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Thank you to our U of T Law Reunion Class Ambassadors

Friday, October 21, 2022

The Faculty of Law wishes to thank the following Class Ambassadors who helped make U of T Law Alumni Reunion a success on October 20, 2022. Class Ambassadors play an important role in bringing together alumni we may have lost touch with over the years. In addition to the Downtown Legal Services 50th anniversary panel discussion, honoured classes (ending in 2 or 7) gathered for a four-course dinner at Hart House, Great Hall.

Class of 1962:

U of T’s community legal clinic, Downtown Legal Services, celebrates 50 years

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

Downtown Legal Services Fasken Building

Downtown Legal Services director Prasanna Balasundaram at the U of T community legal clinic on Spadina Avenue (photo by Nina Haikara).

Over 50 years ago, students from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law received summer project funding from a federal program then-named, Opportunities for Youth.

For students, it’s a scholarship. For Edward Roberts (LLB 1964), it’s an ode to Newfoundland

Monday, October 10, 2022

Edward Roberts

Ed Roberts loved dogs and installed this bench on a popular dog-walking trail in memory of one beloved rescue, Taffy. Photo courtesy of the Roberts family 

Shuo Xing (JD 2020) receives two Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) Foundation Awards

Friday, October 7, 2022

In a September 30 press release, the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada (IPIC) congratulated the winners of this year's Foundation Awards. 

Patent and Trademark Institute Education Foundation is a registered charity managed by IPIC that awards prizes to the candidates who obtain the highest marks in the patent and trademark agent exams.

Valley of the Birdtail: CBC Radio interview with Professor Douglas Sanderson

Thursday, September 29, 2022

Valley of the Birdtail bookcover (HarperCollins)

The Waywayseecappo Indian reserve was created on the West side of the Birdtail river in western Manitoba in 1877. Two years later, on the other side of the river, white settlers established a town named Rossburn.

U of T Law graduate Professor Allan Barsky (JD 1984) publishes Essential Ethics for Social Work Practice

Thursday, September 29, 2022

Faculty of Law alumnus Allan Barsky (JD 1984), MSW, PhD, is a professor of Social Work at Florida Atlantic University. Professor Barsky teaches courses on social work practice, professional ethics, addictions, pedagogy, and conflict resolution. He also conducts professional continuing education courses for social workers and other mental health professionals.

In Memoriam: Professor Karen Knop (1960-2022)

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

Prof Karen Knop

It is with immense sadness that the Faculty of Law announces the passing of our dear colleague, Karen Knop, on September 26, 2022. Karen held the Faculty’s Cecil A. Wright Chair.

U of T Law alumni named to Canadian Lawyer's Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers 2022

Monday, September 19, 2022

U of T Law alumni are known to distinguish themselves every day in their professional and community achievements, here locally in Toronto, across Canada, and around the world.

Canadian Lawyer's Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers list "reflects how the work of these members of the legal system has had an impact, whether in the courtroom, law school, law firm or business, or at a policy level." 

U of T Law event celebrating Rosalie Abella to bring together current, former international high-court justices

Friday, September 16, 2022
Retired Supreme Court Justice Rosalie S. Abella photo by Dave Chan
Retired Supreme Court of Canada Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella, a U of T alumna, will participate in a conversation with Germany's Susanne Baer, the U.K.'s Lord John Anthony Dyson and the U.S.
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