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U of T Law ranked first in Canada in QS World University Rankings by Subject 2021

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

The University of Toronto ranked first in Canada, second among public universities in North America and among the top 15 public universities globally in the latest edition of the QS World University Rankings.

It is the second consecutive year that U of T has held all three positions in the highly regarded annual ranking of the world’s top 1,000 universities by Quacquarelli Symonds, a London, U.K.-based analytics firm.

Step by step: BLG articling students' walkathon raises bursary funds for U of T outreach program LAWS

Monday, June 7, 2021

BLG x LAWS walkathon selfies

BLG articling students take selfies during the April 23, 2021 walkathon that raised two $1,500 bursaries for LAWS graduates (photo courtesy of BLG).

Students' Law Society (SLS) Community Awards 2021

Monday, June 7, 2021

The recipients of this year's Students' Law Society (SLS) Community Awards are:

 

First-Year Community Builder Award

Recognizing up to two 1L students who have made significant efforts to bring their peers together and build a supportive community at the law school.

Doctoral candidate Étienne Cossette-Lefebvre named Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar

Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Cossette-Lefebvre

Fifteen leading doctoral researchers from across Canada and around the world, including Faculty of Law doctoral candidate Étienne Cossette-Lefebvre, have been selected for the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation’s leadership program as 2021 Scholars.

Doctoral graduate Ido Katri awarded Governor General's Gold Medal for academic excellence

Monday, May 31, 2021

Former U of T graduate students Ido Katri (Faculty of Law), Kieran Quinn (Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation), and Mingyang Wei (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering) have been awarded the prestigious Governor General’s Gold Medal for academic excellence. The medal, awarded each year to three students determined to have the highest academic standing, is one of the highest honours reserved for graduate students in Canada.

Meet Elder Constance Simmonds: Elder-in-Residence at U of T Law

Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Elder Constance Simmonds

Elder Constance Simmonds is the Elder-in-Residence at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, pictured during a drum making workshop at the Faculty in 2018 (photo Katie Tissington-Turner)

This year the University of Toronto Faculty of Law welcomed Elder Constance Simmonds as Elder-in-Residence.

Dispelling Common Assumptions about Employees’ Legal Right to Sick Pay: Professor Brian Langille and JD student Saambavi Mano, 3L

Monday, May 17, 2021

In an article published May 17 for the Canadian Law of Work Forum, Professor Brian Langille and JD student Saambavi Mano, 3L, review earlier Supreme Court of Canada decisions regarding employees’ legal right to sick pay. They say these decisions dispel common sick pay assumptions. They write: 

Professor Christopher Essert argues it's possible to reimagine property as an egalitarian institution: CBC Radio's Ideas

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

University of Toronto Professor Rinaldo Walcott is the director of U of T's Women and Gender Studies Institute and an associate professor at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). His research is in the area of Black Diaspora Cultural Studies, gender and sexuality.

Walcott examines the relationship between policing and property in his book, On Property. He argues the history of being bought and sold shapes Black people's relationship to the idea of property. 

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