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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.

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).

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."

The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights at the Faculty of Law recently hosted a two-day conference on the Best Interests of the Child in collaboration with leading child rights organizations in Canada including the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children, UNICEF Canada, Justice for Children and Youth, and the International Bureau for Children's Rights.