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As part of the LAWS summer mentorship program for high school students, Central Technical School student Kimberely Rhoden is spending a month working at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. She wrote the following report after her first two weeks working with the Faculty's Communications office. For the rest of the month, Kim will be spending a week at each of the Faculty's Career Services and Admissions offices.

The LIFT (Legal Initiatives for Tomorrow) Project, a student initiative that supports project in developing countries, has been featured in a story in the Toronto Sun ("Law students give relief agencies a LIFT," July 25, 2007). The story includes quotations from LIFT co-founder Jared Kelly and describes the organization's past and future projects.

Read the full story on the Toronto Sun website.

JD students Lauren Lackie and Stephanie Chipeur, in collaboration with lawyer Gerald Chipeur, have written a commentary in The Lawyers Weekly about recent Alberta cases related to reproductive technology ("Updated approach needed on reproductive technology law," October 12, 2007).

Read the full commentary on The Lawyers Weekly website.

Prof. Lorne Sossin, with visiting scholar Adam Dodek, has written a web-exclusive commentary for the Globe and Mail website addressing the importance of judicial independence in a Canadian and international context ("Why judicial independence matters," Nov. 23, 2007).