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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.  

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).

On the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the invasion of Iraq by American and British forces, Bill Graham '64, Canada's foreign minister at the time, and his son Patrick, then working as a reporter in Baghdad, reflect on their experiences of politics and international law in the run-up to the war, in the pages of The Globe and Mail ("The reporter, his foreign-minister father and the war that consumed them," March 16, 2013).

For the second year running, the University of Toronto Faculty of Law is offering a free LSAT and law school prep course for high potential undergrads with limited financial resources. This initiative is one of several the Faculty is undertaking to proactively identify and reduce barriers to applying to law school.