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

Thursday, April 14, 2022

The University of Toronto ranked first in Canada across all five of the broad subject categories evaluated in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022.

U of T also ranked among the top 25 universities globally in 32 specific subjects – a feat matched by only six other schools: Harvard University, the University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.

Popularity of 'gamified' apps raises new legal issues, student researchers warn: Future of Law Lab report

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

With a few pushes of a button or a swipe of your fingers, you can trade stocks, hail a ride, order a pizza or find a date. But what are the implications of these gamified apps on human behaviour and the law?

Private Law Podcast: Professor Larrisa Katz

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

In an episode of the Private Law Podcast, Professor Larrisa Katz, Canada Research Chair in Private Law Theory, shares her work on the idea of ownership as an office, equity, and other topics.

Listen to the Private Law Podcast

 

Excellence is Black: Building community and celebrating Black achievement at Inaugural Awards Celebration on March 26

Thursday, March 24, 2022

Excellence is Black (EiB) is a celebration of Black achievement, an opportunity to build community across post-graduate and professional programs, and a call for a future generation of Black students to pursue higher education.

The Excellence is Black Award, is awarded to current or recently-admitted U of T students on the basis of financial need who:

Professor Ayelet Shachar for the Carnegie Council's Ethics & International Affairs: Global Lessons from the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis

Thursday, March 24, 2022

According to the EIA website, "The aim of Ethics & International Affairs, the quarterly journal of the Carnegie Council, is to help close the gap between theory and practice (and between theorists and practitioners) by publishing original articles, essays, and book reviews that integrate rigorous thinking about principles of justice and morality into discussions of practical dilemmas related to current policy developments, global institutional arrangements, and the conduct of important inter

Western response to invasion of Ukraine reasserts ‘guardrails’ against ‘war and chaos,’: The Lawyer's Daily reports on U of T Law panel event

Friday, March 18, 2022

"The importance of maintaining international law, human rights and the morality of war, were highlighted by speakers at a University of Toronto Faculty of Law webinar addressing the war in Ukraine," reports the Lawyer's Daily.

The March 16 "snap panel" featured speakers: 

Professor Payam Akhavan
Senior Fellow at Massey College, Adjunct Professor Faculty of Law
and Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration, The Hague

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