Year in Review 2024: Honours, Awards & Recognitions

U of T Law is home to some of the world's top legal scholars, students, alumni and staff. We congratulate them on their award-winning accomplishments!

• U of T Law graduate Noella Milne (LLB 1986) appointed to the Order of Canada

• U of T Law graduate Julie Di Lorenzo (GPLLM 2020) appointed to Order of Ontario

• A gift honouring John A. Tory awards the inaugural JD/MBA student recipients

• Honouring our most dedicated volunteers

• Trudo Lemmens named 2024 Hastings Center Fellow

• U of T Law students win National Labour Arbitration Competition

• The Hon. Gloria J. Epstein, K.C. (LLB 1977, Hon. LLD 2022) honoured by Toronto Lawyers Association

• U of T Law students win 2024 Gale Cup Moot

• Second place finish by U of T Law at The Wilson Moot

• U of T Law student success at The Harold G. Fox Moot

• U of T Law places first in Canadian round of The Jessup Moot

• Abdi Aidid and Benjamin Alarie receive AAP PROSE Award for Legal Studies and Criminology

• Frank W. Callaghan Memorial Moot Results

• U of T Law students celebrated for exceptional leadership

• Gillian Hadfield named recipient of President's Impact Award and Carolyn Tuohy Impact on Public Policy Award

•  Prasanna Balasundaram, director of Downtown Legal Services, recognized for his devotion to excellence 

• Foti Vito (JD 2024) receives Ludwik & Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize

• Mayo Moran receives Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize

• U of T Law students win Best Negotiation Plan at Walsh Family Law Negotiation Competition

• U of T Law student wins Philip M. Epstein Award for Top Oralist at Walsh Family Law Moot

• Arthur Ripstein receives Vivek Goel Faculty Citizenship Award

• Jerome Poon-Ting receives Jill Matus Excellence in Student Services Award

• U of T Law alumni receive Law Society Medal

•  Mayo Moran receives Law Society Medal

• Caroline Catharine Opler Monahan (JD 2023) awarded prestigious Frank Knox Memorial Fellowship at Harvard University

• Strong team finish at International Rounds of The Jessup Moot

• 2024 Awards of Excellence: Six U of T Law community members recognized

• Two books by U of T Law profs shortlisted out of five books for prestigious Donner Prize

• Maclean's Power List: Gillian Hadfield named among the most powerful Canadians shaping the field of AI

• Jim Ware (LLB 1968) inducted into U of T's Sports Hall of Fame

•  U of T Law alumni recognized at 2024 Canadian Law Awards

• Foti Vito (JD 2024) and Eyal Wilk (2L) receive first place Richard Baxter Award

• Ran Hirschl named University Professor

• Kate Mitchell named 2024 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar

• Malcolm Thorburn named 2024 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Fellow

• JD Class of 2024 Convocation Awards: Congratulations to all our graduates

• A champion of human rights and international law, Harold Hongju Koh receives U of T honorary degree

• Martha Shaffer receives Mewett Teaching Award

• John Borrows and David Walders receive TRC Teaching Awards

• Michael Law-Smith (JD/PhD) awarded Private Law Writing Prize

• Gordon Lee (JD 2023) awarded Blackstone Prize

•  Robert Leckey (SJD 2006) receives CBA's Hero Award

• John Borrows receives Law Foundation of Ontario Award

• The Hon. Bruce Durno (JD 1974) honoured by Criminal Lawyers’ Association

• Jim Phillips named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

• Daniel B. Jolic (JD 2025) receives paper award from Canadian College of Construction Lawyers

• Caeleb 'Rae' Goff awarded Royal Society of Canada's Abella Prize

• Douglas Sanderson to receive honorary doctorate from Concordia University

• Dean's Student Leadership Awards 2024

• Jim Phillips elected Honorary Fellow of the American Society for Legal History

• U of T Law alumni win Walter Owen Book Prize

• Three U of T Law alumni named to Toronto Life list: The Influentials 2024

•  Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly (SJD 2023): Bar of Quebec paper award

• U of T Law alumni receive the University of Toronto Arbor Award

• Mark J. Sandler (LLB 1978) receives 2025 Toronto Lawyers Association (TLA) Award of Distinction

• Jean-Christophe Bédard-Rubin receives Marcel-Guy Award

Judicial appointments

• Justice Gordon J. Cudjoe (JD MA 1999) appointed Judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario

• Justice Angus G. Grant (LLB/MSW 2001) appointed to Federal Court

• Justice Nitya Iyer (LLB 1986) appointed to Court of Appeal for British Columbia

• Jasminka Kalajdzic (LLB 1995, LLM 2009) and Jane O. Dietrich (LLB 2003) appointed to Superior Court of Justice of Ontario

• Justice Robynne B. Kazina (JD MSW 2005) appointed to His Majesty’s Court of King’s Bench of Manitoba

• Justice Ira G. Parghi (LLB 1997) appointed to Superior Court of Justice of Ontario

• Justice Renee M. Pomerance (LLB 1987) appointed Judge of the Court of Appeal for Ontario

• Justice Colleen Yamashita (JD 2004) appointed to Superior Court of Justice of Ontario

Award period of January 1, 2024 to December 12, 2024. This is not an exhaustive list and may not reflect all honours & awards received by our community. Please contact us at alumni.law@utoronto.ca with details about your award.