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Unique think tank challenges corporate world to reach beyond what is legal for what is right

Tuesday, March 5, 2013
The University of Toronto Faculty of Law’s Centre for the Legal Profession (CLP) today launches a unique initiative called The Program on Ethics in Law and Business. This innovative program, the first of its kind in North America, will address contemporary ethical challenges at the intersection of law and business.

R v Morgentaler: Reflections After 25 Years

Monday, January 28, 2013
It was 25 years ago, on January 28, 1988, that the Supreme Court of Canada struck down Canada’s abortion law using the still new Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The legal battle was long, dramatic and groundbreaking – including a police raid on a clinic, novel constitutional evidence and arguments, an extraordinary criminal jury trial, an acquittal overturned by the Court of Appeal, followed by a week-long hearing and divided decision at the Supreme Court.

Assessing the Historic Indian Residential Schools Litigation & Settlement Processes

Thursday, January 17, 2013
Five years after the historic agreement that settled Indian Residential Schools cases against the federal government and churches, the University of Toronto Faculty of Law presents an opportunity to contemplate what has been accomplished and what lies ahead in these processes.
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