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Faculty, students, alumni from Structural Genomics Consortium Clinic author paper in Science Translational Magazine

Thursday, June 1, 2017

Faculty, students and alumni who worked in the Structural Genomics Consortium Clinic last year have authored a paper on trust agreements, now published in Science Translation Magazine. From the abstract:

"The core feature of trusts—holding property for the benefit of others—is well suited to constructing a research community that treats reagents as public goods."

Breese Davies selected Constitutional-Litigator-in-Residence for the Asper Centre

Thursday, May 25, 2017
Breese Davies

The Faculty of Law’s David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights is pleased to announce that lawyer Breese Davies, LLB 1998, will be the Asper Centre’s Constitutional-Litigator-in-Residence for the fall of 2017.

Understanding reconciliation with the Blanket Exercise

Saturday, April 8, 2017

By Peter Boisseau / Photography by Lucianna Ciccocioppo

On an early spring day, dozens of students, faculty and other members of the University of Toronto law school community who have gathered in Rowell Room in Flavelle House listen quietly as they are warned that what they are about to experience will not be easy.

Alumna and Métis Nation of Ontario President Margaret Froh: "It's a beautiful time to be Métis"

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Métis Nation of Ontario President and alumna Margaret Froh, first row and second from left, with Indigenous students past, present and future.

Margaret Froh spoke at the Faculty of Law about the historical struggles of the Métis, recent legal victories, and what the future holds

By Peter Boisseau

Message from Dean Ed Iacobucci on recent events in the United States and Quebec

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

President Meric Gertler issued a statement yesterday expressing dismay at recent events in the United States.  He spoke on behalf of all of us when he said that discrimination on the basis of nationality or birthplace is antithetical to the University of Toronto’s, and indeed Canada’s values.  At the Faculty of Law, we have a special responsibility to champion the rule of law.  This week’s seemingly cavalier dismissals of international nor

Morris A. Gross Memorial Lecture: Alumnus Ontario Chief Justice Strathy calls on justices to embrace 'Gladue Spirit' in sentencing as part of reconciliation

Thursday, January 26, 2017

Humility and humanity are important virtues for judges to have in an evolving world

By Peter Boisseau / Photography by Oliver Salathiel

Judges should demonstrate “humility and humanity” when dealing with court cases involving Indigenous peoples, Ontario Chief Justice George Strathy, told a Faculty of Law audience at the Morris A. Gross Memorial Lecture.

Reunion 2016

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Reunion 2016 - Class of 2006
Class of 2006 at Reunion 2016

Photos by Salathiel Wesser

More than 370 alumni enjoyed Reunion 2016 this fall. Classmates enjoyed tours of the new building, class dinners and family activities, as graduates from years ending in 1 or 6 returned to their alma mater to reconnect over the weekend of October 20-22.

LLM student Catherine Dunmore is the first recipient of the Newton Rowell Fellowship

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

In Strasbourg, France: Catherine Dunmore, LLM student at the Faculty of Law, is the first recipient of the Newton Rowell Fellowship

 

By Karen Gross

A Grand Moot like no other (Video now available)

Friday, September 30, 2016

By Peter Boisseau / Photography by Holly Sherlock

The 2016 Grand Moot delivered a rare unanimous verdict. Three Supreme Court of Canada justices, and a packed room of faculty, students and dignitaries, agreed they’d never witnessed an event quite like it at the University of Toronto’s storied law school.

Start with the fact that it was held in the newly refurbished Rosalie Silberman Abella Moot Court Room, with U of T alumni and SCC Justice Rosalie Abella presiding, along with fellow alumni and SCC Justices Michael Moldaver and Russell Brown.

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