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Who decides? Consent, meaningful choices, and accountability: Professor Lisa Austin

Friday, February 12, 2021
Lisa Austin

Faculty of Law Professor and Schwartz Reisman Research Lead Lisa Austin, comments on aspects of Canada’s newly-proposed privacy law reform.

How Bill C7 will sacrifice the medical profession's Standard of Care: Professor Trudo Lemmens for Policy Options

Friday, February 12, 2021

Faculty of Law Professor Trudo Lemmens, Scholl Chair in Health Law and Policy and a professor with the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Joint Centre for Bioethics, along with Dr. Mary Shariff (University of Manitoba Law) and Dr. Leonie Herx (Queen's University School of Medicine), write for Policy Options on Bill C-7's expansion of the Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) Act:

Professor Yasmin Dawood receives Legal Excellence Award from the South Asian Bar Association of Toronto (SABA)

Thursday, January 21, 2021

Yasmin Dawood

Yasmin Dawood, an associate professor of law and political science, has been recognized by the South Asian Bar Association of Toronto (SABA) with the Legal Excellence Award.

The honour recognizes SABA members who have achieved excellence in their areas of practice or made an exceptional contribution to the profession. 

Professor Anthony Niblett renewed as Canada Research Chair

Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Government of Canada makes largest investment in Canada Research Chairs Program and celebrates 20th anniversary

Anthony Niblett

Faculty of Law Associate Professor Anthony Niblett has been renewed as Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Law, Economics & Innovation (Tier 2).

U of T News: International and environmental law scholar Jutta Brunnée named dean of U of T’s Faculty of Law

Friday, December 4, 2020

Jutta Brunnée, a renowned scholar of international and environmental law, has been named dean of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law for a five-year term starting Jan. 1.

Professor Jim Phillips inducted into the Bertha Wilson Honour Society

Tuesday, December 1, 2020

The Bertha Wilson Honour Society was established in 2012 in tribute to The Honourable Madam Justice Bertha Wilson – the first woman appointed to the Ontario Court of Appeal and the first female Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

The Bertha Wilson Honour Society at the Schulich School of Law, at Dalhousie University, recognizes their extraordinary alumni and showcases their geographic reach and contributions to law and society. 

Op-Ed by Professor Trudo Lemmens and JD student Leah Krakowitz-Broker: Why the federal government should rethink MAID

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

In an op-ed for CBC Opinion, published Nov. 10, Professor Trudo Lemmens, Scholl Chair in Health Law and Policy and JD student Leah Krakowitz-Broker, write why the new medical assistance in dying (MAID) proposal represents a deadly form of discrimination against people with disabilities or chronic illness: 

Interview with Professor Ayelet Shachar: Zolberg Institute's Tempest Tossed podcast

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Professor Ayelet Shachar was recently interviewed by Professor Alex Aleinikoff, former United Nations Deputy High Commissioner of Refugees and current Director of the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility at The New School, New York, for the Zolberg Institute's "Tempest Tossed" podcast.

The focus of the interview is Shachar's recently published book, The Shifting Border and how new technologies are reshaping borders and mobility.

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