If you have any questions, please contact shannon.macinnes@utoronto.ca

Dear 3Ls,

The Winter grad photo sessions will be taken in the Jackman Law Building (J305) on January 16^th, 17^th, and 18^th. You must have your photo taken to appear in the Graduating Class Composite. Included in your photo session are a minimum of 10 unique online proofs and a copy of the class composite. The sitting fee is $25. Optional hard copy proofs may be purchased for an additional $5.00.

Appointments must be booked online. To do so follow these 3 easy steps:

1. Visit http://lassmanstudios.com/dcs_sched/

1. Enter tlw17 in the school ID to access the schedules. 

1. Find a time that is convenient for you and select it. 

Ladies, please wear a white shirt or blouse.  Gentlemen, please wear a white shirt and tie.

For further information please contact questions@lassmanstudios.com

The Faculty of Law’s new Leadership Skills Program offers a series of innovative workshops to help you develop the key leadership skills required for professional success. Facilitated by industry experts, and developed in consultation with students, alumni and numerous members of the legal profession, the Leadership Skills Program will prepare you to transition from a stellar law student to a highly-regarded and successful summer student, articling student and lawyer.

Using Social Intelligence to Succeed

Tuesday February 28, 2017
12:30 – 2:00 pm
Presenter: Delee Fromm

Technical skills and subject expertise work very well in the early years of any career. However succeeding and advancing over the long term in any organization requires an additional set of skills – those connected to social intelligence (SI).  Important SI skills include: knowing what is valued and rewarded by the organization, being authentic and persuasive, reading situations and people quickly, and knowing how to predict, prevent and protect others from losing face.

To register, click here. 

CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF LAW WORKSHOP
presents 

Brian Connolly
University of South Florida 

Law and the Archive of Sovereignty 

Tuesday, January 24, 2017
12:30 – 2:00
Solarium (Room FA2), Falconer Hall
84 Queen’s Park 

In the nineteenth-century United States, sovereignty seems to have been caught in a tense struggle between two poles.  On the one hand, it has become something of a truism that under the regime of popular sovereignty, sovereign power was coincident with the law.  As Thomas Paine put it, “in America the law is king.”  Or, as the legal scholar Paul Kahn puts it, “in a system of political belief that takes popular sovereignty as its first principle, the rule of law must appear to represent the people: law is authoritative because it is representative.”  Both evince a desire for locating sovereignty in the law.  Yet, on the other hand, democratic rule is marked by the absence of a locatable site of sovereign power.  As the political theorist Claude Lefort puts it in a well-known passage, “Democracy is instituted and sustained by the dissolution of markers of certainty. It inaugurates a history in which people experience a fundamental indeterminacy as to the basis of power, law, and knowledge…at every level of social life.” 

In this paper, I argue, through a reading of Polydore v. Prince (1838) and its attendant archive, that sovereign power operates not in spite of but rather precisely through this tension. In particular, I pay close attention to the figuration of marriage and family in international law treatises in the early nineteenth century.  As sovereignty was figured as secured by territorial borders, the recognition of “foreign marriages” undercut both the inviolability of borders and the sovereign power of the law.  In reasserting such sovereign power, the legal apparatus relied on the proliferation of sovereignty’s attachments in print public culture, and thus, required extra-legal justification its sovereign prerogative .  In the end, I argue that attention to an overlooked archive of sovereignty reorients our understanding of both sovereign power and its legal operations in the nineteenth-century United States. 

Brian Connolly is Associate Professor of History at the University of South Florida and was a Member in the School of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study (2015-2016).  He is the author of Domestic Intimacies: Incest and the Liberal Subject in Nineteenth-Century America (Pennsylvania, 2014).  He is also editor of History of the Present: A Journal of Critical History.  His current book project is tentatively entitled Sovereignty’s Archive: Law, Kinship, and Religion in the Nineteenth-Century United States.

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

CILP and the Faculty of Music are pleased to present DM@X, the third annual conference on the future of content in digital media. 

HEAR ALL ABOUT:
– Strengthening Canadian Content Creation, Discovery and Export
– How to Find and Measure Digital Content, Consumption and Dollars
– Technological Disruption in the Digital Media Sector

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
– Mélanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage (invited)
– Valerie Creighton, President and CEO, Canada Media Fund
– Jim Lidestri, CEO, BuzzAngle Music, NYC

See all the details, download the program, and register for the conference: http://www.digitalmediaatthecrossroads.ca

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 in Flavelle 219 (formerly Faculty Lounge) except those of February 8 and 22nd.

Wednesday January 11 – Dennis Molinaro, Trent University: “The Official Secret.”

Wednesday January 25 – Anna Jarvis, York University: “Colonial criminal justice and the Mi'kmaq: the case of Tom Williams, Prince Edward Island, 1839”.

Wednesday February 8 – Bill Wylie, Independent Scholar: “The “Majestic Equality” of the Law: Diverging Views on the Reform of the Civil Law and Courts in Upper Canada, 1841-1857.”

(Jackman P120)

Wednesday, February 22 - David Chan Smith, Wilfrid Laurier University: "Social expectations, Self-interest, and the Public Good: Rethinking the Early Common Law Corporation."

(Jackman 125)

Wednesday March 8 – Ashley Rubin, University to Toronto: “America’s Proto-Prisons Revisited: The Innovation of Proto-Prisons and the Diffusion of the Walnut Street Model, 1785-1822."

Wednesday March 22 – Chandra Murdoch, University of Toronto: TBA

Wednesday, April 5 – Sally Hadden, Western Michigan University: "The Last British Justice in Revolutionary America: Charleston's Board of Police, 1780-1782."

The MORRIS A. GROSS MEMORIAL LECTURE by the Honourable George Strathy (LLB '74), Chief Justice of Ontario:

Judicial Courage and Restraint in Canadian Constitutional History

Time: 4:30pm to 6:00pm Date: Thursday, January 19, 2017

Location: Moot Court Room, J250, Jackman Law Building

This year, the Morris A. Gross Memorial Lecture will be delivered by the Honourable George Strathy, LLB ‘ 74, Chief Justice of Ontario, as an introduction to the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights’ 2017 Constitutional Roundtable series, which will be in celebration of Canada’s Sesquicentennial.

See https://www.law.utoronto.ca/events/asper-centre-constitutional-roundtabl... for further details.

U of T Law Skating Party
Date: Thursday January 19th
Time: 12-2pm
Location: Varsity Arena
(enter from Bloor Street at Bloor and Bedford, only a 2 minute walk from the law school)

Event is FREE to students, staff and faculty in the Faculty of Law. Rental skates are available free of charge at the arena. Students must bring their t-card

Stop by the Rowell Room between 11-12
for a hot chocolate and a brownie

u_of_t_law_skating_party.pdf

Hello 1Ls! The Moot Court Committee would like to bring to your attention the following dates regarding first-year oral advocacy opportunities this semester.

January 10: We will be holding a lunchtime information session beginning at 12:30 in J250. Here, we will talk about the Cassels Brock Cup (“Baby Gale”) and 1L Trial Advocacy. All are welcome!

January 11: Registration will open online for Baby Gale tryouts and 1L Trial Advocacy.

January 18-19: First- and second-round tryouts will be held for the Baby Gale.

January 20: The lottery for 1L Trial Advocacy will be run.

February 13 and 15: 1L Trial Advocacy will be held at Lerners LLP on Monday the 13th and at McCarthy Tétrault LLP on Wednesday the 15th.

March 18: U of T will compete against Osgoode Hall in the Cassels Brock Cup.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact the MCC at utlawmoot@gmail.com.

Join us for an informative panel designed to explore and discuss the unique challenged faced by first generation law students. With emphasis on academic, financial, and career-oriented adversities, our panelists will share their experiences and offer some helpful how-to's about navigating the legal world as a first generation student. 

Don't miss the keynote speech given by Justice Andromache Karakatsanis of the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as the opportunity to network with first generation students and professionals in a Toronto firm environment, hosted by Stikeman Elliot LLP at their downtown offices. 

Please RSVP to utlfgn@gmail.com

Date:
January 25, 2017
5:30pm - 7:30pm

Location
Stikeman Elliott LLP
5300 Commerce Court W
199 Bay Street
Toronto, ON
M5L 1B9

U of T Law First Generation Panel - Featuring Supreme Court Justice Andromache Karakatsanis

The recent US election has destabilized many expectations of the democratic liberal state. Most concerning for some is the insistence of the President-elect on legitimizing race-based and anti-immigrant policies as a defining feature of the new administration. This forum, jointly sponsored by the Centre for Ethics and the Department of Social Justice Education, invites an interdisciplinary panel to consider issues of immigration, race and belonging as we anticipate the inauguration of Donald Trump.

Panelists

• Joseph Carens, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto
• Rinaldo Walcott, Director, Women’s and Gender Studies Institute and Associate Professor, Department of Social Justice Education, University of Toronto
• Mohammad Fadel, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
• Minelle Mahtani, Host Roundhouse Radio 98.3, and Associate Professor, Human Geography and Planning, and the Program in Journalism, University of Toronto, Scarborough

Moderator

• Lauren Bialystok, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Justice Education, University of Toronto

Hosted by the Centre for Ethics in collaboration with Department of Social Justice Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto

Monday, January 16
4:00-6:00 PM
Nexus Lounge, 12th Floor
OISE, 252 Bloor St. W.

Free and Open to the Public!

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Nominations are now open for the Green Ribbon Awards – nominations deadline is Sunday January 29^th

Do you know of any eco heroes on campus - individuals or groups – who are committed to environmental progress at U of T’s St. George campus?  What better way to recognize their efforts than by nominating them for a Green Ribbon Award!

Now in its 9^th year, the Green Ribbon Awards have been recognizing the outstanding contributions and achievements of students, staff, faculty and external partners who have made our campus ‘greener’! As individuals, groups, departments or business partners, these green leaders have contributed to a sustainable culture on campus, and inspired others to adopt environmentally-conscious behaviours.

For more information on the Green Ribbon Awards, including past winners and the nominations page, please visit www.uoft.me/gra . If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask the Sustainability Office (sustainability@utoronto.ca)!

The U of T Women in House is a new program aimed at promoting a greater female representation in the government by inviting female U of T students to shadow the lives of female Canadian politicians for a full day on the Hill in Ottawa.

It involves a subsidized, two-day trip to Ottawa to directly witness the political procedures, learn about gender equity, and engage in mentorship and networking with Canadian political leaders. Since its first inception in 2013, over 120 female undergraduate students from the University of Toronto have participated in this program. It is a non-partisan and bilingual program, co-founded by Tina Park and the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister for Northern & Indigenous Affairs and M.P. for St. Paul’s.

The 2017 U of T Women in House will take place from March 22 to 23, 2017 in Ottawa. The participants will have a chance to mix & mingle with participating parliamentarians at the welcoming reception in Ottawa on the evening of March 22nd and spend the day with their host on March 23^rd. Our program provides excellent opportunities for meaningful, long-term relationships between participants and parliamentarians from all political spectrum.

This year’s program is open to any qualified female students enrolled in the following programs at the University of Toronto: Trinity One Program; Victoria College; Munk One Program; Peace, Conflict, Justice Program at the Munk School of Global Affairs; Department of Political Science; University College; Massey College; Faculty of Law and the School of Public Policy and Governance. The participants are selected on a merit-based application procedure administrated by each participating program.

[INFO SESSION] >> Friday, Jan 13^th 2017 at 12-1pm @ Room 108N of the Munk School of Global Affairs (1 Devonshire Place). At this session, some of the past participants will be sharing their own experiences and the program coordinator will be happy to answer any questions. We encourage interested applicants to attend this session to find out more about the program.

[TO APPLY] Students interested in participating at the 2017 U of T Women in House should submit a full CV, a 1-page statement of interest, unofficial transcript and full contact information (email, phone, college, language skills and program) as a combined pdf to executive.director@ccr2p.org by midnight on Jan 31, 2017. Please indicate [Your program –Year-Name – 2017 U of T Women in House] in the subject line.

Successful candidates will be notified before the Reading week in February and there will be a mandatory briefing session prior to the trip to Ottawa in late February.

For U of T Media Relations Department’s coverage on the U of T Women in House, check out:

http://www.news.utoronto.ca/women-house-parliament-hill

http://news.utoronto.ca/women-house-female-students-shadow-senators-mps-parliament-hill

 http://uoftwomeninhouse.wordpress.com/