Global authority on the intersection between law and technology returns to Canada to join a vibrant and thriving powerhouse for AI research and legal tech

By Sheldon Gordon

Gillian Hadfield, a leading scholar and advocate for legal reform and redesign, is the latest pioneering academic to be drawn by Toronto’s growing reputation as an advanced technology hub.

Eight years ago, when he began his academic career at Queen's Faculty of Law, Chris Essert was assigned to teach a course on property law.  He discovered that the connection between property rights and equality under the law raised so many interesting questions that it was an area he should address in his research, too. 

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Anita Anand assesses the impact of Ontario Premier Doug Ford's removal of the board and CEO of Hydro One. "This conduct is disconcerting" she writes. "Once a government decides that it can use its power to usurp a corporation’s governance, what are the limits on such conduct?" ("Premier Doug Ford’s firing of Hydro One board and CEO disconcerting for future," August 12, 2018).

Dean Edward Iacobucci is delighted to announce that the recipients of our Dean’s Graduate Student Leadership Awards:

The new issue of the University of Toronto Law Journal (Volume 68 Issue 3, summer 2018 ) is a special issue on Indigenous Law. The four articles in this special feature include Prof. Douglas Sanderson's "The residue of imperium: Property and sovereignty on Indigenous lands."

First time in China, first time working at a law firm: Student D'Arcy White with Zhong Lun Law firm colleagues at head office in Shanghai.

Story and Photos By D'Arcy White, 2L

When I first met Dr. Scott Guan, he told me his main motivation for setting up the Dr. Scott Guan China Law Practice Award was an old Chinese proverb: “It is better to travel 10,000 miles than to read 10,000 books.”