IHRP director Samer Muscati writes "Extraordinary women invite us to imagine a better world"

Friday, May 18, 2018

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Samer Muscati, director of the International Human Rights Program, writes about some of the extraordinary women he has encountered in his international human rights work, and the power of photography to help tell their stories ("Extraordinary women invite us to imagine a better world," May 16, 2018).

Read the full commentary on the Toronto Star website, or below.

Shanghai in the spring: D'Arcy White is the inaugural recipient of the Dr. Scott Guan China Law Practice Award

Monday, May 14, 2018

See you soon in Shanghai: alumnus Dr. Scott Guan gives law student D'Arcy White a ballcap from Zhong Lun Law Firm, where D'Arcy will soon start his internship. 

 

Story and photo by Lucianna Ciccocioppo

 

A new international business law internship at the Faculty of Law, generously funded by alumnus Dr. Scott Guan, SJD 2003, is sending JD law student D’Arcy White to Shanghai this spring.

This is the inaugural year for the Dr. Scott Guan China Law Practice Award, and he hopes it expands over the years.

An evening of gratitude for our volunteers and recent donors!

Saturday, May 12, 2018

Alumni Chris Graham and Shannon Leo, with law student Marie Kiluu-Ngila.

Photos by Wasila Baset

Faculty of Law donors and volunteers for this academic year were celebrated in the Jackman Law Building’s Torys Hall on May 3, recognizing those who gave back to their alma mater between May 1, 2017 and April 30, 2018.

Annual See Yourself Here event draws 200 high school students from across GTA

Monday, March 26, 2018

More than 200 high school students from the Greater Toronto Area, including the City of Toronto and York and Peel Regions,  attended the Faculty of Law’s 2018 See Yourself Here event, March 9th, to promote post-secondary education in law and legal careers, and help demystify the law school application process. Students came from approximately 20 different high schools. Originally started 10 years ago by members of the Black Law Students Association, the annual event invites high school students from cultures traditionally under-represented in law.

From north, south, east and west: New admits attend Welcome Day 2018

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo 

A busy, energetic schedule greeted 145 new admits plus their guests to the Faculty of Law this Welcome Day, Feb. 23, 2018, as faculty, alumni and current students presented the very best of what the law school offers in the spectacular new Jackman Law Building.

Guests came from almost every province across Canada, except for Newfoundland and Labrador, and Prince Edward Island, and many were from the US: Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Illinois and North Carolina.

Prof. Lisa Austin recognized with inaugural U of T President's Impact Award

Wednesday, February 28, 2018
headshot of professor lisa austin

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo / Photo by Jeff Kirk

The Faculty of Law’s Professor Lisa Austin, LLM 1998, is among the first group of scholars to be recognized with the newly announced and prominent University of Toronto President’s Impact Award. She's one of seven recipients for 2018.

Princeton's Prof. Edward Felten gave the 2018 Grafstein Lecture – Preparing for the Future of Machine Learning

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

First, we define AI: Professor Edward W. Felten, of Princeton University, spoke on the past, present and future course of artificial intelligence, as the 2018 Grafstein Lecturer

 

By Alvin Yau, 3L  / Photo by Tina Deng

In Memoriam: Hon. Allan McNiece Austin, Class of 1952

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

The Faculty of Law is saddened to hear of the passing on January 12, 2018, of alumnus the Honourable Allan McNiece Austin, Class of 1952.

Top 10 news stories of 2017

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Top 10 newsFrom outstanding students to alumni achievements and new faculty, here are the stories that made you click in 2017.

Recent JD graduate Ashley Major receives new award given to students researching gender-based violence

Wednesday, December 13, 2017

By Geoffrey Vendeville

Twenty-eight years ago, 14 women were killed at the École Polytechnique in Montreal by a shooter who claimed feminists had ruined his life. 

Kristina Nikolova had just turned one and Ashley Major wasn't yet born, but the tragedy has had a profound effect on them.