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Nominees Sought for 2009 Wilson-Prichard Award

Friday, August 7, 2009
We are currently seeking nominations for the 2009 Recipient of the Ann Wilson and Robert Prichard Award for Community and Professional Service.

Prof. Michael Trebilcock - "Wind power is a complete disaster"

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Prof. Michael Trebilcock has written a commentary in the Financial Post arguing that subsidies for wind power are not an effective way to reduce carbon emissions ("Wind power is a complete disaster," April 9, 2009).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Ayelet Shachar publishes her new book, The Birthright Lottery

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

The Birthright LotteryProf. Ayelet Shachar's new book, The Birthright Lottery, has been published by Harvard University Press (April 2009).

From the publisher:

Prof. Ed Morgan - "In Yellowknife, language rights go back on the menu"

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Ed Morgan looks at the constitutional context of the current commotion in Yellowknife over the language used in the name of a popular restaurant ("In Yellowknife, language rights go back on the menu," April 21, 2009).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Jeff MacIntosh on constitutional issues with federal securities regulator

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

In a commentary in The Lawyers Weekly, Prof. Jeff MacIntosh analyzes the constitutional difficulties of proposed legislation to establish a federal securities regulator ("Creation of federal regulator will unleash constitutional showdown," February 20, 2009).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Michael Trebilcock - "The myth of the Danish green energy ëmiracleí"

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

In response to an article criticizing his commentary "Wind power is a complete disaster" (Financial Post, April 9, 2009), Prof. Michael Trebilcock has published a counterpoint article, "Response: The myth of the Danish green energy ‘miracle’" (Financial Post website, May 11, 2009).

Read Prof. Trebilcock's full response.

Prof. Jacob Ziegel - "Canadian bankruptcy law is out of date"

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

In a commentary in the Financial Post, Prof. Emeritus Jacob Ziegel has analyzed the problems with the way Canadian bankruptcy laws have been updated in recent years and proposed measures to improve this process ("Canadian bankruptcy law is out of date," March 10, 2009).

Read the full commentary.

Symposium on Lifelong Learning in Professionalism featured in Law Times

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

The Symposium on Lifelong Learning in Professionalism, hosted by the Centre for the Legal Profession at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law on February 20, 2009, has been featured in an extensive article in the Law Times. The article describes in detail the concluding speech by Ontario Court of Appeal Justice Stephen Goudge, and discusses the contributions of other presenters, including Prof. Michael Code ("‘We can do better’: Symposium on Lifelong Learning in Professionalism," March 2, 2009).

Prof. Anita Anand - "Canada's banks: conservative by nature"

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Prof. Anita Anand has published a commentary in the Financial Post analyzing the factors that have enabled Canadian financial institutions to weather the current economic storm ("Canada's banks: conservative by nature," Financial Post, March 31, 2009).

Read the full commentary.

Faculty of Law First: Federal Judicial Review Held at School

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Christmas came early for students in Professor Audrey Macklin's Administrative Law Class as they were treated to a "real judicial review in real time" on-site at the Faculty of Law just before exams in late November.

Justice Douglas Campbell presided over the review on a British Columbian forestry company's attempt to obtain a government permit to export their surplus timber.

One student described the experience as "one of, if not the, coolest academic experiences of my law school years thus far."

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