Each year, Canadian Lawyer recognizes and celebrates the exceptional contributions of legal professional across Canada.

Whether working as in-house counsel, with non-profits or advocacy groups, these professionals are the pinnacle of excellence within the profession.

The 2023 cohort in particular “consists of lawyers who display a passion for justice, human rights advocacy, and societal equity, and are all influencing standards and attitudes with their outstanding professional abilities”.

Faculty of Law Professor Trudo Lemmens, Scholl Chair in Health Law and Policy (photo & story by Nina Haikara)

Disability rights, disability justice and disability advocacy have been an increasing focus of Trudo Lemmens’ research in recent years.

(Supplied photo courtesy of Samantha Shantz) 

The Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society (SRI) is pleased to announce the appointment of three distinguished University of Toronto faculty members to SRI’s research leadership team in the fall of 2023.

University of Toronto alumnus Tomas Jirousek (JD 2023) has been awarded the Royal Society of Canada’s (RSC) Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella Prize for 2023.