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JD/MBA student Alec Yarascavitch wins first National Health Law School Essay Competition

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

JD/MBA student Dr. Alec Yarascavitch is the winner of the inaugural Law School Essay Competition from the Canadian Bar Association National Health Law Section for his paper entitled Assisted Dying for Mental Disorders: Why Canada’s Legal Approach Raises Serious Concerns.

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.

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."

A Trip to the Court: a JD student reflects on an Asper Centre Intervention at the SCC

Tuesday, May 16, 2017

By Patrick Enright

JD student Patrick Enright at the SCCPatrick Enright is a second-year JD candidate at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and was a student in the Asper Centre half time clinic in the Winter 2017 term.

Congratulations to Cressy Student Leadership Award Recipients

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

The Faculty of Law extends warm congratulations to the following graduating students who have been selected as University of Toronto Cressy Student Leadership Award recipients:

SJD student Haim Abraham writes "Trump’s misguided logic for bombing Syria" in Toronto Star

Monday, April 10, 2017

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, SJD student and Vanier Scholar Haim Abraham analyzes President Trump's speech regarding the U. S. cruise missile attack on a Syrian air base in the context of International Law ("Trump’s misguided logic for bombing Syria," April 7, 2017).

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

 

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.

Law students describe experience of taking part in "U of T Women in House"

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella '70 talks with the U of T Women in House students
Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Abella '70 talks with the U of T Women in House students

Moot results: Another stellar year for our teams

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

As always, U of T Law is proud of the accomplishments of its talented student mooters, and its negotiation and arbitration competition teams. Read on for the results of the 2017 moots and negotiation and arbitration competitions.

All Families Are (Now) Equal: MPP Cheri DiNovo speaks at the LGBTQ+ Workshop

Friday, February 24, 2017

MPP Cheri DiNovo (2nd from left) at the LGBTQ+ Workshop

By Haim Abraham 

On December 5, 2016, Ontario’s Bill 28, termed the All Families Are Equal Act (Parentage and Related Registrations Statute Law Amendment), 2016, received royal assent. The LGBTQ+ Workshop held a session with MPP Cheri DiNovo, who tabled the Bill, and Kirsti and Jennifer Mathers McHenry, whose story prompted its legislation.

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