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Article: MacIntosh - The Houdini gambit

Thursday, November 25, 2010

The Houdini gambit

The fatal flaws in Ottawa’s legal case for a national securities regulator

By Jeffrey MacIntosh

This commentary was first published in the Financial Post on November 23, 2010.

UN Terror Blacklist Symposium Webcast Now Available!

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

On Friday, November 19, 2010, the IHRP co-hosted a symposium on the UN Terror Blacklist. 

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Faculty of Law launches development of Canadaís first Indigenous commercial code and tribunal

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Unique initiative empowers First Nations communities to govern commercial and environmental law

(Nov. 1, 2010 – Toronto) Commercial law is a vital and central component of governance in any community and Indigenous communities are no exception. But the role of commercial law in governance and economic development is often overlooked as a means of asserting jurisdiction and developing commercial enterprises. 

In memoriam: Prof. Betty Mayfoon Ho, 1948-2010

Friday, November 5, 2010

By Prof. Mayo Moran, Dean, Faculty of Law 

Macleans ranks Faculty of Law No. 1 in Canada again

Friday, November 5, 2010

(Sept. 16, 2010) For the fourth consecutive year, Maclean’s magazine has selected the Faculty of Law as Canada’s top law school. The rankings assess graduates and faculty on “key output measures” such as faculty citations, elite firm hiring, national reach and Supreme Court clerkships.

Read the 2010 professional schools coverage here:

http://www2.macleans.ca/2010/09/16/toronto-and-mcgill-lead-the-law-school-rankings/

 

A big thank you to all our volunteers

Friday, November 5, 2010

From the bar to the bench, more than 40 law school volunteers joined us for breakfast June 29, 2010, for a celebration of their contribution to the school.

Volunteers breakfast

The group represented a small portion of the many volunteers who give their time and expertise to our students.

Prof. Audrey Macklin comments widely about legal aspects of Tamil refugee ship issue

Friday, November 5, 2010

Prof. Audrey Macklin has commented in various media about the legal obligations and issues around the arrival in BC of a ship full of Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka.

In the Globe and Mail, Prof. Macklin penned a commentary on the issue with immigration lawyer Lorne Waldman ("Why we can’t turn away the Tamil ships," August 17, 2010).

Read the full commentary.

In memoriam: John Yaremko, 1918-2010

Friday, November 5, 2010

Mary and John Yaremko
Mary and John Yaremko
The Faculty of Law is saddened with the passing of U of T alumnus and long-time law school supporter, John Yaremko, on August 7, 2010, just three days shy of his 92nd birthday.

Prof. Trudo Lemmens - "Is privacy really at the heart of mandatory census change?"

Friday, November 5, 2010

In a commentary in The Hill Times, Prof. Trudo Lemmens takes a closer look at the privacy issues cited by the federal government as the reason for the cancellation the mandatory long-form census ("Is privacy really at the heart of mandatory census change?" August 23, 2010).

Read the full commentary (PDF).

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