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The Professional Education program "Women in Transition" is back!

Friday, March 23, 2012

The University of Toronto Faculty of Law's two day program "Women in Transition: Returning to Legal Practice or Considering an Alternative Career" is back! 

Join us on May 9 & 10, 2012 for this highly successful, CPD accredited program, designed to increase your understanding of the new legal marketplace, highlight your career options, give you opportunities to network, and provide practical tools and tips to prepare you for your next rewarding career in law. 

"A Golden Opportunity" - the ITLP program is featured in the Globe and Mail

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

The Globe and Mail has featured the Internationally Trained Lawyers Program on its weekly Law Page. The article highlights the program's value to ITLP graduates such as South Korean-trained lawyer Sangkil Yi and Indian-trained lawyer Chetan Gupta, and the contribution to the program of leading law firms such as Stikeman Elliott LLP and McCarthy Tétrault LLP ("‘Golden opportunity’ for immigrant lawyers in Ontario," March 20, 2012).

Access to Justice for All Roundtable

Monday, March 12, 2012

The Geography of Civil Legal Services in Ontario

The Centre for the Legal Profession hosted “Access to Justice for All” on Feb. 10, 2012, to promote discussion about “one of the most defining issues in the legal profession in Ontario.” The roundtable occurred on the one-year anniversary of the law school’s highly successful Access to Justice Colloquium.

Nexus magazine: All the latest law news and more

Monday, March 12, 2012

View the latest issue of Nexus magazine, coming soon in the mail, available in stands around the law school.

In this edition: Boundless Law, Ghostbusters, The Medium as Medical Message, plus our regular features, such as Opinion, Q & A, Nota Bene and more.

Read Nexus here. 

"Transformative Human Rights" exhibition launched with high praise for IHRP

Monday, March 12, 2012

The organizers of the IHRP exhibition

A team of six JD students and seven museum studies graduate students, along with faculty and staff, worked together to curate and produce the exhibition. 

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

Paul Martin '64 becomes Companion of the Order of Canada

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Alumnus and former Prime Minister Paul Martin ('64) has been honoured in the year-end Order of Canada appointments on December 30, 2011. He was the only person to be awarded the title of Companion of the Order of Canada, the highest level of the award.

Outstanding alumni celebrated at Distinguished Alumnus Award dinner

Thursday, March 8, 2012

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

(Jan. 25, 2012) Outstanding law graduates Justice Ian Binnie, LLB 1965, Jean Fraser, LLB 1975, Sarah Corman, JD 2003, and Benjamin Perrin, JD 2005, were celebrated at the 2012 Distinguished Alumnus Award dinner Jan. 25, 2012 at Hart House's Great Hall.

 Jean Fraser '75
Jean Fraser '75

The IHRP "Rights Review" - 25th anniversary edition

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

The International Human Rights Program has published its latest issue of "Rights Review" (issue 5:2, February 2012). This special issue marks the program's 25th anniversary and celebrates the program’s achievements through the lens of its current students and alumni.

Read the February 2012 issue of "Rights Review" (PDF)

Alumni and students highlight the JD/MBA program in new video

Thursday, March 1, 2012

JD/MBA video

The University of Toronto JD/MBA program, a joint program between the Faculty of Law and the Rotman School of Management, has created a video featuring current students and alumni describing the benefits of the program.

Alumni David Crombie '61 and Noella Milne '86 appointed to the Order of Ontario

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Alumni David Crombie '61 and Noella Milne '86 have been appointed to the Order of Ontario, the province’s highest official honour.

David Crombie is a three-term mayor of Toronto whose socially-responsible urban policies replanned the downtown and preserved important historical neighbourhoods.

Noella Milne is a lawyer and volunteer who has devoted herself to children’s issues, through leadership with many organizations, particularly the Children’s Aid Foundation.

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