Getting ready for the mock trial: the 2015 cohort of the Aboriginal Youth Summer Program

First Nations, Métis and Inuit youth from across Canada spent a week at the law school participating in a mock trial, visiting court houses and hearing from elders to learn about law and how it intersects with the lives of Aboriginal people.

Cross-posted from U of T News.

By Michael Kennedy

In an historic victory for equal rights, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favour of legalizing same-sex marriage in all 50 states: the constitutionally awarded right to marry will no longer be reserved for heterosexual couples in America.

Prof. Larissa Katz appeared on TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin to discuss the complexities of ownership in the digital age ("Do You Really Own That?", June 23, 2015).

Watch the video (17 minutes) on the TVO website.

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Audrey Macklin asks what is best place for a detained migrant with mental health issues, and argues that jail is not the answer ("Mentally ill migrants don’t belong in jail," June 21, 2015).

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. David Schneiderman examines why there is no debate in Canada about investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms in free trade deals, unlike in the United States, despite their impact on the actions of Canadian governments ("Where is Canada’s national debate over trade dispute panels?", June 12, 2015).

New alumni Tamana Hafid and Bertrand Rivière, Class of 2015, celebrate after the convocation ceremony.

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo / Photos by Jeff Kirk

The sun shone for most of the day on June 5, keeping the rain at bay during the convocation ceremony and awards lunch for more than 200 Faculty of Law graduates as they celebrated their hard-earned degrees with family and friends.

In the wake of the passage of the "Anti-Terrorism" Bill C-51 by the Senate, Prof. Kent Roach and Prof. Craig Forcese of the University of Ottawa analyze its implications for Canada in The Walrus ("Why Can’t Canada Get National-Security Law Right?" June 9, 2015).

Read the full article on the website of The Walrus.