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Prof. Anita Anand is one of four independent experts named to an Ontario panel to review the regulations relating to financial advisers and planners, provincial finance minister Charles Sousa announced April 27^th.

Bringing home the cup: Laskin Moot winners Leanna Katz, Rebecca Schwartz, Bilal Manji and Dave Marshall, with Justice Robert Decary

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

Our law students dominated the mooting season this year with 10 first-place victories in a variety of competitions, thanks to the hard work of an amazing trifecta of student skill, faculty and alumni support.

The new edition of Rights Review is now available on the International Human Rights Program website.

The cover story story by Lara Yeo (1L) argues that, now more than ever,  international human rights law is an important framework to respond to violence against Aboriginal women and children in Canada.

The issue also covers diverse topics from the right to health, to immigration detention, to the state of international justice.

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

More than 200 students from 25 high schools across the GTA visited the law school March 6 for the annual See Yourself Here open house, a one-day event to demystify the law school application process and JD degree requirements, and talk about the various careers in law.

“I wasn’t aware of the process to get to law school. I learned you can study anything you want in undergrad,” said Elaine Chow, a Gr. 11 student from Unionville High School, who wants to study criminal law. “I thought all of the panels were great.”