Profs. Trebilcock and Iacobucci examine CRTC’s mandatory pick-and-pay proposal

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Profs. Michael Trebilcock and Edward Iacobucci, with lawyer Lawson Hunter, have written a commentary in the Financial Post arguing against the CRTC's proposal to require TV providers to provide "pick and pay" channel selection options for consumers ("CRTC’s mandatory pick-and-pay proposal deeply misguided," September 25, 2014). The article is based on a report prepared by the authors for the C.D.

Prof. Markus Dubber awarded Konrad Adenauer Research prize by the Royal Society of Canada

Thursday, September 18, 2014
Portrait of Prof. Markus Dubber

Prof. Markus Dubber is the recipient of the prominent 2014 Konrad Adenauer Research Award from the Royal Society of Canada in recognition of his efforts to promote academic collaboration between Canada and Germany. The award is given annually to a Canadian scholar in the humanities or social sciences, and is named by a jury of his peers, Royal Society of Canada Fellows, and representatives from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

Alumna and former dean Mayo Moran installed as Trinity College provost & vice-chancellor

Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Portrait of Dr. Mayo Moran, Trinity College's 15th Provost and Vice-Chancellor

Alumna and former dean of the Faculty of Law, Mayo Moran, SJD 1999, was installed as the 15th provost and vice-chancellor of Trinity College, in the University of Toronto, at its 2014 Matriculation Convocation ceremony September 3rd.

The annual event welcomes new students to Trinity College and this year included Dr. Moran’s formal installation.

Faculty of Law alumnus and gold medal graduate Bill Graham, LLB 1964, is the current Trinity College chancellor and also participated in the ceremony.

Special issue of UTLJ devoted to the residential school litigation and settlement

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

The new issue (64:4) of the University of Toronto Law Journal (UTLJ) is a special issue devoted to the residential school litigation and settlement, co-edited by Profs. Mayo Moran and Kent Roach. As well as their introduction, each of them contributes an article, along with articles by other distinguished scholars including frequent visitor to the U of T law school, Prof. John Borrows.

See the issue web page on the University of Toronto Press website.

Profs. Hirschl and Shachar elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Prof. Ayelet Shachar, professor of law and political science, and Canada Research Chair in Citizenship and Multiculturalism, and Prof. Ran Hirschl, professor of political science and law, and Canada Research Chair in Constitutionalism, Democracy and Development, have been elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada.

Prof. Larissa Katz - "It’s not ‘Who took my bike,’ but 'Who really controls the sidewalk?'"

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, Prof. Larissa Katz looks at the law behind who controls the sidewalk, after the incident in which Brookfield Properties seized bicycles locked to a pole in the public right-of-way in front of the Hudson's Bay Centre at Bloor and Yonge ("It’s not ‘Who took my bike,’ but 'Who really controls the sidewalk?'", August 19, 2014).

Prof. Audrey Macklin - "Case of Mohamed Fahmy shows failing of new citizenship rules"

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Audrey Macklin and Lorne Waldman, President of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, show how the new citizenship law recently passed by the Canadian government could be used against jailed journalist Mohamed Fahmy and other Canadians jailed in foreign countries without adequate judicial process ("Case of Mohamed Fahmy shows failing of new citizenship rules," June 29, 2014).

Q & A with Mary Eberts, Asper Centre's Constitutional-Litigator-in-Residence

Saturday, June 14, 2014

By Alexandra Wong, 2L

What brings you to the position of Constitutional-Litigator-in-Residence at the Asper Centre?

Mary Eberts is Asper Centre's new Constitutional-Litigator-in-Residence

Friday, June 13, 2014
Mary Eberts

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo / Photo by Alexandra Wong, 2L

The Asper Centre has a new Constitutional-Litigator-in-Residence for the fall 2014: Mary Eberts.

Eberts, a Toronto-based constitutional lawyer and a former faculty member of this law school, will be teaching constitutional advocacy, drawing upon her extensive experience from her public law litigation practice, and from advocating for the Charter rights of her clients. She will also provide mentoring support to clinic students on their case files.