Scavenger Hunt!

$50 Bookstore Gift Card prizes!

Students - take a break from end-of-term writing and studying to stretch your legs, challenge your knowledge of the law school buildings, and maybe win a prize!

The Faculty of Law and the University of Toronto Bookstore are pleased to bring you the Faculty of Law Scavenger Hunt. Correctly answer questions about a series of photos and you could win a $50 gift card from the University of Toronto bookstore!

The hunt is easy to do on a mobile phone, and you can save a draft so you can start it now but finish it later.

The Hunt begins now and will last until midnight at the end of the last day of upper year classes, Thursday April 4.

Note: faculty and staff are also welcome to do the Scavenger Hunt, but are not eligible for prizes.

Click here to go to the Faculty of Law Scavenger Hunt
(e.Legal login required)

Thurs, April 25, 4.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m.

Law School’s Back Lawn (if it rains, it will be moved into the Rowell Rm)

Please join us for the Dean’s End-of-Term BBQ on Monday April 23, 4-6 p.m. on the Law School’s back lawn. If it rains, we will move into the Rowell Room. Hamburgers, hotdogs, salads, fruit and ice cream will be served. Vegetarian, vegan and Halal options will be provided, including Halal meat burgers.

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What is your South Pole?

Check out UTK Law’s Professor Brad Morgan’s TED Talk: Finding Your Purpose By Talking With People On Planes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzI5V0J3TfU

Sexual violence has been used as a gruesome weapon of war for generations. Through intimate testimonials provided by genocide survivors, The Men Who Killed Me project redefines justice and resilience in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide. Last November, the IHRP team had the opportunity to travel to Rwanda and re-interview some of the survivors featured in The Men Who Killed Me (2009) for its sequel, And I Live On: The Resilience of Rwandan Genocide Survivors of Sexual Violence, set to be released next month. 

Please join us at U of T's Hart House for the launch of our book and photo exhibit featuring the enduring stories of Rwanda's genocide survivors. The event is free and proceeds from the sales of books and photographs go to Mukomeze, an NGO that supports genocide survivors. For more information: http://harthouse.ca/events/and-i-live-on-the-enduring-stories-of-rwandas-survivor/

See reflections by IHRP students who participated in the project:

https://ihrp.law.utoronto.ca/they-live-survivor-s-narratives-empowerment-25-years-after-rwandan-genocide

https://ihrp.law.utoronto.ca/reflections-rwanda

Dear Law Students: Important information about the Library and the exam period

As exams approach, here is a reminder about the increased Library hours and additional services the Law Library is offering.

Extended Library Hours: Begin on Monday, March 25 and continue to Wednesday, April 24. During this time, the Bora Laskin Law Library will close later as follows:

·        Monday through Friday: 8:45 am until midnight

·        Saturday and Sunday: 10 am until 10 pm

          Please Note: The Library will be closed on April 19 for Good Friday

The Robarts library offers 24 hour access Sunday night to Friday night. Details here:  http://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/extended-hours  

Hours for all campus libraries can be found here: http://resource.library.utoronto.ca/hours/?source=icon

During the extended hours period Torys Hall and the study areas on the main floor of the Library will be open ONLY to UofT law students.  We will post signs to this effect and we will enforce this policy.  However, we need your help to make sure the Library remains a quiet and serene space throughout exams.  Although we do periodic walk-arounds, we cannot see everything that goes on.  So, if you are being disturbed, please report this to the Circulation Desk!  We will do all we can to resolve the situation in an effective and low-key manner.

***All Night Law Library Opening on the Eve of the Deadline for Written Work***: The Law Library will remain open all night on Wednesday, April 24, so that students have access to library resources, computers and printers ahead of the deadline for written work on Thursday, April 25 at 10 am. We will send out more details closer to the date.

The Library will close at 5 pm on April 25^th  as we commence summer hours.

Library Security: It is important to remember that the law school building, including the Library, is open to the public. As such, please keep your valuables with you or ask a friend to watch them if you need to leave your study area even for a minute. Thefts have occurred in campus libraries and the weeks leading up to exams sometimes see a spike of activity across campus. Please report any incidents to the Campus Police at 416-978-2222.

Research Help:  As deadlines for papers approach, remember that the reference librarians are available to advise you on research strategy, databases and citation style. Please feel free to contact John Bolan, Sooin Kim, Susan Barker, or Alexia Loumankis.

Study Rooms: The Law Library has 11 bookable group study rooms. Details are here: http://library.law.utoronto.ca/book-study-room.  If you have experienced trouble logging into the online booking system please e-mail your UTORid to gian.medves@utoronto.ca to be added to the database. In addition, the UofT Library has a list of bookable and non-bookable study rooms available at libraries across campus: http://onesearch.library.utoronto.ca/group-study-rooms

Exam Preparation - Past Exams: The past five years of exams are available on e.Legal: https://www.law.utoronto.ca/e-legal/library-resources/past-exam-database. You will need to enter your e.Legal password to access PDFs of the exams.

Library Services:

For details on additional Library services please follow the Bora Laskin Law Library Reference Services Blog: http://bllreference.wordpress.com/. You can also follow us on Twitter: @laskinlawlib or on Facebook: @BoraLaskinLawLibrary

The U of T Law Bookstore is open every week-day in April

EXCEPT Good Friday, April 19/2019.

Monday-Thursday 11:30 am - 2:30 pm

Friday 3 pm - 7 pm

(And by appointment at other times.)

The Arbor Awards were created to recognize alumni and friends for their outstanding personal service to the university whose loyalty, dedication and generosity have added immeasurably to the quality of the University of Toronto experience for students, faculty, staff and alumni. They personify the very best attributes of the University’s motto, Velut Arbor Aevo – “May it grow as a tree through the ages.” Their work represents both our roots and our branches, which have served to anchor our traditions and spread the mission of this University – to meet global challenges and prepare global citizens.

Individuals who are nominated for the award have or are currently providing outstanding volunteer service to the Faculty of Law or the university at large for a minimum of three consecutive years.

If you are interested in nominating an individual for a 2019 Arbor Award, please contact Wasila Baset, Associate Director, Alumni Programs, at wasila.baset@utoronto.ca or 416-946-8227.

Nominations are due Thursday, April 11, 2019, by 11:59 pm (EST).

Past Faculty of Law Arbor Award recipients

All Arbor Award recipients

Thank you.

Best,
Wasila

Wasila Baset (she/her/hers)

Associate Director, Annual Fund & Alumni Programs

Faculty of Law

University of Toronto

Flavelle House, 78 Queen’s Park

Toronto, ON  M5S 2C5

Tel: +1 416-946-8227 / Mobile: + 1 416-887-9624

E-mail: wasila.baset@utoronto.ca

Twitter: @WasilaUTLaw / Instagram: @wasila_baset_uoft_law

In the 1960s, frustrated by the growing problem of urban pollution, Athelstan Spilhaus, a visionary scientist and futurist comic strip writer, assembled a team of experts to develop a bold experiment: the Minnesota Experimental City (MXC). MXC would be the city of the future, a domed metropolis for 250,000 pioneering residents, built from scratch and using cutting-edge technology to prevent urban sprawl and pollution. Things didn’t quite go as planned, as explored in Chad Friedrichs’ fascinating look back at the would-be city of tomorrow.

☛ please register here

06:00 PM - 08:00 PM
Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto 
Rm 200, Larkin Building