reject it," April 16, 2018).

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