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Justice Gloria Epstein takes the lead: After 23 years, the McMurtry Gardens of Justice are completed

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Access to Justice is one of six sculptures making up the McMurtry Gardens of Justice at the Toronto courthouse

By Andrew Stobo Sniderman, JD 2014. Photos: Jessica Donne, courtesy of the Law Society of Ontario

Alumni Norman and Gay Loveland donate $1M to support bursaries for U of T Indigenous law students

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Norman (JD 1972) and Gay Loveland, (BA 1965 Trinity, BEd 1972, MEd 1972) at the Faculty of Law's Goodmans LLP Café with alumna Amanda Carling, centre, Manager of Indigenous Initiatives

“There is a misconception in Canada that all First Nation, Métis and Inuit students get a ‘free-ride.’”

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo / Photo by Nick Wong

Global Professional LLM Class of 2017 graduates

Thursday, November 9, 2017

They have backgrounds from across the spectrum—law, technology, finance, risk management, energy, education and more—and were interested in expanding their knowledge, skills and networks. Forty-seven professionals from the Class of 2017, have now graduated with their Global Professional LLM degrees.  After 12-months of weekends and nights, after putting in full days of work and balancing family life, Satyma Mongia, an eligibility adjudicator at the WSIB, and an internationally trained lawyer, says she knows exactly how she feels:

Welcoming Artist-in-Residence Tanya Murdoch

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Sketches of the 2017 Grand Moot by artist Tanya Murdoch
Sketches of the 2017 Grand Moot by artist Tanya Murdoch

Artist-in-Residence, Tanya Murdoch, will be at the Faculty of Law during the academic year to interact with students in the JD program.

Times Higher Education ranks Faculty of Law among global Top 10 law schools in world university rankings

Wednesday, October 4, 2017
law students in front of Jackman Law Building entrance

In its first world university rankings for subject areas such as law, Times Higher Education released its report for 2018, and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law was the only Canadian law school in the Top 10.

'A Meeting Place for All Our Relations': Something worth celebrating!

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

The artwork of Jay Bell Redbird, artist and member of the Wikwemikong First Nation, was unveiled to respect the Indigenous land upon which the Faculty of Law is located, and to anchor and promote a prominent meeting place for everyone in the Jackman Law Building 

By Amanda Carling, JD 2012 / Photos by Adam Pulicicchio

Q & A with the Asper Centre's Next Constitutional Litigator-in-Residence, Breese Davies '98

Friday, June 30, 2017

Breese Davies '98The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Studies is welcoming Breese Davies, Class of 1998, as its Constitutional Litigator-in-Residence for 2017. The following Q & A was first posted on the Asper Centre website.

Full coverage of the Class of 2017 Convocation Day

Monday, June 12, 2017

University of Toronto Faculty of Law bestows an honorary degree to TRC and Indigenous rights advocate and leader, Larry Phillip (Phil) Fontaine

The remarkably accomplished group that makes up Faculty of Law alumni now has more than 200 new members, as the Class of 2017 officially graduated on Convocation Day, June 9, and celebrated with their family and friends.

Reform: It's always been difficult but necessary

Thursday, June 8, 2017

“Reforming Criminal Justice and National Security” symposium calls for much needed improvements

By Christopher R. Graham, JD 2007

Class of 2017 is ready to celebrate

Friday, June 2, 2017

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

It’s Convocation time at the University of Toronto, and the white tent and blue banners have gone up around King’s College Circle in preparation for the graduation season.  The Class of 2017 is looking forward to celebrating, after three or four long years at the Faculty of Law.

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