With the Governor General's 'time-out' proroguing of Parliament in its second month, the Faculty of Law's David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights brought scholars together  to share additional insights in advance of the highly anticipated budget vote scheduled for the end of January. The panel discussion was a continuation of the December 5 event that included Liberal MP Bob Rae and law professors Lorne Sossin and Lorraine Weinrib.

Class Actions: the Consumer's Best Friend?

by Jacob Ziegel

This commentary was first published in the February 20, 2009 issue of The Lawyers Weekly (published by LexisNexis Canada Inc.).

In an article about mooting, Canadian Lawyer 4 Students magazine spoke to former U of T Grand Moot co-chief-justice Jill Houlihan, who provides her insight into mooting at several points in the article ("A moot point," September 2008). The article also features a photo of the 2007 Grand Mooters, Nicole Henderson, Frederick Schumann, Andrea Harrington, and Brian Duong.

Read the full article on the Canadian Lawyer 4 Students website.

Recent events on Parliament Hill have riveted the nation -- and no where was that more evident than at the U of T Faculty of Law on December 5. Despite the busy exam period, a panel discussion on the Governor General Michaëlle Jean’s decision to prorogue Parliament attracted overflow crowds of students, alumni, media and the general public to the Faculty. More than 50 people who could not attend watched the event on a live webcast.