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Celebrating 75 years of modern legal education at U of T

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

University of Toronto Faculty of Law logo 75

The modern law school at the University of Toronto was founded in 1949.

For her legal leadership and service to the university, Patricia Jackson receives honorary degree

Wednesday, June 11, 2025

Patricia Jackson (LLB 1977) has built a career arguing some of Canada’s most high-profile and complex legal battles – all while advancing civil liberties and education behind the scenes. 

Renowned for her work as a litigator at one of Bay Street’s top law firms, Jackson is known for her sharp advocacy, commitment to issues of freedom of expression and her decades of volunteer service to the University of Toronto and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.

Jim Phillips, alumni recognized by Law Society

Thursday, May 29, 2025

LSO Awards

 Melissa Kluger, Prof. Jim Phillips and Yola Ventresca (photos courtesy of the Law Society of Ontario)

U of T gets set for spring convocation 2025

Thursday, May 8, 2025

As spring begins to bloom in southern Ontario, thousands of students from across the University of Toronto’s three campuses are preparing to close their laptops, don gowns and hoods – and walk across the stage in Convocation Hall. 

This year, there will be a total of 34 ceremonies, beginning with U of T Scarborough on June 3 and wrapping up with Rotman Commerce on June 20.

Historica Canada Heritage Minute celebrates Bora Laskin, 14th Chief Justice of Canada

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Bora Laskin

Today, Historica Canada released a new Heritage Minute, recognizing the legacy of Canada’s Bora Laskin, 14th Chief Justice of Canada (1973-1984), which the iconic Victor Garber portrays. He was the first Jewish member of the Supreme Court when appointed to Canada’s highest bench in 1970.

Alumni receive King Charles III’s Coronation Medal

Wednesday, April 30, 2025

alumni

Rob Cunningham (LLB 1986) and R. Douglas Elliott (JD 1982) have been named recipients of the King Charles III’s Coronation Medal.

The hidden risks of expanding medical assistance in dying: Trudo Lemmens

Monday, April 28, 2025

Faculty of Law Professor Trudo Lemmens, Scholl Chair in Health Law and Policy and Dr. K. Sonu Gaind, professor, Temerty Faculty of Medicine and Chief of Psychiatry, Sunnybrook are co-editors of, with Dr. Ramona Coelho, Unravelling MAiD in Canada: Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide as Medical Care (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2025).

In the Spring 2025 issue of U of T Magazine, Lemmens and Gaind question what happens when MAiD becomes more accessible than support and care.

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