Prof. Arthur Ripstein awarded a 2016 Killam Research Fellowship

Monday, April 18, 2016
Arthur Ripstein

Prof. Arthur Ripstein has been awarded a notable Killam Research Fellowship, offered each year to world-class Canadian scholars in the humanities, social, natural and health sciences, and engineering.

Cross-appointed to the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, Ripstein is a leading scholar of, and at the forefront of renewed interest in, Immanuel Kant’s legal and political philosophy.  

Prof. Jennifer Nedelsky receives a Jackman Humanities Institute Research Fellowship

Monday, April 18, 2016

Prof. Jennifer NedelskyProf. Jennifer Nedelsky has been awarded a Jackman Humanities Institute Research Fellowship from the U of T’s Jackman Humanities Institute. The Fellowship and the Institute are named after former university chancellor and law alumnus Hal Jackman, LLB 1954.

Prof. Kent Roach co-winner of Reg Robson Award from BC Civil Liberties Association

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Prof. Kent RoachProf. Kent Roach and his co-author Craig Forcese (University of Ottawa Faculty of Law) have been awarded the Reg Robson Award by the BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) for their work on changing public opinion about Bill C-51, the "Anti-Terrorism Act."

2016 moot results: Another banner year with six first-place finishes

Monday, April 11, 2016

Here are the final results for the 2016 mooting season

Faculty of Law students wrapped up another banner mooting season, in a variety of competitions, with six first-place victories, five second-place spots, six general oralist awards, in addition to five best facta and two other facta awards, thanks to the dedication and time of many students, faculty and alumni.

Faculty volunteer at Law Society's Lawyers Feed the Hungry program

Monday, April 4, 2016

At Lawyers Feed the Hungry program: Albert Yoon, Denise Réaume, Ed Iacobucci, Anna Su, Lisa Austin with alumna Amanda Ross.

 

Law school faculty took time out to volunteer at the Lawyers Feed the Hungry dinner on March 30th together with alumna Amanda Ross, LLB 1994, who extended an invitation for five faculty to assist for this dinner.

Prof. Michael Trebilcock article awarded JPAID Outstanding Publication Prize

Friday, April 1, 2016

Prof. Michael Trebilcock and his co-authors, Lindsey Carson (SJD '15) and Joanna V. Noronha, have been awarded the 2015 Outstanding Publication Prize by the Institute for Poverty Alleviation and International Development for their article "Held Back: Explaining the Sluggish Pace of Improvement to Basic Education in Developing Democracies–The Cases of India and Brazil."

Prof. David Schneiderman authors "A CETA investment court is not the solution"

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Prof. David Schneiderman wrote an oped in the Globe and Mail analyzing why an investment court for a comprehensive economic and trade agreement (CETA) is not the way to proceed, even though there are some advantages to the system. He argues "as long as a broad set of rights are conferred upon foreign investors and their interpretation is left to a cadre of investment-law personnel, the regime will remain flawed. It certainly is not worth saving by way of a new investment court."

Prof. Kent Roach co-authors "Why stripping citizenship is a weak tool to fight terrorism"

Friday, March 4, 2016

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Kent Roach and University of Ottawa Prof. Craig Forcese enumerate multiple reasons why stripping citizenship from dual citizens is not a useful way to address the dangers of terrorism ("Why stripping citizenship is a weak tool to fight terrorism," March 3, 2016).

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

Prof. Anita Anand writes, "A bailout won’t fix Bombardier’s biggest problems" in Financial Post

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

In a commentary in the Financial Post, Prof. Anita Anand argues that a federal government bailout of Bombardier Inc. won't address the company's fundamental problems, family control and dual-class shares ("A bailout won’t fix Bombardier’s biggest problems: family control and dual-class shares," February 29, 2016).

Read the full commentary on the Financial Post website, or below.