Celebrating 50 years of community access to justice and clinical legal education: NEXUS magazine

U of T's Downtown Legal Service grew from a student-led initiative to provide free legal services to low-income Torontonians into the dual clinical legal education program that sees more than 150 U of T Law students participate in 1,000 community lawyering cases, supervised by 5 staff lawyers, annually.

The '"DLS experience" has had immeasurable impact on more than 5,000 alumni since its inception. As the clinic's director, Prasanna Balasundaram describes, "The teacher-student relationship energizes a collaborative pursuit of justice that is unique, effective, and vital.

To celebrate this milestone year in DLS's history, our latest issue of Nexus, the Faculty's online magazine, features the impact of the clinic's housing, family, employment, criminal, and refugee and immigration law divisions, and delves into the clinic's history and impact on students.

To read the current issue, visit: nexus.law.utoronto.ca