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The Law Foundation of Ontario has announced a new initiative that was featured in the National Post, "Helping Law Grads Work for Less," on May 11, 2005. Up to six new articling fellowships will be awarded this summer to help law students land jobs with public interest organizations in such areas as human rights, poverty issues and the environment. The fellowships will begin in the Fall of 2006.

Pro Bono Students Canada (PBSC) has been selected to adminster the program, which will run for the next four years.

Today the federal Department of Justice released Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines: A Draft Proposal, a report prepared by University of Toronto Law Professor Carol Rogerson and Dalhousie University Law Professor Rollie Thompson.

For the first time, family law practitioners will have uniform guidelines to help determine the amount and duration of spousal support under the federal Divorce Act, after entitlement has been decided.

Professor Colleen Flood has been appointed an editor of Healthcare Policy, a new quarterly journal expected to have its first edition ready by late summer or early fall 2005.  Flood is an Associate Professor at the U of T Faculty of Law and Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, as well as Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy.

On January 17, 2005, The Faculty of Law was pleased to host a discussion about the same-sex marriage reference from the federal government to the Supreme Court of Canada. Former Minister of Justin Martin Cauchon spoke about the reference, and faculty members Brenda Cossman and Sujit Choudhry responded.

Read more about the event in the Globe and Mail online edition.