By Lucianna Ciccocioppo

The University of Toronto Faculty of Law has once again landed the top spot on Maclean’s magazine annual Law School Rankings, posted online today. The rankings look at graduate quality, hiring rates to elite law firms, national scope of law alumni, number of Supreme Court of Canada clerkships, and faculty hiring, quality and number of journals citations.

The Faculty of Law was first in elite firm hiring rates, faculty hiring/quality and number of journal citations. The law school ranked second in number of SCC clerkships.

The Faculty of Law congratulates Prof. Brenda Cossman on her election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, in recognition for outstanding scholarly work. Cossman is one of 71 new Fellows to the RSC, who span a wide range of disciplines and academic backgrounds.

A story in the Canadian Press about law schools seeking diversity in their student body highlights the Faculty of Law's new free LSAT prep course for low-income students ("Law School Diversity: Canadian Universities Want Range Of Students," Aug. 21, 2012).

The story features quotes from two students who are currently taking the course, and also from Assistant Dean, Students, Alexis Archbold.

JD student Andrew Stobo Sniderman has written an article in Maclean's magazine looking at the way many important issues facing the country are being tackled not by Parliament, but by the courts ("Harper v. The Judges," August 21, 2012).

Read the full article on the Maclean's website.

Prof. Anver Emon has published a new book, Religious Pluralism and Islamic Law: Dhimmis and Others in the Empire of Law (Oxford University Press, 2012).

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JD student Andrew Stobo Sniderman has written an article in Macleans's magazine looking at the under-funding of aboriginal education by the federal government and recent attempts to resolve this problem ("Aboriginal students: An education underclass," August 8, 2012).

Read the full article on the Maclean's website.