The Hon. Mm. Justice Sharon Nicklas (LLB 1992) appointed Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice

Thursday, May 4, 2023

The Government of Ontario announced on May 1, the Hon. Mm. Justice Sharon M. Nicklas (LLB 1992) as the Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice.  

New book by U of T's Kent Roach addresses the injustice of wrongful convictions in Canada

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

Professor Kent Roach

University of Toronto Faculty of Law Professor Kent Roach has spent decades sounding the alarm on wrongful convictions in Canada.

His new research underlines the dangers of wrongful convictions based on false guilty pleas or imagined crimes that never happened.

Sophia Moreau receives the Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Professor Sophia Moreau

For their global reputation as a leading scholar of anti-discrimination law, Sophia Moreau, a professor in the Faculty of Law and the department of philosophy in the Faculty of Arts & Science, has received the Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize (Influential Leader).

Professor John Borrows, Loveland Chair in Indigenous Law, wins the 2023 Charles Taylor Prize for Excellence in Policy Research

Friday, March 10, 2023

Professor John Borrows

John Borrows, Professor and Loveland Chair in Indigenous Law at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law (photo Alice Xue Photography)

John Borrows, one of the world’s leading scholars of Indigenous law, has been awarded the 2023 Charles Taylor Prize for Excellence in Policy Research from the Broadbent Institute.

Environmental Law, Standing, and the History of the Sierra Club v. Morton: Professor Angela Fernandez

Friday, March 3, 2023

Professor Angela Fernandez, "Environmental Law, Standing, and the History of Sierra Club v. Morton", for JOTWELL (March 2, 2023), a review of  Daniel P. Selmi's Dawn at Mineral King Valley: The Sierra Club, the Disney Company, and the Rise of Environmental Law (2022):

The Rise of the Robotic Tax Analyst: Professor Ben Alarie

Tuesday, January 3, 2023

Alarie, Benjamin, The Rise of the Robotic Tax Analyst (January 2, 2023). Tax Notes Federal, January 2, 2023, p. 57, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4325429