U of T Law In Your Neighbourhood: Oakville

Did you know there are over 100 U of T Law alumni living and working in Oakville?  Please join us at Paradiso on Tuesday, June 21 (7:30pm-10:00pm) and meet your neighbours!  

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The Risks and Rewards of Clinical Legal Education Programs

The International Journal of Clinical Legal Education (IJCLE), published by Northumbria University and the Association for Canadian Clinical Legal Education (ACCLE), are delighted to invite you to our joint 2016 conference, The Risks and Rewards of Clinical Legal Education Programs.  The conference will be held at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law, from July 10 - 12, 2016.  

Dates: July 10- 13, 2016

Registration open here on the Eventbrite page.

Have a look: Images from the new Jackman Law Building

Monday, April 18, 2016
Jackman Law Building from Philosopher's Walk

It's as spectacular as it looks--the Jackman Law Building is open to the public, and we wanted to share some recent photos with you.

New Bora Laskin Law Library

During exam time, the stunning and light-filled Torys Hall is reserved solely for law students.

 

New Bora Laskin Law Library - fireplace

Whether by the glass walls, or tucked near the fireplace, students have plenty of study space, with ample tables, and new comfortable chairs for their use. And outlets too, lots of them, for their laptops and tablets. 

 

New Bora Laskin Law Library - study rooms

Another feature that saw much usage during this term were the meeting rooms, where students could collaborate comfortably in a library setting.

 

New Bora Laskin Law Library - entrance

Prof. Jutta Brunnée talks about "Averting Climate Change" in Edge magazine

Friday, April 22, 2016

In the Spring 2016 issue of Edge, the University of Toronto's research magazine, Prof. Jutta Brunnée is featured for her work on how to stop global climate change.

Prof. Anita Anand interviewed on BNN about Couche-Tard dual share structure

Thursday, April 21, 2016

Prof. Anita Anand was interviewed on the Business News Network (BNN) about a controversy around the dual-share structure of Quebec company Alimentation Couche-Tard.

“A sunset clause is acceptable for a limited period of time in order for the founders to grow the company but we are well past that date in the Couche-Tard context,” said Prof. Anand.

Watch the video on the BNN website (5:31 minutes).

Prof. Jennifer Nedelsky receives a Jackman Humanities Institute Research Fellowship

Monday, April 18, 2016

Prof. Jennifer NedelskyProf. Jennifer Nedelsky has been awarded a Jackman Humanities Institute Research Fellowship from the U of T’s Jackman Humanities Institute. The Fellowship and the Institute are named after former university chancellor and law alumnus Hal Jackman, LLB 1954.

Prof. Arthur Ripstein awarded a 2016 Killam Research Fellowship

Monday, April 18, 2016
Arthur Ripstein

Prof. Arthur Ripstein has been awarded a notable Killam Research Fellowship, offered each year to world-class Canadian scholars in the humanities, social, natural and health sciences, and engineering.

Cross-appointed to the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto, Ripstein is a leading scholar of, and at the forefront of renewed interest in, Immanuel Kant’s legal and political philosophy.  

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