Chords of Appeal caroling at UT Law featured in Canadian Lawyer magazine

Thursday, December 13, 2012

In the lead-up to exams and the holiday season, the student group Chords of Appeal held a caroling session in the rotunda outside the Bora Laskin Law Library to entertain students and relieve some of their stress. Canadian Lawyer magazine has featured their caroling session in an article about law students getting into the holiday spirit, discussing the event with Chords of Appeal choir director Meghan Bridges ("Students get into the holiday spirit," December 10, 2012).

Latest IHRP-Plan Canada report calls for action on violence against children

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

A new report published by the Faculty of Law's International Human Rights Program (IHRP) and child-rights organization Plan Canada finds that school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) is a major factor threatening the education of children, especially young girls, in many countries of the world, including Canada.

Law’s Amanda Carling lands 2012 President’s Award for Outstanding Aboriginal Student

Monday, December 3, 2012

By Lisa Del Col

 

Amanda Carling, JD 2012, was honoured Nov. 20, 2012 as one of two U of T students awarded the President’s Award for Outstanding Aboriginal Student.  Jessica Keeshig Martin, a recent graduate from the Arts & Science program, was the other recipient. (This award is announced early in the year, and feted in the fall.)

Prof. Anand named to 2012 Diversity 50

Friday, November 30, 2012

Anita AnandThe Faculty of Law's Prof. Anita Anand has been named to the Diversity 50 list. She is one of 50 Canadians selected by the Canadian Board Diversity Council, as an individual "who has competencies that align with the needs or requirements of Canadian boards of directors."

SJD student Michael Pal: "Ford victim of a sledgehammer law ill suited to knuckle-rap offences"

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

In a commentary in The Globe and Mail, SJD student and Trudeau scholar Michael Pal analyzes the municipal conflict of interest law that forced Mayor Rob Ford from office ("Ford victim of a sledgehammer law ill suited to knuckle-rap offences," November 27, 2012).

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

Prof. David Schneiderman, "Self-interested lawyers and the Canada-China FIPA"

Tuesday, November 27, 2012

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. David Schneiderman, with Prof. Gus Van Har of Osgoode Hall Law School, looks at the the potential financial stake that legal experts who may comment on the Canada-China Foreign Investment Protection Agreement could have in its outcome ("Self-interested lawyers and the Canada-China FIPA," Nov. 26, 2012).

Read the commentary on the Toronto Star website, or below.

In memoriam: Samantha Clarke

Monday, November 26, 2012

Samantha Clarke, 2L studentThe Faculty of Law is deeply saddened by the death of one of its students, Samantha Clarke (2L), on Thursday, November 22, 2012. 

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