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U of T Law Faculty Blog wins "Law Professor Blog Award"

Friday, March 16, 2007

The U of T Law Faculty Blog has been awarded the "Law Professor Blog Award" from the "CLawBies" - the Canada Law Blog Awards.

The U of T Law Faculty Blog has also been added to the law blogs list of the new blog/magazine Precedent, whose editor is U of T Law alumnus Melissa Kluger ('01).

Prof. Sujit Choudhry interviewed on TVO - webcast available

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Prof. Sujit Choudhry was interviewed on the TV Ontario show The Agenda with Steve Paikin on January 24, 2007. The interview was based on Prof. Choudhry and student Michael Pal's recent report Is Every Ballot Equal? Visible Minority Vote Dilution in Canada.

The interview can be watched over the web on the TVO website: Click here access the webcast. It will be available for approximately a week from the date of the interview.

Grafstein lecturer Prof. C. Edwin Baker interviewed (audio webcast)

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Prof. C. Edwin Baker of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, who delivered the Faculty of Law's Grafstein Lecture in Communications on January 25, 2007, was interviewed by CIUT radio while was visiting the University of Toronto.

Click here to listen to the interview (MP3).

Prof. Lorraine Weinrib - "The party of the anti-Charter"

Saturday, February 17, 2007

In her monthly Law Times column, Prof. Lorraine Weinrib analyzes the Conservative government's approach to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms ("The party of the anti-Charter," January 8, 2007).

Read the full column on the Law Times website.

Prof. Jim Phillips - "Osgoode offers a wealth of Canadian legal history"

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Prof. Jim Phillips has written a commentary in the National Post about the Osgoode Society, which encourages the study and dissemination of Canadian legal history. The article describes several intriguing legal episodes from Canada's past. ("Osgoode offers a wealth of Canadian legal history," December 20, 2006).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Jacob Ziegel - "Class Actions, remedy of choice for consumers"

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Prof. Emeritus Jacob Ziegel discusses the history of class action laws in Canada and their positive impact, in a commentary on the Globe and Mail website ("Class Actions, remedy of choice for consumers," January 24, 2007).

Read the full article.

Prof. Ed Morgan - "Was justice really served in the Cinar case?"

Saturday, February 17, 2007

In a commentary on the Globe and Mail website, Prof. Ed Morgan analyzes a case where a foreign witness was lured to a Toronto coffeeshop in order to serve him with a subpoena ("Was justice really served in the Cinar case?", December 20, 2006).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Brenda Cossman - "Victimizing sex workers again"

Saturday, February 17, 2007

In a commentary in the weekly magazine Xtra!, Prof. Brenda Cossman has analyzed a report by the Parliamentary Standing Committee On Justice And Human Rights on the subject of Canada's prostitution laws ("Victimizing sex workers again," December 21, 2006).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Jacob Ziegel - "The plan to fix the act that fixed bankrupcy"

Saturday, February 17, 2007

Prof. Emeritus Jacob Ziegel has published a commentary in the Financial Post analyzing the recent history of changes to Canadian bankrupcy laws ("The plan to fix the act that fixed bankrupcy," January 17, 2007).

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Ed Morgan - "Even terrorists deserve good lawyers"

Saturday, February 17, 2007

In a commentary in the National Post, Prof. Ed Morgan looks at a recent controversy in the United States about the lawyers who are representing terrorist suspects ("Even terrorists deserve good lawyers," January 18, 2007).

Read the full commentary.

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