Dean Mayo Moran on panel about cameras in the courtroom on TVO's "The Agenda"

Friday, May 13, 2011

Dean Mayo Moran was a member of the panel discussing the issue of "Cameras in the Courtroom" on TVO's The Agenda (March 24, 2011).

Watch the discussion on the TVO website.

Prof. Hamish Stewart interviewed on CBC Radio about police use of social media

Friday, May 13, 2011

CBC Radio's show "Spark", which focuses on technology and culture, conducted an extensive interview with Prof. Hamish Stewart about the extent and limits of how much police can use social media in an investigation (March 24, 2011).

Listen to the interview on the CBC website.

Prof. Mohammad Fadel in panel discussion of Egypt's revolution on TVO's The Agenda (webcast)

Friday, April 8, 2011

On the TVO program The Agenda, Prof. Mohammad Fadel took part in a panel discussion on Egypt ("This Revolution Was Televised") on Friday Feb. 11, 2011, in the wake of President Hosni Mubarak stepping down.

Watch the webcast on the TVO website.

Faculty of Law launches innovative Global Professional LLM

Friday, April 8, 2011

Unique, executive-style master’s degree focusing on global business law addresses the challenges and changes in today’s business environment

(Toronto, Nov. 16, 2010) As the challenges of a modern global economy force law firms to rethink their business models and navigate an increasingly complex network of financial regulations, cross-border rules and highly mobile workforces, the University of Toronto Faculty of Law announces the launch of its innovative Global Professional LL.M. program to address these issues and more for the working practitioner.

Report of the Faculty of Law External Review now online

Friday, April 8, 2011

As part of the University of Toronto's regular cycle of quality assurance, an external review team for the Faculty of Law visited the law school on September 30 and October 1 2010. Its members were:

Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh - "National securities regulation: A saga of political futility"

Friday, April 8, 2011

Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh has published a commentary in The Lawyers Weekly about the ongoing difficulties involved in the attempt to establish a National Securities Regulator ("National securities regulation: A saga of political futility," February 18, 2011).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Rebecca Cook testifies at B.C. polygamy trial

Friday, April 8, 2011

On January 6, 2011, Prof. Rebecca Cook provided expert testimony at the trial being held in front of the British Columbia Supreme Court on the question of whether the law banning polygamy is constitutional.

Faculty of Law's Access to Civil Justice Colloquium featured in Globe & Mail

Friday, April 8, 2011

Feb. 11, 2011) More than 100 legal luminaries met yesterday at the University of Toronto, and are concluding today, to come up with solutions to the access to civil justice issue for middle-income Canadians, spearheaded by the Faculty of Law. Madam Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin's speech led the Globe and Mail article by Kirk Makin featured today, which is garnering hundreds of online comments.

Read the article here.

Prof. Mohammad Fadel on the Arab demonstrations, the sub-prime mortgage crisis, and "black swans"

Friday, April 8, 2011

On the Foreign Policy magazine website, Prof. Mohammad Fadel has written an analysis comparing two crises, the sub-prime mortgage collapse and the popular demonstrations in Arab states, arguing that they were both in fact predictable and predicted, rather than being unpredictable "black swan" events ("Can Black Swans lead to a sustainable Arab-Israeli peace?", February 2, 2011).