Carl Mitchell Community Impact Award Celebration honouring R. Douglas Elliott (JD 1982)

Be part of this celebration recognizing legendary 2SLGBTQI+ champion R. Douglas Elliott (JD 1982) as recipient of the Carl Mitchell 2) Community Impact Award, presented by the University of Toronto Alumni Association (UTAA). During a fireside chat with UTAA Past President Sana Halwani (JD 2004), Elliott will discuss his decades of advocacy and community work, including landmark constitutional cases that made national headlines and changed the lives of thousands of Canadians.

Opinion co-authored by Prof. Kent Roach: Canada is failing the wrongfully convicted, again

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

In an opinion published in the Toronto Star (Nov. 5), Professor Kent Roach, co-founder of the Canadian Registry of Wrongful Convictions, and the Hon. Harry LaForme write how a new bill before Parliament fails to address miscarriages of justice. 

U of T Law welcomes new Law Alumni Association (LAA) President, thanks outgoing President, Melissa Kennedy

Monday, November 6, 2023

Melissa Kennedy (LLB 1987), Executive Vice-President, Chief Legal & Public Policy Officer, Sun Life, has completed her two-year term as LAA President this past September.

The Hon. Alice Woolley (LLB 1994) appointed Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of Alberta

Monday, October 30, 2023

The Hon. Arif Virani, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced on Oct. 23 judicial appointments in the province of Alberta.

Faculty of Law graduate Justice Alice Woolley was appointed to the Court of King's Bench of Alberta in 2018. She received her BA from the University of Toronto and graduated with an LLB from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in 1994, where she received both the Gold Medal and the Dean's Key. In 1995, she earned an LLM from Yale Law School. She was called to the Bar of Alberta in 1997.

Being Indigenous goes well beyond blood: Opinion by Prof. Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii)

Friday, November 3, 2023

In an opinion published in the Globe & Mail (October 31), Professor Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii), Prichard Wilson Chair in Law and Public Policy at the Faculty of Law, discusses Indigenous identity.

Professor Gillian Hadfield named one of seven AI2050 senior fellows by Schmidt Futures

Friday, November 3, 2023

Schmidt Futures, a philanthropic initiative of Eric and Wendy Schmidt, has announced the second cohort of AI2050 senior fellows who will pursue bold and interdisciplinary research in artificial intelligence (AI) to help chart the development of AI for societal benefit.

Professor Douglas Sanderson receives 2023 High Plains Book Award

Monday, October 30, 2023

Valley of the birdtail co-authors

Co-authors Andrew Stobo Sniderman (JD 2014) and Professor Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii)

Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) and co-author Andrew Stobo Sniderman have received another accolade for their 2022 co-authored book.

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