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JD student Duncan Melville writes in Globe and Mail about Bombardier bailout and dual-class shares

Thursday, January 14, 2016

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail's Report on Business, JD student Duncan Melville argues that, if the federal government provides financial support to Bombardier, it should require the company to unwind its dual-class share structure ("If Ottawa opts to bail out Bombardier, it ought to impose one key condition," January 13, 2016).

Read the full commentary on the Globe and Mail website, or below.

 

If Ottawa opts to bail out Bombardier, it ought to impose one key condition

By Duncan Melville

Top 10 Faculty of Law news stories of 2015

Wednesday, January 13, 2016
graphic says top 10 news stories @UTLaw

You like to read stories about our students: who they are, where they’re from—and what they’re up to. From exemplary mooting results and engaging profiles, to alumni news in Nexus, here’s what made you click in 2015:

(Read the stories in full by clicking on the headlines)

JD student Samuel Mosonyi writes op-ed in Globe and Mail on the value of dining etiquette

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

JD student Samuel Mosonyi has published a commentary in the Globe and Mail's "Report on Business" section about the value of learning to meet people and conduct business over a meal ("How being a good dinner companion could make your career," December 29, 2015).

Read the full commentary on the Globe and Mail website, or below.

 

Two students at COP21 Paris climate talks report back on latest developments

Friday, December 11, 2015

Two U of T law students are at the COP21 Paris climate talks and blogging about their experiences and the progress of the talks.

2L JD student Alissa Saieva is a COP21 U of T Student Delegate. She is pursuing two Certificates, one in Environmental Studies and one in Aboriginal Legal Studies, as part of her JD program.

Student-run Fashion Law Society shines spotlight on fashion law with panel event

Friday, November 13, 2015

At the first Fashion Law Society panel: (from left) founders and co-presidents Tamie Dolny and Amna Rehman introduced speakers Ashlee Froese, alumni Shawn Hewson and Ruth Promislow, and Mark Katz.

By Rida Fatima, University of Toronto student

The Art of Written Advocacy: An evening with Justice John Laskin

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

By Alvin Yau, 1L

First-year law students were treated to an exceptional guest lecture on Oct. 20th on the art of effective legal writing, given by Ontario Court of Appeal Justice John Laskin, LLB 1969. In a lively event with heartfelt advice and humorous anecdotes shared with the students, Laskin said lawyers need to become better writers.

Prof. Ariel Katz and LLM student Liran Kandinov: "TPP trades away our constitutional rights"

Friday, October 30, 2015

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Ariel Katz and LLM student Liran Kandinov argue that changes to copyright terms proposed in the Trans-Pacific Trade Agreement would violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms ("TPP trades away our constitutional rights," October 28, 2015).

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

Legal Aid Ontario provides $100K annual funding boost to Downtown Legal Services

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

The Faculty of Law’s Downtown Legal Services received a $100,000 annual boost to its funding from Legal Aid Ontario, as part of the LAO’s overall increase to the seven legal aid clinics across the province.

DLS will focus this funding to add housing and employment law to its services, which currently include five areas of law: criminal, family, refugee and immigration, tenant housing and academic affairs.

Law student awarded national scholarship from Soroptimist Foundation of Canada

Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Law student and scholarship recipient Ashley Major

Ashley Major, a second-year law student, was one of four Canadian women to receive a $7,500 national scholarship from the Soroptimist Foundation of Canada, an organization that provides educational funding to women in graduate studies for the advancement of human rights and the status of women.  

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