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Human Rights Panel: Technological Experiments in the Digital Age

Friday, January 18, 2019

(L) Farida Deif (moderator), Canada director at Human Rights Watch; Petra Molnar, technology and human rights researcher at the IHRP; Irene Poetranto, senior researcher at the Citizen Lab; and Cynthia Wong, internet and human rights researcher at Human Rights Watch.

 

Story and photos by Chelsey Legge, 4L JD/MPP

Top 10 news stories of 2018

Thursday, January 10, 2019

Top 10From outstanding students and remarkable events to alumni achievements and new faculty, here are the stories that made you click in 2018.

2018 Faculty of Law Year in Review

Friday, December 14, 2018

Dear Alumni and Friends, 

It's been another tremendous year at the Faculty of Law! As winter and the joy of the holiday season begins with family and friends, I would like to share my reflections on another remarkable year at your law school.

Celebrations abound

University of Toronto Faculty of Law ranks among Top 10 public law schools in the world: Times Higher Education

Tuesday, December 4, 2018

University of Toronto one of only eight universities globally to place in Top 50 in all Tines Higher Education subject rankings

By Romi Levine

The Times Higher Education 2019 World University Rankings by Subject ranked the University of Toronto Faculty of Law among the Top 10 public law schools, according to new rankings by the prestigious Times Higher Education.

Prof. Carol Rogerson awarded one of the 10 in 10 Awards of Excellence in Family Justice

Thursday, November 29, 2018
Portrait of Professor Carol Rogerson

Professor Carol Rogerson was awarded one of the 10 in 10 Awards of Excellence in Family Justice by the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (Ontario Chapter). The AFCC is a multi-disciplinary family justice organization with chapters in the United States, Canada, and Australia

Embrace the unexpected, says Elena Kagan, U.S. Supreme Court Justice and U of T honorary degree recipient

Friday, November 16, 2018

Justice Elena Kagan, centre, with Prof. Albert Yoon (far left), the Hon. Frank Iacobucci and Chancellor Rose Patten at the Convocation ceremony. Photo by Lisa Sakulensky.

By Romi Levine, U of T News

Elena Kagan’s career has been both varied and accomplished. The associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States has worked in the White House, taught at the University of Chicago, and is the first woman to become dean of Harvard Law School and to hold the job of U.S. solicitor general.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan receives U of T honorary Doctor of Laws

Monday, November 12, 2018

From left: Prof. Albert Yoon, Justice Elena Kagan, Chancellor Rose Patten and President Meric Gertler. Photo: Lisa Sakulensky

By Romi Levine

The University of Toronto hosted a special convocation Monday, November 12th to recognize The Hon. Elena Kagan, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Kagan received an honorary degree to acknowledge “her excellence in the academy and her outstanding service for the public good, as lawyer, scholar and jurist.”

LIVESTREAMING: A Conversation Between Justices Elena Kagan and Rosalie Silberman Abella, Mon. Nov. 12th

Saturday, November 10, 2018
Portrait of Justice Elena Kagan

The Honourable Elena Kagan, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, will be visiting the University of Toronto on Monday, November 12th, to receive the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa. 

As part of this special day, she has agreed to visit Faculty of Law students in the afternoon for a conversation with our alumna, The Honorable Rosalie Abella, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, from 2 – 3 pm.

Here's a look at the Class of 2021

Thursday, November 8, 2018

Each year, since 2015, the Faculty of Law has been able to get a clear picture of our first-year JD students, thanks to a self-reporting survey used to gather information about the diversity of the new cohort, and to match students with peer mentors.

This fall, we have 213 students in first year, out of 2,388 who applied. And for the fourth consecutive year, that number of applications to the JD program has gone up— 8% over last year and up 15% compared to 2015-16.

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