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Convocation Speaker was the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin

Photos by Adam Pulicicchio

More than 200 remarkable Faculty of Law graduates have now joined an outstanding global alumni group, as the Class of 2018 celebrated Convocation Day on June 8^th. A warm sunny day greeted the newly minted alumni, who were gathered together with their family and friends, faculty and staff in Convocation Hall on King’s College Circle, and later at the Faculty of Law.

See you soon in Shanghai: alumnus Dr. Scott Guan gives law student D'Arcy White a ballcap from Zhong Lun Law Firm, where D'Arcy will soon start his internship. 

Story and photo by Lucianna Ciccocioppo

A new international business law internship at the Faculty of Law, generously funded by alumnus Dr. Scott Guan, SJD 2003, is sending JD law student D’Arcy White to Shanghai this spring.

This is the inaugural year for the Dr. Scott Guan China Law Practice Award, and he hopes it expands over the years.

SJD student and Trudeau Scholar Daniel Del Gobbo has co-authored (with Vathsala Illesinghe) a commentary in the magazine Policy Options, "The #MeToo movement has exposed inequalities in the legal system that disadvantage women. Restorative justice could help in certain sexual violence cases" (April 23, 2018).

Read the full commentary on the Policy Options website, or below.

The University of Toronto and the Faculty of Law are excited to announce The Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, the first woman to serve as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, will be giving the Convocation address at the law school's ceremony on June 8, 2018.