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Annual See Yourself Here event draws 200 high school students from across GTA

Monday, March 26, 2018

More than 200 high school students from the Greater Toronto Area, including the City of Toronto and York and Peel Regions,  attended the Faculty of Law’s 2018 See Yourself Here event, March 9th, to promote post-secondary education in law and legal careers, and help demystify the law school application process. Students came from approximately 20 different high schools. Originally started 10 years ago by members of the Black Law Students Association, the annual event invites high school students from cultures traditionally under-represented in law.

Special issue of U of T Law Journal on "Artificial Intelligence, Technology, and the Law"

Friday, March 16, 2018

A special issue of the University of Toronto Law Journal has just been published, focusing on "Artificial Intelligence, Technology, and the Law" (Vol. 68, No. supplement 1, January 2018).

The contributions to this special issue of the UTLJ are based on articles originally presented at the conference "Artificial Intelligence, Technology, and the Law" hosted by the Centre for Innovation Law and Policy on March 25, 2017.

Congratulations to the 2018 Cressy Student Leadership Award Recipients

Thursday, March 15, 2018

The Faculty of Law extends warm congratulations to the following graduating students who have been selected as University of Toronto Cressy Student Leadership Award recipients:

The many perspectives on the #MeToo movement: panel discussion on International Women's Day

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Deepa Mattoo, legal director at the Barbra Schlifer Clinic, lawyer Alexi Wood, filmmaker Sarah PolleyDeepa Mattoo, legal director at the Barbra Schlifer Clinic, lawyer Alexi Wood, filmmaker Sarah Polley

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo / Photos by Wasila Baset and Lucianna Ciccocioppo

 

Profs. Anita Anand and Adriana Robertson write "Has the time come for greater oversight of market indexes?" in Globe and Mail

Monday, March 12, 2018

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Profs. Anita Anand and Adriana Robertson point out how influential market indexes are lacking in transparency ("Has the time come for greater oversight of market indexes?", March 10, 2018).

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

Leadership By Design event for African-Caribbean youth visits the Faculty of Law

Saturday, March 10, 2018

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo / Photos by Francine Buchner and Jerome Poon-Ting

About 60 high school students attended a Leadership by Design event, together with their parents, at the Faculty of Law, March 3rd, to hear inspirational talks from law alumni and current law students from the Black Law Students Association.

From north, south, east and west: New admits attend Welcome Day 2018

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo 

A busy, energetic schedule greeted 145 new admits plus their guests to the Faculty of Law this Welcome Day, Feb. 23, 2018, as faculty, alumni and current students presented the very best of what the law school offers in the spectacular new Jackman Law Building.

Guests came from almost every province across Canada, except for Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island, and many were from the US: Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Illinois and North Carolina.

Prof. Lisa Austin recognized with inaugural U of T President's Impact Award

Wednesday, February 28, 2018
headshot of professor lisa austin

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo / Photo by Jeff Kirk

The Faculty of Law’s Professor Lisa Austin, LLM 1998, is among the first group of scholars to be recognized with the newly announced and prominent University of Toronto President’s Impact Award. She's one of seven recipients for 2018.

The future of legal education: Deans' Roundtable includes University of Toronto, Tsinghua University and the University of Hong Kong

Wednesday, February 14, 2018

The future of legal education is looking international: (left) HKU Law Dean Michael Hor, with U of T Associate Dean Kerry Rittich, moderator, Dean Ed Iacobucci, and Tsinghua Law School's Dean Shen Weixing.

 

By Peter Boisseau

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