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.

Meet the JD Class of 2025

Thursday, September 1, 2022

U of T Law welcomes 210 first-year JD students back to campus! 

U of T Law Class of 2015 Profile

Since 2015, U of T Law has conducted a self-reporting diversity survey. It has helped the Faculty inform its services and programs, including the launch of the Black Future Lawyers in early 2020.

The AI Taxman: U of T Law prof is the subject of an educational documentary

Monday, August 29, 2022

Professor Benjamin Alarie

Professor Benjamin Alarie (Photo by Angela Lewis)

As an expert in taxation law, University of Toronto Professor Benjamin Alarie, the Osler Chair in Business Law at U of T’s Faculty of Law, set on a path several years ago to change how legal research is done.

“A gripping story about terrible wrongs”: U of T Law grad and prof draw lessons for Canada in new book

Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii)

In Valley of the Birdtail, alumnus Andrew Stobo Sniderman and Associate Professor Douglas Sanderson tell the story of two communities in Manitoba “divided by a valley, a river and 150 years of racism” (photos by Natasha Launi and Dewey Chang)

In Memoriam: Bill Graham (1939-2022)

Tuesday, August 9, 2022
The Hon. William (Bill) C. Graham
 
Trinity College Chancellor William C. Graham was a lawyer, professor and widely respected politician.

From CBC to TikTok, Gave Lindo (JD/MBA 2007) has followed his passion for storytelling

Monday, July 25, 2022

Gave Lindo

With three degrees from the University of Toronto – a BA, MBA and juris doctor – Gave Lindo (JD/MBA 2007) had no shortage of career options. Ultimately, his love of storytelling steered him toward working in media.