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The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights, with the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Canadian Labour Congress, held a panel discussion, "G20: Lessons Learned, Messages Lost," on June 23, 2011. The panel was moderated by award-winning Toronto Star journalist Bob Hepburn, and included panelists Clayton Ruby, John Sewell, Meaghan Daniel, and Hassan Yussuff.

Two U of T law students, Chris Evans and Megan Strachan, are volunteering with organizations working on human rights law, both on the west coast, thanks to internships from the Asper Centre together with the International Human Rights Program. The funding comes from the John and Mary A. Yaremko Programme in Multiculturalism and Human Rights.

Chief Justice doesn’t hold back in her keynote address at the Faculty of Law’s Access to Civil Justice for Middle Income Canadians Colloquium

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

 
Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin speaks at the
Access to Civil Justice for Middle Income Canadians Colloquium
(See the end of this article for a link to the webcast of her speech)

Returning law students Nadia Marotta, Catherine Marchant and Helen Cox encourage students to sign up for the Peer Mentorship Program on Club Day. 

(Sept. 12, 2011) New JD students have started law school at UofT, after a week-long orientation of getting to know classmates, including the do's and don'ts of law school, the best places to eat and relax on and off campus, and student life beyond law school.