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In full swing for 2018-19: Back to school at the Faculty of Law

Friday, September 14, 2018

It’s been a busy start to back to school here at the Faculty of Law, as the Dean welcomed 213 new first-years, plus returning students, graduate, transfer and executive students of the Global Professional LLM for the 2018-19 academic year. Once again, the law school has very strong cohorts from across Canada, and more than 16 countries represented in the graduate program alone. Among the 1Ls, 58 percent are women, 35 percent are students of colour and nine percent identify as LGBTQ.

Professor Yasmin Dawood named member of Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

Wednesday, September 12, 2018
Headshot of Professor Yasmin Dawood

Internationally renowned election law scholar, Professor Yasmin Dawood, has been named a member of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists, an outstanding honour, and one of six from the University of Toronto.

From far and wide: Meet some members of the Class of 2021

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

By Karen Gross

Rebecca Barclay

Rebecca Barclay

Born and raised in Vancouver by a dedicated mother who blazed her own impressive trail, Rebecca Barclay grew up curious and compassionate.  When she encountered those who were less fortunate, she empathized and wished she could be of more help. The law, she thought, might be a good way to do it.

Prof. Anna Su and the IHRP's Petra Molnar write "The brutal personal costs of the Philippines’ human rights abuses"

Wednesday, August 29, 2018

Prof. Anna Su and Petra Molnar, Research Associate at the International Human Rights Program, have published an article in The Conversation detailing their findings from a trip to the Philippines to investigate the deteriorating human rights situation in that country ("The brutal personal costs of the Philippines’ human rights abuses," August 2, 2018).

Toronto homecoming for renowned law and economics scholar: Meet new faculty member Professor Gillian Hadfield

Wednesday, August 15, 2018
photo of Gillian Hadfield

Global authority on the intersection between law and technology returns to Canada to join a vibrant and thriving powerhouse for AI research and legal tech

By Sheldon Gordon

Gillian Hadfield, a leading scholar and advocate for legal reform and redesign, is the latest pioneering academic to be drawn by Toronto’s growing reputation as an advanced technology hub.

Meet new faculty member Professor Chris Essert

Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Prof. Christopher Essert

By Sheldon Gordon

Eight years ago, when he began his academic career at Queen's Faculty of Law, Chris Essert was assigned to teach a course on property law.  He discovered that the connection between property rights and equality under the law raised so many interesting questions that it was an area he should address in his research, too. 

Prof. Anita Anand writes "Premier Doug Ford’s firing of Hydro One board and CEO disconcerting for future"

Monday, August 13, 2018

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Anita Anand assesses the impact of Ontario Premier Doug Ford's removal of the board and CEO of Hydro One. "This conduct is disconcerting" she writes. "Once a government decides that it can use its power to usurp a corporation’s governance, what are the limits on such conduct?" ("Premier Doug Ford’s firing of Hydro One board and CEO disconcerting for future," August 12, 2018).

University of Toronto Law Journal - special issue on Indigenous Law, and focus feature on National Security Litigation

Friday, August 10, 2018

The new issue of the University of Toronto Law Journal (Volume 68 Issue 3, summer 2018 ) is a special issue on Indigenous Law. The four articles in this special feature include Prof. Douglas Sanderson's "The residue of imperium: Property and sovereignty on Indigenous lands."

Congratulations to the winners of the 2018 Dean’s Graduate Student Leadership Awards

Friday, August 10, 2018

Dean Edward Iacobucci is delighted to announce that the recipients of our Dean’s Graduate Student Leadership Awards:

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