George Strathy (LLB 1974): Ontario Chief Justice says ideal of the ‘gladiator’ courtroom lawyer destructive to mental health

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Faculty of Law alumnus, George Strathy (LLB 1974), Ontario Chief Justice who will retire later this summer, is quoted in an article in the Globe & Mail (Jul. 18) on mental health in the legal profession. Strathy's paper, The Litigator and Mental Health, is also cited. 

Roslyn M. Tsao (LLB 1991) receives Award for Excellence in Family Law

Monday, July 18, 2022

Roslyn M TsaoUniversity of Toronto Faculty of Law alumna Roslyn M. Tsao (LLB 1991) has been recognized with the Ontario Bar Association Award for Excellence in Family Law.

The award honours contributions in teaching, scholarly work, oversight of precedent-setting cases, or leadership.

'We have urgent work to do': New book by Professor Kent Roach on why Canadian policing needs to change

Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Professor Kent RoachKent Roach has thought a lot about policing throughout his lifetime. He even aspired to join the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) as a young boy. 

But rather than donning the red serge, the professor at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law has spent his career extensively studying policing – often from the perspective of an insider.

Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly (SJD) examines how COVID-19 shifted public access to Canada's courtrooms online: U of T News

Monday, July 11, 2022

Court House Getty images

(photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 upended the operations and practices of industries and institutions around the world almost overnight – and, in the realm of law, that includes the concept of open courts.

Daniel Del Gobbo (SJD 2021) to join U Windsor Law faculty in 2023

Monday, July 11, 2022

Daniel Del Gobbo (SJD 2021) will join the Faculty of Law at Windsor University in 2023. Del Gobbo is currently a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at McGill University's Faculty of Law.

Matthew Marinett (JD 2012, LLM 2016, SJD) appointed to faculty at TMU's Ted Rogers School of Management

Monday, July 11, 2022

Matthew Marinett

Doctoral candidate (SJD) Matthew Marinett (JD 2012, LLM 2016) has been appointed an Assistant Professor in the Law and Business Department of the Ted Rogers School of Management at Toronto Metropolitan University.