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Tort Law & Social Equality Project Announces 2024 Speaker Series

Friday, December 8, 2023

Launched in 2022, and run by U of T Law Professor Sophia Moreau, Professor Zoë Sinel (Western University), Professor Jean Thomas (Queen’s University), and U of T Law Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Anthony Sangiuliano, the Tort Law & Social Equality Project (“TLSE”) aims to foster an awareness of the many inadvertent ways in which legal rules within tort law reinforce and perpetuate systemic social inequalities or, conversely, can be leveraged to help achieve equality.

Human rights champion R. Douglas Elliot (JD 1982) named inaugural Carl Mitchell Award recipient

Monday, November 27, 2023

Renowned litigator R. Douglas Elliot, who has won landmark cases on behalf of the 2SLGBTQI+ community, is the inaugural recipient of the Carl Mitchell Community Impact Award.

On February 5, 1981, Toronto Police raided four downtown bathhouses and charged hundreds of patrons for being found in a common bawdy house. The raid was an escalation after years of police brutality and intimidation and, for many members of Toronto’s gay community, a breaking point.

Asper Centre celebrates 15th anniversary

Friday, November 17, 2023

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Jutta Brunnée, Faculty of Law Dean, University Professor and James Marshall Tory Dean’s Chair in conversation with
Asper Centre Executive Director Cheryl Milne

Jonathan Dawe (LLB 1984) appointed to Court of Appeal for Ontario

Thursday, November 16, 2023

The Honourable Arif Virani (LLB 1998), Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced on November 6, 2023, the judicial appointment of Faculty of Law graduate Jonathan Dawe (LLB 1984) to the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

Dr. Clifford I Kyer (LLB 1980) authors new book—The Ontario Bond Scandal of 1924 Re-examined

Thursday, November 16, 2023

In collaboration with Irwin Law Inc., U of T Law graduate Dr. Clifford I Kyer (LLB 1980) has published a new book—The Ontario Bond Scandal of 1924 Re-examined.

U of T Law welcomes new Law Alumni Association (LAA) President, thanks outgoing President, Melissa Kennedy

Monday, November 6, 2023

Melissa Kennedy (LLB 1987), Executive Vice-President, Chief Legal & Public Policy Officer, Sun Life, has completed her two-year term as LAA President this past September.

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