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Adopting a legal response to embryo donation

Friday, May 17, 2013
Lab technician at work

What are the promises and perils of applying adoption laws and practices to embryo donation?

By Mark Witten

JD student Joshua Stark (with Jessica Prince) writes "Be it resolved: The Munk Debates should include women" in The Globe and Mail

Thursday, May 16, 2013

In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, JD student Joshua Stark, with litigator Jessica Prince, looks at the prestigious Munk Debates and wonders why they have not featured any women debaters since 2009 ("Be it resolved: The Munk Debates should include women," May 15, 2013). Both Stark and Prince are former debating champions.

Read the commentary on The Globe and Mail website, or below.

JD student Laura McGee writes "How to encourage corporate social responsibility" in Policy Options

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

In the magazine Policy Options, JD student Laura McGee has written an opinion piece proposing income tax incentives to encourage corporations to include “social responsibility” provisions in their articles of incorporation (""How to encourage corporate social responsibility," May 2013).

Read the article on the Policy Options website (PDF)

Five students landed 2013 Gordon Cressy Awards

Friday, May 3, 2013

The Faculty of Law congratulates its 2013 Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Award winners: Clifford Anderson, Anna Cooper, Danielle Glatt, Promise Homes Skinner and Albert Lin. The students, now alumni, were recognized in a ceremony on April 29, 2013. A total of 187 university students received the prestigious award. The awards were created to recognize students in their final year for their enthusiastic dedication to the university through extra-curricular involvement.

JD student Grant Bishop in The Globe and Mail: "Canadian Banks: Bigger is better"

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, JD student Grant Bishop looks at various studies examining the reasons behind the stability of Canadian banks ("Canadian Banks: Bigger is better," April 11, 2013). Bishop was formerly an economist at a major Canadian financial institution.

Read the full commentary on The Globe and Mail website, or below.

Up close with Justice L'Heureux-Dubé

Wednesday, April 3, 2013

Matthew Kelleher, partner, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Justice L'Heureux-Dubé , and PBSC national director, Nikki Gershbain

 

“Bring your values [to the practice of law]”, was the advice former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Claire L’Heureux-Dubé gave to more than 120 Pro Bono Students Canada volunteers in Toronto March 8, 2013, International Women’s Day.  

2013 Justice Conference for Aboriginal Youth was the biggest and best ever

Monday, April 1, 2013

HIgh school students participate in a mock trial as part of the 2013 Justice Conference for Aboriginal Youth


By Lisa Del Col

SJD student Joanna Langille and alumnus Ryan Liss '11 write "It’s not just the drought treaty: In international law, Canada has withered" in The Globe and Mail

Monday, April 1, 2013

SJD student Joanna Langille and alumnus Ryan Liss '11 (now a graduate student at Yale Law School) have written a commentary in The Globe and Mail in response to the government of Canada's decision to withdraw from the 1994 Convention to Combat Desertification ("It’s not just the drought treaty: In international law, Canada has withered," March 29, 2013).

JD student Adam Shedletzky writes "Liberals have every reason to co-operate with NDP and Greens in the next election" in the Globe and Mail

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

JD student Adam Shedletzky, a co-founder of Leadnow.ca, has written a commentary in The Globe and Mail addressing objections to the idea of co-operation between the NDP, Liberal and Green parties in the next federal election ("Liberals have every reason to co-operate with NDP and Greens in the next election," March 26, 2013).

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