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Prof. Michael Code co-authors provincial report on complex criminal trials

Friday, January 30, 2009

Prof. Michael Code has co-authored, with the Hon. Patrick LeSage, a major report for the Government of Ontario reviewing the procedures for large and complex criminal trials. The report provides many recommendations for improving the procedures for such trials, which have in recent years taken excessively long periods of time to be resolved.

Read the report on the Ministry of the Attorney General's website.

Article on mooting quotes former U of T Grand Moot organizer Jill Houlihan

Friday, January 30, 2009

In an article about mooting, Canadian Lawyer 4 Students magazine spoke to former U of T Grand Moot co-chief-justice Jill Houlihan, who provides her insight into mooting at several points in the article ("A moot point," September 2008). The article also features a photo of the 2007 Grand Mooters, Nicole Henderson, Frederick Schumann, Andrea Harrington, and Brian Duong.

Read the full article on the Canadian Lawyer 4 Students website.

Leaders discuss retention, advancement issues facing women in private practice

Friday, January 30, 2009

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Professor Judith Resnik (Yale Law School) speaks at "A Conversation with Women Leaders in Law"
"When I get up in the morning, I ask myself, 'how am I going to fail today -- as a lawyer, as a parent, as a spouse?'  Most days I feel I fail at all three."

Webcast of panel discussion about decision to prorogue parliament

Friday, January 30, 2009

Recent events on Parliament Hill have riveted the nation -- and no where was that more evident than at the U of T Faculty of Law on December 5. Despite the busy exam period, a panel discussion on the Governor General Michaëlle Jean’s decision to prorogue Parliament attracted overflow crowds of students, alumni, media and the general public to the Faculty. More than 50 people who could not attend watched the event on a live webcast.

Article: Kalajdzic (LLM) - Repatriate Omar Khadr

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Justice demands that we now repatriate Omar Khadr

by Allan Rock and Jasminka Kalajdzic

This commentary was first published in the Globe and Mail on January 26, 2009.

Students Organize Panel Discussion on Regulation of Immigration Consultants

Thursday, January 22, 2009

On Thursday, January 22, Professor Audrey Macklin, an expert in regulatory and migration issues and a former member of the Immigration and Refugee Board, will join MP and NDP immigration critic Olivia Chow and other experts in a panel discussion at the Faculty of Law on the regulation of the Canadian immigration consultancy industry in Canada and abroad.

Read more

See the full event listing

Prof. Ed Morgan - "Fight Bad Speech With Good Speech"

Friday, January 16, 2009

Prof. Ed Morgan has published a commentary in the National Post exploring the question of hateful speech in light of some of his recent experiences ("Fight Bad Speech With Good Speech," November 4, 2008). The commentary was originally published in the Canadian Jewish News.

Read the full commenary.

Prof. Emeritus Jacob Ziegel - "Unsecured creditors have the most to lose"

Friday, January 16, 2009

In a commentary in the Financial Post, Prof. Emeritus Jacob Ziegel analyzes the vulnerability of unsecured consumer and commercial creditors in cases of bankruptcy ("Unsecured creditors have the most to lose," November 4, 2008).

Read the full commentary.

Maclean's ranks U of T #1 among law schools in Canada

Friday, January 16, 2009

In Maclean's second annual ranking of Canadian law schoools, the University of Toronto Faculty of Law has once again been ranked #1. The U of T law school stood out in terms of the quality of its faculty and the ability of its students to land the most competitive public and private sector jobs. 

This year's Maclean's ranking methodology has undergone some improvements in consultation with Brian Leiter, an American law professor from the University of Chicago who worked with Maclean's magazine to design the original survey in 2007.

Borden Ladner Gervais extends research fellowship program for JD students

Friday, January 16, 2009

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) has announced the extension of the BLG Fellowship program to promote legal research. As part of $1.2 million in total funding for the program, the University of Toronto Faculty of Law will receive $120,000 over five years to fund two fellowships a year.

One of Canada's largest donations dedicated to research at law schools, the BLG Fellowship program provides grants to top performing first-year law students that allow them to undertake specific legal research initiatives under the direction of prominent faculty members.

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