Prof. Trudo Lemmens co-authors "Why we must move cautiously on doctor-assisted dying"

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Trudo Lemmens and Prof. Harvey Schipper of the Faculty of Medicine review the many complex issues that Parliament must consider when it comes to legislating about physician-assisted death ("Why we must move cautiously on doctor-assisted dying," January 11, 2016).

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

Why we must move cautiously on doctor-assisted dying

By Trudo Lemmens and Harvey Schipper

January 11, 2016

Welcome Day 2016 Volunteer Sign Up

Event Date: Friday February 19th during Reading Week
Venue: Victoria College (Old Vic)
Time Commitment: varies according to your availability, spans 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.

If you attended the event previously, then you may recall how instrumental it was for the new students to be able to identify, relate and connect with, our senior students.  Your involvement is quite appreciated.

Top 10 Faculty of Law news stories of 2015

Wednesday, January 13, 2016
graphic says top 10 news stories @UTLaw

You like to read stories about our students: who they are, where they’re from—and what they’re up to. From exemplary mooting results and engaging profiles, to alumni news in Nexus, here’s what made you click in 2015:

(Read the stories in full by clicking on the headlines)

Headnotes - Jan 11 2016

Announcements

Headnotes and Web Site

Video: Panel discussion, "After the Paris Climate Summit: What Now?"
Paris climate change panel discussion

Miss the panel discussion on "After the Paris Climate Summit: What Now?" with Prof. Jutta Brunnée and other U of T scholars? Want to find out what the experts have to say about the Paris Agreement? Here's your chance - the panel discussion can now be watched online.

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Deans' Offices

Call for Nominations: 2016 Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Awards

The University of Toronto Alumni Association (UTAA) and the Division of University Advancement are currently accepting nominations for the annual Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Awards. 

These awards are designed to recognize outstanding undergraduate or graduate students in their final year who have demonstrated extra-curricular leadership in their college, faculty or the University in general. Volunteer service outside the University community will also be considered.  Students must be in good academic standing with a minimum GPA of 2.7 (B-) in order to qualify.  Any member of the university community may nominate a candidate (including staff, faculty, alumni and students).  

Nomination forms, as well as further information about the Gordon Cressy Student Leadership Awards, are available online at:  http://alumni.utoronto.ca/about/awards/cressy-awards/

The deadline for the submission of nominations to the Faculty of Law is 3:00pm on Wednesday, January 20, 2016.

Please submit your completed nomination form/packages to Shannon MacInnes (shannon.macinnes@utoronto.ca) in the Advancement Office, Falconer Hall, Room 111.

Questions about the Cressy Awards should also be sent to shannon.macinnes@utoronto.ca

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Student Office

For 3Ls: Grad Photos

Dear 3Ls

If you have not yet had your Grad Photo taken, a new session will take place in the SLS Office the week of Jan 18th. 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.  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/

 2. Enter      tlw16    in the school ID to access the schedules. 

 3. 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.

 Please contact Sandra Janzen at Sandra.janzen@utoronto.ca if you have any questions.

 

 

Alexis Archbold L.L.B

Assistant Dean, J.D. Program

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Student Consultation - New Professional Skills Program

Students in all years of the JD program are invited to participate in a lunch-time consultation session about the law school’s upcoming Professional Skills Program (PSP) for JD students.

 

Set to launch in September 2016, the PSP is in the early stages of development and we are very keen to hear your views about the goals, content and structure of the program.

 

What is the new PSP? Drawing on best practices from the top business schools and consulting firms, the PSP will equip JD students with the skills and insights required to succeed in complex, sophisticated and evolving legal settings. PSP training sessions will complement our existing CDO programs and will focus on five main themes: 1) understanding the legal profession; 2) understanding workplace cultures and expectations; 3) understanding personal strengths; 4) building leadership, resilience and adaptability; 5) empowering informed career choices.

 

Consultation Lunch:

When: Tuesday January 19th at 12:30 – 2:00

Where: VC211.  Please RSVP to Cathy Alzner at associatedean.law@utoronto.ca

 

Sandwiches and drinks will be provided. We can accommodate up to 20 students.

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Academic Events

Goodman Lecture--February 9th at 4:10 PM in EM 119

Former three-term National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, Phil Fontaine will deliver the Goodman Lecture at 4:10 pm on February 9th, 2016 in Emmanuel College, Room 119.  Chief Fontaine is an articulate advocate for indigenous peoples. He has a proven track record of opening the lines of communication and bringing people together in a common cause for a better future and to resolve issues of the past.

Fontaine, the youngest son in an Ojibway family of 12 children, has been instrumental in facilitating change and advancement for First Nations people from the time he was first elected to public office as chief, when he was 28 years old.

An advocate for human rights and a survivor of residential school abuse, Fontaine’s crowning achievement is the residential schools settlement. At $5.6billion in individual compensation, Fontaine negotiated the largest settlement in Canadian history – for the largest human rights violation in Canadian history – arising out of the 150-year Indian residential school tragedy.

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LGBTQ+ Workshop - with Prof. Simon Stern

Join us for the first meeting of the LGBTQ+ Workshop. In this workshop faculty and students are invited to present and discuss their works that relate to the LGBTQ+ community.

Prof. Stern will talk about "The Trials of Dorian Gray: Obscenity Law and the Perverse Influence in Nineteenth Century England", available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2373784
The essay focuses in particular on chapter 2 of Wilde’s novel, which you can find here: http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/E850003-001/
 
When? Thursday, Jan. 14th, 4.00 – 6.00 pm
Where? FA4

 

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Legal Theory Workshop: Rebecca Stone

LEGAL THEORY WORKSHOP SERIES

presents 

Rebecca Stone
UCLA School of Law

Legal Design for the “Good Man”

Friday, January 15, 2016
12:30 - 2:00
Solarium (room FA2), Falconer Hall
84 Queen's Park 

Consequentialist analysts of legal rules tend to focus their attention on Holmes’ “bad man” who conforms legal rules only out of fear out of legal sanctions. On this view, legal rules should be designed to give self-interested agents sufficient reason to choose optimal actions. But many people simply conform to legal rules because they are the rules, even when their self-interest may dictate doing otherwise.  So why the focus on the bad man? A plausible justification for bad man analysis of law is that lawmakers don’t have to worry about the “good man” when designing legal rules because he will do what they want him to do anyway by conforming to the law. In other words, “good man” analysis of law is simple and so can be safely ignored.  In this paper, I argue that this justification is incorrect. The behavior of the “good man” is much more complex than first appears. Agents are motivated to comply with legal rules for a variety of reasons, and this variety matters for their behavior by affecting both their short-run responses to legal rules and their long-run attitudes towards the law.  Part I of the paper develops a typology of compliant agents. In particular, I distinguish between three types: intrinsic internalizers, deferential epistemic internalizers, and proxy epistemic internalizers. Part II argues that a compliant agent’s type matters for his behavior in a number of important ways. For example, it affects the way in which he chooses among actions that conform to legal norms, and the way in which he responds to various kinds of uncertainty that the legal system exposes him to. Part III discusses some prescriptive implications, including some new implications for the debate about the relative merits of rules and standards, and addresses the converse worry that “good man” analysis of law is too complex. The overall aim of the paper is to provide a framework for thinking about legal design that recognizes the heterogeneity of motivations in the subject population. 

A light lunch will be served.

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The 2016 Grafstein Lecture in Communications

The 2016 Grafstein Lecture in Communications

 

The Honourable Roger T. Hughes 

Federal Court of Canada

 

Lex Aetheria - Law of the Aether

  

There is an emerging international body of law and enforcement of Court Orders directed to regulate the content of telecommunications, including the internet – I call this the lex aetheria.  The lex aetheria is following in the footsteps of earlier international law, such as lex mercatoria and lex maritime, because there is a need to transcend national boundaries in order to deal with what is recognized by all civilized nations to be undesirable activity whether it be criminal, anti-social or infringement of rights. The purpose of my lecture is to recognize this emerging body of law, and to make recommendations for its future course.

  

4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Victoria College, Rm. 101 91 Charles Street West, Toronto

 

Reception to follow.

 

This event is free and open to the public. No registration necessary.

 

The Grafstein Annual Lecture in Communications was established by Senator Jerry S. Grafstein, Q.C., Class of 1958, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his graduation from the Faculty of Law and the 10th anniversary of the graduation of his son, Laurence Grafstein and daughter-in-law, Rebecca Grafstein (nee Weatherhead), both from the Class of 1988.

 
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2016 Canadian International Law Students’ Conference

This year marks the 22nd Anniversary of the Canadian International Law Students’ Conference (CILSC) that is co-hosted by the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Osgoode Hall Law School. The focus of this year’s conference will be The Role of Law in International Security. The conference will be held on Friday, January 29, 2016 at the Ignat Kaneff Building of Osgoode Hall Law School.

The CILSC provides a forum for law students, academics, practitioners, and leaders in the field to exchange ideas about Canada's international and domestic performance in public and private international law. Speakers will also touch on how to begin exploring a career in this field. For speaker bios and more information visit www.CILSC.ca

The conference has a history of attracting prominent speakers involved in the practice and study of international law. This year we are featuring a keynote presentation and speakers across four panels:

Keynote: Dr. Irvin Studin
Panel 1: International Affairs Career Workshop
Panel 2: The Trans-Pacific Partnership
Panel 3: Gender Violence in International Conflicts
Panel 4: Contemporary International Intelligence Sharing

Presentations will take place between 9:00 am and 4:30 pm, followed by a reception from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

The event is free and open for all members of the public to attend. Please RSVP at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/canadian-international-law-students-conference-tickets-20430806091

Event Location: Ignat Kaneff Building, York University 4700, Keele St. North York, ON M3J 1P3.

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Digital Media at the Crossroads

CILP is pleased to announce a one-day conference on the future of content in digital media: Digital Media at the Crossroads (DM@X), which will take place at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music on Saturday, January 30, 2016.

Nordicity Group Limited will present a review of the revenues, employment and future trends in each sector of the digital media universe in Canada, including television, film, video, music, games and publishing. Panels will address the impact of over-the-top programming services, digital disruption in the Canadian music industry, social media and the cultural industries, and the future of publishing in the digital age. To see the entire program, and to register for the conference, go here:

http://www.digitalmediaatthecrossroads.ca 

All registrants will receive a free copy of the second edition of the User's Guide to Canadian Copyright Tariffs, which is being published by McCarthy Tétrault LLP. This 600-page handbook includes the text of all tariffs certified by the Copyright Board of Canada, along with summaries of all its decisions.

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Law and Economics Workshop: Pat Akey

LAW & ECONOMICS WORKSHOP SERIES 

presents 

Pat Akey
University of Toronto
Rotman School of Management 

Policy Uncertainty, Political Capital, and Firm Risk-Taking 

Tuesday, January 12, 2016
4:10 – 5:45
Solarium (room FA2) - Falconer Hall
84 Queen's Park 

We link the cross-section of firms' sensitivities to economic policy uncertainty to their subsequent political activity and post-election risk-taking and performance.  We first show that firms with a high sensitivity to economic policy uncertainty donate more to candidates for elected office than less-sensitive firms.  Using a sample of close U.S. congressional elections, we then show that plausibly exogenous shocks to policy-sensitive firms' political capital bases produce large subsequent changes in these firms' investment, leverage, firm value, operating performance, CDS spreads, and option-implied volatility.  We do not find similar effects among less policy-sensitive firms, suggesting that many existing results in the political capital literature appear to be driven by policy-sensitive firms.  Our results highlight a new potential motivation behind firms' accumulation of political capital and represent the first attempt in the literature to shed light on the relationship between firms' policy sensitivities and their subsequent risk-taking and performance following political elections. 

Pat Akey is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto.  He completed his PhD in Finance in 2014 from the London Business School.  His research focuses on empirical corporate finance. He specializes on the interaction of law, politics and corporate behavior.  He has presented his research at several major conferences and published in The Review of Financial Studies.  He received the 2013 Best Paper Award at the University of Southern California Finance PhD Conference.  He was awarded a three-year research grant from the AXA Research fund and a Small Research Grant from the British Academy. 

 

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

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Health Law, Ethics & Policy Seminar Series: Bartha Knoppers

HEALTH LAW, ETHICS & POLICY SEMINAR SERIES 

presents 

Bartha Knoppers
Professor, Canada Research Chair in Law and Medicine, and
Director, Centre of Genomics and Policy
Faculty of Medicine, McGill University
 

Data Sharing and Human Rights

12:30 – 2:00
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Solarium (room FA2) – Falconer Hall
84 Queen’s Park 

Bartha Maria Knoppers is known internationally as a leading expert on the ethical and legal aspects of human genetics, genomics and biotechnology. Dr. Knoppers served as chair of the International Ethics Committee of the Human Genome Organization from 1996 to 2004, and was a member of the International Bioethics Committee of UNESCO that drafted the Universal Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights. In 2013, she became chair of the Ethics and Regulatory Working Group of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health. She is also Canada Research Chair in Law and Medicine and a professor at McGill University.  She is the founder of the International Consortium - Public Population Project in Genomics (P3G), and of the Centre of Genomics and Policy at McGill University. She specializes in international policy making in the life sciences, with particular expertise in setting up research consortia and attendant needs in consent, confidentiality and IP. 

Dr. Knoppers holds numerous doctor of laws honorary degrees and is both an Officer of the Order of Canada and of the Ordre national du Québec.

  

A light lunch will be served.

 

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

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CILP Innovation Workshop: Wendy Gordon

INNOVATION LAW & POLICY WORKSHOP

presents

Wendy Gordon

Boston University School of Law

 

How Oracle Erred: “Use” and the Future of Computer Copyright

 

Thursday, January 21, 2016

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

Solarium (Room FA2), Falconer Hall

84 Queen's Park

 

Please register, by sending an email to: centre.ilp@utoronto.ca.

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Student Activities

Information Session for 1Ls: Cassels Brock Cup (a.k.a the Baby Gale) and First Year Trial Advocacy Program

If you are a 1L interested in oral advocacy, attend an information session hosted by the Moot Court Committee on January 11th from 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm in Vic 213. 

 We will tell you everything you need to know about getting involved in the Cassels Brock Cup (a.k.a. the Baby Gale) and the First Year Trial Advocacy program.

Whether or not you’ve had prior experience with oral advocacy, we encourage you to come out and learn more about these fantastic opportunities.

If you have any questions, please contact us at utlawmoot@gmail.com

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Call for Papers: Comparative Constitutional Law Student Writing Workshop
Cassels Brock Cup 2016 – Call for Coach Applications

The Cassels Brock Cup is the 1L competitive moot, pitting the University of Toronto against Osgoode. Four of the five teams are coached by the current year’s Gale mooters. The fifth coach will be selected through an application process.

This year’s Cassels Brock Cup will be held on Saturday, March 19. Coaches are expected to organize and supervise 6-8 run-throughs between February 22 and March 19. Coaches will also be required to attend the competition and act as timekeepers.

If you are interested in applying, please send a statement outlining your interest and experience. If you are currently coaching a competitive moot, please state when that commitment will end. Statements can be no longer than 300 words and are due by 11:59pm on Sunday, January 24. Please send statements to utlawmoot@gmail.com.

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Women & the Law 14th Annual Evening of Professional Networking and Mentorship

Women & the Law's 14th Annual Evening of Professional Networking and Mentorship is fast approaching! This event brings together women from the legal profession, including law students, academics, and practising lawyers in government, public interest, and full service and boutique firms, for an evening of networking and casual conversation. Appetizers will be served, and a cash bar is available. The dresscode is business casual. Please note that the guestlist is limited to students who have already RSVP'd. 

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

6:00 - 9:00 PM

East Common Room, Hart House

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Welcome Back Skating Party

Date: Friday January 15th

Time: 12-2pm

Location: Varsity Arena, enter from Bloor Street at Bloor and Bedford

(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.

Staff and Faculty should RSVP to sara.hubbard@utoronto.ca 

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Client Consulting Competition Training Session

U of T/BLG Client Consulting Competition Training Session! 

WHEN: Wednesday, January 13th at 12:30 pm 
WHERE: Vic 206

To all those who signed up for the Client Consulting Competition, please come out to the training session on Wednesday, January 13th at lunch in Vic 206 for some important information about competition strategy and exactly what will happen on competition day. The competition is currently at capacity, but if you are on the wait list you should attend in case a spot opens up for you. 

A reminder that the competition takes place on Friday January 22nd, so you'll have a week to prepare following the training session. 

This shouldn't take the full lunch hour. Looking forward to seeing you!

Justine & Maude 

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SLS Coffee House

 

Come and enjoy coffee and snacks while your classmates showcase their many talents! Professor Phillips and Professor Niblett will be your MCs.

When: Tuesday, January 19th from 5-7 p.m.

Where: Victoria College Chapel

 

Sign up to perform at: bit.ly/1JZgiOk

See the event on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/109297989449117/

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Pizza, Movie, Talk: "Michael Clayton"
The GLSA invites all to watch a movie and have a light talk about it afterwards.
This screening of "Michael Clayton" will be hosted by Prof. Anna Su.
Pizza and good times are guaranteed.
Synopsis: A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
Starring: George Clooney, Tilda Swinton, Tom Wilkinson.
 
When: Thursday, Jan 21, 6:10pm
Where: The Solarium 
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5th Annual Promise Auction

The fifth annual Faculty of Law Promise Auction will take place on Wednesday, January 13th. Students, faculty, and staff auction off talents, services, or items to raise funds for local charities. Most of the "promise" items will be bid on via silent auction over the course of the day in the Birge Carnegie Lounge and hallway. The promises in highest demand will be auctioned off by a live auctioneer over the lunch period that day. Proceeds from the Auction will go to Native Women's Resource Centre of Toronto (http://www.nwrct.ca/) and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada (http://www.fncaringsociety.com/main).

Please join us in Alumni Hall in Victoria College at 12:30 for the live auction and pizza. Live auction items will include: dinner with the Dean; a gorgeous handmade quilt; and a luxury yacht cruise!

Promises big or small are still being accepted! Please submit them to adam.greco@mail.utoronto.ca.

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MBA Discussion on Being Out and a Leader at Work

You and your guest(s) are invited to register to attend free-of-charge The Letters MBA Student Club @ Rotman Discussion on Being Out at Work.

 

DATE & TIME: Wednesday, January 27, 2016, 5:00-5:29pm check-in;  5:30 sharp to 6:30pm discussion; 6:30-7:30pm networking

 

DISCUSSION TOPIC: “The Challenges and Opportunities of Being Out and a Leader at Work”

 

4 PANELISTS:

Connie Bonello, Associate Partner, IBM Canada and Chair – Advisory Board, Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies, U of Toronto
Pia Schmidt-Hansen, Manager, Fraud Risk Oversight, BMO Financial Group and Chair, BMO Pride – their LGBTQ+ Employee Resource Group
Tim Thompson, Chief Operating Officer, TD Asset Management Inc. and Chair, TD’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Allies Diversity Committee
Christopher Walker, Chief Compliance Officer, Manulife Asset Management Limited and Executive Advisor to Proud – Manulife’s LQBTQ Network

 

MODERATOR: Sarah Kaplan, Professor of Strategic Management, Rotman School of Management, U of Toronto

 

WELCOMING REMARKS: Brian Golden, Vice-Dean – Professional Programs and Professor of Strategic Management, Rotman School of Management, U of Toronto

 

FEE: None. All are welcome. Pre-registration online by Noon on January 27 is mandatory.

 

TO REGISTER: please visit www-2.rotman.utoronto.ca/january27 

 

VENUE: Rotman School of Management, U of Toronto. 105 St. George Street, Toronto, ON (Desautels Hall, second floor, south building) 

 

ABOUT THE LETTERS: It is Rotman’s LGBTQ and Friends Club.

 

EVENT SPONSOR:

 

Inviting Clients, Colleagues or Friends: If you know others who would be interested in receiving this invitation, please forward it to them.

 

We hope that you will register to attend.

 

 

 
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Centres, Legal Clinics, and Special Programs

IHRP-Save the Date: Transnational Torts in Canadian Courts

The Honourable Ian Binnie and H. Scott Fairley

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

6-7:30pm

Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs, 1 Devonshire Place

Join us for an informative conversation with the Honourable Ian Binnie, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and current Counsel at Lenczner Slaght, and H. Scott Fairley, Partner at WeirFoulds LLP. The discussion will be moderated by Professor Audrey Macklin.

The discussion will focus on corporate accountability for international human rights violations with a specific emphasis on recent Canadian court proceedings.

This is presented by the International Human Rights Program (IHRP) at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and the Munk School of Global Affairs.

Registration is free, but required. Register here:

http://ihrp.law.utoronto.ca/webform/registration-transnational-torts-can...

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Career Development Office and Employment Opportunities

CDO EVENT: CDO Student Advisory Committee Meeting

Seeking students to participate on the Career Development Student Advisory Committee. 

This Committee looks at how to ensure that the job search process during law school is a positive and successful experience for students. The Committee’s mandate includes providing input into the CDO’s services, programs, communications, and recruitment processes. 

Student committee members learn about the important issues facing the law school, and engage with other students, senior staff and faculty to help shape the law school’s priorities. The time commitment is approximately two hours per month. 

Next meeting: Thursday, January 14th, 12:30 – 1:30 in FA1 (Falconer Hall). Lunch is provided. 

To volunteer as a member of the Career Development Student Advisory Committee, please email Ann at ann.vuletin@utoronto.ca

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CDO EVENT FOR ALL STUDENTS: Advance Your Legal Career: Essential Skills for Success
Date:  Thursday, January 21, 2016 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location:  Victoria College, Room 213 (Chapel)

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

Come out to learn about important practice management skills such as communication, business development, networking and self-promotion. These interpersonal skills are critical for success and advancement in law. Advance Your Legal Career: Essential Skills for Success, a book that highlights 10 key skills for advancement, offers guidance on career management and provides practical exercises and plans.

Please join the book’s author Delee Fromm, a psychologist and lawyer, to hear about these important practice skills for career advancement. She will also discuss personal factors in skill development such as personality, generation and gender, and provide tips specifically on career management, self-promotion and confident communication. 

For more information, please go to her website at www.deleefrommconsulting.com and her profile on LinkedInhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/deleefromm.

For further details about this program, please contact ann.vuletin@utoronto.ca


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CDO EVENT FOR UPPER YEAR STUDENTS: Clerkship Interview Preparation Session
Date:  Tuesday, January 26, 2016 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location:  Victoria College, Room 115

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

This session is a must attend for students who have applied for 2017-2018 clerkship positions.

Get the “inside scoop” from a panel of upper year students who interviewed with the various courts for clerkship positions.

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

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CDO EVENT FOR FIRST YEAR STUDENTS: First Year Interview Week Preparation Session
Date:  Friday, January 29, 2016 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Location:  Emmanuel College, Room 119

Please join the CDO and upper year students to talk about issues surrounding February Interviews.

The panel will be made up of students who obtained employment in a variety of law firms through the first year recruit February Interview Week.

This will be a chance for you to ask 2Ls and the CDO questions about issues surrounding February Interviews. Questions about dinners/lunches/cocktail parties, second interviews, offers, and more will be answered.

Please RSVP for this program under the "events" tab of www.utlawcareers.ca.  For more information, please contactann.vuletin@utoronto.ca.

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CDO Student Advisory Committee Meeting
Date:  Thursday, January 14th - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Location:  Falconer Hall, Room FA1

Please register for this meeting under the "events" tab of www.utlawcareers.ca.

As part of our ongoing efforts to ensure that our students receive excellent service and support in their job searches throughout law school, we have created the Career Development Office Student Advisory Committee. In addition to 3 SLS elected representatives, we are looking for volunteers from all years of the JD program (including combined program students) to join the committee to provide regular feedback and input to the administration. The minimum time commitment includes attending monthly meetings.

Below is a summary of the purpose and structure of the committee:

Mandate:

  • Facilitate regular and constructive communication and collaboration between students and CDO staff on career development issues and initiatives
  • Develop and implement new ideas and initiatives to support JD students in securing desired employment
  • Ensure that all CDO activities and recruitment processes are responsive to student needs, including those students in joint programs

 

Goals:

  • Reduced student anxiety and stress about securing employment
  • Improved communication between CDO and students
  • Increased student satisfaction with CDO services

 

Membership:

  • SLS: Minimum of 3, ideally representing each year (to be appointed by SLS)
  • Non-SLS: Minimum of 3, ideally representing each year
  • Health and Wellness Student Advisory Committee: minimum 1 (any year)

 

Examples of possible Committee activities:

  • Review program schedule re: timing, flow and content
  • Review methods and frequency of communication between CDO and students
  • Develop and implement a student feedback/survey strategy
  • Consider ways to address mental health concerns related to job search
  • Provide input into recruitment processes and events, the appointment process, and written guides and web site
  • Develop and implement a statistics strategy
  • Develop and implement joint events
  • Provide input into issues of CDO capacity

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

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Research Assistant Position - Prof. Yasmin Dawood

I will be hiring a part-time research assistant this term to assist me with various projects in electoral and constitutional law. If you are interested in the position, please forward a cover letter, CV, and law school transcript to my assistant Vanessa Zhang at vanessaz.zhang@utoronto.ca by January 14, 2016.

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Summer research assistance, Professor Stephen Waddams and Justice Robert Sharp

Professor Stephen Waddams and Justice Robert Sharpe are looking for assistance in updating their books on Injunctions and Specific Performance, Damages, and Contracts.  Please apply before February 29, by letter, including details of academic record, to Professor Waddams (paper copy, please, to the law school) and simultaneously to The Hon. Justice R. J. Sharpe, e-mail: robert.sharpe@oca-cao.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!

Recruitment for Volume 74, Issue 2

 

The Law Review is currently accepting applications for Volume 74, Issue 2 Assistant Editors, Associate Editors, 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/webform/assistant-and-associate-editor-sign). Please note that current (Vol. 74:1) editors need not apply again.

Questions? Send our Editors-in-Chief an email at utflr74@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 Vol. 74:2 Submissions

Law Review Now Accepting Submissions for Volume 74, Issue 2

The Law Review is now accepting submissions for Volume 74, Issue 2. 

Submissions are due on Friday, January 15, 2016 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 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 utflr74@gmail.com.

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

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Asper Centre -Accepting Student Newsletter Submissions

We are accepting student submissions for our upcoming newsletter! But hurry, our acceptance deadline for publication in our Spring issue closes on January 14 2016!

If you have an interesting piece on a contemporary constitutional law issue and would like to share your views on it, feel free to submit it to alvin.yau@mail.utoronto.ca for consideration.

Generally, articles range from 500-800 words and deal with contemporary constitutional law issues in Canada and abroad. Some of our past articles have dealt with diverse and interesting topics such as Aboriginal rights cases, commentary on recent laws and cases, interviews with visiting professors, and Charter issues.

Feel free to reach out to Alvin for more details and be sure to check out the Asper Centre website for some of our past newsletter issues. http://www.aspercentre.ca/resources/newsletters.htm

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Law Review - Call for Vol. 75 Editors-in-Chief
The University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review is now accepting applications for Volume 75 Editors-in-Chief (2 positions).
 
To apply, please email us the following:
  • Cover letter describing your interest in the position and any relevant experience;
  • Resume;
  • Document outlining what you would do to improve the Law Review during your tenure as Editor-in-Chief.
Applications are due to the current Editors-in-Chief (Zach Mammon and Nabila Pirani) via email (utflr74@gmail.com) by Friday, January 29th, 2016 at 5pm. Interviews will be conducted during the week of February 1st, 2016. 
 
Though Law Review experience is preferred, it is not necessary. Please also note that we do not accept joint applications. 
 
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Bookstore

Bookstore

Hours for the week of January 11th, 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.   –   2:30 p.m.

   For updated information and for all price lists, please remember to check the Faculty of Law Bookstore website at: 

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

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External Announcements

CDL Foundation Essay Prize - submission deadline February 29, 2016

Canadian Law Student Essay Prize

To commemorate Canadian Defence Lawyers' 20th anniversary, CDL is proud to announce the establishment of a Canadian Law Student Essay Prize. This essay prize, awarded annually, is open to any student currently enrolled in the Faculty of Law of any university in Canada. The goal of this prize is to promote interest in civil defence litigation as a preferred field of practice and to encourage academic excellence.

Information: http://www.cdlfoundation.org/

Application: http://www.cdlfoundation.org/doc/Application2015-16.pdf

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Toronto Lawyers Association - Meet & Greet for University of Toronto Law Students
The Toronto Lawyers Association is hosting a Meet & Greet for the University of Toronto Law School graduating class of 2016.  Come and learn about the best kept legal secret in the city,  while enjoying a fun evening of mingling and hospitality!  Members of the TLA Board of Trustees will be there too.  Take the opportunity to see what your future might look like.
 
This event is free to U of T Law School Students.  Complimentary drinks and food will be provided.
 
When:  Wednesday, January 27, 2016
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Duke of York Pub
39 Prince Arthur Avenue
 
Please RSVP through the link below, we want to be ready for you.
 
 
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Talk: Liz Koester, “A Surprising History: Eugenics and Law in Ontario, 1910 to 1939”

Liz Koester, “A Surprising History: Eugenics and Law in Ontario, 1910 to 1939”

January 20, 2016 4:00 pm, The Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology

For full information, see: http://hps.utoronto.ca/event/liz-koester-a-surprising-history-eugenics-a...

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2016 Harvey T. Strosberg Essay Prize

The contest for the thirteenth annual Harvey T. Strosberg Essay Prize is on: we are seeking papers in the area of class actions from Canadian students in undergraduate, graduate, or professional programs. The value of the prize for the best essay is $10,000. The paper will be published in the Canadian Class Action Review.

The deadline is April 4, 2016. More information, including submission details, is available by visiting the Harvey T. Strosberg Essay Prize link at https://www.irwinlaw.com/harvey-t-strosberg-essay-prize

Prize Information
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Ethics at Noon Speaker Series - What Domination Can and Cannot Do: Gender Oppression and the Limits of the Notion of Domination
Ethics at Noon with Mara Marin

Ethics at Noon with Mara Marin

 

What Domination Can and Cannot Do:

Gender Oppression and the Limits of the Notion of Domination

 

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

12 noon – 2:00 pm

Room 200, Larkin Building, 15 Devonshire Place

 

Mara Marin is currently a visiting scholar at the Centre for Ethics. She is the Go-In Post-doctoral Fellow, Exzellenzcluster Normative Orders, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt. She is a political theorist with research interests in feminist theory, the social contract tradition, theories of oppression, domination, as well as theories of justice, political obligation and authority.

 

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St. Gallen Wings of Excellence Award Essay Contest

Would you like to discuss the world’s most pressing issues with leaders like Kofi Annan,United Nations, Professor Niall Ferguson, Harvard University, Christine Lagarde, International Monetary Fund or Tony Tan Keng Yam, President of the Republic of Singapore?


Share your ideas with the global elite and win CHF 20,000.–prize money. Seize your opportunity and qualify as one of 200 “Leaders of Tomorrow” for the 46th St. Gallen Symposium by competing for the St. Gallen Wings of Excellence Award. This includes the following highlights:

-       Join the debate with 600 top global leaders and decision makers

-       Share your thoughts, ideas and visions with the global elite

-       Expenses for travel, board and lodging covered, travel service provided

-       Meet 200 of the world’s brightest young minds

-       Small and intimate gatherings with world leaders, exclusively for the Leaders of Tomorrow

-       CHF 20,000.– prize money shared by the three winners

-       Broad media coverage

-       Become member of a truly unique and strong global community

 

The St. Gallen Wings of Excellence Award is the world’s largest and most renowned essay competition of its kind. The 46th St. Gallen Symposiumwill be held from 11–13 May 2016 under the topic “Growth – the good, the bad, and the ugly” and will, as every year, follow its mission as the leading global platform for intergenerational debates.

 

The submission deadline for the competition is 1 February 2016.

We invite you to have a look at the competition question and requirements at www.symposium.org/apply. You may also want to share the information about this experience with your friends and follow us on www.facebook.com/StGallenSymposium. Furthermore, you may get an insight through the videos on our YouTube Channel on www.youtube.com/user/StGallenSymposium. 

We are looking forward to hopefully welcoming you in May 2016 in Switzerland.

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Queen's Law - Book launch - Ecolawgic: The Logic of Ecosystems and the Rule of Law
Centre for Ethics - A Friday Afternoon with Charles W. Mills, Northwestern University
Centre for Ethics - A Friday Afternoon with Charles W. Mills, Northwestern University

FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2016

ROOM 200, LARKIN BUILDING, 15 DEVONSHIRE PLACE

 

12 noon – 1:30 pm – Academic Philosophy and the Question of Diversity: Perspectives on a Strange Uniformity
Panel Discussion with Charles Mills and

Clinton Debogorski, PhD candidate and President of Under-represented Philosophy

Shyam Ranganathan, Department of Philosophy, York University

Frank Cunningham, Departments of Philosophy and Political Science (Emeritus)

 

2:00 – 4:00 pm - Racial Equality

Seminar Talk by Charles Mills

 

 

Charles W. Mills is John Evans Professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy, Northwestern University. He works in the general area of social and political philosophy, particularly in oppositional political theory as centered on class, gender, and race. He did his Ph.D. at the University of Toronto, and is the author of numerous articles and book chapters, and five books. His first book, The Racial Contract (Cornell University, 1997), won a Myers Outstanding Book Award for the study of bigotry and human rights in North America.  His second book, Blackness Visible: Essays on Philosophy and Race (Cornell University, 1998), was a finalist for the award for the most important North American work in social philosophy of that year. His fourth book, Contract and Domination (Polity Press, 2007), is co-authored with Carole Pateman, who wrote The Sexual Contract (Stanford University Press, 1988), and it seeks to bring the two “contracts” together. His most recent book is a collection of his Caribbean essays, Radical Theory, Caribbean Reality: Race, Class and Social Domination (University of the West Indies Press, 2010).

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Late announcements

Osgoode Society Legal History 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 Victoria College, Room 323.

 

Wednesday January 20 - Michel Morin, University of Montreal: “The Recognition of Aboriginal Property and Territories in New France”

 

Wednesday February 3 – Sam MacLean, University of London: "The Westminster Model Navy: The Royal Navy and the Restoration."

 

Wednesday March 2 – Kevin Crosby, University of Newcastle-on-Tyne: “Female Jurors in the English Assize Courts, 1920-1925”

 

Wednesday March 16 – Ryan Alford, Lakehead University:  "Understanding Judicial Tolerance of Executive Branch Unilateralism: Changing Dynamics in the American Federal Judicial Appointments Process 1972-2010"

 

Wednesday March 30 - Karen Macfarlane, York University, ‘Selling protections against arrest: Pushing and creating the limits of diplomatic immunity in the eighteenth century.’  

 

Thursday April 7 – Kelly DeLuca, Ryerson University, TBA.

 

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Exchange Information Fair
 
On Tuesday January 12 there will be an Exchange Information Fair from 12:30 to 2 pm in Rowell Room in Flavelle. 
 
This will be an informal opportunity for U of T law students interested in going on exchange to speak with students who have been there and can give advice about school, courses, teachers, exams, housing, city, and more. The aim is to help interested students make informed decisions in their rankings and connect them with a source of information to make the exchange process a little less confusing.
 
All students who have returned from exchange are encouraged to come represent their schools.
 
There will be snacks! 
 
Feel free to email leanna.katz@mail.utoronto.ca with any questions.
 
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Law and Politics Speaker's Event with Professor Naomi Alboim

Law and Politics Club Speaker's Event featuring Professor Naomi Alboim. Professor Alboim will speak about the Syrian refugee crisis and Canada's role in the refugee settlement process. There will also be discussion about working in policy in a highly politicized context.

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Naomi Alboim is a fellow, adjunct professor and Chair of the Policy Forum at the School of Policy Studies. Ms. Alboim is an active public policy consultant, advising governments and NGOs across Canada and abroad in Europe, the Caribbean, Ghana, Vietnam, Indonesia and Kenya. She also chairs the Intergovernmental Committee of the Toronto Region Immigrant Employment Council and is a co-founder of Lifeline Syria.

Ms.Alboim has written extensively on Canadian immigration policy, and advises the federal and provincial governments, universities, colleges, regulatory bodies, and NGO’s on a variety of related topics including immigrant labour market integration and refugee issues. Ms. Alboim was a Senior fellow at the Maytree Foundation for 13 years where she led its policy work on immigration.

Previously, Ms. Alboim worked at senior levels in the Canadian federal and Ontario provincial governments for twenty-five years, including eight years as Deputy Minister in three different portfolios. Her areas of responsibility included immigration, human rights, labour market training, workplace standards, culture, sport and recreation, as well as women’s, seniors’, disability and aboriginal issues.

Ms. Alboim is a recipient of Queen Elizabeth II’s Gold and Diamond Jubilee Medals and is a member of the Order of Ontario.

 

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Resume and Cover Letter Workshop
Publication Opportunity - Genocide Studies and Prevention

Genocide Studies & Prevention, an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal, is currently accepting submissions. The journal accepts articles addressing intersections between genocide or mass violence and policy, research, and theory from various disciplines, including history, political science, sociology, psychology, international law, criminal justice, gender studies, religion, philosophy, literature, anthropology, museology, and visual and performance arts and history.

The journal is also actively seeking papers related to specific topics, such as atrocity prevention, listed on the journal's call for papers webpage: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/gsp/call_for_papers.html.

For further information, including detailed submission guidelines and instructions, please visit the journal's home page: http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/gsp/

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Out On Bay Street Re-Branding Initiative

Out On Bay Street is undertaking a re-branding initiative and we would like to hear from all of you regardless of whether you have attended the conference or any of our events and regardless of how much you may know about the organization.

We would really appreciate it if you could complete the brief survey at: https://outonbayst.typeform.com/to/XjaH9v

All survey participants are eligible to win a free night at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel.

For those who may not know, Out On Bay Street provides resources and opportunities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and ally (LGBTQA) undergraduate, graduate, and professional students, young professionals, and pro-LGBTQA organizations across Canada.

Thanks for your input!

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McGill Journal of Law and Health Annual Colloquium: Assisted Reproduction

Assisted Reproduction: Navigating the Criminalization of Commercial Surrogacy and Reacting to Unexpected Situations

 

On February 6th, 2016 the McGill Journal of Law and Health will be hosting its 8th annual Colloquium on the legal and policy issues associated with assisted reproduction in Canada.  

The first panel will assess the Assisted Human Reproduction Act’s prohibition of commercial surrogacy and sale of reproductive material. The second panel will explore how law and health practitioners might react to unexpected situations in assisted reproduction cases, such as situations where surrogates or intended parents change their minds or where there is suspicion of the unlawful exchange of financial compensation between the parties.

Legislation and legal issues surrounding assisted reproduction are complicated and penalties are severe.  This Colloquium will shed light on the state of the law today, as well as potential ethical implications of modern assisted reproduction technologies and policies from the perspective of doctors, lawyers and bioethicists.

When: February 6th, 2016  

Time: 10 - 14h
Where: McGill Faculty of Law, New Chancellor Day Hall, Room 100 (Moot Court)

Please RSVP at mjlhcolloquium2016.eventbrite.ca

www.mjlh.mcgill.ca

This seminar is accredited by a recognized provider for 3 hours of continuing legal education/ Formation d’un dispensateur reconnu aux fins de la formation continue obligatoire pour une durée de 3 heures.


Speakers:


Sara R. Cohen is a fertility law lawyer, founder of Fertility Law Canada and adjunct professor of law at Osgoode Hall Law School.


Sherry Levitan practices fertility and surrogacy law, and acts on behalf of intended parents, donors and surrogates.    


Professor Margaret Somerville is a professor at McGill’s Faculties of Law and Medicine and  was the founding director of the McGill Centre for Medicine, Ethics and Law. She has consulted for international organizations such as the Global Programme on AIDS (WHO), UNAIDS, and the UNHRC.  


Professor Françoise Baylis is a professor at Dalhousie Medical School and holds the Canada Research Chair in Bioethics and Philosophy.  Her current research focusses on women’s health and pays particular attention to assisted human reproduction.


Dr. Arthur Leader is an attending physician at the Ottawa Hospital, professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Medicine (Endocrinology) at the University of Ottawa, and founding partner of the Ottawa Fertility Center. He has advised provincial and federal governments on policy issues related to assisted human reproduction.


Dr. Neal Mahutte is the Medical Director of the Montreal Fertility Centre and is past president of the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society.


Sponsored by the Students’ Society of McGill University & Post-Graduate Students’ Society of McGill University

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Student Engagement in the Arts Awards Nominations Now Open

It is once again time to recognize the tremendous contributions made by University of Toronto students to our creative and performing arts communities on all three campuses.

 

The U of T Student Engagement in the Arts Awards were introduced in 2010 to mark the outstanding leadership roles undertaken by students in all aspects of co-curricular arts and creative endeavours. If you know a student who has developed a community arts program; curated an art show, film festival or open mic night; someone who’s edited a magazine or book of poetry; produced a musical, play, speakers series – you get the idea! We hope you will consider nominating them for a U of T Student Engagement in the Arts Award. 

 

Nominations are open until February 22, 2016. 

 

Learn more and get the nomination form http://www.arts.utoronto.ca/engagementawards.htm.

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End-of-year time lapse video

Friday, January 8, 2016

Have a look at the construction of the Jackman Law Building, to the end of 2015, in this time lapse video. 2016 is going to be a very exciting, and busy, year!

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Prof. Kent Roach writes "China's anti-terror law takes its cues from democracies" in Ottawa Citizen

Thursday, January 7, 2016

In a commentary in the Ottawa Citizen, Prof. Kent Roach compares China's new anti-terrorism law to existing laws in democratic nations, finding that it is "is not radically different from those enacted by many democracies" ("China's anti-terror law takes its cues from democracies," December 31, 2015).

Read the full article on the Ottawa Citizen website, or below.

 

JD student Samuel Mosonyi writes op-ed in Globe and Mail on the value of dining etiquette

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

JD student Samuel Mosonyi has published a commentary in the Globe and Mail's "Report on Business" section about the value of learning to meet people and conduct business over a meal ("How being a good dinner companion could make your career," December 29, 2015).

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

 

Headnotes - Jan 4 2016

Announcements

Academic Events

The 2016 Grafstein Lecture in Communications

The 2016 Grafstein Lecture in Communications

 

The Honourable Roger T. Hughes 

Federal Court of Canada

 

Lex Aetheria - Law of the Aether

  

There is an emerging international body of law and enforcement of Court Orders directed to regulate the content of telecommunications, including the internet – I call this the lex aetheria.  The lex aetheria is following in the footsteps of earlier international law, such as lex mercatoria and lex maritime, because there is a need to transcend national boundaries in order to deal with what is recognized by all civilized nations to be undesirable activity whether it be criminal, anti-social or infringement of rights. The purpose of my lecture is to recognize this emerging body of law, and to make recommendations for its future course.

  Friday, January 15, 2016

4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Victoria College, Rm. 101 91 Charles Street West, Toronto

 

Reception to follow.

 

This event is free and open to the public. No registration necessary.

 

The Grafstein Annual Lecture in Communications was established by Senator Jerry S. Grafstein, Q.C., Class of 1958, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his graduation from the Faculty of Law and the 10th anniversary of the graduation of his son, Laurence Grafstein and daughter-in-law, Rebecca Grafstein (nee Weatherhead), both from the Class of 1988.

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LGBTQ+ Workshop - with Prof. Simon Stern

Join us for the first meeting of the LGBTQ+ Workshop. In this workshop faculty and students are invited to present and discuss their works that relate to the LGBTQ+ community.

Prof. Stern will talk about "The Trials of Dorian Gray: Obscenity Law and the Perverse Influence in Nineteenth Century England", available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2373784
The essay focuses in particular on chapter 2 of Wilde’s novel, which you can find here: http://www.ucc.ie/celt/online/E850003-001/
 
When? Thursday, Jan. 14th, 4.00 – 6.00 pm
Where? FA4

 

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Tax Law and Policy Workshop: Mirit Eyal-Cohen

The James Hausman Tax Law and Policy Workshop Series 

presents 

Mirit Eyal-Cohen
University of Alabama School of Law 

The Hidden Price of Regulation 

Wednesday, January 6, 2016
12:30 – 2:00
Solarium (room FA2)
84 Queen’s Park

Our laws contain abundant rules, practices and procedures that are essential to a functional society. Yet, these rules and regulations inflict costs on regulated parties differently. This Article is the first to conceptualize the price of regulatory burdens on entities that lack economies of scale, scope, and age and the latent externalities imposed on their unregulated affiliates. Over the years, to mitigate some of the costs, the government enacted various size-based exclusionary rules.  This article further reveals that these regulatory exclusions not only do not solve the problem but also that they create more harm and exacerbate their impact on the same constituents they seek to benefit. The Article makes the following three contributions to the current literature.  First, it demonstrates that the relationship between size and regulatory effects is non-exclusive. Second, it illustrates some overlooked effects of regulations on certain entities. Lastly, it provides policymakers with other mechanisms to alleviate regulatory burdens. 

Professor Eyal-Cohen joined the University of Alabama School of Law faculty in 2014. She received Bachelor of Laws (L.L.B.), Master of Laws (L.L.M., Magna cum laude) specializing in tax law, and Master of Arts (History of the Americas) degrees from Tel-Aviv University. In addition, she holds a doctorate in law (S.J.D.) from the University Of California School Of Law (Los Angeles, CA) focused on the development of small business taxation. Prior to teaching, she clerked for the Honorable Mark V. Homes at the United States Tax  Court in Washington, DC. Professor Eyal-Cohen won honors and awards for her research and scholarship, including First Place in the California Supreme Court Historical Society Writing Competition. Her articles are published in top U.S. Law reviews such as Iowa Law Review, Boston College Law Review, Hastings Law Journal, Rutgers Law Journal, California Legal History, and Pittsburgh Tax Review. These articles appeared on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) Top Ten Download List for several areas, including Regulation, Legislation (Public Law), and Entrepreneurship & Finance. The articles can be downloaded at:http://ssrn.com/author=743955. Her research explores the intersection of tax law, entrepreneurship and small business, particularly with respect to historical, political and public choice aspects of various legal preferences. Professor Eyal-Cohen teaches Corporate Tax (LLM), Personal Income Tax and Entrepreneurship & Tax Policy Seminar. 

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

Information Session for 1Ls: Cassels Brock Cup (a.k.a the Baby Gale) and First Year Trial Advocacy Program

If you are a 1L interested in oral advocacy, attend an information session hosted by the Moot Court Committee on January 11th from 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm in Vic 213. 

 We will tell you everything you need to know about getting involved in the Cassels Brock Cup (a.k.a. the Baby Gale) and the First Year Trial Advocacy program.

Whether or not you’ve had prior experience with oral advocacy, we encourage you to come out and learn more about these fantastic opportunities.

If you have any questions, please contact us at utlawmoot@gmail.com

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Call for Papers: Comparative Constitutional Law Student Writing Workshop
Business Law Society and McCarthy Tétrault Contract Drafting Competition

The Business Law Society is kicking off the new year and a new semester with a contract drafting competition in partnership with McCarthy Tétrault. For those interested in corporate law, this will be a great opportunity to learn and apply corporate law skills in a practical setting.

The 1L student with the top submission will be invited to participate in a number of McCarthy Tétrault’s Summer Student Program social and educational events. The upper year student with the top submission will receive a gift card. All participants will be invited to a final awards ceremony and reception at McCarthy Tétrault where the top submissions will be announced.

Registration will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. Please view the attached document for more information.

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Centres, Legal Clinics, and Special Programs

IHRP-Save the Date: Transnational Torts in Canadian Courts

The Honourable Ian Binnie and H. Scott Fairley

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

6-7:30pm

Campbell Conference Facility, Munk School of Global Affairs, 1 Devonshire Place

Join us for an informative conversation with the Honourable Ian Binnie, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and current Counsel at Lenczner Slaght, and H. Scott Fairley, Partner at WeirFoulds LLP. The discussion will be moderated by Professor Audrey Macklin.

The discussion will focus on corporate accountability for international human rights violations with a specific emphasis on recent Canadian court proceedings.

This is presented by the International Human Rights Program (IHRP) at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and the Munk School of Global Affairs.

Registration is free, but required. Register here:

http://ihrp.law.utoronto.ca/webform/registration-transnational-torts-can...

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Career Development Office and Employment Opportunities

CDO EVENT: CDO Student Advisory Committee Meeting

Seeking students to participate on the Career Development Student Advisory Committee. 

This Committee looks at how to ensure that the job search process during law school is a positive and successful experience for students. The Committee’s mandate includes providing input into the CDO’s services, programs, communications, and recruitment processes. 

Student committee members learn about the important issues facing the law school, and engage with other students, senior staff and faculty to help shape the law school’s priorities. The time commitment is approximately two hours per month. 

Next meeting: Thursday, January 14th, 12:30 – 1:30 in FA1 (Falconer Hall). Lunch is provided. 

To volunteer as a member of the Career Development Student Advisory Committee, please email Ann at 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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CDO EVENT FOR 1L STUDENTS: First Year Toronto Employment Resume Review/Mock Interview Program
Date:  Friday, January 8, 2016 - 9:30am to 1:30pm
Location:  Emmanuel College, Room 119

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

This program will be comprised of three parts (agenda below): (1) a Government Lawyer panel; (2) a fireside chat with firm recruitment professionals; and (3) an interactive opportunity to have your cover letter/resume reviewed by and participate in mock interviews with Toronto employers (Government and firm).


9:30 - 10:30: Government Panel 
10:30 - 10:40: Break
10:40 - 11:40: Firm Fireside Chat
11:40 - 12:00: Break
12:00 - 1:30: Mock Interviews & Resume/Cover Letter Reviews

First Year students are STRONGLY encouraged to attend this program. Please note that if you do not RSVP for the program you will not be able to participate in the interactive portion of the program.

For further details, please contact ann.vuletin@utoronto.ca.

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CDO EVENT FOR UPPER YEAR STUDENTS: Clerkship Interview Preparation Session
Date:  Tuesday, January 26, 2016 - 12:30pm to 2:00pm
Location:  Victoria College, Room 115

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

This session is a must attend for students who have applied for 2017-2018 clerkship positions.

Get the “inside scoop” from a panel of upper year students who interviewed with the various courts for clerkship positions.

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

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CDO EVENT FOR FIRST YEAR STUDENTS: First Year Interview Week Preparation Session
Date:  Friday, January 29, 2016 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Location:  Emmanuel College, Room 119

Please join the CDO and upper year students to talk about issues surrounding February Interviews.

The panel will be made up of students who obtained employment in a variety of law firms through the first year recruit February Interview Week.

This will be a chance for you to ask 2Ls and the CDO questions about issues surrounding February Interviews. Questions about dinners/lunches/cocktail parties, second interviews, offers, and more will be answered.

Please RSVP for this program under the "events" tab of www.utlawcareers.ca.  For more information, please contactann.vuletin@utoronto.ca.

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CDO Student Advisory Committee Meeting
Date:  Thursday, January 14th - 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Location:  Falconer Hall, Room FA1

Please register for this meeting under the "events" tab of www.utlawcareers.ca.

As part of our ongoing efforts to ensure that our students receive excellent service and support in their job searches throughout law school, we have created the Career Development Office Student Advisory Committee. In addition to 3 SLS elected representatives, we are looking for volunteers from all years of the JD program (including combined program students) to join the committee to provide regular feedback and input to the administration. The minimum time commitment includes attending monthly meetings.

Below is a summary of the purpose and structure of the committee:

Mandate:

  • Facilitate regular and constructive communication and collaboration between students and CDO staff on career development issues and initiatives
  • Develop and implement new ideas and initiatives to support JD students in securing desired employment
  • Ensure that all CDO activities and recruitment processes are responsive to student needs, including those students in joint programs

 

Goals:

  • Reduced student anxiety and stress about securing employment
  • Improved communication between CDO and students
  • Increased student satisfaction with CDO services

 

Membership:

  • SLS: Minimum of 3, ideally representing each year (to be appointed by SLS)
  • Non-SLS: Minimum of 3, ideally representing each year
  • Health and Wellness Student Advisory Committee: minimum 1 (any year)

 

Examples of possible Committee activities:

  • Review program schedule re: timing, flow and content
  • Review methods and frequency of communication between CDO and students
  • Develop and implement a student feedback/survey strategy
  • Consider ways to address mental health concerns related to job search
  • Provide input into recruitment processes and events, the appointment process, and written guides and web site
  • Develop and implement a statistics strategy
  • Develop and implement joint events
  • Provide input into issues of CDO capacity

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

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Research Assistant Position - Prof. Yasmin Dawood

I will be hiring a part-time research assistant this term to assist me with various projects in electoral and constitutional law. If you are interested in the position, please forward a cover letter, CV, and law school transcript to my assistant Vanessa Zhang at vanessaz.zhang@utoronto.ca by January 14, 2016.

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Journals, Research, and Scholarship

Law Review - Now Recruiting Editors!

Recruitment for Volume 74, Issue 2

 

The Law Review is currently accepting applications for Volume 74, Issue 2 Assistant Editors, Associate Editors, 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/webform/assistant-and-associate-editor-sign). Please note that current (Vol. 74:1) editors need not apply again.

Questions? Send our Editors-in-Chief an email at utflr74@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 Vol. 74:2 Submissions

Law Review Now Accepting Submissions for Volume 74, Issue 2

The Law Review is now accepting submissions for Volume 74, Issue 2. 

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 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 utflr74@gmail.com.

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

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Asper Centre -Accepting Student Newsletter Submissions

We are accepting student submissions for our upcoming newsletter! But hurry, our acceptance deadline for publication in our Spring issue closes on January 14 2016!

If you have an interesting piece on a contemporary constitutional law issue and would like to share your views on it, feel free to submit it to alvin.yau@mail.utoronto.ca for consideration.

Generally, articles range from 500-800 words and deal with contemporary constitutional law issues in Canada and abroad. Some of our past articles have dealt with diverse and interesting topics such as Aboriginal rights cases, commentary on recent laws and cases, interviews with visiting professors, and Charter issues.

Feel free to reach out to Alvin for more details and be sure to check out the Asper Centre website for some of our past newsletter issues. http://www.aspercentre.ca/resources/newsletters.htm

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Bookstore

Bookstore

Hours for the week of January 4th, 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.   –   2:30 p.m.                     

For updated information and for all price lists, please remember to check the Faculty of Law Bookstore website at: 

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

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External Announcements

2016 CAPSLE Fellowship

The 2016 CAPSLE Fellowship

CAPSLE (Canadian Association for the Practical Study of Law in Education ) is devoted to providing an open forum for the practical study of legal issues affecting education. To that end, the Board of Directors is seeking applications for the 2016 CAPSLE Fellowship. The annual CAPSLE Fellowship is in the amount of $5,000. (Cdn.). The successful applicant will present his or her paper at our annual conference. Past topics have included the role of the vice-principal, the constitutional right to an education, and the status of separate schools. In future, the association plans to sponsor a series of monographs on practical issues in education law.

CAPSLE 2016 Fellowship Criteria

  1. Applicants for 2016 CAPSLE Fellowship must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants enrolled in a Faculty of Law or a Graduate School of Education or related discipline at a Canadian university;
  2. Applicants must submit a one-page proposal for a paper, project, or research etc. that
  • is applicable to current practical issues in education law;
  • exhibits academic rigor;
  • is concerned with new or ongoing research or study and not with work that is already complete;
  • must be complete by April of the year following the award; and
  • includes plans for a final paper which will be presented at a CAPSLE Annual Conference in 2017.
  1. Applicants must attach a two-page curriculum vitae;
  2. Written proposals which exceed one-page will not be considered nor will curriculum vitae which exceed two-pages, subject to exceptional circumstances; and
  3. Applicants must attach three letters of reference attesting to the applicant’s ability to successfully complete the project proposed.

The 2016 Fellowship Selection Committee reserves the right to make any decision it deems appropriate based on its full discretion. All decisions are final.

Please send proposals postmarked no later than April 15, 2016 to:

CAPSLE
37 Moultrey Crescent
Georgetown, Ontario
CANADA ¤ L7G 4N4

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The Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies December 2015 Newsletter

Attached you will find the December 2015 Newsletter of the Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies, University of Toronto.

In this issue:

 

- History of Criminal Justice Roundtable

- PhD and MA Grads

- 2014-2015: MA Graduates

- New PhD Students

- New MA Students

- Ericson Essay Award

- Student Achievements

- Centre Tenure Track Faculty News

- Centre Part-Time Faculty

- HOLD THE DATE: Edwards Lecture Friday April 8th, 2016

- The State Of Urban Ethnography: A Roundtable Discussion Friday January

15, 2016

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THE STATE OF URBAN ETHNOGRAPHY: A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION - Friday January 15, 2016

THE STATE OF URBAN ETHNOGRAPHY:

A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

 

Speakers: Sandra Bucerius (University of Alberta), Randol Contreras (UTM Sociology), and Jooyoung Lee (St George Sociology)

Moderator: Bea Jauregui (Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies)

Friday January 15, 2016     3:30pm to 5:30pm

Rm 160 Canadiana Gallery Building, 14 Queen’s Park Crescent West

The workshop will be followed by a reception. If you are a person with a disability and require accommodation, please contact Lori Wells at 416-978-3722 x226 or email lori.wells@utoronto.ca and we will do our best to make appropriate arrangements.

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CDL Foundation Essay Prize - submission deadline February 29, 2016

Canadian Law Student Essay Prize

To commemorate Canadian Defence Lawyers' 20th anniversary, CDL is proud to announce the establishment of a Canadian Law Student Essay Prize. This essay prize, awarded annually, is open to any student currently enrolled in the Faculty of Law of any university in Canada. The goal of this prize is to promote interest in civil defence litigation as a preferred field of practice and to encourage academic excellence.

Information: http://www.cdlfoundation.org/

Application: http://www.cdlfoundation.org/doc/Application2015-16.pdf

Announcement
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Toronto Lawyers Association - Meet & Greet for University of Toronto Law Students
The Toronto Lawyers Association is hosting a Meet & Greet for the University of Toronto Law School graduating class of 2016.  Come and learn about the best kept legal secret in the city,  while enjoying a fun evening of mingling and hospitality!  Members of the TLA Board of Trustees will be there too.  Take the opportunity to see what your future might look like.
 
This event is free to U of T Law School Students.  Complimentary drinks and food will be provided.
 
When:  Wednesday, January 27, 2016
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Duke of York Pub
39 Prince Arthur Avenue
 
Please RSVP through the link below, we want to be ready for you.
 
 
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Towards a decarbonized future: Deconstructing the #COP21 Paris Agreement

Monday, December 21, 2015

A template to move forward: (left) Silvia Maciunas (Global Affairs), Keith Stewart (Greenpeace Canada), Matthew Hoffmann (Department of Political Science), Steven Bernstein (Department of Political Science), and Jutta Brunnée (Faculty of Law) with moderator Brian Stewart.

 

“This agreement is a shift to an adaptive or reflexive approach to global governance.” -- International Law scholar Jutta Brunnée

 

By Peter Boisseau

Untangling IP law in a world of trade agreements

Saturday, December 19, 2015
vintage style poster of patent law colloquium for 2015

Patent Law Colloquium keynote speaker asks: Is Canada’s sovereignty at stake?

By Mark Witten

Changes in international IP law resulting from trade agreements pose a potential threat to Canada’s sovereign powers and ability to safeguard public health, said Rochelle Dreyfuss, a leading intellectual property expert and Pauline Newman Professor of Law at NYU School of Law. She gave the keynote speech at the fourth annual Patent Colloquium, hosted last fall by the University of Toronto Faculty of Law’s Centre for Innovation Law and Policy.

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