Good Judgment

What is good judgment?

Join the Hon. Robert James Sharpe, O.C. (LLB 1970), Dean Emeritus and Distinguished Jurist-in-Residence at U of T Law, and alumnus Guy Jacques Pratte (LLB 1982), C.M., Senior Counsel, BLG, for a special discussion about judicial decision making.

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Trudo Lemmens named 2024 Hastings Center Fellow

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Professor Trudo Lemmens

Professor Trudo Lemmens of the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law has been named a Fellow of the Hastings Center in recognition of his scholarly impact.

In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Jacob Ziegel

Friday, January 19, 2024

It is with immense sadness that the Faculty of Law announces the passing of Professor Emeritus, Jacob Ziegel.

Jacob Ziegel, Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, died in his 97th year, at Hazelton Place in Toronto. 

Cracking Canada’s Policy Silos: Michael J. Trebilcock

Friday, January 19, 2024

In an opinion (Intelligence Memos) for The C.D. Howe Institute, an independent not-for-profit research institute, University Professor Emeritus Michael J. Trebilcock addresses Canadians concerned about public policy:

"Many of Canada’s most pressing policy challenges entail significant interaction effects between policy domains, which for a federation like Canada poses major coordination hurdles.

Asper Centre Constitutional Roundtable with Professors Kerri Froc and Jean-Christophe Bédard-Rubin on Hak v. Attorney General of Quebec

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

Donation to U of T's Downtown Legal Services advances legal aid

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Downtown Legal Services Fasken Building

Lawyer and clinic director, Prasanna Balasundaram (far left), alongside staff lawyers and summer caseworkers on the steps of the Fasken Building, home to U of T's community legal clinic and clinical legal education program, Downtown Legal Services (photo August 2023).

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