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U of T Law 2015 mooting results

Monday, March 30, 2015

Our law students dominated the mooting season this year with back-to-back successes in many competitions, thanks to the hard work of an amazing trifecta of student skill and faculty and alumni support.

Kicking off the list of first place finishes was the National Labour Arbitration Moot, followed by the Wilson, Diversity, Gale Cup, Callaghan, Laskin, Corporate Securities, Walsh Family Law, Arnup Cup, Environmental Law and Commonwealth Moots.

Prof. Michael Trebilcock and JD student Duncan Melville - "Ontario’s bizarre ‘privatization’ plan for Hydro One"

Thursday, March 26, 2015

In a commentary in the National Post, Prof. Michael Trebilcock and JD student Duncan Melville identify flaws in the Ontario government's proposal to sell a 10-15% stake in the provincially-owned utility Hydro One via an initial public offering (IPO) ("Ontario’s bizarre ‘privatization’ plan for Hydro One," March 25, 2015).

Read the full commentary on the National Post website, or below.

 

Prof. Audrey Macklin - "European politicians envy Canada’s points system for migrants. But how well has it worked?"

Tuesday, March 24, 2015

In a commentary in Britain's The Guardian newspaper, Prof. Audrey Macklin analyzes the Canadian "points system" that European goverments are looking to as a model for managing immigration, and points out that the Canadian government is currently moving away from it ("European politicians envy Canada’s points system for migrants. But how well has it worked?" March 24, 2015).

After the Paris Attacks: Responses in Canada, Europe and Around the Globe

Tuesday, March 24, 2015
illustration of Eiffel tower, one side a fountain pen the other an automatic machine gun

By Peter Boisseau / Illustration by Justin Renteria

 

As their government prepares to take the next step in the “war on terror,” Canadians are being loud and clear about what they want, but might get more than they wished for -- unintended consequences that make their society neither safer nor better.

Prof. Anita Anand co-authors "Home care rethink is needed"

Monday, March 23, 2015

In a commentary in the Hamilton Spectator, Prof. Anita Anand, with Sonia Anand, professor of medicine and epidemiology, McMaster University and Anjali Sergeant, research assistant, looks at the history and the shortcomings of the current home care system in Ontario ("Home care rethink is needed: Cost-cutting measures at CCACs have fragmented and confused patient care," March 21, 2015).

Read the full commentary on the Hamilton Spectator website, or below.

 

Wright’s Legacy: The Necessarily Uneasy Relation Between Legal Education and Legal Practice

Saturday, March 21, 2015

Legal historian and scholar Robert Gordon examined the legacy of this law school's first dean, "Caesar" Wright, for the 2015 Wright Lecture.

 

Story and photo by David Kumagai, 3L

 

Law schools must remain bastions of legal research, Professor Robert W. Gordon insisted during the 2015 Cecil A. Wright Memorial Lecture March 12th. 

Prof. Audrey Macklin - "Poof! Now you’re an illegal immigrant!"

Thursday, March 19, 2015

In a commentary in the National Post, Prof. Audrey Macklin analyzes the impact of the new "4-in, 4-out" regulation that will come into effect on April 1, 2015. The regulation requires all temporary foreign workers who have been in Canada for 4 years to leave the country or be deemed illegal ("Poof! Now you’re an illegal immigrant!", March 19, 2015).

Read the full commentary on the National Post website, or below.

 

Prof. Kent Roach speaks to House of Commons committee about Bill C-51

Monday, March 16, 2015

Prof. Kent Roach, with the University of Ottawa's Craig Forcese, spoke to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on Thursday, March 12, 2015 about the Canadian government's proposed new security legislation, Bill C-51. They also presented an extensive series of proposed amendments to the bill.

Their statement and proposed amendments are based on the over 200 pages of detailed analysis of the bill they have produced on their website, antiterrorlaw.ca.

Faculty of Law students rank privacy policies of Canada's “Big Three” wireless carriers

Thursday, March 12, 2015

A volunteer student working group sponsored by the Centre for Innovation Law and Policy (“CILP”) at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law has produced a visual representation of Canadian wireless carriers’ privacy policies.

Prof. Kent Roach co-authors "Canada’s Antiterror Gamble" in New York Times

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

In a commentary in the New York Times, Prof. Kent Roach and Prof. Craig Forcese of the University of Ottawa explain the issues with the Canadian government's proposed national security legislation, Bill C-51, noting in particular its implications for potential activity by CSIS in other nations ("Canada’s Antiterror Gamble," March 11, 2015).

Read the full commentary on the New York Times website, or below.

Canada’s Antiterror Gamble

By Kent Roach and Craig Forcese

March 11, 2015

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