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Prof. Douglas Sanderson appears on TVO's "The Agenda" to discuss "Moving Beyond the Indian Act"

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Prof. Douglas Sanderson appeared on TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin on Jan. 22, 2013 as part of a panel discussion on "Moving Beyond the Indian Act."

Watch the discussion on The Agenda's website.

Does patent law help or hinder medical innovation?

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Does patent law help or hinder medical innovation?

By Mark Witten / Illustration By Peter Ryan

Patent law is necessary for the invention of new medicines. But in order for patients and the health-care system to benefit appropriately from these inventions, the courts have a duty to ensure broad societal benefits are realized in exchange for granting pharmaceutical companies the exclusivity of monopoly patent protection. 

Profs. Roach and Schneiderman - "Police are right to be cautious with Idle No More protesters"

Friday, January 18, 2013

In a commentary in the National Post, Professors Kent Roach and David Schneiderman analyze the legal situation behind the manner in which police are dealing with of injunctions against the aboriginal Idle No More protestors ("Police are right to be cautious with Idle No More protesters," January 18, 2013).

Read the full commentary on the National Post website, or below.

"Off the Clock" with Prof. Jim Phillips

Thursday, January 17, 2013

When Prof. Jim Phillips is off the clock, he rides a tandem bicycle with people with limited or no vision as part of a tandem cycling club in Toronto called Trailblazers.

Check out the Q&A with Prof. Phillips as part of U of T News' "Off the Clock" series.

JD student Grant Bishop in The Globe and Mail - "Why Canada needs to take the politics out of foreign investment"

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, JD student Grant Bishop argues for changes to Canada's foreign investment review process ("Why Canada needs to take the politics out of foreign investment," January 15, 2013).

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

Civil action, redress and memory

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Lessons learned from the Canadian residential schools context

Read coverage of the January 18, 2013 conference here.

By Mayo Moran, Dean, Faculty of Law / Illustration by Sebastien Thibault

Prof. Rebecca Cook appointed to the Order of Canada

Monday, January 7, 2013

Rebecca CookThe Faculty of Law congratulates Professor Emerita Rebecca Cook on her Order of Canada award, announced Dec. 30, 2012 by Canada’s Governor-General David Johnston.

Chords of Appeal caroling at UT Law featured in Canadian Lawyer magazine

Thursday, December 13, 2012

In the lead-up to exams and the holiday season, the student group Chords of Appeal held a caroling session in the rotunda outside the Bora Laskin Law Library to entertain students and relieve some of their stress. Canadian Lawyer magazine has featured their caroling session in an article about law students getting into the holiday spirit, discussing the event with Chords of Appeal choir director Meghan Bridges ("Students get into the holiday spirit," December 10, 2012).

Prof. Bernard Dickens - "Comfort for doctors and patients alike"

Thursday, December 6, 2012

In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, Prof. Emeritus Bernard Dickens explains the issues involved in the upcoming Supreme Court of Canada case of Hassan Rasouli, whose doctors are disputing his wife's desire to keep him on ventilator life support ("Comfort for doctors and patients alike," December 6, 2012).

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

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