Launch of the new Canadian Securities Law Portal

Friday, April 8, 2011

(Jan. 26, 2011) Faculty of the University of Toronto law school, led by Prof. Anita Anand, have launched the Canadian Securities Law Portal.

The portal is dedicated to facilitating discussion and debate regarding the proposed national securities regulator, including gathering together in one place all of the relevant material for the federal reference to the Supreme Court of Canada, and provincial references to the courts of appeal of Alberta and Quebec. These constitutional references are extremely important to the future of capital markets in Canada.

Anti-SLAPP advisory committee, chaired by Dean Mayo Moran, produces final report

Friday, April 8, 2011

Calls for quick test for courts to recognize Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation

An advisory committee chaired by the Faculty of Law's Dean Mayo Moran to investigate the issue of Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation, or SLAPP, has produced its final report on crafting anti-SLAPP legislation. The report is now available online

Law students are tops at Canadian Labour Arbitation Competition

Friday, April 8, 2011

Congratulations to our law student team in the Canadian Labour Arbitration Competition!

On Jan. 30, 2011, Tim Hughes and Andrew Vey placed first after three rounds of vigorous competition, including an exciting final round before the chairs of the Ontario Labour Relations Board, the Canada Industrial Relations Board, and the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario.

"Step Down or Suffer the Consequences" - Prof. Fadel on Egypt

Friday, April 8, 2011

Prof. Mohammad Fadel is one of five prominent thinkers who suggest solutions to the current situation in Egypt in The Mark ("Five Solutions to the Crisis in Egypt, Feb. 1, 2011). Prof. Fadel says that President Hosni Mubarak must "Step Down or Suffer the Consequences."

Read the story in The Mark.

Welcome Day 2011 shows a day-in-the-life of law school

Friday, April 8, 2011

The Faculty offered a glimpse into law school life, including its academic and co-curricular offerings, student services, faculty and staff, to more than 100 newly admitted applicants for this September’s J.D. class at its annual Welcome Day Feb. 18, 2011.

Dean Mayo Moran started off the afternoon with a formal welcome, describing the Faculty as an intellectually lively place, and calling prospective students the “Faculty’s future.”

Reproductive health law program contributes brief to EU court's Irish abortion rights case

Thursday, March 10, 2011

The Faculty of Law's International Reproductive and Sexual Health Law Programme has co-written a friend-of-the-court brief with the Center for Reproductive Rights in the case ABC v. Ireland before the European Court of Human Rights. A decision was given in the case on Dec. 16, 2010.

Prof. Anita Anand - "Another take on the Lortie report"

Saturday, February 19, 2011

In the December issue of Investment Executive, Prof. Anita Anand has written a guest column offering a rebuttal of a report that challenges the need for a national securities commission prepared by Pierre Lortie, former head of the Montreal Exchange ("Another take on the Lortie report," December 2010).

Read the full commentary (PDF).

Faculty of Law launches development of Ontarioís first Indigenous Commercial Code and Tribunal

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Workshop and public lecture draw stellar panellists to outline framework of unique project

By Lauren Heuser, 2L

Taking the lead to work in partnership with First Nation communities to develop and ratify an Indigenous Commercial Code, the law school hosted a successful workshop and public lecture event on Nov. 5, 2010 which brought together various stakeholders in the commercial code project.

Dean Mayo Moran re-appointed to second term

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Dean Mayo Moran(Nov. 18, 2010) Prof.  Mayo Moran has been re-appointed dean of the law school, effective July 1, 2011 and ending on June 30, 2016.

“I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to continue as dean of this outstanding law school,” says Moran. “Our Faculty is stronger than ever, and I’m very proud of what we have collectively achieved over the past four years.”

Prof. Markus Dubber is co-editor of new book, "The Handbook of Comparative Criminal Law"

Saturday, February 19, 2011

The Handbook of Comparative Criminal LawProf. Markus Dubber has co-edited (with Kevin Jon Heller) a new book, The Handbook of Comparative Criminal Law (Stanford University Press, 2010).