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Prof. Ernest Weinrib - "A betrayal of the teaching profession"

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Prof. Ernest Weinrib has published a commentary in the National Post condemning the proposal by British university teachers to boycott Israeli academic institutions ("'A betrayal of the teaching profession'," June 8, 2007).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Lemmens launches new "Genetic Information, Privacy and Biobanks" website

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Prof. Trudo Lemmens, of the Faculty of Law's Health Law and Policy Group, with Research Associate Lori Luther, has launched a new website devoted to providing accessible information about issues related to genetic information, privacy, and the recent phenomenon of "biobanks" (databanks of human genetic information).

This new website, hosted by the Faculty of Law, can be found at www.geneticdatabanks.ca.

Please read the invitation from Prof. Lemmens and Lori Luther, below.

Prof. Ernest Weinrib receives teaching award

Thursday, October 11, 2007

In May 2007, University of Toronto law professor Ernest Weinrib was named one of Ontario's most outstanding university teachers in a province-wide competition adjudicated by the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) Awards Committee. He received a 2006 OCUFA teaching award at a ceremony in Toronto on June 8, 2007.

Read the award citation.

Read the OCUFA press release.

Prof. Jacob Ziegel - "Repeal loan law"

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Prof. Emeritus Jacob Ziegel has written a commentary in the Financial Post analyzing the problems with the criminal usury provisions in section 347 of the Criminal Code, adopted in 1981 ("Repeal loan law," July 4, 2007).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Lorraine Weinrib - "Conservatives cling to the old Bill of Rights"

Friday, July 6, 2007

In her monthly "Second Opinion" column for Law Times, Prof. Lorraine Weinrib analyzes the Conservative government's response to the 25th anniversary of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms ("Conservatives cling to the old Bill of Rights," May 14, 2007).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Brenda Cossman - "What a difference a decade makes"

Friday, July 6, 2007

In a commentary in Xtra magazine, Prof. Brenda Cossman examines the significant progress for gay rights in the last decade ("What a difference a decade makes," April 26, 2007).

Read the full commentary.

International Women's Day panel discussion by U of T female deans featured

Friday, July 6, 2007

The panel discussion by University of Toronto female deans, which opened the Faculty of Law's International Women's Day celebrations, is described in an article in News @ UofT. The article includes quotes from several of the deans.

Read the full article.

Prof. Jacob Ziegel - "Take bankruptcy bill out of limbo"

Friday, July 6, 2007

Prof. Emeritus Jacob Ziegel, in a commentary in the Financial Post, has analyzed the issues that are holding back the passage of important amendments to the federal Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act ("Take bankruptcy bill out of limbo," May 30, 2007).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Brenda Cossman - "And 'daddy' makes 3 ... Or maybe not"

Friday, July 6, 2007

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Brenda Cossman analyzes a case appearing before the Supreme Court of Canada in which cohabiting partners are both trying to establish that the man in the relationship is not a legally designated parent to the woman's child ("And 'daddy' makes 3 ... Or maybe not," May 24, 2007).

Read the full commentary.

Darryl Robinson interviewed on CBC Newsworld about Charles Taylor trial

Friday, July 6, 2007

Darryl Robinson, Adjunct Professor and Acting Director of the International Human Rights Clinic, was interviewed on CBC Newsworld on June 3, 2007 about the Charles Taylor trial.  Charles Taylor, former President of Liberia, faces trial at the International Court of Justice in the Hague for directing rebel groups that carried out war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sierra Leone. 

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