Welcome Message from Dean Edward Iacobucci

Saturday, September 12, 2020

Dear Law School Community,

Welcome!  Despite the ongoing unusual and challenging world circumstances, I hope that you managed to enjoy the summer and are geared up for another active – albeit, different – year at the Faculty of Law.

U of T to distribute 250,000 non-medical masks to community members

Friday, August 14, 2020

U of T branded mask

The reusable two-layer masks, intended to supplement the homemade and store-bought masks many U of T community members are already using, were selected because of their durability and comfort (photo by Johnny Guatto) 

Human Rights Watch Dispatches: JD student Elsie Tellier shares how her disability prepared her for COVID-19

Monday, July 13, 2020

Elsie Tellier

Photo courtesy of Elsie Tellier

In an article published on Disability Pride Day, July 12, for Human Rights Watch (HRW), Elsie Tellier (JD 2022), an International Human Rights Program (IHRP) summer fellow, shares how her disability prepared her for COVID-19: 

JD/MBA graduate Davina Shivratan, co-founder of legal volunteer non-profit, LawLinks

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Law Links

LawLinks is a new non-profit initiative that helps create legal opportunities by connecting law students with flexible volunteer work.

Law Links co-founders

Promise auction raises money for Indigenous causes

Friday, January 17, 2020
Promise auction volunteers
From left to right: Indigenous lawyer and U of T alumna Maggie Wente and U of T Law students Hannah Bourgeois, Maddy Stewart, Molly Campbell, Lilly Gates and Brian Huang pictured with Jay Bell Redbird’s artwork, "A Meeting Place for All Our Relations".

Watch the video of the Grand Moot

Friday, October 11, 2019

Grand Moot 2019 group photo
Photo by Vivian Cheng, courtesy of Ultra Vires

Congratulations to the winners of the Dean’s Leadership Awards for 1L and 2L students

Monday, September 9, 2019

Congratulations to the recipients of our Dean’s Leadership Awards for 1L and 2L students:

1Ls

  • Novalee Davy
  • Rebecca Barclay Nguinambaye

2Ls

  • Hiam Kogiashvili-Amar
  • Erika Voaklander

The Dean’s Leadership Award recognizes the outstanding co- and extra-curricular leadership of our 1L and 2L students at the law school.  Like the University’s Cressy awards for graduating students, our Leadership Awards value both traditional and non-traditional forms of leadership, including:

Jackman Law Building atrium bustling at annual Clubs Fair

Friday, September 6, 2019

The annual Clubs Fair, which introduces the incoming 1L students to the wide range of extra-curricular activities available at the law school, had the atrium of the Jackman Law Building abuzz on Thursday Sept. 5 as students crowded around the booths of the wide variety of clubs and organizations on offer.

Students at clubs fair in atrium of Jackman Law Building