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Keir Wilmut a finalist in CTV's "The Next Great Prime Minister"

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Keir Wilmut, a third year University of Toronto law student, is one of the five finalists in the competition The Next Great Prime Minister, which will be broadcast on Saturday, February 4 at 8 pm on CTV. The competitors will be judged by four former Prime Ministers of Canada (Joe Clark, John Turner, Brian Mulroney and Kim Campbell).

Prof. Lorraine Weinrib: "Appoint Judges on Merit, not Politics"

Thursday, April 6, 2006

In the Toronto Star, Prof. Lorraine Weinrib has analyzed the implications for the judicial appointments process of Stephen Harper's comments about the Supreme Court ("Appoint Judges on Merit, not Politics," January 22, 2006).

Read the full commentary (PDF).

Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh - "Stung by Leather"

Thursday, April 6, 2006

Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh, Toronto Stock Exchange Professor of Capital Markets, has written an analysis for the National Post (December 21, 2005) of the Ontario Court of Appeal judgment in the case Kerr v. Danier.

Read the full commentary.

Prof. Brenda Cossman and other law faculty write open letter to Stephen Harper

Thursday, April 6, 2006

Prof. Brenda Cossman has helped pen an open letter to Stephen Harper signed by 104 law professors at Faculties of Law across Canada. The letter calls on Harper to commit to referring any proposed legislation on the same-sex marriage issue to the Supreme Court before introducing it in Parliament and passing it into law.

Read the open letter (PDF).

U of T Faculty of Law welcomes 2nd Islamic Law Scholar

Thursday, April 6, 2006

Mohammad H. Fadel has joined the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law as the law school's second full-time Islamic law scholar, also an expert in business law. Prof. Fadel, whose main areas of interest include corporate and securities law, law and economics, jurisprudence and Islamic law, will teach business organizations.

Prof. Trudo Lemmens writes in Slate magazine about for-profit ethics reviews

Thursday, April 6, 2006

Prof. Trudo Lemmens, with Prof. Carl Elliott of the University of Minnesota, has written in Slate magazine about the negative consequences for the ethics of medical research of the trend towards using for-profit ethical review boards to oversee the testing of new drugs ("For-profit ethical review, coming to a clinical trial near you," December 13, 2005).

Read the article in Slate.

Canada's First Law-and-Justice-Themed High School Program Launched

Thursday, February 9, 2006

The University of Toronto, Faculty of Law and the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) launched Canada's first law-and-justice-themed high school program on April 28, to be implemented this fall in two downtown high schools - Central Technical School and Harbord Collegiate Institute. 

Approximately 1,000 students, teachers, principals, and members of the law school community celebrated the launch of the "LAWS" program (Law in Action Within Schools) at Central Tech.

Prof. Sujit Choudhry Part of Panel Recommending Major Changes to City

Wednesday, February 1, 2006

The Governing Toronto Advisory Panel, which includes Associate Professor Sujit Choudhry of the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, released its report on November 23, 2005 on how to improve the City of Toronto's governance structure.

Don't Rush Bill C-55, say Profs Ziegel, Duggan and others

Wednesday, February 1, 2006
Seven law professors from across Canada, led by Professor Emeritus Jacob Ziegel and Professor Tony Duggan of the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, have submitted a 100-page brief to the House of Commons Industry Committee on Bill C-55. The Bill suggests many important amendments to Canada's bankruptcy legislation.

Given the length of the Bill (a massive 145 pages), the professors caution the Committee that the complexity of the issues need to be carefully considered before the bill is approved by the House.

Prof. Brenda Cossman: "PM's gambit on Charter fraught with risk"

Wednesday, February 1, 2006

Prof. Brenda Cossman has published a commentary in the Toronto Star analyzing Prime Minister Paul Martin's promise to pass a law preventing the federal government from using the constitution's Notwithstanding clause ("PM's gambit on Charter fraught with risk," January 12, 2006).

Read the full commentary.

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