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Webcast: Convocation, with speech by the Honourable Justice Stephen Goudge

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Convocation for the Faculty of Law class of 2010, including the speech by the Honourable Justice Stephen Goudge, has been webcast and can be viewed online.

Click here to watch Convocation 2010. Please scroll down to "Ceremony 4" on June 4, 2010 at 10:00 am.

It's all in the act

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Law student has acting in her blood, in more ways than one

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

Kate SouthwellWhen second-year law student Kate Southwell played Portia in Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice, the famous “lawyer’s speech” in the final act had a certain resonance for her.

JD student Jennie Morgan writes about once-a-decade German passion play

Thursday, September 23, 2010

JD student Jennie Morgan, who is doing a summer internship in Munich, Germany at the law firm Jacob and Associates, has written an article for The Canadian Jewish News about watching, from a Jewish perspective, the once-a-decade Passion Play produced by the small German town of Oberammergau.

Read the full article (PDF).

LAWS program celebrates five years of putting at-risk students at the 'head of the class'

Thursday, September 23, 2010

LAWS(May 31, 2010). Law in Action Within Schools (LAWS), the mentorship program matching University of Toronto law students with marginalized teens in downtown Toronto high schools, is celebrating five years of successfully improving the school attendance, grades, engagement and future outlook of its participants.

Convocation 2010: onward and upward

Thursday, September 23, 2010

Convocation 2010

Convocation 2010: onward and upward

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

It was an emotional day. “Pride, satisfaction and trepidation,” says Mike Valo, when asked what was running through his mind on June 4, 2010.  “I’m happy, tired and relieved,” added Jessica Latimer. After three years at law school, 204 graduates could finally say “We did it!”

Dean Moran chairs advisory panel on Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation

Thursday, September 23, 2010

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

The Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General has appointed Dean Mayo Moran to chair an advisory panel looking into drafting legislation to target Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation lawsuits. The panel includes alumni Brian M. Rogers, LLB 1977, and Peter Downard, LLB 1984, and will advise how targeted legislation could improve existing protections in the Rules of Civil Procedure.

Prof. Ben Alarie launches tax wiki for Canadian public stressed over tax laws

Friday, September 17, 2010

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

taxwiki.caCanadians confused with complicated tax laws now have a unique, free, online resource to help them navigate income tax regulations. It's the Canadian Tax Wiki Project, taxwiki.ca, founded by the Faculty of Law's Prof. Benjamin Alarie, and it's the first of its kind in Canada.

Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh on media privilege and market manipulation

Friday, September 17, 2010

In a two-part series in the Financial Post "FP Comment" section, Prof. Jeffrey MacIntosh discusses the problem of market manipulation through the media and what could be done about it.

Part I: "Option to ignore" (Aug. 3, 2010)

Part II: "Media Chill" (Aug. 4, 2010)

 

Prof. Audrey Macklin - "Multiple citizenship: I am Canadian ... am I not?"

Friday, September 17, 2010

In a commentary in the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, Prof. Audrey Macklin and McGill Prof. François Crépeau write about the issue of multiple citizenship for Canadians ("Multiple citizenship: I am Canadian ... am I not?", July 2, 2010).

Read the complete commentary.

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