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Faculty of Law hosts first international conference in the new Jackman Law Building: on clinical legal education

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

First international conference hosted in the new Jackman Law Building: attendees of the joint International Journal of Clinical Legal Education (IJCLE) and Association for Canadian Clinical Legal Education (ACCLE) conference in the Osler Hoskin and Harcourt LLP Atrium.

 

By Geneviève Ryan, Summer Research Assistant at the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights / Photos by Ejona Xega

 

Prof. Anita Anand writes "One case, two commissions, several novel securities issues"

Monday, July 25, 2016

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Anita Anand analyzes a takeover bid case being heard simultaneously by the Ontario Securities Commission and British Columbia Securities Commission ("One case, two commissions, several novel securities issues," July 22, 2016).

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

 

In memoriam: Martin Teplitsky, 1941 - 2016

Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Martin Teplitsky

The Faculty of Law is saddened to hear of the passing of alumnus Martin Teplitsky, LLB 1964, on July 14, 2016. A native of Toronto, he was a law professor, a senior and founding partner of boutique litigation firm Teplitsky, Colson LLP and one of Canada’s most respected mediators-arbitrators. He was also a prolific writer and authored numerous journal articles on access to justice, tort law, arbitration and mediation.

SDJ student Daniel Del Gobbo is winner of the 2016 CBA Viscount Bennett Fellowship

Thursday, July 14, 2016

Daniel Del Gobbo, a student in the SJD. program, is the winner of the 2016 Canadian Bar Association (CBA) Viscount Bennett Fellowship. His study area “falls at the intersections of alternative dispute resolution and feminist legal theory.”

An evening to thank the Hon. Hal Jackman

Monday, July 11, 2016

Photos by Salathiel Wesser

It was a small event to say a big and heartfelt ‘Thank you!’ to the distinguished alumnus who helped to make the new law building a reality: the Hon. Henry (Hal) N. R. Jackman, Class of 1956.

Special issue of U of T Law Journal on "The Future of Law and Development"

Friday, July 8, 2016

The new issue of the University of Toronto Law Journal (66:3, Summer 2016) includes a focus feature on "The Future of Law and Development." The feature includes an introduction by Prof. Mariana Mota Prado, "The past and future of law and development," and an article by Prof.

Nikki Gershbain and Sarah Pole receive Community Leadership in Justice Fellowships

Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Two leaders of programs founded at and supported by the Faculty of Law have been awarded Community Leadership in Justice Fellowships (CLJF) from the Law Foundation of Ontario.

Prof. Albert Yoon co-authors massive "Gavel Gap" report on representativeness of US state court judges

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Prof. Albert Yoon has co-authored a comprehensive report with Tracey George of Vanderbilt University that examines whether US state judges reflect the demographics of their state in terms of gender and people of colour. "The Gavel Gap: Who Sits in Judgement on State Courts?" gives each US state a grade on this basis, with 26 states receiving an "F" grade because women and people of colour are severely under-represented among state court judges.

Asper Centre announces Janet Minor as Constitutional-Litigator-in-Residence for Fall 2016

Saturday, June 25, 2016

Janet MinorThe Faculty of Law’s David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights is pleased to announce that alumna Janet Minor, past treasurer of the Law Society of Upper Canada, will be the Asper Centre’s Constitutional-Litigator-in-Residence for the fall of 2016. 

Prof. Trudo Lemmens co-authors "Should assisted dying for psychiatric disorders be legalized in Canada?"

Wednesday, June 22, 2016

In a commentary in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), Prof. Trudo Lemmens and Dr. Scott Kim, a physician and bioethicist at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) argue that offering medical assistance in dying to people in Canada on the basis of psychiatric illnesses could put vulnerable people at risk ("Should assisted dying for psychiatric disorders be legalized in Canada?," June 21, 2016).

Read the full commentary on the CMAJ website.

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