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U of T Law establishes the Private Law Writing Prize for students

Friday, August 30, 2019

Private Law faculty at U of T Law
Private Law faculty at U of T Law

The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce the establishment of the Private Law Writing Prize.

Incoming: meet more of the new students in the Class of 2022

Friday, August 30, 2019

The Faculty of Law is excited to welcome, and welcome back, all our law students--JD, graduate and transfer students--most especially the incoming 1Ls. We’d like to introduce some of the Class of 2022 to you. In our annual series of new first-year profiles, meet: Manula, Jackson, Elsie and Alina.  (You can also meet four other incoming Class of 2022 students here).

Stories by Karen Gross

The Bora Laskin Law Library donors commemorative book is now installed permanently

Wednesday, August 28, 2019

Lionel Schipper and Dean Edward Iacobucci witht he commemorative book in the Bora Laskin Law Library
Lionel Schipper and Dean Edward Iacobucci with the commemorative book in the Bora Laskin Law Library

The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that the special commemorative book honouring the donors to the original Bora Laskin Law Library is now installed permanently in the library.

A week in the life of a U of T Law Student

Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Three U of T Law students share insights into their daily lives.

Christina Roussakis, 3L, on exchange in Lyon.

Christina Roussakis

During 1L, what did your week look like?

Prof. Audrey Macklin writes "'Jihadi Jack' and the folly of revoking citizenship"

Friday, August 23, 2019

Republished from The Conversation.

By Audrey Macklin

The British government has just stripped Islamic State recruit Jack Letts of his United Kingdom citizenship.

JD student Teodora Pasca writes "The Ontario government is destroying university legal clinics" in Canadian Lawyer magazine

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

In a commentary in Canadian Lawyer magazine, JD student Teodora Pasca argues that the Ontario government's legal aid cuts and the Student Choice Initiative threaten the future of the legal profession ("The Ontario government is destroying university legal clinics," August 19, 2019).

Read the full commentary on the Canadian Lawyer website, or below.

Prof. Anver Emon hosts conference “Ibadism and the Study of Islam: A View from the Edge”

Wednesday, August 21, 2019

https://www.utoronto.ca/sites/default/files/Ibadi-conference-group-photo-weblead.jpgThe 10th annual Conference on Ibadi Studies welcomed a diverse range of global scholars to discuss historical and contemporary topics in Ibadism (photo by D. Olms)

By Jovana Jankovic

Prof. Kent Roach writes "Can prosecutorial independence and the public interest ever truly be reconciled?"

Tuesday, August 20, 2019

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Kent Roach assesses and compares two recent reports on the SNC-Lavalin affair, one by Ethics Commissioner Mario Dion and the other by former attorney-general Anne McLellan ("Can prosecutorial independence and the public interest ever truly be reconciled?", August 15, 2019).

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

Prof. Anver Emon and alumnus Nader Hasan '06 write "What to do if CSIS comes knocking"

Thursday, August 15, 2019

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Anver Emon and alumnus Nader Hasan bring attention to the issue of Muslim students receiving intimidating in-person approaches by CSIS officers, and explain their new initiative, the U of T National Security Student Support Hotline, to provide pro bono legal advice to students affected ("What to do if CSIS comes knocking," August 12, 2019).

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