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Profs. Choudhry and Trebilcock - "Public insurance: a solution to Canada's legal crisis"

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Profs. Sujit Choudhry and Michael Trebilcock have written a commentary in The Lawyers Weekly calling for the establishment of public insurance for legal costs in Ontario and other provinces as a solution to the problem of access to justice for the middle classes ("Public insurance: a solution to Canada's legal crisis," June 10, 2011).

Read the commentary on The Lawyers Weekly website.

LAWS program high school student and mentor featured on Metro Morning

Saturday, November 12, 2011

The CBC Radio Toronto program Metro Morning featured the LAWS program (Law in Action Within Schools) on August 31, 2011. Host Matt Galloway spoke with high school student and LAWS participant Ashley Harripersad and her mentor, Jillian Swartz of Blakes.

The LAWS program is expanding this year, with Osgoode Hall Law School joining as a partner and several new high schools coming on board.

Listen to the program on the CBC website.

Print symposium on Prof. Alan Brudner's book "Punishment and Freedom" in New Criminal Law Review

Saturday, November 12, 2011

The journal New Criminal Law Review (14:3, 2011) has published a print symposium on Alan Brudner's Punishment and Freedom: A Liberal Theory of Penal Law (Oxford 2009). The symposium features comments by prominent international scholars Thom Brooks, Shai Lavi, Alan Norrie, Alice Ristroph, and Mariana Valverde, plus a reply by the author.

See the issue on JSTOR.

Convocation Day 2011: Dr. Paul Martin joins the Class of 2011 (speech webcast)

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Paul Martin '64 receives honorary degree

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo / Photo by Jeff Kirk

(June 3, 2011) Forty-seven years after he received his LLB, alumnus Paul Martin joined the Class of 2011 today at Convocation to receive his honorary degree, and laud the “first generation of lawyers without borders.”

Two students author joint IHRP/ASF report on excessive pre-trial detention in Uganda

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Imprisoning people for long periods of time without trial is a violation of the Uganda Constitution and international human rights law, the International Human Rights Program (IRHP) and Avocats Sans Frontières (ASF) found in a joint report released June 15, 2011.  The report, Presumed Innocent, Behind Bars: The Problem of Lengthy Pre-trial Detention in Uganda, was authored by two University of Toronto law students enrolled in the IHRP clinic, Sonja Pavic and Joanna Kyriazis.

Pro bono services crucial to address access to justice crisis: Justice Abella

Saturday, November 12, 2011

As PBSC celebrates 15 years of service, new projects 'solidify the organization in Canadian legal landscape of the future'

Former Dean Ron Daniels and Justice Rosalie Abella with PBSC staff and student-staff from all 21 law schools in Canada
Justice Rosalie Abella and former Dean Ron Daniels (seated) with PBSC staff and student-staff from all 21 law schools in Canada

JD student Daniel Michaels receives 2011 CBA James H. Bocking Memorial Award

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Daniel Michaels, a 3L JD student, is the recipient of the 2011 CBA James H. Bocking Memorial Award for his paper, “An Analysis of Visa and Mastercard Merchant Restraints: Illegal Price Maintenance or a Necessary Tool for the Efficient Working of the Credit Card Network Services Market.” The award is presented annually for the best scholarly paper submitted to the CBA’s National Competition Law Section on a subject directly related to Canadian competition law or policy.

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