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Is None Still Too Many? Asylum Seekers on Boats, Then and Now, Here and There

Friday, December 3, 2010

Immigration Panel Discussion
(L-R) Prof. Audrey Macklin, Lorne Waldman, Prof. James Hathaway, Prof. Lorraine Weinrib (chair)

Faculty of Law launches development of Canadaís first Indigenous commercial code and tribunal

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Unique initiative empowers First Nations communities to govern commercial and environmental law

(Nov. 1, 2010 – Toronto) Commercial law is a vital and central component of governance in any community and Indigenous communities are no exception. But the role of commercial law in governance and economic development is often overlooked as a means of asserting jurisdiction and developing commercial enterprises. 

Profs. Mohammad Fadel and Arthur Ripstein discuss secularism on CBC radio's "Ideas"

Friday, November 5, 2010

Profs. Mohammad Fadel and Arthur Ripstein participated in a panel discussion on the CBC radio show "Ideas" on the topic of "Talking Philosophy: Secularism" (Aug. 3 and Aug. 4, 2010).

We live in a Secular Age. Here in Canada, as in other liberal democracies, religion no longer plays a central role in public life. How then are we to think, in a principled way, about a host of issues riddling society today?

Prof. Anand to chair OSC investor advisory panel

Friday, November 5, 2010

Prof. Anita Anand(August 31, 2010) Prof. Anita Anand was appointed the chair of the Ontario Securities Commission investor advisory panel today.

Anand is an associate professor and a past associate dean of the J.D. program here at the UofT Faculty of Law. She teaches securities regulation and corporate law.

In memoriam: Prof. Betty Mayfoon Ho, 1948-2010

Friday, November 5, 2010

By Prof. Mayo Moran, Dean, Faculty of Law 

Prof. Audrey Macklin comments widely about legal aspects of Tamil refugee ship issue

Friday, November 5, 2010

Prof. Audrey Macklin has commented in various media about the legal obligations and issues around the arrival in BC of a ship full of Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka.

In the Globe and Mail, Prof. Macklin penned a commentary on the issue with immigration lawyer Lorne Waldman ("Why we can’t turn away the Tamil ships," August 17, 2010).

Read the full commentary.

Macleans ranks Faculty of Law No. 1 in Canada again

Friday, November 5, 2010

(Sept. 16, 2010) For the fourth consecutive year, Maclean’s magazine has selected the Faculty of Law as Canada’s top law school. The rankings assess graduates and faculty on “key output measures” such as faculty citations, elite firm hiring, national reach and Supreme Court clerkships.

Read the 2010 professional schools coverage here:

http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/toronto-and-mcgill-lead-the-law-school-rankings/

 

Prof. Trudo Lemmens - "Is privacy really at the heart of mandatory census change?"

Friday, November 5, 2010

In a commentary in The Hill Times, Prof. Trudo Lemmens takes a closer look at the privacy issues cited by the federal government as the reason for the cancellation the mandatory long-form census ("Is privacy really at the heart of mandatory census change?" August 23, 2010).

Read the full commentary (PDF).

Prof. Arthur Ripstein elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Friday, November 5, 2010

Prof. Arthur Ripstein(Sept.  14, 2010) Prof. Arthur Ripstein has been elected as a new Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. The Royal Society, “Canada’s National Academy,” is the country’s senior national body of distinguished Canadian scholars, artists and scientists. 

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