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U of T Law students commemorate 25 years since Rwandan genocide

Thursday, April 4, 2019

International Human Rights Program’s book launch and photo exhibition showcase resilience of survivors of sexual violence

By Chelsey Legge, 4L JD/MPP

LAWS program launches new website

Friday, March 29, 2019

LAWS students in legal robes

Law in Action Within Schools (LAWS) is thrilled to launch its brand new website (www.lawinaction.ca).

PBSC’s new Indigenous human rights clinics receive the 2019 Emil Gumpert award from the American College of Trial Lawyers

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

PBSC students gather together in the atrium as part of the May 2018 training conference

Award comes with a US$100,000 grant to assist with two pilot clinics

Prof. Anita Anand writes "What does 'reducing the regulatory burden’ mean?" in the Globe and Mail

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Anita Anand digs into what the commonly expressed concept of reducing the regulatory burden really means for securities regulation ("What does 'reducing the regulatory burden’ mean?", March 26, 2019).

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

What does 'reducing the regulatory burden’ mean?

By Anita Anand

March 26, 2019

Intro to cannabis law: Student-run Cannabis Law Club launches with inaugural panel featuring legal experts

Monday, March 25, 2019

Story by Zachary Lechner-Sung / Photos by Ilya Motamedi

“Cannabis law is like learning to drive a car on a road that is still being paved, as the car is being assembled,” said Mark Cavdar, director of legal affairs at Aphria Inc. He was one of the speakers at the inaugural panel of the Cannabis Law Club, founded by students Ben Barrett, Ernest Tam, Zach Lechner-Sung and Benjamin Persofsky.

Binghamton University pre-law students visit U of T Faculty of Law during spring break

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

Story and photo by Jerome Poon-Ting

Members of the Thurgood Marshall Pre-Law Society of Binghamton University, a highly regarded public research university in New York state, visited the law school on March 19th.

The undergraduate students were on their spring break and planned visits to law schools in the Greater Toronto Area, the Law Society of Ontario and city tourist attractions. For most, it was their first time to Toronto.

Prof. Audrey Macklin receives UTAA's Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize

Monday, March 18, 2019
Portrait of Audrey Macklin

The University of Toronto Alumni Association’s 2019 Awards of Excellence have been announced, and among them, Professor Audrey Macklin, LLB 1987, Chair in Human Rights Law, has received the Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize.

U of T Law Journal publishes special issue on "Same-Sex Marriage and the Law"

Saturday, March 16, 2019

The latest issue of the University of Toronto Law Journal is a special issue on "Same-Sex Marriage and the Law." The issue includes three articles on the subject, including one by Prof. Brenda Cossman, "Same-Sex Marriage Beyond Charter Dialogue: Charter Cases and Contestation Within Government."

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