In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, JD student Grant Bishop looks at various studies examining the reasons behind the stability of Canadian banks ("Canadian Banks: Bigger is better," April 11, 2013). Bishop was formerly an economist at a major Canadian financial institution.

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

The "Boilerplate 2.0" conference, organized by the Faculty of Law's Centre for Innovation Law and Policy on April 1, 2013, has been featured in an article in The Lawyers Weekly ("Boilerplate language does not render people legally bulletproof," April 19, 2013).

The article quotes guest speaker and author, Margaret Radin, who was a Distinguished Visitor at the Faculty of Law this year, as well as Profs. Peter Benson and Catherine Valcke, who also spoke at the conference.

The Faculty of Law is deeply saddened to inform the law school community about the death of Professor Emeritus Ralph Scane on April 10, 2013.

Prof. Scane, an alumnus of the University of Toronto’s Victoria University, Class of 1953, was a much-loved scholar and teacher. He joined the Faculty of Law in 1967 where he was Associate Professor (1967-1969), Associate Dean (1969-1973) and Professor (1969-1995). Prior to his faculty appointment, Prof. Scane practiced law in Toronto from 1957 to 1962 and from 1964 to 1967, and was appointed Queen’s Counsel in 1977.

By Vlad Calina , JD 2014, and Parsa Pezeshki, JD/MBA 2014

By Adam Shedletzky, 2L and Bruce McRae, 2L

Adjunct professor and recent SJD graduate Mitchell Wigdor authored No Miracle: What Asia Can Teach All Countries About Growth. He spoke at a recent lunchtime session in the Solarium, Faculty of Law. The so-called Asian miracle identifies the period of dramatic growth that occurred in Asian economies between 1960-2010.

Matthew Kelleher, partner, McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Justice L'Heureux-Dubé , and PBSC national director, Nikki Gershbain

“Bring your values [to the practice of law]”, was the advice former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Claire L’Heureux-Dubé gave to more than 120 Pro Bono Students Canada volunteers in Toronto March 8, 2013, International Women’s Day.