Pursuing legal passions: First Clubs Fair at the Jackman Law Building

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

By Alvin Yau, 2L

For many students, law school is an exciting time in terms of exploring what is available within the legal profession. Some students are passionate about a particular area of legal practice and wish to pursue it further; on the other hand, many students have no idea where their interests may take them within the legal world and beyond. For these students and everyone else in between, the annual law school Clubs Fair was a prime opportunity to explore the exciting work that goes on beyond the academic realm.

Prof. Kent Roach co-authors "Making the spies accountable: real change or illusion?"

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Kent Roach and co-authors Ron Atkey and Craig Forcese assess the federal government's proposed reforms to anti-terror legislation ("Making the spies accountable: real change or illusion?" September 12, 2016).

Read the commentary on the Globe and Mail website, or below.

 

Headnotes - Sep 12 2016

Announcements

Headnotes and Web Site

Website features: the Calendars
University of Toronto Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law website features two levels of calendar, public and internal.

  • The public calendar only includes events open to people outside the law school, and is visible to anyone who visits the law school's web page. It can be accessed by clicking on "events" in the top right of any page.
  • The internal calendar includes all events at the law school, including those only open to students, faculty and/or staff. To access the internal calendar, log into e.Legal and then click on "Events" in the navigation menu along the top of the page.
  • The daily "Today's Events" email gets its information automatically from the internal calendar. So, to be included in "Today's Events", make sure that your event is listed in the internal calendar.

Events are added to the calendar when rooms are booked using the Room Booking Form, which is accessible in e.Legal.

Special features

The Calendar has special features to make it easier to coordinate your calendar with the Faculty of Law calendar.

  • If you click on any upcoming event, you will see an "Add to calendar" button on the right side under the title. Simply click on this button to add the event to your personal calendar (iCalendar, Outlook, Google, Yahoo). Each browser and calendar system will work slightly differently.
  • From the main public calendar page, you can add the Faculty of Law public calendar to your personal set of calendars by clicking on the "iCal" icon to the right of the page title.
  • For any event, if you want to alert others to it, you can share it on social media by clicking the social media icons on the event page.
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Student Office

JD Student Ambassador volunteer positions available

 

VOLUNTEER TO BE A JD STUDENT AMBASSADOR

 The UofT Law JD Admissions Office is seeking JD students in all years to volunteer as JD Ambassadors.

Under the direction of the Senior Recruitment, Admissions & Diversity Outreach Officer, JD Ambassadors will engage with prospective students, applicants and newly admitted students to motivate them to enrol in the Faculty.

Ambassadors will provide the student perspective and insight into the JD experience by portraying the vibrancy and depth of the academic, co-curricular, extra-curricular, professional development and student service opportunities offered by or available through the Faculty and University.
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* BE VALUED & MAKE A DIFFERENCE *
We encourage you to use this opportunity to have a direct impact on the composition of future classes. Incoming students who have interacted with current JD students and alumni consistently rave about the value of their engagement.
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* EVERYONE IS ENCOURAGED TO PARTICIPATE*
We seek a mix of Ambassadors in order to support the wide range of educational backgrounds, life experiences and demographics of our prospective students and applicants. The greater the mix of ambassadors, the better support we can provide.
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* REASONABLE TIME COMMITMENT *
The commitment is light enough not to be a strain with other commitments. Ambassadors should allot 6-10 hours per term (typically an average of 1 hr /forthnight) to volunteer.
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* MAIN DUTIES *

1. LAW SCHOOL TOURS [80%]
Conducting tours of the Faculty that highlight key services, facilities and personnel, and how they relate positively to the student experience, as well as communicating the history, academic and career strengths, and activities that occur among the student body and faculty. Tour groups range from 1 - 8 people comprising primarily of prospective students, applicants and their relatives/families. Tours are normally 45 min in length, and during the Fall &Winter terms they are scheduled within the 12:30-2:00 pm period on weekdays.

2. INFORMATION EVENTS [10%]
Assisting with the coordination and implementation of functions on-campus and off-campus, such as Welcome Day (winter term), open houses, JD admission information sessions and education/career fairs. Ambassadors may staff the event registration desks, serve as information resources via one-on-one/group interaction, panels, presentations, video streams, and assist with other logistics. The majority of events are on weekdays, with possibly 3-5 events held on a weekend day (usually Saturday).

3. E-ENGAGEMENT [10%]
Corresponding with prospective and incoming students via social media, email and live online chats, to assist them in understanding what it's like to be a JD student in the Faculty and the University.
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* QUALIFICATIONS *

Candidates must be:
- in good academic standing at the Faculty
- in any JD year of study (including 4L for combined programs)
- in pursuit of any legal area of interest
- willing and able to be a positive and responsible representative of the Faculty and University
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* SIGN-UP TODAY ONLINE *

Complete and submit the online application asap at https://goo.gl/forms/84xm4q8GkJvddU8C2

The first round of selections will be made from the applications received by September 23 

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* HELP *

Jerome Poon-Ting
Senior Recruitment, Admissions & Diversity Outreach Officer
JD Admissions Office
Student Services Hub

jerome.poon.ting@utoronto.ca
tel: 416-978-6630

 

 

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Academic Events

LGBTQ+ Workshop & Out in Law - Klippert Committee Report "Grossly Indecent"
Join us for a fascinating discussion on the Klippert Committee Report.
Douglas Elliott (Cambridge LLP) and Daniel Hershkop (JD 2018) will share with us their experiences working on the report. The report looks at aspects of the Criminal Code that are discriminatory toward all LGBTQ+ people, and ask the Trudeau government to engage in what it calls a “truth and rehabilitation process.”

All are welcome.
When? Thursday, Sep. 15th, 5.30 – 7.00 pm
Where? J230

 

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INNOVATION LAW & POLICY WORKSHOP: Mark Rose

INNOVATION LAW & POLICY WORKSHOP presents Mark Rose, University of California, Santa Barbara

Authors in Court: Stowe v. Thomas (1853)

Thursday, September 15, 2016

12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Solarium (Room FA2), Falconer Hall

84 Queen's Park

Stowe v. Thomas (1853): Emancipation and Translation

In 1853 Harriet Beecher Stowe sued F. W. Thomas, a Philadelphia publisher who had brought out a translation of Uncle Tom’s Cabin for the German-language trade. In a controversial decision, Justice Robert Grier… ruled that the German translation did not infringe her copyright.

For those not registered in the course for credit, there is a copy of the reading on 2-hour course reserve at the Bora Laskin Law Library.

If you plan to attend, please send an email to: centre.ilp@utoronto.ca.

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Law and Economics Workshop: Dan Awry

LAW & ECONOMICS WORKSHOP SERIES

presents

Dan Awrey
Associate Professor of Law & Finance
University of Oxford, Faculty of Law

The Shadow Payment System
(Dan Awrey and Kristin van Zwieten) 

Tuesday, September 13, 2016
4:10 – 5.45
Solarium (room FA2) - Falconer Hall
84 Queen's Park 

Banking, derivatives, and structured finance may attract the lion’s share of accolades and approbation in global finance – but payment systems are where the money is.  Historically, payment systems in most jurisdictions have been legally and operationally intertwined with the conventional banking system.  The stability of these payment systems has thus benefited from the prudential regulatory strategies governing deposit-taking banks.  These strategies include deposit guarantee schemes, emergency liquidity assistance, and special resolution regimes.  Importantly, these strategies have the practical effect of relaxing the strict application of corporate insolvency law, thereby enabling banks – and the payment systems embedded within them – to continue to perform payment and other functions even under severe institutional stress.  Recent years have witnessed the emergence of a vibrant shadow payment system.  This system includes peer-to-peer payment systems such as PayPal, mobile money platforms such as M-Pesa, and crypto-currency exchanges such as Mt. Gox.  The defining feature of these shadow payment systems is that they perform the same payment functions as conventional banks, but without benefiting from the prudential regulatory strategies which ensure that bank-based payment systems can continue to function during periods of institutional stress.  This paper examines the potential risks to shadow payment system customers generated by this functional gap, along with the likely effectiveness of various strategies which these systems currently, or might in future, employ to address these risks. 

Dan Awrey is an Associate Professor of Law and Finance and Academic Director of the MSc in Law and Finance programme.  Dan's teaching and research interests reside in the area of financial regulation and, more specifically, the regulation of banks, investment funds, derivatives markets, and financial market infrastructure.  He has undertaken research and provided advice at the request of organizations including HM Treasury, the UK Financial Conduct Authority, the Commonwealth Secretariat, and the European Securities and Markets Authority.  Before entering academia, Dan served as legal counsel to a global investment management firm and, prior to that, as an associate practicing corporate finance and securities law with a major Canadian law firm.  He holds degrees from Queen's University (B.A., LL.B.), the University of Toronto (LL.M.) and Oxford University (D.Phil.). 

Dan is also a Fellow of Linacre College.

 

For more workshop information, please contact Nadia Gulezko at n.gulezko@utoronto.ca.

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Join the Toronto Group Conference 2017 Team

Dear LLM and SJD students,

The Toronto Group for the Study of International, Transnational and Comparative Law is recruiting its 2017 organizing team!

LLM and SJD students are invited to take advantage of this unique occasion to organise an international academic conference, participate directly in the selection of the conference's theme, review of abstracts, and invitation of keynote speakers. 

The Toronto Group Conference is a collaboration between the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto and Osgoode Hall Law School. The 10th Annual Conference of the Toronto Group will be held in May 2017 on the University of Toronto campus. For this to happen, a small group of University of Toronto LLM and SJD students needs to be formed. The time commitment necessary is low, flexible, and will be shared with the Osgoode Hall Law School students. 

If you are interested to form part of the 2017 organizing team, please send an email to c.campbell.durufle@mail.utoronto.ca. Feel free to send any question as well ! 

Sincerely, 

Christopher Campbell-Duruflé, B.C.L./LL.B., LL.M.
SJD Candidate, University of Toronto

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Osgoode Society LegalHistory Workshop

OSGOODE SOCIETY LEGAL HISTORY WORKSHOP

 

The Osgoode Society Legal History Workshop is an informal evening seminar that meets on alternate Wednesdays between September and April to discuss a wide variety of topics in legal history, Canadian and international.  Participants are graduate students and faculty in law and history from U of T, York, McMaster and other institutions, as well as law students and members of the profession.  

 

Anybody interested in legal history is welcome to attend. If you would like to be put on the e-mail list and to receive the papers and other announcements by e-mail, please e-mail j.phillips@utoronto.ca. The schedule for this term follows.  All Sessions start at 6.30. All sessions are held in Room 230 of the Jackman Building.

 

 

OSGOODE SOCIETY LEGAL HISTORY WORKSHOP – FALL TERM 2016

 

 

Wednesday September 14 – Ryan Alford, Lakehead University: ‘Understanding Judicial Tolerance of Executive Branch Unilateralism: Changing Dynamics in the American Federal Judicial Appointments Process 1972-2010.’  

 

Wednesday September 21 – Thomas Mohr, University College Dublin: TBA

 

Wednesday October 12 – Paul Craven, York University: “Just Cause – Industrial Discipline at Arbitration in the 1940s.”

 

Wednesday October 26 – Bradley Miller, University of British Columbia: “Dangerous Doctrine: Jurisdiction in the Northeastern Boundary Dispute.”

 

NOTE - Thursday October 27 – American Society for Legal History Conference in Toronto

 

NOTE - Thursday October 27 – 5 – 7 - Annual Osgoode Society Book Launch, and Opening Reception, American Society for Legal History Conference

 

Friday October 28 and Saturday October 29 – American Society for Legal History Conference in Toronto

 

Wednesday November 9 – Suzie Chiodo, Osgoode Hall Law School: "Class Roots: The Genesis of the Ontario Class Proceedings Act, 1966-1992"

 

Wednesday November 23 – Constance Backhouse, University of Ottawa:  “Claire L’Heureux-Dubé: A Feminist Legal Biography”

 

Wednesday December 6 – Nelson Ouellet, University of Moncton: “The Origins of Workers Compensation in New Brunswick”

 


 

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James Hausman Tax Law & Policy Workshop: David Duff

JAMES HAUSMAN TAX LAW & POLICY WORKSHOP SERIES

presents 

David Duff
University of British Columbia
Peter A. Allard School of Law

Tax Policy and the Virtuous Sovereign:
Dworkinian Equality and Redistributive Taxation

Wednesday, September 21, 2016
12:30 – 2:00
Room FA3, Falconer Hall
84 Queen’s Park 

David G. Duff is Professor of Law and and Director of the Tax LLM Program at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, where he teaches and writes in the areas of areas of tax law and policy, corporate and international taxation, environmental taxation and distributive justice.  Prior to joining UBC Law in 2009, Professor Duff was a faculty member of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law for thirteen years. Before that, he was a tax associate at the Toronto office of Stikeman, Elliott. He was also employed as a researcher with the Ontario Fair Tax Commission from 1991 to 1993 and as a tax policy analyst with the Ontario Ministry of Finance from 1993 to 1994. He is a member and former Governor of the Canadian Tax Foundation, a member of the International Fiscal Association and the governing council of the Canadian branch of the International Fiscal Association, and an International Research Fellow of the Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation, and has been a visiting scholar at the law faculties at Auckland University, McGill University, Oxford University, and the University of Sydney.  Professor Duff has published numerous articles on tax law and policy, is the primary author Canadian Income Tax Law (5th ed., 2015) and The Taxation of Business Organizations in Canada (2015), has co-authored a book on accident law, and has co-edited books on tax avoidance in Canada, Canadian climate change policy, and environmental taxation. He has written several articles on tax avoidance and the Canadian General Anti-Avoidance Rule (GAAR) and was cited in the Supreme Court of Canada’s most recent GAAR decision inCopthorne Holdings Ltd. v. Canada, 2011 SCC 63: http://scc.lexum.org/en/2011/2011scc63/2011scc63.html.  

A light lunch will be served. 

For more workshop information, please contact Nadia Gulezko at n.gulezko@utoronto.ca.

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Critical Analysis of Law Workshop: Yishai Blank

Critical Analysis of Law Workshop Series

presents 

Yishai Blank
Tel Aviv University Buchman Faculty of Law 

In Search of the Secular: A Socio-Legal Journey

Tuesday, September 20, 2016
12:30 – 2:00
Solarium (Room FA2), Falconer Hall
84 Queen’s Park

This article is an attempt to locate and defend “the secular” in present day Israeli legal doctrines, institutions and discourse of religious liberty. While some degree of state non-religiosity has been a fairly consensual political and legal value, secularism has never been recognized as more than a personal attribute of individuals or a coincidental trait of Israeli society as a whole. In addition to the partial guarantee of separation between the state and its official (Jewish) religion, secular persons have been protected by a set of individual rights and freedoms. Secular sentiments, secular communities and secular ways of living, however, have never been legally recognized or protected. In addition, the management of various aspects of religious freedom and of religious affairs has been, to a significant extent, delegated to local authorities. This legal structure has arguably served as sufficient barrier against religious oppression and coercion – or at least it did when seculars formed the majority of the population, or while they still enjoyed hegemonic political and legal status. However, as the balance of power in the legislature, administration and judiciary shifts from seculars to religious Jews, and as Orthodox Jewish religion gains prominence in the public sphere and state policies, this legal structure needs to be reevaluated and possibly reconsidered. Freedom of conscience and other individual rights may no longer adequately protect seculars and members of minority religions and non-Orthodox Jewish denominations. Seculars can be considered a national majority only if we include among them people who identify as “traditionalists”, and in certain localities seculars are already a minority. Unlike members of institutionalized religions, seculars in Israel do not form a coherent group with a more-or-less clear set of beliefs, practices and ways of life.  Nevertheless, inasmuch as secularist communities signify the aspiration to create a plurality of experimental public spaces where liberal and counter-hegemonic values are protected (albeit in different ways), they themselves deserve to be protected against the growing enmeshing of state, dominant religions, and nationality. Thus, I argue that secularism in Israel should be understood as an effort by various non-religious minorities to confront and oppose the dominant and empowered state religion. As such, these communities should be given protection.

 

A light lunch will be provided. 

 

For more workshop information, please contact Nadia Gulezko at n.gulezko@utoronto.ca

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CLEA Conference Public Lecture: Robert Ellickson

THE 2015 MEETINGS OF
THE CANADIAN LAW AND ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION 

Friday, September 23 – Saturday, September 24, 2016 

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JIM TORY LAW AND ECONOMICS
PUBLIC LECTURE 

When Civil Society Uses an Iron Fist:  The Roles of Private Associations in
Rulemaking and Adjudication 

by 

Robert Ellickson
Walter E. Meyer Professor Emeritus of Property and Urban Law and
Professorial Lecturer in Law
Yale Law School

 

Friday, September 23, 2016
1:15 – 2:15
Room J140, Jackman Law Building
78 Queen’s Park

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Law and Economics Workshop: Kevin Davis

LAW & ECONOMICS WORKSHOP SERIES
presents 

Kevin Davis
New York University School of Law 

Multijurisdictional Enforcement Games

Tuesday, September 20, 2016
4:10 – 5.45
Solarium (room FA2) - Falconer Hall
84 Queen's Park  

Economic analyses of law enforcement generally focus on situations in which law is enforced by a single public agency in a single jurisdiction which faithfully follows its announced enforcement strategy. This does not reflect the reality of enforcement aimed at corporate crime, which commonly involves multiple agencies, often based in different jurisdictions. This chapter will discuss the analysis of multijurisdictional law enforcement, with particular reference to cases concerning foreign bribery. The premise is that this kind of interaction can be modelled as a dynamic multi-player game in which the players include both enforcement agencies and firms. The first step is to describe the structure of the game: the range of possible players, the actions open to them, and their preferences over outcomes, as well as when the players act and what they know about other players’ actions. The next step is to discuss how the enforcement game is likely to be played, meaning what strategies firms and enforcement agencies are likely to adopt. In principle, this kind of analysis can be used to formulate testable hypotheses about outcomes of interactions between regulators and firms. Unfortunately, opportunities to evaluate these kinds of hypotheses empirically are limited because many aspects of the structure of the game are difficult to observe, and firms’ misconduct and regulators’ enforcement activities typically are only observable when they result in formal sanctions. The chapter concludes with a discussion of some of the challenges inherent in normative analysis of the outcomes of multi-jurisdictional law enforcement games. 

Kevin Davis joined the NYU School of Law as Professor of Law in 2004. He was formerly a tenured member of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Law. He teaches courses on Contracts, Law and Development and Secured Transactions, as well as seminars on Financing Development and Contract Theory. His current research is focused on contract law, the governance of financial transactions involving developing countries, and the general relationship between law and economic development. Professor Davis received his B.A. in Economics from McGill University in 1990. After graduating with an LL.B. from the University of Toronto in 1993, he served as Law Clerk to Justice John Sopinka of the Supreme Court of Canada and later as an associate in the Toronto office of Torys, a Canadian law firm. After receiving an LL.M. from Columbia University in 1996, he was appointed an assistant professor at the University of Toronto and was promoted to associate professor in 2001. He has also been a visiting assistant professor at the University of Southern California, a visiting fellow at Cambridge University’s Clare Hall, and a visiting lecturer at the University of the West Indies in Barbados. He came to the NYU School of Law as a visiting professor in 2003. 

For more workshop information, please contact Nadia Gulezko at n.gulezko@utoronto.ca.

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Student Activities

Business Law Society - Accepting Applications to join our Executive Team

Business Law Society 1L Executive Recruitment

The Business Law Society is a student organization at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law with a mandate of facilitating professional and personal development, offering networking opportunities for students interested in business law, and providing practical and meaningful exposure to transactional legal work. Our goal is to work closely with firms and students over the 2016-2017 academic year to provide programming that fulfills this mandate in a targeted manner.

We are currently recruiting 1L and upper year students at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law to join our executive team. This is an amazing opportunity to learn about business law while building both your own network and those of your peers through personal interaction and exciting events with Toronto's premier business law firms. This role will require students who have a keen interest in business law and who would enjoy organizing meaningful events for their peers throughout both terms of the school year.

Interested candidates are asked to submit a 250-word Statement of Interest and their resume to blstoronto@gmail.com. The deadline for submissions is Sunday, September 18 at 5:00 PM. Successful applicants will be contacted for interviews. 

One of the executive positions will be reserved for a Communications Director. We are looking for a candidate who is proficient at creating newsletters and managing electronic communication platforms such as Gmail and Facebook. Experience with these skills is considered an asset. In the body of your email submission, please indicate whether or not you are interested in the Communications Director position in addition to a more general executive position with the Business Law Society.

Any questions can be directed to blstoronto@gmail.com. We look forward to your applications!

Sincerely,

Jerry Lee & Tegan Valentine 

Co-Presidents, Business Law Society

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Upper-Year Competitive Moots

Attention all 2Ls, 3Ls, and 4Ls: Welcome to the 2016-2017 mooting season! The Moot Court Committee invites all upper-years to experience competitive mooting at U of T Law. With the new school year approaching, we wanted to tell you about some exciting opportunities coming your way:

Information Session (Tues., Sept. 6, 12:30-2:00pm – First day of class)

The MCC will be holding a lunchtime information session about upper-year competitive moot tryouts on Tuesday, Sept. 6 in J250 (Abella Moot Court Room). Everyone is welcome! We will be talking about the tryout process and what it’s like to compete in a moot. We will also provide you with information on the particular moots that U of T will be competing in this year. 

Even if you’re not sure whether mooting is for you, please come and find out more. Many students who never thought of themselves as strong public speakers have gone on to become champion mooters.

**NEW** Pre-Tryout Practice for Those with Little to No Experience (Sat., Sept. 17)

The MCC will be providing students with an opportunity to experience mooting prior to the competitive moot tryouts. Join us in the Jackman Law Building on Saturday, Sept. 17 to practice giving submissions and answering questions. Each student will be given a one-on-one practice session, followed by constructive feedback on mooting style.

Please note: These sessions will not provide substantive information/feedback about the moot problem itself, just feedback on mooting style. We anticipate having space for all who register; however, if space becomes limited, students who have not previously participated in an upper-year competitive moot or the Baby Gale will receive priority.

Upper-Year Competitive Moot Tryouts (Sun., Sept. 18-Tues., Sept. 20)

Tryouts for this year’s competitive moots will take place in two rounds. First-round tryouts will be held on Sept. 18 and 19. Students who progress to the second round will moot again on Sept. 20. In both rounds, you will make submissions for seven minutes before a panel of three judges.

Registration for the Pre-Tryout Practice Sessions and the Competitive Moot Tryouts will open at 4:00pm on Thurs., Sept. 8 and close at 4:00pm on Mon., Sept. 12. We guarantee that everyone who signs up will receive a first-round tryout.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email the MCC (utlawmoot@gmail.com). Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter (@utlawmoot) for updates!

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International Law Society – Call for Executive Applications

 

The ILS is the only student club within the Faculty of Law that encompasses all areas of international law. We aim to promote an understanding of public and private international law, as well as encourage discussion between students, scholars and the broader legal community. Over the 2016-17 academic year, we intend to hold speaker events, a potluck and run the 23rd annual Canadian International Law Students’ Conference (CILSC) in partnership with Osgoode Hall Law School.

We are looking for enthusiastic, entrepreneurial and committed students to fill the following roles on our executive:

 

1) Vice President, Finance (1): The VP Finance will be in charge of all funds allocated to us for events, and will be responsible for budgeting, reimbursements and sponsorship for the CILSC.

 

2) Vice President, Communications (1): The VP Communications will manage all social media accounts, monitor the mailing list and promote our events as well as the CILSC on Headnotes and/or other platforms as needed.

 

3) 1L Representatives (3): 1L Representatives are encouraged to take on large amounts of responsibility within the ILS. They will assist with suggesting and planning events, soliciting speakers, organizing panels for the CILSC and performing any other duties as needed.

 

To apply, please e-mail a short (500 word maximum) paragraph describing your interest in the ILS and your relevant experience to toronto.ils@gmail.com by Friday, September 16, 2016.  

We look forward to reading your applications! 

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CLIG Speaker Series #1: What is good charity regulation? And how does Canada compare?
Charity Law Interest Group logo

On September 22nd, at 1:00 PM come listen to Mark Blumberg, partner at Blumberg Segal LLP, discuss what makes good charity regulation and how Canada compares on the world stage. The event will take place in room Fa4 and will be approximately 1 hour. There will be time for questions at the end. 

Event Description

The regulation of charities in Canada largely falls to the Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency. Provinces have largely abandoned the field of charity regulation.  Having a “tax regulator” being responsible for the regulation of charities has its advantages and disadvantages.  This presentation will discuss:

  • Statistics on the Canadian charity sector
  • Why are we regulating registered charities?
  • Do we have too much charity regulation?
  • How well do you know your charity sector?
  • What tax incentives are offered for gifts to charities and how does this affect the regulation of charities?
  • Constitutional division of charity regulation and federal taxation and case law on CRA regulation
  • Options for the regulation of charities
  • Indicia of a good charity regulator
  • How are charities regulated in other countries
  • Recent changes in the regulation of charities in different countries

This event is the first of the Charity Law Interest Group's monthly speaker series. For more information or to join, please contact Benjamin Miller at bjoseph.miller@mail.utoronto.ca or visit our Facebook group at:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/CharityLaw/

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Health Law Club - Call for 1L Execs

The Health Law Club is recruiting 1Ls to serve as members on our executive team. The Health Law Club organizes a number of opportunities throughout the year to better acquaint students with the practice of health law. We set up events that allow students to hear from and meet various professionals in the health law field, where they will discuss current issues and topics in the field, as well as what it's like to practice in this area. Executive members will be responsible for communications with their 1L classmates and helping to coordinate our events. This is a great chance to gain leadership experience and learn more about health law. If you're interested in becoming a 1L exec member please submit a resume and a statement of interest (max. 150 words) by September 30. Please send applications, and any questions you might have, to utflhealthlawclub@gmail.com.

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Tax Law Society Panel - Working in the World of Tax

Please join the University of Toronto Faculty of Law Tax Law Society this Wednesday September 14th in room J130 from 12:30-2pm for our first event of the year! We will be hearing from current tax law practitioners about their experiences, tips, and tricks while debunking some of the most common myths surrounding tax law practice. Food will be served. Should you have any questions, or if you would like to submit a question to be asked of the panel please email us at uofttaxlawsociety@gmail.com

 

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Join the Technology and Intellectual Property (TIP) Group Executive!
The Technology and Intellectual Property (TIP) Group is a student-run group focused on the law and intellectual property, biotechnology, information technology, telecommunications, privacy and other related fields.
 
Each year, the TIP Group organises a variety of events that allow students to learn about all aspects of practising in these fields, including legal, regulatory, policy, commercial, and other considerations. These events include: seminars with lawyers who speak about their practice areas and new developments in technology and intellectual property law; tours of law firms that specialize in intellectual property law; and a multi-day annual conference, which attracts lawyers, industry professionals, and academics. Past conference topics have included the self-driving car, the human genome, censorship and privacy, and compulsory licensing in the pharmaceutical industry.
 
All students are welcome to join and participate in TIP Group activities!

We are looking for students from all years to join our executive. If you are interested in getting involved as an executive member, please fill out the following Google Form by Friday, September 23 (https://goo.gl/forms/oq8sPZ1tCrTEIJNw2). Executive members play an important role in organizing the events mentioned above, but the commitment is very flexible and manageable.

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Fashion Law Society 1L Executive Recruitment

The Fashion Law Society at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law is dedicated to promoting an understanding of the unique legal contexts of fashion law, and its intersections with corporate, labor, communications, IP, entertainment, and human rights domains. From Mexx Canada filing for bankruptcy protection to the recent collapse of a Joe Fresh textile factory in Bangladesh, Canadian fashion law has a huge media presence: as a growing field of study, it requires legal expertise from a variety of contexts. The Fashion Law Society’s mandate is to enable students interested in fashion law to network with legal professionals working in the industry. We hold a panel event for members to attend, where fashion law experts give their advice on industry trends, employment, labor issues and their own experiences with the numerous legal issues facing the fashion industry.

FLS is currently recruiting new 1L executives. All 2L executive positions have been filled. If you are interested in becoming a 1L FLS Executive, please send via email a personal statement of no more than 250 words explaining your interest in fashion law to both Tamie Dolny (tamie.dolny@mail.utoronto.ca) and Amna Rehman (amna.rehman@mail.utoronto.ca). Please submit this no later than September 23.

For more information, check out our wordpress at https://fashionlawuoft.wordpress.com/ - we look forward to meeting you!

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Women & the Law 1L Executive Applications

Women and the Law is seeking two 1L students to join our executive team.

Women and the Law is a student organization committed to addressing three ways in which women and the law intersect:

  • Women at the law school,
  • Women in the legal profession, and
  • Women affected by the law.

 To apply for an executive position, please submit a maximum 300 word personal statement to women.law@utoronto.ca explaining your interest and any experience that might contribute to our team by 5:00pm on Fri., Sept. 23, 2016.

 For more information or to keep up to date with our events, like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/women.utlaw.

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Centres, Legal Clinics, and Special Programs

Downtown Legal Services - Volunteer Information Session
Downtown Legal Services logo

Downtown Legal Services is the Faculty’s flagship public interest clinic.  For over 40 years, our staff and students have been providing free legal services to low income clients and University of Toronto students. 

We are currently seeking volunteers across our practice areas: Criminal Law, Employment Law, Family Law, Housing Law, Refugee & Immigration Law and University Affairs (academic offences and appeals).   We have volunteer programs for 1Ls and for upper years.  In both programs, you will have the opportunity to learn about an area of law, to work with real clients, to develop your written and oral advocacy skills and to grapple with challenging professional and ethical issues.   Volunteers also assist with phone screening and intake and are encouraged to get involved in our community outreach program.

Want to hear more?  Visit our website and come to our Volunteer Program Information Session on Monday, September 12, from 12:30 – 2:00 pm in J140.  We look forward to seeing you there!

For more information about DLS and our student programs, visit our website at http://downtownlegalservices.ca/

Downtown Legal Services

 

 

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Advocates for Injured Workers Pub Night

Advocates for Injured Workers is excited to host our Meet and Greet Pub Night on Monday September 12 at 7 p.m. at Einstein's (229 College Street - just south-west of King's College Circle on UofT's Campus).

Interested in volunteering at the clinic for the 2016 - 2017 school year? Come and meet some upper year students who are more than happy to answer your questions. Advocates for Injured Workers (AIW) is a non-profit community legal clinic that provides legal services to injured workers dealing with workers' compensation disputes. The clinic offers law students an exciting way to gain practical experience in litigation, labour, human rights and administrative law, as well as the opportunity to prepare and present appeals. Students who volunteer at AIW are given 3 of their own clients, and conduct their own interviews, engage in medico-legal research and gather evidence for each case. You will also be assigned to an upper-year shift leader who will show you the ropes! Many of our volunteers also return to AIW as paid 1st or 2nd year summer students, and also have the opportunity to take AIW for credit in upper years. (Please note that first year students are given preference as volunteers.)

For more information, feel free to contact AIW's 2016 - 2017 Co-Directors, Tamie Dolny (tamie.dolny@mail.utoronto.ca) and Brendan Bohn (brendan.bohn@mail.utoronto.ca), through either email or on social media.

Please stop by for a quick drink after class! We can't wait to meet you. Applications will be released through both headnotes and social media in early September for the clinic, and will provide further details about training and shift times.

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IHRP and Asper Centre Working Group Information Session

IHRP and Asper Centre Working Group Information Session

Date: September 15, 2016

Time: 12:30-2:00pm

Location: Room J250

The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights is devoted to advocacy, research and education in the area of constitutional rights in Canada. The cornerstone of the Centre is a legal clinic that brings together upper year students, faculty and members of the bar to work on significant constitutional cases and advocacy initiatives for credit. Students in all years can volunteer with one of our working groups led by upper year students. Working groups prepare policy briefs, organize workshops, and conduct research on emerging constitutional issues. Find out more about this year’s working groups at the clubs fair and at the information session. Students are also welcome to attend our many workshops and conferences on constitutional law.

The International Human Rights Program (IHRP) is the only program of its kind in Canada and involves law students in international human rights law advocacy, knowledge-exchange, and capacity-building. Through our award-winning legal clinic and volunteer working groups, students develop experience in the practice of international human rights law and advocacy. Projects range from research, to reports, to advocating before courts and tribunals. Learn more about first year volunteer opportunities at the IHRP/Asper Centre working group information session on Sept. 15 at 12:30PM. Join our mailing list at the Clubs Fair for updates on IHRP summer internship information sessions, how to write for the IHRP’s student-edited publication, Rights Review, and IHRP events.

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LAWS Volunteer Information Session

Law in Action Within Schools is excited to welcome you back to a new school year!

For all students interested in learning more about the law school's youth outreach program and the fun volunteering opportunities with LAWS, join us for lunch and our Volunteer Information Session on Wednesday September 14, from 12:30 - 2:00pm in P105. 

LAWS volunteer training will take place on Wednesday September 21, from 12:30pm - 2:00pm in P105. Lunch will be provided.

LAWS law student volunteers:

  • Develop mentoring skills which are highly valued in the legal profession
  • Learn first-hand about the issues facing inner-city youth and newcomers
  • Enhance classroom learning by teaching young people about the law and communicating complex legal issues simply and succinctly
  • Cement their commitment to legal education and public interest work
  • Build rewarding relationships with amazing young people!

 

LAWS Volunteer Information Session
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Chevron Case Monitoring Project

The IHRP and the Canadian Centre for International Justice (CCIJ) are looking for student volunteers to monitor an upcoming hearing in Toronto in the Chevron case. The plaintiffs in the case are residents of Ecuador whose lands, waterways and livelihoods were harmed by environmental pollution over a period of many years. After civil claims against Texaco (which later merged with Chevron) were dismissed in US courts, Chevron was found liable for the pollution in an Ecuadorian court and ordered to pay $9.5 billion. The plaintiffs are now seeking to enforce that judgment in Ontario against the assets of Chevron Canada, a subsidiary.

In 2013, the Ontario Court of Appeal concluded that Ontario is an appropriate jurisdiction to determine whether the Ecuadoran judgment should be enforced. The court rejected the argument that there must be a “real and substantial connection” between the facts of the case and Ontario. Rather, it is sufficient that there was a real and substantial connection with Ecuador, where the judgment was obtained. In September 2016, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal of Chevron and Chevron Canada on that issue. The IHRP and CCIJ (along with MiningWatch Canada) intervened jointly at the Supreme Court and made submissions on the jurisdictional issue as well as the legal standards for piercing the corporate veil. More about our submissions and the Canadian enforcement action are available at http://www.ccij.ca/cases/chevron-2/.

The Ontario Superior Court will hear a week of submissions on the enforceability of the judgment starting September 12 in Toronto. The IHRP and CCIJ are seeking students who can attend the hearing, take notes and type up detailed summaries of the court proceedings. The minimum time commitment is one half day during the course of the week. We will be seeking to have at least one student at each day’s morning session and one student at each day’s afternoon session, but interested students would be welcome to attend more than one session during the week. Students will be required to write up a full summary of their notes within three days of the court session they attend. The summaries will be compiled and likely posted on the CCIJ website. CCIJ has a successful history of working with students to carry out similar monitoring projects. For an example of student summaries as part of a past CCIJ trial monitoring project, visit http://www.ccij.ca/content/uploads/2015/07/Trial-summaries-ALL-ENGLISH.pdf.

Any students interested in participating in the Chevron monitoring project should reply to this email- ihrp.law@utoronto.ca.

Samer Muscati

Director

International Human Rights Program

University of Toronto, Faculty of Law

78 Queen’s Park Cres., Room 419

Toronto, ON  M5S 2C5

 

Tel: 416.946.8730

Fax: 416.978.8894

Web: ihrp.law.utoronto.ca

 

 

 

 

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Artists' Legal Advice Services

Artists' Legal Advice Services (ALAS) is currently recruiting student volunteers for the 2016-2017 year. ALAS provides free summary legal advice to all artists (filmmakers, musicians, painters, models, producers, etc) living in Ontario. Volunteers will be responsible for client intake and appointment shadowing, and will have the opportunity to work with some of Toronto's leading entertainment lawyers. This is a fantastic opportunity for anyone interested in entertainment law, and/or who wishes to gain hands-on clinical experience.

We will be having a very brief information session on Wednesday, September 14th, at 12:30pm in J125. We will be providing more information about the clinic, volunteer duties, and the time commitment, and there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions.

All students interested in applying are asked to submit a statement of interest and relevant experience (~150 words) to alasontario@gmail.com by 5:00pm on Wednesday, September 21st. Any questions can also be directed to that address.

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Advocates for Injured Workers Clinic Student Caseworker Application

Attached is the Advocates for Injured Workers Student Caseworker Application, which has also been distributed on social media. Applications are due by September 14 at 5 p.m. sharp to AIW.clinic@gmail.com. Results will be released via email by the afternoon of September 16. AIW normally hires 15 new student volunteers per year; please note that preference is given to 1Ls. We do not recommend that you volunteer for this clinic at the same time as volunteering for another intensive program (ex. PBSC, DLS, etc.), given the commitment to your future clients and cases.

If you have any questions, feel free to stop by our pub night on September 12, our club booth, or email one of the 2016-2017 Co-Directors, Brendan Bohn (brendan.bohn@mail.utoronto.ca) and Tamie Dolny (tamie.dolny@mail.utoronto.ca).

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Career Development Office and Employment Opportunities

Asper Centre Research and Communications Assistant - work study position available

Asper Centre Research and Communications Assistant -  Job ID : 80319

The Research and Communications Assistant will be responsible for researching and drafting content for the Asper Centre website and social media, including case summaries and commentary. Duties will also include attending and reporting on Asper Centre events, such as workshops and conferences, and providing substantive content for online and print newsletters. Website experience is helpful but not essential, as training will be provided. Students must be enrolled in the JD or LLM programs at the Faculty of Law.

Applicants must submit a resume and cover letter through the Career Learning Network by September 21 at 5:00 p .m.

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FOR ALL JD STUDENTS - Student Liaison – Volunteer Position
Work Study Positions -- Constitutional Law
CDO EVENT FOR 2L JD, LLM AND GPLLM STUDENTS: Toronto OCI Preparation Session and Upper Year Panel
Date:  Thursday, September 22, 2016 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location:  J250 (Abella Moot Court Room) - Jackman Law Building

Please RSVP for this program under the 'events' tab of www.utlawcareers.ca.

Students who went through the Toronto OCI recruitment process last year discuss their experience interviewing with firms and government employers and provide their own personal tips for those of you going through the process this year. Come on out with your questions.

For more information, please contact ann.vuletin@utoronto.ca.

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CDO EVENT FOR 2L JD STUDENTS: Upper Year OCI Interview Preparation Session
Date:  Friday, September 23, 2016 - 10:30am to 12:30pm
Location:  P120 (Bennett Lecture Hall) - Jackman Law Building

Please RSVP for this program under the 'events' tab of www.utlawcareers.ca.

Please join the SLS and CDO for an opportunity to test your interview skills and ask questions in mock interviews with upper year students who participated in last year's OCI event and are currently working with Toronto employers. The CDO staff will be available in the room around 10 a.m. should students wish to drop by and ask any questions about the fall recruit before the mock interviews begin.

Students will be able to interview in a more informal setting and ask those questions which you may have been too intimidated to ask employers at the 20 Minute Miracle event in August. This will be a great opportunity to practice for the OCIs and November Interview Week.

All students are welcome, however at this time of year, 2Ls may find the session most useful.

Come dressed casually and bring a copy of your resume.

For more information about this program, please contact ann.vuletin@utoronto.ca.

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CDO WEBINAR FOR 2L JD STUDENTS: Government Student Panel
Date:  Tuesday, September 27, 2016 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location:  Webinar

Join us for a webinar where students will hear from students who have been through the process about their 2L summer interview processes.

Students will learn about the various substantive interview models these offices use and the format and types of questions they can expect interviewing with a government employers.

Information for how to participate in the webinar will follow closer to the date of the event.

Please RSVP under the 'events' tab on www.utlawcareers.ca.

For more information about this program, please contact ann.vuletin@utoronto.ca.

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Research Assistant - Prof. Satterthwaite

Prof. Satterthwaite will be hiring a Fall Term research assistant on a part-time basis (approximately 10 hours/week).  The Research Assistant will assist her in conducting a survey of GTA-based micro-entrepreneurs for an empirical project relating to tax compliance and access to tax advice.  Because conducting a consistent and high-quality set of face-to-face or telephone interviews is the primary duty of the position, outstanding interpersonal and listening skills, initiative, attention to detail, and organizational abilities are required.  There are no coursework, background or training prerequisites.  However, enthusiasm for learning and talking about complex portions of the federal GST statute is essential. 

To apply, please send a cover letter, resume and transcript to Vanessa Zhang (vanessaz.zhang@utoronto.ca) with the caption: RA application - Prof Satterthwaite.  Applications received prior to September 12, 2016 will be given first priority.  

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Research Assistants required

I would like to hire two or more research assistants for the academic year. The student(s) should have taken securities regulation and business organizations and have an interest in completing research in these areas of law. Some knowledge of statistics would be an asset but is not required. Please submit your application in PDF format by email to anita.anand@utoronto.ca prior to Sept. 16, 2016. Applications should include a cover letter, a resume and academic transcripts and will be held in confidence.

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CDO FOR 2L JD AND 3L COMBINED PROGRAM STUDENTS: OCI Drop-in Sessions
Date:  Monday, October 3, 2016 to Wednesday, October 5, 2016 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location:  Career Development Office - Jackman Law Building, 3rd Floor (Student Services Hub)

The Career Development Office will be hosting a series of drop in appointments for second year students who will be participating in the Toronto OCIs on October 6th and 7th.

Come to the CDO and ask Jordana and/or Kim any last minute questions you may have about your interviews and the OCI process. Students are welcome to drop-in individually or in small groups. Appointments will be on a first come, first served basis.

For more information, please contact ann.vuletin@utoronto.ca.

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CDO EVENT FOR UPPER YEAR STUDENTS: Clerkship Information Session
Date:  Tuesday, October 11, 2016 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location:  J125 (Detons Classroom) - Jackman Law Building

Please RSVP for this program under the 'events' tab of www.utlawcareers.ca.

Courts across Canada will soon begin hiring student law clerks for the 2018-19 year. In most jurisdictions, clerkships satisfy the requirement to article or a portion of the articling requirement. If you are a second or third year student considering this option, you should attend this session. First year students are also welcome to attend.

We will discuss the application process, the interviews, and what the clerking experience entails. The CDO's Guide to Canadian Clerkships will be available in the Document Library after the event.

Students may view last year's edition of the Clerkship Guide (Clerkships - Guide To Judicial Clerkships for 2017-2018) on UTLawCareers.ca in the Document Library.

For more information, please contact ann.vuletin@utoronto.ca.

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CDO EVENT FOR 1L JD AND 2L COMBINED PROGRAM STUDENTS: First Year Introduction
Date:  Thursday, October 13, 2016 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location:  J250 (Abella Moot Court Room) - Jackman Law Building

Please RSVP for this program under the 'events' tab on www.utlawcareers.ca.

This critical program is intended to provide first year law students with an opportunity to meet the CDO staff and be introduced to the services they provide, an overview of the legal recruitment landscape, a sense of the timing of first year recruitment processes and, importantly, reassurance that your career search needn’t start now.

For more information about this event, please contact ann.vuletin@utoronto.ca.

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This Week on UTLawcareers

Please find attached a list of the 1L, 2L and 3L/4L employment opportunities which are currently available on www.utlawcareers.ca.

For more information on these postings, please contact ann.vuletin@utoronto.ca.

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Journals, Research, and Scholarship

Law Review - Now Recruiting Editors!
University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review

The Law Review is currently accepting applications for 2016-2017 Assistant Editor, Associate Editor, and Senior Associate Editor positions. 

To join the Law Review, please complete the survey found on our website: www.utflr.org under "Join Us" (http://utflr.law.utoronto.ca/page/join-us)

Applications are due Friday, September 16, 2015 at 11:59pm. 

Questions? Send our Editors-in-Chief an email at utflr75@gmail.com.

Check us out on the web at www.utflr.org; on Facebook at /UofTLawReview; and on Twitter @utflr1942.

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Law Review - Call for Submissions

The Law Review will be accepting submissions for Volume 75(1) until Friday, September 16th at 11:59pm. 

To submit a paper, please complete the webform on our website: www.utflr.org under "Submissions - Submit a Paper" (http://utflr.law.utoronto.ca/webform/submit-paper). For submission requirements, please see the "Information for Authors" section on our website (http://utflr.law.utoronto.ca/page/information-authors).

We accept submissions from current law students (LLB/JD), graduate students (LLM/SJD), articling students, students clerking at a court in any jurisdiction, and recent law school graduates. The Law Review does not have a particular thematic focus - we consider for publication any piece of student scholarship containing novel subject matter related to legal thought or debate that may be of interest to Canadian readers. Articles with an international focus, however, must have a clear application to Canadian legal literature.

Questions? Send our Editors-in-Chief an email at utflr75@gmail.com.

Check us out on the web at www.utflr.org; on Facebook at /UofTLawReview; and on Twitter @utflr1942.

 

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Journal of Law and Equality - Call for Submissions

The Journal of Law & Equality (JLE) is a peer reviewed, student-run journal at the

University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. Our mandate is to promote critical and informed

debate on issues of equality, with a special emphasis on the Canadian context. The JLE

publishes research articles, case comments, notes, and book reviews by a diverse group of

commentators from across Canada and internationally, including professors, practitioners, and students.

 

We are currently assembling articles for the upcoming issue. The journal accepts

submissions on an ongoing basis, but please be advised that the deadline for expedited

review the Fall 2016 for publication in Spring 2017 is September 30, 2016. If you have a

paper on a topic related to equality rights, human rights, or social justice, please

consider submitting it to the JLE at editors.jle@gmail.com,. 

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Journal of Law and Equality Call for Submissions

Dear Faculty,


The Journal of Law and Equality is currently accepting submissions for it's Spring 2017 publication. It would be appreciated if you would consider forwarding the following Call for Submissions to any academic listservs in line with the journal's mandate to which you belong. Please feel free to email us if you have any questions or if you have any suggestions about other useful people to contact. We greatly appreciate your assistance. 

The Journal of Law & Equality (JLE) is a peer reviewed, student-run journal at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. Our mandate is to promote critical and informed debate on issues of equality, with a special emphasis on the Canadian context. The JLE publishes research articles, case comments, notes, and book reviews by a diverse group of commentators from across Canada and internationally, including professors, practitioners, and students.

 

We are currently assembling articles for the upcoming issue. The journal accepts submissions on an ongoing basis, but please be advised that the deadline for expedited review the Fall 2016 for publication in Spring 2017 is September 30, 2016. If you have a paper on a topic related to equality rights, human rights, or social justice, please consider submitting it to the JLE at editors.jle@gmail.com. 



Thank you,

Michelle Hayman & Fernando Monge-Loria
Co-Editors in Chief, Journal of Law and Equality

editors.jle@gmail.com 
     

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Indigenous Law Journal - Call For Submissions
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The Indigenous Law Journal ~
Volume 16 ~
Call for submissions ~
Deadline: September 30, 2016 ~

The Indigenous Law Journal is dedicated to developing dialogue and scholarship in the field of Indigenous legal issues, both within Canada and internationally. We encourage submissions from all perspectives on these issues. Our central concerns are Indigenous legal systems and the interaction of other legal systems with Indigenous peoples.

We are the only legal periodical in Canada with this focus. We welcome the addition of your voice to the discussion.
For full details on the submissions process, requirements, and student awards, please see: ilj.law.utoronto.ca
We now accept recorded oral submissions.

Please contact the Submissions Manager prior to making an oral submission, or to submit written work: submissions.ilj@utoronto.ca

Please address questions to Sinéad Charbonneau & Jesse Waslowski, Co-Editors-in Chief: indiglaw.journal@utoronto.ca

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Bora Laskin Law Library

Bora Laskin Law Library: Welcome

Welcome to the Bora Laskin Law Library.

The librarians and staff of the Law Library look forward to working with you as you complete your legal studies. Our library occupies three levels of the Pavilion wing in the Jackman Law Building. Here you will have access to quiet study space, our extensive law collection, the Information Commons, and the expertise of our librarians and staff.

The entrance to the Library is located just off the Atrium on level 02. As you enter the Library you will find the Library Services desk, where you will be able to borrow books, get reference advice as well as IT support. Behind the desk is our Short Term/Course Reserve area which contains most of the key treatises to which you will refer to during your studies. Across from the desk is the Information Commons which holds 30 desktop computers for your use as well as a state of the art book scanner.

 Torys Hall, the Library’s magnificent reading room, is also located on level 02 and provides an impressive space for quiet study.  Next to the Reading Room in a small alcove you will find our printing and copying facilities. Wireless printing from your laptop is available.

On the lower level (level 01) of the Library you will find our monograph print collection.  Level 02 is where you’ll find our collection of legislative materials. The top level (level 03) hosts our collection of law journals.

The library has a total of 11 bookable group study rooms available for collaborative study. Three group study rooms are located on level 02 adjacent to the reading room. An additional 8 group study rooms are located on the top floor.

For more information about the library’s resources and policies please check out our website at http://library.law.utoronto.ca. In particular I’d like to draw your attention to our services to law students located at http://library.law.utoronto.ca/services/services-students.

The Library’s strongest asset is its staff.  We will advise you on research strategy, find the most relevant materials to assist with your course work, show you how to get the best out of our electronic resources, solve any tricky citation problems that you can throw at us and sometimes just provide a sympathetic ear when you need one.  For a full list of the Library staff please check out Who We Are. We are also available online: come visit us on Facebook, Twitter and our award winning Blog.

During your time here the Law Library will become a trusted resource, a resting stop between classes and a home away from home. Welcome and best of luck with your law school career!

 

Hours of Operation:

Beginning Tuesday September 6, 2016 the Law Library will resume regular hours:

Monday – Thursday        8:45 am – 11:00 pm

Friday                    8:45 am – 8:00 pm

Weekends          10:00 am – 8:00 pm

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LexisNexisAdvance Quicklaw and WestlawNext Canada Training for first year students.

Students at the Faculty of Law have free access to two leading legal research databases in Canada,  WestlawNext Canada and LexisAdvance Quicklaw.  

  • You will be provided passwords and/or login information during your LRW sessions.
  • In addition, the library has arranged for trainers to come in and show you how to use these databases.
  • The dates and times for training are

If you have any questions, please contact susan.barker@utoronto.ca

 

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Book a Study Room

The Bora Laskin Law Library has 11 group study rooms on Levels 2 and 3 of the Library which, starting September 6, 2016, will be available to be booked online for collaborative study:

  • Group Study rooms can be booked using the online booking system, with a valid UTORid, and are available 7 days a week, during the library hours of operation.
  • Rooms P238, P240 and P242 on Level 2 (adjacent to Torys Hall) can accommodate up to 6 persons.
  • Rooms P334, P336, P338, P353, P355, P365, P367, P369  on Level 3 can accommodate up to 8 persons.
  • Group study rooms may be booked and used ONLY by current students at the Faculty of Law.
  • Rooms are available for groups of 4 or more students only.  If fewer than four students occupy a study room, library staff will request that the person(s) move to another study area in the library.
  • Group study rooms are locked using an FOB system. In order to access a study room you will have to go to the Circulation Desk and sign-out the FOB for the particular room that was reserved online. You will need a valid T-Card to do this. Please note that over-staying your booking may result in late fees.
  • If the group who booked a study room is more than 10 minutes late for the booking, another group may occupy the room for the remainder of the booked session.
  • Students may book up to two sessions at a time. There is a limit of 1 booking per day and a maximum of 2 hours per session.  This ensures fair access to study rooms for all students.
  • Eating is not permitted in the study rooms, and students using the rooms are expected to abide by the Library Code of Conduct, and Library Policies. Anyone who does not observe the room booking policy, or Library Code of Conduct may have study room booking privileges suspended.

 

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Job Posting: Faculty Research Assistants

Job Title:        Faculty Research Assistant (Library RA Pool)

Status:            Casual

Hours:            Up to 8 hours maximum per week during the school year

Salary:            $15/hr

Reports to:     Faculty Services Librarian

Job Description:

  • On demand research assistance to faculty on short term research projects
  • Research will require working with secondary legal materials, primary legal materials as well as non-legal materials to be conducted using print and online resources, in consultation with the Faculty Services Librarian
  • RAs will work directly with faculty to work out the scope of the research and to communicate the results of their research. Legal analysis of the product of research may be required.  RAs may also be asked to help format scholarship to ready it for publication.

 Qualifications: 

  • Superior ability to communicate effectively in writing; attention to detail; strong analytical and organizational skills.
  • Superior research skills, including knowledge of online databases and print materials. Students who have prior legal research experience or have completed the Advanced Legal Research and Writing course will be preferred.
  • Ability to effectively interact with faculty; tact, initiative, good judgement and patience.
  • Demonstrated judgment to handle confidential matters.

 Desired Class Level(s): 2L, 3L/4L, LLM, SJD

 How to apply:

Please submit cover letter, résumé, undergraduate transcripts and graduate transcripts to Sooin Kim at sooin.kim@utoronto.ca.

Requested Documents:

  • Résumé
  • Cover Letter
  • Unofficial Transcripts

 Applications Accepted Until: Monday, September 19, 2015  

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Bookstore

Bookstore

The Bookstore is now located in 78 Queen’s Park, Room P125, Level One. 

Hours for the week of September 12th, 2016

Monday:        9:30 a.m.  -  3:30 p.m.
Tuesday:       9:30 a.m.  -  3:30 p.m.
Wednesday:  9:30 a.m.  -  3:30 p.m.
Thursday:      9:30 a.m.  -  3:30 p.m.
Friday:           9:30 a.m.  -  3:30 p.m.   

                                            The last day to return books this term will be Monday, September 26th. 

The following books have arrived for the First Year Class:

A Measure of Injury (for everyone in Professor Moreau’s Torts class) 

 

For updated information, please remember to visit the Faculty of Law Bookstore website at:  

http://www.law.utoronto.ca/student-life/bookstore

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External Announcements: Events

Centre for Ethics Seminar Series: Friday, September 16, 2016

Centre for Ethics

University of Toronto

 

Integrity, Individual and Collective

 

Shmulik Nili

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Research School of the Social Sciences (School of Philosophy)

Australian National University

 

Friday, September 16, 2016

12 noon – 2:00 pm

 

Room 200, Larkin Building

15 Devonshire Place

 

Shmulik Nili’s main research focuses on the moral assessment of global politics. This focus is informed by social science, by the history of political thought, and by a methodological emphasis on the practical task of political philosophy. His secondary research interests include meeting points between analytical and continental philosophy, as well as conflict and identity in his native Israel.

 

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Public Sector Ethics Conference - September 29-30, 2016 in Jackman Law Building
Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice Conference – Civil Justice and Economics: A Matter of Value

Each year, the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice (CIAJ) hosts a number of multi-disciplinary conferences, including its flagship Annual Conference.

This year’s topic is focusing on Civil Justice and Economics andwill take place at the Fairmont Château Laurier in Ottawa from October 5 to 7, 2016. The Honourable Thomas A. Cromwell is Honorary Chair. The stellar line-up of speakers is listed in our detailed program. In addition, a free student program addressing the issue of self-represented litigants will follow the official program on Friday afternoon, at the University of Ottawa.

The detailed program, and a poster and flyer for the free student program are available on: https://ciaj-icaj.ca/en/events/civil-justice-and-economics-a-matter-of-value/

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External Announcements: Opportunities

Alexander D. Pringle Memorial Scholarship
HELLENIC CANADIAN LAWYERS ASSOCIATION (HCLA) STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
FOR ALL JD STUDENTS: Baxter Essay Contest
RebLaw 2017 Conference

Posted on behalf of the RebLaw 2017 Directors at Yale Law School:

 

Interested in social change? Community-based lawyering? Progressive causes?

Submit a session proposal for the Rebellious Lawyering Conference (RebLaw), the largest student-run public interest law conference in the U.S.! The conference, grounded in the spirit of Gerald Lopez's Rebellious Lawyering, seeks to build a community of law students, practitioners, and activists committed to making progressive social change through the law and building a more just, equitable, and democratic society.

RebLaw 2017 is being held at Yale Law School in New Haven, Connecticut on February 17-18. We're looking for law students to organize panels, workshops, trainings, film screenings, discussions, and other sessions that will inform, inspire, and build community.

This year, we are adding an international focus to the conference, having invited Prof. Pamela Palmater from Canada as a keynote speaker. We are therefore excited to receive panel proposals from University of Toronto students!

If you've got a session idea, please fill out the short RebLaw 2017 Session Proposal Form (http://tinyurl.com/gwtqeuo) by midnight ET on October 11. The form is simple - all we want is a sense of what kind of session you're interested in doing, and then we'll work with you to develop your idea.

Check out our website (http://reblaw.yale.edu) for information and video from last year's conference, as well as our Facebook and Twitter (@RebLawCon) pages. You can also reach us by email at reblaw@yale.edu with any question.

Please forward widely.

Sincerely,

RebLaw 2017 Directors
Arash Ghiassi
D’Laney Gielow
Wally Hilke
Noah Kolbi-Molinas
Steve Lance
Joanne Lee
Nancy Yun Tang

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External Announcements: Other

Supreme Court of Canada Tours

The Supreme Court of Canada offers guided tours year-round, giving visitors the opportunity to become better acquainted with Canada's highest tribunal. Tour guides, who are all law students, will familiarize students with the operation of the Canadian judicial system and will explain how legal issues of public importance are dealt with by the Court. It is also possible to sit in on the hearing of an appeal when the Court is in session.

Students are also able to visit the Court on their own time. Walk-in guided tours are conducted on a continuing basis from early May to the end of August.  From September to April, tours are available by pre-arrangement only. Reservations can be made by filling out the online reservation request form at http://www.scc-csc.ca/vis/tour-visite/request-demande-eng.aspx

If you wish to reserve a guided tour or if you have any questions, please contact Jonathan Trottier by telephone at 613-995-5361 or by e-mail at Jonathan.Trottier@scc-csc.ca.

Full information can be found at: http://www.scc-csc.ca/vis/tour-visite/index-eng.aspx

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Late announcements

Supreme Chords Auditions
Supreme Chords

Do you like to sing? The Supreme Chords is U of T Law's all a cappella ensemble. Auditions will be held on Thursday, September 15, and Friday, September 16 to determine voice types. All students are invited to join. See our Facebook page (www.facebook.com/SupremeChords) or email us at TheSupremeChords@gmail.com for more information and to book an audition time. We hope to see you there!

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Ultra Vires 2016-17

Ultra Vires is the independent student newspaper of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. We provide a forum for diverse viewpoints on topics of interest to current and prospective students, alumni, faculty, and members of the legal community.

 

No prior experience is necessary to join or contribute to Ultra Vires.

 

1.    We are looking for two "1L Editors." As a member of the 2016-17 Editorial Board, you would attend our monthly pitch meeting and layout meeting (approx. two hours each) and be responsible for soliciting and editing articles each month. To apply, please email editor@ultravires.ca by 11:59pm on Friday, September 23rd with: (1) a brief statement of interest, and (2) your resume--just the latest version, no need to update.

 

2.    We are always looking for contributors. If you are interested in writing for Ultra Vires, taking photos, doing illustrations (or comics), helping crunch numbers with your stats background, or contributing in any other way, please let us know!

 

Ultra Vires publishes on the last Wednesday of every month (except December and April for exams). The submission deadline for articles is the Wednesday prior to publication. We also publish stories online between issues if they are timely.

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Join the Indigenous Law Journal!

The Indigenous Law Journal ~
Volume 16 ~
Associate Editor Recruitment

The ILJ covers issues of social justice, international law, restorative justice, Aboriginal sovereignty & self-governance, reconciliation, ground-breaking Canadian law, legal issues in Australia & New Zealand and more!!!

 As an Associate Editor, you will:

  • Read ~4 papers in first semester, and review one paper more closely.
  • Meet in an engaging and collaborative Cell Group to discuss the papers, and come to a consensus on which papers will be passed up to the Senior Editorial Board (cell groups meet between October 15 and October 23).
  • Write a rejection letter summarizing the strengths and areas for improvement for one paper.
  • Work with your Cell Group in second semester to provide in-depth feedback to select authors.

Prior knowledge of Indigenous legal issues is NOT required - all you need is an interest in learning more about the subject! 

Hear more about the ILJ at the clubs fair on Tuesday, September 13th. 

To join, attend the Associate Editor Training Session:
1 FREE LUNCH - week of September 26th - (room/date TBA).

Please also sign up here (link) for more information. If you are unable to attend training, let us know.

More info available on our website: http://ilj.law.utoronto.ca
or email Jesse Waslowski (j.waslowski@mail.utoronto.ca) or Sinead Charbonneau (sinead.dearman@mail.utoronto.ca)

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Headnotes - Sep 5 2016

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Jim Tory Law and Economics Public Lecture: Robert Ellickson, “When Civil Society Uses an Iron Fist"

JIM TORY LAW AND ECONOMICS
PUBLIC LECTURE 

“When Civil Society Uses an Iron Fist:
The Roles of Private Associations in Rulemaking and Adjudication” 

by 

Robert Ellickson
Walter E. Meyer Professor Emeritus of Property and Urban Law and
Professorial Lecturer in Law
Yale Law School 

Friday, September 23, 2016
1:15 – 2:15
Room J140, Jackman Law Building
78 Queen’s Park

 

Headnotes - Aug 29 2016

Announcements

Headnotes and Web Site

Faculty of Law Alumni e.newsletter for August 2016
Faculty of Law Alumni e.newsletter for August 2016

The Faculty of Law sends an email newsletter to alumni every month.

See the August 2016 Faculty of Law alumni e.newsletter.

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Deans' Offices

Dean’s Start of Term BBQ

Please join us for the Dean’s Start of Term BBQ on Wednesday, September 7th from 4.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. to welcome everyone not just to a new academic year but to our brand new building! The BBQ will be held in the Atrium of the Jackman Law Building.

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Student Office

Clubs Fair

The Law School Clubs Fair is on September 13th, 12:30-2pm in the Jackman Atrium. All student organizations are invited to have a table at clubs fair. If your organization would like a table, please email sara.hubbard@utoronto.ca by September 8th 9am.

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Academic Events

Fifth Annual University of Toronto Patent Colloquium

Join the Centre for Innovation Law and Policy for the Fifth Annual University of Toronto Patent Colloquium!


Date: Friday, November 4, 2016
Program runs from 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Registration opens at 8:30 am

Location: Moot Court Room, Jackman Law Building, 78 Queen's Park

Register for this event: http://utpatent2016.eventbrite.ca/

Visit our event page to view all the details and download the agenda!


Our keynote speaker will be Johanne Bélisle, Commissioner of Patents, Registrar of Trademarks and Chief Executive Officer of CIPO. This year’s panels will discuss: ‘Early Stage Claim Construction: Should it be Implemented in Canada?’; ‘Independence of Experts/Dealing with Bias’; ‘Consideration of Non-infringing Alternatives in Patent Damages’; and ‘A Tribute to the Jurisprudence and Scholarship of Justice Roger T. Hughes’. Speakers will include Chief Judge Leonard P. Stark, D. Delaware; Professor Sivaramjani Thambisetty, Law Department, London School of Economics; and Junyi Chen, Deeth Williams Wall. Moderators will include Chief Justice Paul Crampton and Justice Elizabeth Heneghan, of the Federal Court of Canada.

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LGBTQ+ Workshop & Out in Law - Klippert Committee Report "Grossly Indecent"
Join us for a fascinating discussion on the Klippert Committee Report.
Douglas Elliott (Cambridge LLP) and Daniel Hershkop (JD 2018) will share with us their experiences working on the report. The report looks at aspects of the Criminal Code that are discriminatory toward all LGBTQ+ people, and ask the Trudeau government to engage in what it calls a “truth and rehabilitation process.”

All are welcome.
When? Thursday, Sep. 15th, 5.30 – 7.00 pm
Where? J230

 

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INNOVATION LAW & POLICY WORKSHOP: Mark Rose

INNOVATION LAW & POLICY WORKSHOP presents Mark Rose, University of California, Santa Barbara

Authors in Court: Stowe v. Thomas (1853)

Thursday, September 15, 2016

12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Solarium (Room FA2), Falconer Hall

84 Queen's Park

Stowe v. Thomas (1853): Emancipation and Translation

In 1853 Harriet Beecher Stowe sued F. W. Thomas, a Philadelphia publisher who had brought out a translation of Uncle Tom’s Cabin for the German-language trade. In a controversial decision, Justice Robert Grier… ruled that the German translation did not infringe her copyright.

For those not registered in the course for credit, there is a copy of the reading on 2-hour course reserve at the Bora Laskin Law Library.

If you plan to attend, please send an email to: centre.ilp@utoronto.ca.

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CLEA Conference Public Lecture: Robert Ellickson

THE 2015 MEETINGS OF
THE CANADIAN LAW AND ECONOMICS ASSOCIATION
Friday, September 23 – Saturday, September 24, 2016 

**************************** 

 JIM TORY LAW AND ECONOMICS
PUBLIC LECTURE 

When Civil Society Uses an Iron Fist:
The Roles of Private Associations in Rulemaking and Adjudication

 by

Robert Ellickson
Walter E. Meyer Professor Emeritus of Property and Urban Law and
Professorial Lecturer in Law
Yale Law School

 Friday, September 23, 2016
1:15 – 2:15

Room J140, Jackman Law Building
78 Queen’s Park

 

 For more conference information, please go to the CLEA website at www.canlecon.org or contact Nadia Gulezko at n.gulezko@utoronto.ca.



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Legal Theory Workshop: Claire Finkelstein

 

LEGAL THEORY WORKSHOP SERIES
presents

Claire Finkelstein
Algernon Biddle Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy
University of Pennsylvania

Contemporary Armed Conflict and the Non-State Actor

Friday, September 9, 2016
12:30 - 2:00
Solarium (Room FA2), Falconer Hall
84 Queen's Park

Recent challenges in international security posed by two terrorist organizations, Al Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), have highlighted an urgent domestic and foreign policy challenge, namely, how to address the threat posed by violent non-state actors while adhering to the rule of law values that form the core of democratic governance. Despite the vital importance of this topic, the legal framework for conducting operations of this magnitude against non-state actors has never been clearly identified.  The Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) is organized around the assumption that parties to an armed conflict are “combatants,” meaning that they are members of a state military acting in the name of that state.  Norms of conduct are unclear with regard to non-state actors, and there are few consistent legal principles to provide guidance.  A tendency in recent years among legal scholars has been to argue that LOAC must adapt to fit the new asymmetric nature of armed conflict.  In 2002, Donald Rumsfeld announced, upon the arrival of the first batch of detainees to Guantanamo prison, that members of these organizations actively threatening United States security are “unlawful combatants,” and as such not subject to the Geneva Conventions.  Against the background of this conviction, the fault does appear to lie with LOAC, and that legal principles must evolve to meet current needs in combatting terror.  Law, however, is generally thought of as a constraint, rather than an instrument for achieving other goals.  This talk will address the status of unlawful combatants under existing International Humanitarian Law and ask whether our current national and international legal frameworks can accommodate and provide a coherent legal framework for addressing the threat posed by non-state actors in current asymmetric conflict.


A light lunch will be served. 

For more workshop information, please contact Nadia Gulezko at n.gulezko@utoronto.ca 

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Student Activities

Business Law Society - Accepting Applications to join our Executive Team

Business Law Society 1L Executive Recruitment

The Business Law Society is a student organization at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law with a mandate of facilitating professional and personal development, offering networking opportunities for students interested in business law, and providing practical and meaningful exposure to transactional legal work. Our goal is to work closely with firms and students over the 2016-2017 academic year to provide programming that fulfills this mandate in a targeted manner.

We are currently recruiting 1L and upper year students at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law to join our executive team. This is an amazing opportunity to learn about business law while building both your own network and those of your peers through personal interaction and exciting events with Toronto's premier business law firms. This role will require students who have a keen interest in business law and who would enjoy organizing meaningful events for their peers throughout both terms of the school year.

Interested candidates are asked to submit a 250-word Statement of Interest and their resume to blstoronto@gmail.com. The deadline for submissions is Sunday, September 18 at 5:00 PM. Successful applicants will be contacted for interviews. 

One of the executive positions will be reserved for a Communications Director. We are looking for a candidate who is proficient at creating newsletters and managing electronic communication platforms such as Gmail and Facebook. Experience with these skills is considered an asset. In the body of your email submission, please indicate whether or not you are interested in the Communications Director position in addition to a more general executive position with the Business Law Society.

Any questions can be directed to blstoronto@gmail.com. We look forward to your applications!

Sincerely,

Jerry Lee & Tegan Valentine 

Co-Presidents, Business Law Society

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Upper-Year Competitive Moots

Welcome to the 2016-2017 mooting season! The Moot Court Committee invites all upper-years to experience competitive mooting at U of T Law. With the new school year approaching, we wanted to tell you about some exciting opportunities coming your way:

Information Session (Tues., Sept. 6, 12:30-2:00pm – First day of class)

The MCC will be holding a lunchtime information session about upper-year competitive moot tryouts on Tuesday, Sept. 6 in J250 (Abella Moot Court Room). Everyone is welcome! We will be talking about the tryout process and what it’s like to compete in a moot. We will also provide you with information on the particular moots that U of T will be competing in this year. 

Even if you’re not sure whether mooting is for you, please come and find out more. Many students who never thought of themselves as strong public speakers have gone on to become champion mooters.

**NEW** Pre-Tryout Practice for Those with Little to No Experience (Sat., Sept. 17)

The MCC will be providing students with an opportunity to experience mooting prior to the competitive moot tryouts. Join us in the Jackman Law Building on Saturday, Sept. 17 to practice giving submissions and answering questions. Each student will be given a one-on-one practice session, followed by constructive feedback on mooting style.

Please note: These sessions will not provide substantive information/feedback about the moot problem itself, just feedback on mooting style. We anticipate having space for all who register; however, if space becomes limited, students who have not previously participated in an upper-year competitive moot or the Baby Gale will receive priority.

Upper-Year Competitive Moot Tryouts (Sun., Sept. 18-Tues., Sept. 20)

Tryouts for this year’s competitive moots will take place in two rounds. First-round tryouts will be held on Sept. 18 and 19. Students who progress to the second round will moot again on Sept. 20. In both rounds, you will make submissions for seven minutes before a panel of three judges.

Registration for the Pre-Tryout Practice Sessions and the Competitive Moot Tryouts will open at 4:00pm on Thurs., Sept. 8 and close at 4:00pm on Mon., Sept. 12. We guarantee that everyone who signs up will receive a first-round tryout.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email the MCC (utlawmoot@gmail.com). Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter (@utlawmoot) for updates!

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International Law Society – Call for Executive Applications

 

The ILS is the only student club within the Faculty of Law that encompasses all areas of international law. We aim to promote an understanding of public and private international law, as well as encourage discussion between students, scholars and the broader legal community. Over the 2016-17 academic year, we intend to hold speaker events, a potluck and run the 23rd annual Canadian International Law Students’ Conference (CILSC) in partnership with Osgoode Hall Law School.

We are looking for enthusiastic, entrepreneurial and committed students to fill the following roles on our executive:

 

1) Vice President, Finance (1): The VP Finance will be in charge of all funds allocated to us for events, and will be responsible for budgeting, reimbursements and sponsorship for the CILSC.

 

2) Vice President, Communications (1): The VP Communications will manage all social media accounts, monitor the mailing list and promote our events as well as the CILSC on Headnotes and/or other platforms as needed.

 

3) 1L Representatives (3): 1L Representatives are encouraged to take on large amounts of responsibility within the ILS. They will assist with suggesting and planning events, soliciting speakers, organizing panels for the CILSC and performing any other duties as needed.

 

To apply, please e-mail a short (500 word maximum) paragraph describing your interest in the ILS and your relevant experience to toronto.ils@gmail.com by Friday, September 16, 2016.  

We look forward to reading your applications! 

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Centres, Legal Clinics, and Special Programs

Downtown Legal Services - Volunteer Information Session
Downtown Legal Services logo

Downtown Legal Services is the Faculty’s flagship public interest clinic.  For over 40 years, our staff and students have been providing free legal services to low income clients and University of Toronto students. 

We are currently seeking volunteers across our practice areas: Criminal Law, Employment Law, Family Law, Housing Law, Refugee & Immigration Law and University Affairs (academic offences and appeals).   We have volunteer programs for 1Ls and for upper years.  In both programs, you will have the opportunity to learn about an area of law, to work with real clients, to develop your written and oral advocacy skills and to grapple with challenging professional and ethical issues.   Volunteers also assist with phone screening and intake and are encouraged to get involved in our community outreach program.

Want to hear more?  Visit our website and come to our Volunteer Program Information Session on Monday, September 12, from 12:30 – 2:00 pm in J140.  We look forward to seeing you there!

For more information about DLS and our student programs, visit our website at http://downtownlegalservices.ca/

Downtown Legal Services

 

 

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Advocates for Injured Workers Pub Night

Advocates for Injured Workers is excited to host our Meet and Greet Pub Night on Monday September 12 at 7 p.m. at Einstein's (229 College Street - just south-west of King's College Circle on UofT's Campus).

Interested in volunteering at the clinic for the 2016 - 2017 school year? Come and meet some upper year students who are more than happy to answer your questions. Advocates for Injured Workers (AIW) is a non-profit community legal clinic that provides legal services to injured workers dealing with workers' compensation disputes. The clinic offers law students an exciting way to gain practical experience in litigation, labour, human rights and administrative law, as well as the opportunity to prepare and present appeals. Students who volunteer at AIW are given 3 of their own clients, and conduct their own interviews, engage in medico-legal research and gather evidence for each case. You will also be assigned to an upper-year shift leader who will show you the ropes! Many of our volunteers also return to AIW as paid 1st or 2nd year summer students, and also have the opportunity to take AIW for credit in upper years. (Please note that first year students are given preference as volunteers.)

For more information, feel free to contact AIW's 2016 - 2017 Co-Directors, Tamie Dolny (tamie.dolny@mail.utoronto.ca) and Brendan Bohn (brendan.bohn@mail.utoronto.ca), through either email or on social media.

Please stop by for a quick drink after class! We can't wait to meet you. Applications will be released through both headnotes and social media in early September for the clinic, and will provide further details about training and shift times.

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IHRP and Asper Centre Working Group Information Session

IHRP and Asper Centre Working Group Information Session

Date: September 15, 2016

Time: 12:30-2:00pm

Location: Room J250

The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights is devoted to advocacy, research and education in the area of constitutional rights in Canada. The cornerstone of the Centre is a legal clinic that brings together upper year students, faculty and members of the bar to work on significant constitutional cases and advocacy initiatives for credit. Students in all years can volunteer with one of our working groups led by upper year students. Working groups prepare policy briefs, organize workshops, and conduct research on emerging constitutional issues. Find out more about this year’s working groups at the clubs fair and at the information session. Students are also welcome to attend our many workshops and conferences on constitutional law.

The International Human Rights Program (IHRP) is the only program of its kind in Canada and involves law students in international human rights law advocacy, knowledge-exchange, and capacity-building. Through our award-winning legal clinic and volunteer working groups, students develop experience in the practice of international human rights law and advocacy. Projects range from research, to reports, to advocating before courts and tribunals. Learn more about first year volunteer opportunities at the IHRP/Asper Centre working group information session on Sept. 15 at 12:30PM. Join our mailing list at the Clubs Fair for updates on IHRP summer internship information sessions, how to write for the IHRP’s student-edited publication, Rights Review, and IHRP events.

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LAWS Volunteer Information Session

Law in Action Within Schools is excited to welcome you back to a new school year!

For all students interested in learning more about the law school's youth outreach program and the fun volunteering opportunities with LAWS, join us for lunch and our Volunteer Information Session on Wednesday September 14, from 12:30 - 2:00pm in P105. 

LAWS volunteer training will take place on Wednesday September 21, from 12:30pm - 2:00pm in P105. Lunch will be provided.

LAWS law student volunteers:

  • Develop mentoring skills which are highly valued in the legal profession
  • Learn first-hand about the issues facing inner-city youth and newcomers
  • Enhance classroom learning by teaching young people about the law and communicating complex legal issues simply and succinctly
  • Cement their commitment to legal education and public interest work
  • Build rewarding relationships with amazing young people!

 

LAWS Volunteer Information Session
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Chevron Case Monitoring Project

The IHRP and the Canadian Centre for International Justice (CCIJ) are looking for student volunteers to monitor an upcoming hearing in Toronto in the Chevron case. The plaintiffs in the case are residents of Ecuador whose lands, waterways and livelihoods were harmed by environmental pollution over a period of many years. After civil claims against Texaco (which later merged with Chevron) were dismissed in US courts, Chevron was found liable for the pollution in an Ecuadorian court and ordered to pay $9.5 billion. The plaintiffs are now seeking to enforce that judgment in Ontario against the assets of Chevron Canada, a subsidiary.

In 2013, the Ontario Court of Appeal concluded that Ontario is an appropriate jurisdiction to determine whether the Ecuadoran judgment should be enforced. The court rejected the argument that there must be a “real and substantial connection” between the facts of the case and Ontario. Rather, it is sufficient that there was a real and substantial connection with Ecuador, where the judgment was obtained. In September 2016, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal of Chevron and Chevron Canada on that issue. The IHRP and CCIJ (along with MiningWatch Canada) intervened jointly at the Supreme Court and made submissions on the jurisdictional issue as well as the legal standards for piercing the corporate veil. More about our submissions and the Canadian enforcement action are available at http://www.ccij.ca/cases/chevron-2/.

The Ontario Superior Court will hear a week of submissions on the enforceability of the judgment starting September 12 in Toronto. The IHRP and CCIJ are seeking students who can attend the hearing, take notes and type up detailed summaries of the court proceedings. The minimum time commitment is one half day during the course of the week. We will be seeking to have at least one student at each day’s morning session and one student at each day’s afternoon session, but interested students would be welcome to attend more than one session during the week. Students will be required to write up a full summary of their notes within three days of the court session they attend. The summaries will be compiled and likely posted on the CCIJ website. CCIJ has a successful history of working with students to carry out similar monitoring projects. For an example of student summaries as part of a past CCIJ trial monitoring project, visit http://www.ccij.ca/content/uploads/2015/07/Trial-summaries-ALL-ENGLISH.pdf.

Any students interested in participating in the Chevron monitoring project should reply to this email- ihrp.law@utoronto.ca.

Samer Muscati

Director

International Human Rights Program

University of Toronto, Faculty of Law

78 Queen’s Park Cres., Room 419

Toronto, ON  M5S 2C5

 

Tel: 416.946.8730

Fax: 416.978.8894

Web: ihrp.law.utoronto.ca

 

 

 

 

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Career Development Office and Employment Opportunities

Asper Centre Research and Communications Assistant - work study position available

Asper Centre Research and Communications Assistant -  Job ID : 80319

The Research and Communications Assistant will be responsible for researching and drafting content for the Asper Centre website and social media, including case summaries and commentary. Duties will also include attending and reporting on Asper Centre events, such as workshops and conferences, and providing substantive content for online and print newsletters. Website experience is helpful but not essential, as training will be provided. Students must be enrolled in the JD or LLM programs at the Faculty of Law.

Applicants must submit a resume and cover letter through the Career Learning Network by September 21 at 5:00 p .m.

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FOR ALL JD STUDENTS - Student Liaison – Volunteer Position
This Week on UTLawcareers

Please find attached a list of the 1L, 2L and 3L/4L employment opportunities which are currently available on www.utlawcareers.ca.

For more information on these postings, please contact ann.vuletin@utoronto.ca.

this_week_on_utlc.pdf
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Work Study Positions -- Constitutional Law

Journals, Research, and Scholarship

Law Review - Now Recruiting Editors!
University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review

The Law Review is currently accepting applications for 2016-2017 Assistant Editor, Associate Editor, and Senior Associate Editor positions. 

To join the Law Review, please complete the survey found on our website: www.utflr.org under "Join Us" (http://utflr.law.utoronto.ca/page/join-us)

Applications are due Friday, September 16, 2015 at 11:59pm. 

Questions? Send our Editors-in-Chief an email at utflr75@gmail.com.

Check us out on the web at www.utflr.org; on Facebook at /UofTLawReview; and on Twitter @utflr1942.

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Law Review - Call for Submissions

The Law Review will be accepting submissions for Volume 75(1) until Friday, September 16th at 11:59pm. 

To submit a paper, please complete the webform on our website: www.utflr.org under "Submissions - Submit a Paper" (http://utflr.law.utoronto.ca/webform/submit-paper). For submission requirements, please see the "Information for Authors" section on our website (http://utflr.law.utoronto.ca/page/information-authors).

We accept submissions from current law students (LLB/JD), graduate students (LLM/SJD), articling students, students clerking at a court in any jurisdiction, and recent law school graduates. The Law Review does not have a particular thematic focus - we consider for publication any piece of student scholarship containing novel subject matter related to legal thought or debate that may be of interest to Canadian readers. Articles with an international focus, however, must have a clear application to Canadian legal literature.

Questions? Send our Editors-in-Chief an email at utflr75@gmail.com.

Check us out on the web at www.utflr.org; on Facebook at /UofTLawReview; and on Twitter @utflr1942.

 

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Journal of Law and Equality - Call for Submissions

The Journal of Law & Equality (JLE) is a peer reviewed, student-run journal at the

University of Toronto, Faculty of Law. Our mandate is to promote critical and informed

debate on issues of equality, with a special emphasis on the Canadian context. The JLE

publishes research articles, case comments, notes, and book reviews by a diverse group of

commentators from across Canada and internationally, including professors, practitioners, and students.

 

We are currently assembling articles for the upcoming issue. The journal accepts

submissions on an ongoing basis, but please be advised that the deadline for expedited

review the Fall 2016 for publication in Spring 2017 is September 30, 2016. If you have a

paper on a topic related to equality rights, human rights, or social justice, please

consider submitting it to the JLE at jle.submissions@utoronto.ca. 

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Bora Laskin Law Library

Bora Laskin Law Library News:

Bookstore

Bookstore

 

The Bookstore is now located in 78 Queen’s Park, Room P125, Level One.

 Hours for the week of September 5th, 2016 

                                  Monday:                 CLOSED
                                  Tuesday:        9:30 a.m.  -   3:30 p.m.
                                  Wednesday:   9.30 a.m.  -   3:30 p.m.
                                  Thursday:       9:30 a.m.  -   3:30 p.m.
                                  Friday:             9:30 a.m.  -   3:30 p.m. 

The last day to return books this term will be Monday,  September 26th. 

For updated information, please remember to visit the Faculty of Law Bookstore website at:

 

headnotesfall2016-1.pdf
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External Announcements: Events

Conference: Frontiers of Human Rights in Canadian Workplaces

Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace:

Frontiers of Human Rights in Canadian Workplaces

Friday, September 16, 2016
St. Andrew's Club & Conference Centre
150 King Street West, 27th Floor
Toronto, ON  M5H 1J9

Information and registration

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Centre for Ethics - Ethics at Noon - Biological parenthood: gestational, not genetic

Ethics at Noon with Anca Gheaus

Introduction by Samantha Brennan

 

Biological parenthood: gestational, not genetic

 

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

12:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Room 200, Larkin Building

15 Devonshire Place

 

Anca Gheaus is the Ramon y Cajal Researcher in the Department of Law – Philosophy of Law, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. Her main work is on theories of distributive justice, with a particular focus on the family and gender justice.

 

Anca Gheaus will be introduced by Samantha Brennan, Professor, Department of Women’s Studies and Feminist Research, Western University; member, Rotman Institute of Philosophy; and member, graduate faculty, Departments of Philosophy and Political Science. Professor Brennan will be a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Ethics.

 

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Nadia C. S. Lambek

SJD Candidate
Thesis title:
Law, Resistance and the (Re)Making of the Rural
Office in Falconer Hall
84 Queen's Park
Toronto, M5S 2C5
Email: nadia.lambek@mail.utoronto.ca

Nadia Lambek is a Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) candidate at the University of Toronto, and a human rights lawyer, researcher and advocate focused on food system transitions and the rights of working people.  Her current research explores how the law and legal claims are framed by transnational agrarian movements and how law can (and cannot) be mobilized in the pursuit of more equitable, just and sustainable food systems.  In particular, she looks at claims for the right to food sovereignty and peasants' rights, and the possibility and limitations of institutionalizing these emerging rights in domestic and international fora.  She is also interested in questions of workers' rights and the governance of food systems more broadly.

Nadia is a Non-Residential Fellow at the Institute for Global Law and Policy (Harvard Law School) and a Chancellor Jackman Graduate Fellow at the Jackman Humanities Institute (University of Toronto).  She is also adjunct faculty at Vermont Law School where she teaches courses on global food security governance.  In fall 2019, she hosted the 4th Canadian Food Law and Policy conference at the University of Toronto.  She is a founding member of the Canadian Association for Food Law and Policy.  She regularly collaborates with civil society organizations on issues of food system governance, including working with the Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism to the UN Committee on World Food Security on a 2018 report monitoring realization of the right to food and helping to facilitate civil society youth engagement in the Committee.

Before beginning her SJD, Nadia practiced law, focusing on the promotion and protection of workers' rights, union-side labour law, and human rights.  She also worked in a research and advocacy capacity on issues relating to food systems transitions, including serving as an advisor to former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter and collaborating with a number of organizations, including Food Secure Canada, FIAN International, Oxfam (Bangladesh), the Global Network on the Right to Food and Nutrition, and Canada Without Poverty.  Nadia is a former clerk of the Ontario Court of Appeal and served as co-Editor-and-Chief of the Yale Human Rights and Development Law Journal.

Education
BA, Brown University (2006)
JD, Yale Law School (2010)
Awards and Distinctions
SSHRC Impact Talent Award, Finalist (2019)
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2019-2021)
Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement, SSHRC (2019)
SSHRC Connection Grant (2019) (collaborator)
SSHRC Connection Grant (2017) (collaborator)
Dean’s Graduate Student Leadership Award, University of Toronto Faculty of Law (2017)
John Peter Humphreys Fellowship, Canadian Council on International Law (2017-2018)
Canada Graduate Doctoral Scholarship to Honour Nelson Mandela, SSHRC (2016-2019)
Doctoral Fellowship, University of Toronto Faculty of Law (2016-2019)
The Robina Foundation Human Rights Fellowship, Yale Law School (2011-2012)
Ambrose Gherini Prize, Yale Law School (2010)
Francis Wayland Prize, Yale Law School (2010)
Kirby Simon Human Rights Fellowship, Yale Law School (2008, 2009)
Phi Beta Kappa, Brown University (2006)
William Gaston Prize, Brown University (2006)
Professional Affiliations
Ontario Bar
New York Bar
Selected Publications

Books

Rethinking Food Systems: Structural Challenges, New Strategies and the Law (eds. N. Lambek, P. Claeys, A. Wong & L. Brilmayer, Springer, 2014)

Journal Articles

Nadia Lambek, “The UN Committee on World Food Security’s Break from the Agricultural Productivity Trap”, Transnational Legal Theory (2019)

Sarah Berger Richardson & Nadia Lambek, "Federalism and Fragmentation: Addressing the Possibilities of a Food Policy For Canada", 5(3) Canadian Journal of Food Studies 28 (2018)

Nadia Lambek, "A Transformational Potential: The Right to Food’s Contribution to Addressing Malnutrition", 43 UNSCN News 75 (2018)

Nadia Lambek & Priscilla Claeys, "Institutionalizing a Fully Realized Right to Food: Progress, Limitations and Lessons Learned From Emerging Alternative Policy Models," 40(4) Vermont Law Review 743 (2016)

Stephen Moreau & Nadia Lambek, “The Record on Judicial Review: Federal Court”, 29(1) Canadian Journal of Administrative Law and Practice 71 (2016)

Shaun O’Brien, Nadia Lambek & Amanda Dale, “Accounting for Deprivation: The Intersection of Sections 7 and 15 of the Charter in the Context of Marginalized Groups”, 35 National Journal of Constitutional Law 153 (2016)

Nadia Lambek, “The Right to Food: Reflecting on the Past and Future Possibilities”, 2(2) Canadian Journal of Food Studies 68 (2015)

Freya Kristjanson & Nadia Lambek, “Applying the Charter in Everyday Administrative Decision-Making”, 26(3) Canadian Journal of Administrative Law and Practice 195 (2013)

Nadia Lambek, “Imposing IP Compliance: Trends in the USTR Special 301 Reports for India and China from 2000-2008”, The Indian Journal of Intellectual Property Law, Vol. 2 (2009) 129-153

Chapters in Books

Jessica Duncan, Nadia Lambek & Priscilla Claeys, “The Committee on World Food Security: Politics Under Threat”, in Un monde sans faim? Gouverner la sécurité alimentaire au 21e siècle (Delphine Thivet and Antoine de Raymond, eds., forthcoming 2020)

Nadia Lambek, “Social Justice and the Food System”, in Canadian Food Law and Policy (eds. McLeod-Kilmurray, H., et. al., 2019)

Claire Debucquois & Nadia Lambek, “Extraterritorial Obligations of States and the Right to Food”, in Justice Beyond Borders: The Extraterritorial Reach of African Human Rights Instruments (eds. L. Chenwi & T. Bulto, Intersentia, 2018)

Nadia Lambek & Claire Debucquois, “National Courts and the Right to Food”, in Encyclopedia of Food and Agricultural Ethics (eds. Thompson, P.B., et al., Springer, 2014)

Nadia Lambek, “Respecting and Protecting the Right to Food: When States Must Get Out of the Kitchen”, in Rethinking Food Systems: Structural Challenges, New Strategies and the Law (eds. N. Lambek et al., Springer 2014)

Priscilla Claeys & Nadia Lambek, “In Search of Better Options: Food Sovereignty, the Right to Food and Legal Tools for Transforming Food Systems”, in Rethinking Food Systems: Structural Challenges, New Strategies and the Law (eds. N. Lambek et al., Springer 2014)

Reports and Submissions

“Civil Society Report on the Use and Implementation of the Right to Food Guidelines”, for the Global Network on the Right to Food and Nutrition and the Civil Society Mechanism to the Committee on World Food Security (to be presented at the 45th meeting of the UN Committee on World Food Security, 2018) (lead author)

“Meeting Canada’s Human Rights Obligations: Integrating the Right to Food into the National Food Policy”, submitted to Agriculture and Agro-Food Canada as part of the consultation process for the first national food policy (2017) (lead author) (co-signed by Food Secure Canada, Amnesty International, Canada Without Poverty and others)

Nadia Lambek,"Farm Workers in Ontario: How the Law Creates Insecurity for Agricultural Workers and the Importance of Building Democracy through the Food System", in Ecological Farm Internships: Modes, Experiences and Justice (C. Levkoe and M. Ekers, eds., 2017)

“10 Years of the Right to Adequate Food Guidelines: Progress, Obstacles and the Way Ahead” (Global Network on the Right to Food and Nutrition: 2014) (presented at the UN Committee on World Food Security) (lead author)

Priscilla Claeys & Nadia Lambek, “Creating an Environment for a Fully Realized Right to Food: Progress, Challenges and Emerging Alternative Models: A Ten-Year Retrospective on Voluntary Guidelines 1-6”, (Global Network on the Right to Food and Nutrition: 2014)

Research Interests
Administrative Law
Charter of Rights
Critical Legal Theory
International Law
Labour Law
Law and Globalization
Law and International Development
Supervisor
Kerry Rittich
Committee Members
Jutta Brunnée
Sally Engle Merry, Silver Professor of Anthropology, NYU College of Arts and Sciences
External links
Academia.edu

Matthew Marinett

SJD Candidate
Thesis title:
Corporate Responsibility and Accountability in Internet Content Governance
Office in Falconer Hall
84 Queen's Park
Toronto, M5S 2C5
Email: matthew.marinett@utoronto.ca

Matthew is a doctoral candidate in law at the University of Toronto and an Assistant Professor at the Ted Rogers School of Management (Law & Business) at Toronto Metropolitan University. He is also a Joseph-Armand Bombardier scholar and a Graduate Fellow of the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society. His broader research examines the rule of law implications of the corporate control and governance of technology, especially with respect to copyright, privacy, and freedom of expression. His work has appeared in the UBC Law Review, the Alberta Law Review, the Internet Policy Review, and the Intellectual Property Journal.

Matthew's doctoral project examines the manner in which internet corporations create rules and make rights-affecting decisions with worldwide impact and minimal public accountability. Specifically, it explores the applicability of standards of human rights and global administrative law to internet corporations engaged in content governance: a difficult prospect given the numerous forms content governance takes, the extant interaction between states and internet intermediaries, the human rights implications, and the transnational nature of the internet. Nonetheless, the project examines what such an inherently flexible standard might look like.

Prior to pursuing an academic path, Matthew was most recently an associate at Gowling Lafleur Henderson (now Gowling WLG) in the Intellectual Property department. He worked primarily within the Entertainment Law Group and the Advertising, Marketing and Regulatory Affairs Group. Prior to joining Gowlings, he volunteered his time at Advocates for Injured Workers, a legal clinic that assisted low-income clients who had been injured in the course of their employment to obtain workers' compensation benefits.

Matthew has previously served as an Adjunct Faculty member at Osgoode Hall Law School and at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.

Education
SJD Candidate - Present
LLM - 2016 - University of Toronto Faculty of Law
JD - 2012 - University of Toronto Faculty of Law
Honours BSc Planetary Science - 2008 - University of Western Ontario
Awards and Distinctions
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2021-2022)
Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society Graduate Fellow (2020-2021)
CIGI International Law Research Program SJD Scholarship (2019-2021)
Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholarship (2018-2021)
Doctoral Fellowship in Innovation Law and Policy (2016-2018)
University of Toronto Doctoral Fellowship (2016-2018)
Masters Fellowship in Innovation Law and Policy (2015-2016)
Gerald Flaherty Prize in Entertainment Law (2010)
Western Scholarship of Excellence
Professional Affiliations
Law Society of Upper Canada
Canadian Bar Association
Selected Publications

Matthew Marinett, “The New Frontier of Platform Policy” (2021) 10:3 Internet Policy Review.

Matthew Marinett, “The Race to the Bottom: Comity and Cooperation in Global Internet Takedown Orders” (2020) 53:2 UBC L Rev 464. .

Matthew Marinett, “Protecting Individual Self-Interest in Aggregate as the Basis of Fairness in Contract” (2018) 55:3 Alberta Law Review 703.

Matthew Marinett, “The Alienation of Economic Rights and the Case for Stickier Copyright” (2017) 30:1 Intellectual Property Journal 125.

Matthew Marinett, “Copyright and innovation” (5 July 2017) Policy Options.

Brenda Pritchard & Matthew Marinett, “Political Advertising and Freedom of Expression” in Brenda Pritchard & Susan Vogt, eds, Advertising and Marketing Law in Canada, 5th ed (Markham: LexisNexis Canada, 2015).

Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests
Administrative Law
Business Law
Charter of Rights
Competition Law
Contracts
Economic Analysis of Law
Intellectual Property Law
Judicial Decision-Making
Privacy Law
Private International Law
Property Law
Supervisor
Ariel Katz
Committee Members
Lisa Austin

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