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Here's a look at the Class of 2021

Thursday, November 8, 2018

Each year, since 2015, the Faculty of Law has been able to get a clear picture of our first-year JD students, thanks to a self-reporting survey used to gather information about the diversity of the new cohort, and to match students with peer mentors.

This fall, we have 213 students in first year, out of 2,388 who applied. And for the fourth consecutive year, that number of applications to the JD program has gone up— 8% over last year and up 15% compared to 2015-16.

Reunion 2018

Thursday, November 8, 2018

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo / Photos by Dhoui Chang

Menaka Guruswamy, lead lawyer who represented LGBTQ Indians in fight to decriminalize gay sex in India, gives the 2018 Goodman Lecture

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

By Peter Boisseau

When India’s Supreme Court recently changed its position and struck down a nearly 155-year-old colonial era law criminalizing gay sex, it had as much to do with shifting perceptions of love as with new legal interpretations, one of the lead lawyers representing petitioners in the case told an audience at the 2018 David B. Goodman Lecture.

Prof. David Schneiderman writes "How to make investment agreements more progressive: stop signing them" in Globe and Mail

Monday, October 29, 2018

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. David Schneiderman argues that there are compelling to revisit Canada’s participation in the investor-state dispute settlement agreements that are part of most trade treaties ("How to make investment agreements more progressive: stop signing them," October 27, 2018).

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

Asper Centre celebrates 10 years with a special constitutional panel, and a $2.5 million gift from namesake, David Asper

Friday, October 26, 2018

Constitutional panel includes the former SCC Justice Thomas Cromwell moderating, with Joseph Arvay and Mary Eberts as panelists.

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo / Photography by Dhoui Chang

Prof. Markus Dubber discusses the Centre for Ethics' popular 'ethics of AI' focus

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Markus Dubber, the director of U of T's Centre for Ethics, says the centre's interdisciplinary focus helps AI researchers and other stakeholders better understand the human impact of the technology (photo by Chris Sorensen)

By Chris Sorensen

Celebrating the Fall Feast: Indigenous Law Students Association holds its annual traditional gathering

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

It was a full house at the annual Fall Feast, September 28th, hosted by the Indigenous Law Students' Association (ILSA). ILSA has been hosting the Fall Feast for many years, and there is evidence of its occurring as far back as the 1980s. This year’s event featured a long table of goodies, including 3 sisters stew, made with corn, bean and squash, and turkey stew, to name a few traditional items. In addition, the event opened with teachings from Elder Bob Philips, toe-tapping music and lots of laughter and discussion among the many guests.

More than $2.5 million has been raised to support a chair and JD/MBA student financial awards at the University of Toronto in honour of the late Geoff Taber

Thursday, October 4, 2018

More than $2.5 million has been raised to support a chair and JD/MBA student financial awards at the University of Toronto in honour of the late Geoff Taber

More than $2.5 million has been raised to support a chair and JD/MBA student financial awards at the University of Toronto in honour of the late Geoff Taber, who tragically perished with his wife, Jacquie and two teenaged sons, in a fire on December 24, 2016.

$30 million campaign for students launched at Faculty of Law

Friday, September 28, 2018

The Campaign for #ExcellencewithoutBarriers is the largest bursary campaign at any Canadian law school, to help increase access to law school for the best and brightest students, no matter their financial means

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo / Dhoui Chang

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