Year in Review 2023: In the news

Our scholars serve as influential figures in academia, the legal field, and public policy, with their sought-after expertise extending across the Canadian media scene and beyond.

• Professor Anna Su: Bridging human rights and AI governance
• Rebuilding public trust after COVID-19: U of T experts reviewing law, ethics, and policymaking: Professor Trudo Lemmens
• Professor Kent Roach: Canada is failing the wrongfully convicted, again   
• Being Indigenous goes well beyond blood: Professor Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii)
• Professor Trudo Lemmens: Rebuilding public trust after COVID-19: U of T experts reviewing law, ethics, and policymaking 
• Dean Jutta Brunnée among experts at historic International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
• How should we regulate frontier AI models? Professor Gillian Hadfield and Noam Kolt (SJD)
• The changes at Crown-Indigenous Relations send a cynical message: Professor Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) 
• Canadian law enforcement agencies continue to target Muslims: Basema Al-Alami (SJD)
• Discussing climate change with children and youth: co-author Steve Lorteau (SJD)
  
• U of T's Sustainable Future Series: Professor John Borrows on climate justice 
• Decision-making AI could be made more accurate when judging humans: Professor Gillian Hadfield
• Is Canada Passing the Buck on Wrongful Convictions? Professor Kent Roach on TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin 
• Institutional challenges in climate crisis response: University Prof. Emeritus Michael J. Trebilcock for Law360 Canada
• For fossil-fuel emitting governments, climate action should start at home: Steve Lorteau (SJD) 
• Environmental Law, Standing, and the History of the Sierra Club v. Morton: Professor Angela Fernandez
• Algorithmic Black Swans: Noam Kolt (SJD)
• Blue J Legal co-founder Professor Benjamin Alarie on how AI is powering a new generation of legal tech: Canadian Lawyer 
• What happens when Roxham Road is closed: Professor Audrey Macklin 
• The Canadian Registry of Wrongful Convictions brings attention to the failures of Canada’s criminal justice system 
• Professor Chris Essert joins new academic-industry partnership to balance infrastructure needs with environmental integrity 
• Professor Albert Yoon co-authors new study that analyzed datasets of all U.S. Supreme Court clerkships   
• How ChatGPT will affect the law: Monica Goyal (JD 2008)
• The Rise of the Robotic Tax Analyst: Professor Ben Alarie
• Indigenous-settler relations need bold solutions and strong political will: Professor Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii)
• Professor Andrew Green's book explores climate policy through the lens of Canadian law and institutions 
• The paradox at the heart of Canada’s waves of Ukrainian immigration: Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii)
  

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