U of T Law Alumni Awards recognize the exceptional contributions of valued community members

Thursday, March 9, 2023

The University of Toronto Faculty of Law Alumni Awards biennially recognize the exceptional contributions of valued community members. 

Ottawa's new bill offers hope to the wrongfully convicted: Opinion co-authored by co-founders of the Canadian Registry of Wrongful Convictions

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

In an op-ed published in the Globe and Mail on Feb. 21, co-founders of the Canadian Registry of Wrongful Convictions, Professor Kent Roach, Amanda Carling (JD 2012), Jessie Stirling (JD 2020), and Joel Voss (JD 2020), introduce the Registry and suggest one priority for the proposed Miscarriage of Justice Review Commission should be to reach out to those who felt they had no choice but to plead guilty. They write: 

Collingwood Today reports local filmmaker, turned U of T Law student, hoping to debut at TIFF

Wednesday, February 22, 2023
I Think, Therefore I Am, is a short documentary film by Forrest Groves, 3L, in which he shares his personal struggles with mental health.
 
“When these things happen, it’s easy to just go quiet. I wanted to humanize the mental health issue. Take control of the narrative," he told his local hometown publication, Collingwood Today.
 
Prior to law school, Groves produced Canadian adventure and lifestyle content, as one of the owners of Collingwood's Blueshift Visuals.

Asper Centre Constitutional Roundtable with Prof Eleonora Bottini

The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights’ Constitutional Roundtables are an annual series of lunchtime discussion forums that provide an opportunity to consider developments in Canadian constitutional theory and practice. The Constitutional Roundtable series promotes scholarship and aims to make a meaningful contribution to intellectual discourse about Canadian constitutional law.

Five U of T Law students celebrated for exemplary leadership

Monday, March 20, 2023

The University of Toronto Student Leadership Award  (UTSLA) continues U of T’s long-standing tradition of recognizing outstanding student leadership, volunteer service, and commitment to the university.

Noah Aiken-Klar (LLB 2003) joins The Law Foundation of Ontario as Director, Grants & Programs

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

Noah Aiken-Klar (LLB 2003)

The Law Foundation of Ontario announced on Jan. 24 the hiring of Noah Aiken-Klar (LLB 2003) as Director, Grants & Programs.

U of T to confer honorary degree on Barbara Jackman (LLB 1976)

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Fourteen eminent individuals will receive honorary degrees from the University of Toronto this year and will address graduating students at convocation ceremonies in spring or fall.

“Through their outstanding contributions to their respective fields and beyond, these exceptional individuals have each made a tremendous impact on the world,” said U of T President Meric Gertler.

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