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In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. David Schneiderman argues that, despite incoming US President Donald Trump's anti-free-trade rhetoric, his administration is likely to protect the investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) system ("Trump won’t dump investor rights – and here’s why," January 18, 2017).

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Startup Blue J Legal and its CEO, Prof. Benjamin Alarie, are profiled in a U of T Magazine article, "Helping Machine-Learning Startups Succeed" (Winter 2017). Launched in 2014 by Profs. Benjamin Alarie, Anthony Niblett and Albert Yoon, with veteran software engineer Brett Jansen, Blue J Legal has created sophisticated AI software that provides lawyers and judges with guidance on resolving tax disputes.

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Brenda Cossman discusses her experience working with Justice Robin Camp after his sexist remarks at a sexual assault trial, and argues for the value of education in overcoming sexism in the judiciary ("For Judge ‘knees together’ Camp: Education is power," December 1, 2016).

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The Faculty of Law has initiated the Law & Philosophy Visitorship program. The program will bring emerging and leading academics working on issues in legal, moral and political philosophy to the Faculty of Law for short-term visits.

Law & Philosophy Visits are short but intense periods of immersion in the intellectual life of the faculty. The primary aim of the program is to provide scholars an opportunity to advance their scholarship through intellectual exchange with members of our large and diverse law and philosophy group at the University of Toronto.