Congratulations to our students on their performances in competitive moots

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

The first mooting contest of the academic year occurred in late January.  Our Labour Arbitration Team, Allyson Lee and Leora Jackson argued whether more than one administrative channel can be used to resolve a matter, and if so the what justification was required by the second channel.  They made it to the finals of the competition but were narrowly defeated there.  The student coaches, Akosua Mathews and Andrew Max, were central to the success of the team.  Their Faculty Mooting Advisor

CILP Panel Discussion - Equity Crowdfunding: Boon or Bust?

CILP

The Ontario Securities Commission has issued a consultation paper asking whether the practice of equity crowdfunding should be permitted in Ontario.   The University of Toronto Faculty of Law's Centre for Innovation Law and Policy and Centre for the Legal Profession have invited a panel of distinguished experts to discuss whether equity crowdfunding will stimulate economic growth – or the business of fraud.

Speakers include:

Sixth annual See Yourself Here draws a record crowd and waitlist

Wednesday, March 6, 2013

See Yourself Here 2013

By Lucianna Ciccocioppo and Adrienne Ho, 2L

More than 150 high school students, undergraduates and adults from diverse communities across the GTA visited the Faculty of Law March 1, 2013, eager to get a glimpse into the life of a lawyer—and how to become one—at the sixth annual See Yourself Here open house, sponsored by TD Bank.

The Hon. Lynn Smith presents the 2012-2013 Morris A. Gross Memorial Lecture

Tuesday, March 5, 2013

"The Quest for A Charter Equality Test: Has the Longest Way Round Been the Shortest Way Home?"

 By Aoife Quinn, 1L

 

“Think you're escaping and run into yourself. Longest way round is the shortest way home.” James Joyce, Ulysses

Welcome Day 2013 draws more than 150 admitted students

Thursday, February 28, 2013

The Faculty of Law’s annual Welcome Day greeted, conversed and interacted with more than 150 students who have been accepted for the 2013-2014 start.

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