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Have a look at the new online exhibit, "25 years of the IHRP"

Friday, March 23, 2012

After the close of the International Human Rights Program's "Transformative Human Rights" exhibit, which marked the program's 25th anniversary, the IHRP has set up an online exhibit tracing the evolution of human rights over the last 25 years and the distribution of IHRP interns across the globe during that time.

See the exhibit at ihrp25.com

"A Golden Opportunity" - the ITLP program is featured in the Globe and Mail

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

The Globe and Mail has featured the Internationally Trained Lawyers Program on its weekly Law Page. The article highlights the program's value to ITLP graduates such as South Korean-trained lawyer Sangkil Yi and Indian-trained lawyer Chetan Gupta, and the contribution to the program of leading law firms such as Stikeman Elliott LLP and McCarthy Tétrault LLP ("‘Golden opportunity’ for immigrant lawyers in Ontario," March 20, 2012).

Key IHRP Clinic Recommendations Poised to Become Mexican Law

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Yesterday, March 13, the Mexican Senate passed a key constitutional reform related to protection of journalists and freedom of expression.  The legal reform was recommended by the IHRP in our clinic report 

Andrea Russell op-ed "Matter of fact" in the Kathmandu Post

Monday, March 12, 2012

Andrea Russell, who teaches International Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law as well as being executive director of the Office of the Dean, has published a commentary in Nepal's The Kathmandu Post encouraging Nepal to join the International Criminal Court. Russell recently returned from Nepal, where she was advising the legal profession on joining the court ("Matter of fact," Feb. 29, 2012).

Read the full article in The Kathmandu Post.

Access to Justice for All Roundtable

Monday, March 12, 2012

The Geography of Civil Legal Services in Ontario

The Centre for the Legal Profession hosted “Access to Justice for All” on Feb. 10, 2012, to promote discussion about “one of the most defining issues in the legal profession in Ontario.” The roundtable occurred on the one-year anniversary of the law school’s highly successful Access to Justice Colloquium.

Judith McCormack receives Guthrie Award from LFO for contributions to access to justice

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Judith McCormack

Judith McCormack, long-time Executive Director of student law clinic Downtown Legal Services (and currently Acting Assistant Dean, Professional Legal Education), is the recipient of the 2011 Guthrie Award from the Law Foundation of Ontario for her contributions to access to justice.

JD student Andrew Stobo Sniderman in NY Times: "Drones for Human Rights"

Thursday, March 8, 2012

JD student Andrew Stobo Sniderman has published an op-ed in the New York Times (with Mark Hanis) arguing for the use of drone aircraft to monitor human rights abuses ("Drones for Human Rights," January 30, 2012).

Read the full commentary on the New York Times website.

Prof. Anita Anand and JD student Grant Bishop - "Securities blanket"

Thursday, March 8, 2012

In a commentary in the Financial Post, Prof. Anita Anand and JD student Grant Bishop say that Ottawa should move now to enact securities regulations in areas that are clearly within federal jurisdiction ("Securities Blanket," Feb. 10, 2012).

Read the full commentary in the Financial Post.

Prof. Ran Hirschl has been awarded a prestigious Killam Research Fellowship

Thursday, March 8, 2012

by Elaine Smith 

University of Toronto professor Ran Hirschl of the Department of Political Science and the Faculty of Law has been named the recipient of one of the seven 2012 Killam Research Fellowships. 

The prestigious fellowships, awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts, allow researchers to pursue independent research for two years using a stipend of $70,000 annually. Recipients were chosen by the Killam selection committee, comprising 15 scientists and scholars from a broad range of disciplines.

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