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IHRP director Renu Mandhane and 3L Rebecca Sutton: "There are many Ashley Smiths in Canada’s prisons"

Monday, October 29, 2012

International Human Rights Program director Renu Mandhane and JD student Rebecca Sutton have published a commentary in the Toronto Star describing their witnessing of the poor treatment of women with mental health issues in Canadian prisons ("There are many Ashley Smiths in Canada’s prisons," October 29, 2012).

Check out summer intern experiences in the IHRP's latest edition of "Rights Review"

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Rights ReviewThe International Human Rights Program has published the latest issue of its magazine Rights Review. This issue follows the experiences of IHRP summer interns in countries across the globe.  Throughout these internships, IHRP interns engaged in diverse human rights issues ranging from rights to health to international justice mechanisms.

JD student Josh Mandryk in the Toronto Star - "Bill C-377: An invasion of privacy and attack on dissent"

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

JD student Josh Mandryk has published a commentary in the Toronto Star arguing that the private member's bill C-377 now in front of the House of Commons, which would establish heavy Income Tax disclosure requirements for Trade Unions, is a punitive invasion of privacy ("Bill C-377: An invasion of privacy and attack on dissent," Oct. 18, 2012).

Read the commentary on the Toronto Star website, or below.

SJD student Michael Pal on TVO's The Agenda, discussing "Pushing Electoral Boundaries"

Thursday, October 11, 2012

SJD student and Trudeau Scholar Michael Pal was on TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin last night as part of a panel discussion on proposed federal electoral map boundary changes that mean more seats for Ontario.

Watch the discussion on the TVO website.

Doctoral candidates receive prestigious Vanier Scholarships

Friday, October 5, 2012

SJD candidates Y.Y. Chen and Jacob Shelley are recipients of the notable and competitive 2012 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships, worth $50,000 annually for up to three years.

Chen and Shelley are among a select group of 156 Vanier scholars from 29 universities, including graduate students from the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa who are studying in Canada.

Victoria University is interim space for law school during construction

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that interim space for the law school during construction of the new Jackman Law Building has been confirmed at Victoria University, across the street from the Faculty of Law.

Library collections and study space will move to the Birge-Carnegie Library during this period. And preferential access to classroom, collaborative and event spaces will be given to the Faculty of Law in several other buildings at Victoria University throughout construction time.

There are many advantages to the selected interim space, such as:

2012 American Society of International Law Prize awarded to SJD student

Monday, September 24, 2012
SJD student, Sagi Peari

 

Congratulations to SJD student Sagi Peari, recipient of the 2012 American Society of International Law Prize in Private International Law for his article: "Choice-Based Perspective of Choice-of-Law."

Law student lands 2012 CBA James H. Bocking Memorial Award

Thursday, September 20, 2012

 

Third-year student Grant Bishop is the winner of the 2012 Canadian Bar Association James H. Bocking Memorial Award for his paper, “Issues for Two-Sided Platforms in Canadian Competition Law.” The CBA award is presented annually for the best scholarly paper submitted to its CBA’s National Competition Law Section on a subject directly related to Canadian competition law or policy.

New grading system for incoming JD students

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

 

The Faculty of Law has adopted a modified honours-pass-fail grading system for new JD students starting September 2012. Students already in the JD program will continue to be graded according to the former grading system.

The Faculty of Law, after extensive consultation with faculty and students, revised the system to offer  more informative feedback to students, to enhance the information value of  transcripts for employers, courts and graduate schools, and to promote greater consistency in grades distribution.