In a commentary in the National Post, Professors Kent Roach and David Schneiderman analyze the legal situation behind the manner in which police are dealing with of injunctions against the aboriginal Idle No More protestors ("Police are right to be cautious with Idle No More protesters," January 18, 2013).

Read the full commentary on the National Post website, or below.

When Prof. Jim Phillips is off the clock, he rides a tandem bicycle with people with limited or no vision as part of a tandem cycling club in Toronto called Trailblazers.

Check out the Q&A with Prof. Phillips as part of U of T News' "Off the Clock" series.

In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, JD student Grant Bishop argues for changes to Canada's foreign investment review process ("Why Canada needs to take the politics out of foreign investment," January 15, 2013).

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

Lessons learned from the Canadian residential schools context

Read coverage of the January 18, 2013 conference here.

By Mayo Moran, Dean, Faculty of Law / Illustration by Sebastien Thibault

The Faculty of Law congratulates Professor Emerita Rebecca Cook on her Order of Canada award, announced Dec. 30, 2012 by Canada’s Governor-General David Johnston.

The new issue of the University of Toronto Law Journal (63:1, January 2013) is a special focus issue edited by Prof. Angela Fernandez, titled Foxes, Seals, Whales and the Rule of Capture: Animals in the Law and Legal History.