Dear students

I am writing on behalf of the Dean’s Mental Health Advisory Committee to invite you to participate in a new survey designed to gather information about student mental health experiences and substance use. The goal of the survey is to deepen the law school’s understanding of our students’ experiences and help us to prioritize our current resources.

The survey is voluntary and anonymous. The results will be accessed and viewed in aggregate form by the members of the Dean’s Mental Health Advisory Committee and the law school’s senior administration. The Committee will provide a high-level overview of the survey results to Faculty Council in Fall 2018.

The survey should take you approximately 15 minutes to complete. Once you are finished, you will be given an opportunity to enter your name in a draw for one of ten $25.00 Starbucks gift cards.

To take the survey, please click here.

Many thanks in advance for your support of this very important initiative.

Best regards

Alexis

Alexis Archbold LL.B

Assistant Dean, J.D. Program

LEGAL THEORY WORKSHOP

presents

David Owens
King's College London
Department of Philosophy

Private Authority

Friday, April 13, 2018
12:30 - 2:00
Room 219, Flavelle House
78 Queen's Park

 In recent work, John Gardner and Arthur Ripstein agree that property rights give us authority over things. In Gardner's view, this private authority is to be justified in much the same way as public or political authority by reference to the collective interests that it serves. For Ripstein, by contrast, the justification of property essentially involves the idea of a proprietary domain which is mine (or yours). I argue that there is truth on both sides: the distinctive element in the justification of private property is an interest in external things being mine.

David Owens is Professor of Philosophy at Kings College, London.  Much of his more recent published work focuses on promise and consent. A collection of his papers Normativity and Control came out in 2017 and he is the author of three other books: Shaping the Normative Landscape, Reason Without Freedom and Causes and Coincidences. He is currently working on a book about Convention.

To be added to the paper distribution list, please contact Nadia Gulezko at n.gulezko@utoronto.ca.  For further information, please contact Professor Larissa Katz (larissa.katz@utoronto.ca) and Professor Sophia Moreau (sr.moreau@utoronto.ca).

The U of T Law Union is being re-launched for 2018-19! 

The U of T Law Union is a student chapter of the Law Union of Ontario, a coalition of lawyers, legal workers and law students dedicated to progressive change. In past years U of T Law Union members have engaged in student and community activism, organized events like legal observer training and a social justice career panel, and attended rallies and progressive conferences together. (There have also been of lot of socials!) 

 If you have ideas for the Law Union or would like to help us organize events for next year, send Alex and Sydney an email at utlawunion@gmail.com. You can also join the Facebook group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/497413627022310/.

Critical Analysis of Law: An International & Interdisciplinary Law Review is soliciting applications for the position of Senior Editor.  

Senior Editors participate in all aspects of the journal's editing and production process, including providing feedback on manuscript submissions, copyediting, and proofreading.

Now in its fifth year, CAL is a peer-reviewed online open-access journal with almost 40,000 article downloads that serves as an international forum for cutting-edge research in and on law, by scholars from law and other disciplines. For further information, please visit the journal (http://cal.library.utoronto.ca/) or CAL Lab @ UofT (http://criticalanalysisoflaw.wordpress.com/). Recent contributors include:

• Clifford Ando (University of Chicago, Classics)
• Marianne Constable (UC Berkeley, Rhetoric)
• Hanoch Dagan (Tel Aviv University, Law)
• Monika Fludernik (University of Freiburg, English)
• Paul Halliday (University of Virginia, History)
• Peter Ramsay (LSE, Law)
• Joseph Singer (Harvard University, Law)
• Laura Underkuffler (Cornell University, Law)
• Mariana Valverde (University of Toronto, Criminology)
• James Q. Whitman (Yale Law School)

All interested incoming 2Ls and 3Ls are encouraged to apply.

If you have questions, please feel free to contact the Ellie Marshall (3L), Executive Editor (ellie.marshall@mail.utoronto.ca) or Profs. Markus Dubber or Simon Stern.

To apply, please send a brief statement of interest, along with your CV, to Nancy Bueler (nancy.bueler@utoronto.ca), by Monday, April 10, 2018.

Ryerson University Faculty of Community Services | School of Social Work presents:

SOCIAL WORK AND THE LAW 

Join us on April 2nd for a dialogue on the intersections between the social work and legal professions! This event will provide the opportunity to learn more about how these two professions connect, intersect and co-exist to support the historically and institutionally marginalized groups in our society. 

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Monday April 2nd, 2018

3PM - 5PM 

Thomas Lounge, Oakham House

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Keynote Speakers:

JUDGE HARVEY BROWNSTONE is a judge of the Ontario Court of Justice and the first openly gay judge in Canada. Judge Brownstone is a former criminal lawyer and an expert in Family Law. He is also a bestselling author and host of a television talk show on matters involving family law. He served on the Toronto Mayor's Committee on Community and Race Relations from 1990 to 1993 and chaired the first Subcommittee on Gay Issues. He is noted for presiding over the marriage of LGBTQ activist Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer.

KIKÉ ROACH is a civil rights lawyer and the Unifor Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy at Ryerson University. She has served as an Executive Member of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, the National Conference of Black Lawyers and the Women's Coalition for Employment Equity, among other community organizations. She is co-author with Judy Rebick of the book, Politically Speaking, on feminism and Canadian politics.

Guest Moderater:

DR. ANVER SALOOJEE. Dr. Saloojee is the Assistant Vice-President (AVP) International at Ryerson. As AVP International, Dr. Saloojee, provides university-wide strategic direction to Ryerson's international activities and guides Ryerson's evolution into a global urban university. Dr. Saloojee is also the Dean of Record for Ryerson's Law School proposal which has received approval from the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, the Law Society of Ontario and the Quality Assurance Council.

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This event is FREE and wheelchair accessible. The organisers strive to create accessible and inclusive spaces for all attendees. If you require any accommodations to ensure your participation, please email c1hines@ryerson.ca or couellette@ryerson.ca

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Sponsored by: Faculty of Community Services | School of Social Work

Centre for Ethics

C4E Doctoral Fellowship 

2018-19

We invite applications for the C4E Doctoral Fellows Program at the Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto, during the 2018-19 academic year. 

We expect to award one or two fellowships to outstanding doctoral students at the University of Toronto. We welcome candidates with research interests from diverse backgrounds including, but not limited to, philosophy, law, political science, the social sciences, the humanities, computer science, engineering, and technology studies, that align with the C4E’s mission as an interdisciplinary centre aimed at advancing research and teaching in the field of ethics, broadly defined, by bringing together the theoretical and practical knowledge of diverse scholars, students, public servants and social leaders in order to increase understanding of the ethical dimensions of individual, social, and political life. To get a sense of the wide disciplinary range and diversity of C4E events, activities, and projects, please consult the C4E website (http://ethics.utoronto.ca).

The C4E Doctoral Fellows Program is open to doctoral students enrolled in the Faculty of Arts and Science, the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Management, the Faculty of Medicine, or the Faculty of Education (OISE/UT) at the University of Toronto. Applicants should have completed their course requirements and have received formal approval of their doctoral dissertation proposals.

C4E Doctoral Fellows receive a stipend of $2,000 for the academic year. Fellows will have office space at the Centre for Ethics, with access to a printer and photocopying facilities. Doctoral Fellows are expected, throughout the term of their fellowship, to be in residence at the Centre for Ethics and to actively participate in the Centre’s intellectual life by attending and working closely with the director in planning Centre events. Fellowships are non-renewable.

Candidates should submit the following materials:

• Graduate transcript;

• Dissertation proposal; 

• Curriculum vitae; 

• A scholarly paper or dissertation chapter, written in the last year; and 

• A letter of reference from the dissertation supervisor. 

Please send complete applications to Markus Dubber, Director, Centre for Ethics, c/o director.ethics@utoronto.ca.

Applications open: April 1, 2018

Applications due: May 1, 2018

Call for Applications