Celebrating 75 years of modern legal education at U of T

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

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The modern law school at the University of Toronto was founded in 1949.

Historica Canada Heritage Minute celebrates Bora Laskin, 14th Chief Justice of Canada

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Bora Laskin


Today, Historica Canada released a new Heritage Minute, recognizing the legacy of Canada’s Bora Laskin, 14th Chief Justice of Canada (1973-1984), which the iconic Victor Garber portrays. He was the first Jewish member of the Supreme Court when appointed to Canada’s highest bench in 1970.

Alumni receive King Charles III’s Coronation Medal

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

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Rob Cunningham (LLB 1986) and R. Douglas Elliott (JD 1982) have been named recipients of the King Charles III’s Coronation Medal.

The hidden risks of expanding medical assistance in dying: Trudo Lemmens

Monday, April 28, 2025

Faculty of Law Professor Trudo Lemmens, Scholl Chair in Health Law and Policy and Dr. K. Sonu Gaind, professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine and Chief of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook are co-editors of, with Dr. Ramona Coelho, Unravelling MAiD in Canada: Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide as Medical Care (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2025).

In the Spring 2025 issue of U of T Magazine, Lemmens and Gaind question what happens when MAiD becomes more accessible than support and care.

Celebrating National Volunteer Week 2025

Monday, April 28, 2025

This National Volunteer Week, we’re celebrating the incredible contributions volunteers have made to the University of Toronto Faculty of Law community.