GPLLM Class of 2013 convocates Nov. 15th

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Newly minted GPLLM graduates: Rubal Bhadu, Tisnai Thaitham, Simmy Yu and Ji Wei Shao.


By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

On November 15, 31 new graduates of the Faculty of Law will proudly add GPLLM after their names, as the second cohort of this unique master’s program celebrates Convocation Day with family, friends, classmates and faculty.

In memoriam: Madam Justice Joan Lax

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

The Faculty of Law is very saddened to hear that Madam Justice Joan Lax of the Ontario Superior Court passed away suddenly on Nov. 4, 2013.

Justice Lax was a great friend of the law school. She was a former assistant dean and director of admissions, and was the wife of Class of 1968 alumnus Clifford Lax (of Lax O’Sullivan LLP).

GPLLM faculty and advisory board members honoured with Zenith Awards

Thursday, October 31, 2013

The Global Professional LLM Program would like to congratulate Sheila Murray and Dorothy Quann who were recently recognized with a 2013 Zenith Award. 

The Zenith Awards honour women lawyers who have led their clients, firms, companies, departments, faculties, profession, colleagues and/or communities; and have been a role model for other women in the profession.  

Construction tours kick off Reunion 2013

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Ready to tour: Eastern Construction's project leaders, right, and Sean Ingram, development officer, lead the first group of alumni through the former Bora Laskin Law Library demolition site.


By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

Art of the deal: Hockey Arbitration Competition of Canada scores another successful event for 2013

Monday, October 28, 2013

From left: ADRIAN BATTISTON, Co-Chair, Hockey Arbitration Competition of Canada, ANTON THUN, Co-Managing Director, MFIVE Sports Management, ALLAIN ROY, President and CEO, CMG Sports, CLIFFORD HART, Partner, Miller Thomson LLP, DAVID GOLDSTEIN, Associate, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, G. JOSEPH FALCONERI, Partner, Falconeri Munro Tucci LLP, CHRIS TRAVASCIO, Co-Chair, Hockey Arbitration Competition of Canada

 


“The Law in These Parts”: film examines the unique judicial framework created in the occupied territories

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Criminal Law Sciences Club and Critical Analysis of Law Lab hosted a packed screening and panel session

“My freedom depends on the violation of another’s freedom,” Israeli filmmaker Ra’anan Alexandrowicz explains in his documentary The Law In These Parts.

In Memoriam: Prof. Richard Simeon

Thursday, October 17, 2013

The Faculty of Law is saddened to hear about the passing of Prof. Richard Simeon, 70, on October 11, 2013, one of Canada's most notable political scientists. He was cross-appointed to the Faculty for many year from the Department of Political Science. A memorial is set for later this fall.

Q & A with Trudeau Fellow, Prof. Kent Roach

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Professor Kent Roach, Wilson-Prichard Chair in Law and Public Policy at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, was awarded an esteemed Trudeau Foundation Fellowship today, worth $225,000, in recognition of his outstanding scholarly and pro bono contributions in constitutional, human rights and anti-terrorism issues.

Goodman lecturer asks: "Where is the iPhone of law?"

Thursday, October 17, 2013

By David Kumagai, 2L

“Where is the iPhone of law?”

That was the question Professor Gillian Hadfield asked an audience of more than 50 students and professors at this year’s David B. Goodman Lecture in Emmanuel College, Oct. 10.

Prof. Kent Roach lands a coveted Trudeau Fellowship

Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Prof. Kent RoachProfessor Kent Roach, Wilson-Prichard Chair in Law and Public Policy at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, was awarded an esteemed Trudeau Foundation Fellowship today, worth $225,000, in recognition of his outstanding scholarly and pro bono contributions in constitutional, human rights and anti-terrorism issues.