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Justice George Strathy, LLB 1974, appointed Ontario Chief Justice

Monday, June 16, 2014

Portrait of Justice StrathyAlumnus and Court of Appeal for Ontario Justice George R. Strathy, LLB 1974, has been appointed Chief Justice of Ontario’s Court of Appeal, effective immediately.

Q & A with Mary Eberts, Asper Centre's Constitutional-Litigator-in-Residence

Saturday, June 14, 2014

By Alexandra Wong, 2L

What brings you to the position of Constitutional-Litigator-in-Residence at the Asper Centre?

Mary Eberts is Asper Centre's new Constitutional-Litigator-in-Residence

Friday, June 13, 2014
Mary Eberts

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo / Photo by Alexandra Wong, 2L

The Asper Centre has a new Constitutional-Litigator-in-Residence for the fall 2014: Mary Eberts.

Eberts, a Toronto-based constitutional lawyer and a former faculty member of this law school, will be teaching constitutional advocacy, drawing upon her extensive experience from her public law litigation practice, and from advocating for the Charter rights of her clients. She will also provide mentoring support to clinic students on their case files.

SJD student Kyle Kirkup - "New prostitution laws, same old harms to sex workers"

Thursday, June 5, 2014

SJD student and Trudeau scholar Kyle Kirkup has written a commentary in The Globe and Mail analyzing the Government of Canada's proposed new law to regulate prostitution ("New prostitution laws, same old harms to sex workers," June 4, 2014).

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

Congratulations to the Class of 2014!

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Law graduates Brendan Stevens, Jamie-Lynn Leci and Andrew Sniderman on the steps of Falconer Hall.

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

Most law students leave the Faculty of Law after three years of hard work with lifelong friends, another degree in hand, and a new career to follow. Jamie-Lynn (Smukowich) Leci will graduate on June 6, 2014 with a little bit more.

Prof. Lisa Austin - "Harper’s Privacy Commissioner is wrong for the job"

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, Prof. Lisa Austin argues that Daniel Therrien, nominated by Prime Minister Harper as Privacy Commissioner of Canada, is not a good choice because of his past involvement with policies that undermine privacy ("Harper’s Privacy Commissioner is wrong for the job," June 2, 2014).

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

Prof. Kent Roach - "Missing aboriginal women: More imprisonment is not the solution"

Wednesday, May 28, 2014

In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, Prof. Kent Roach argues that increasing the number of people sent to prison will not reduce the number of Aboriginal women who are murdered or go missing ("Missing aboriginal women: More imprisonment is not the solution," May 27, 2014).

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

'The Enigmatic W.P.M. Kennedy': Prof. Friedland writes about the law school's first dean

Friday, May 23, 2014
book cover of W.P.M Kennedy

By Martin Friedland, CC, QC, James M. Tory professor of law emeritus and former dean of law

In the spring of 2013, I was contacted by the University of Oxford Press. Oxford was reissuing W.P. M. Kennedy’s 1922 classic text, The Constitution of Canada. Would I write the introduction? I agreed to do so. It turned out to have been a fascinating project.

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