Prof. Audrey Macklin receives UTAA's Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human...
Monday, March 18, 2019The University of Toronto Alumni Association’s 2019 Awards of Excellence have been announced, and among them, Professor Audrey Macklin, LLB 1987, chair in Human Rights Law, has...
View ArticleU of T Law launches annual Black Future Lawyers Conference for university...
Wednesday, March 13, 2019Alumna Justice Rita Maxwell was the keynote speaker at the Faculty of Law's first and annual Black Future Lawyers Conference By Lucianna Ciccocioppo / Photos by Jerome...
View ArticlePBSC’s new Indigenous human rights clinics receive the 2019 Emil Gumpert...
Wednesday, March 27, 2019PBSC students gather together in the atrium as part of the May 2018 training conferenceAward comes with a US$100,000 grant to assist with two pilot clinicsPro Bono Students...
View ArticleLAWS program launches new website
Friday, March 29, 2019Law in Action Within Schools (LAWS) is thrilled to launch its brand new website (www.lawinaction.ca).A partnership between the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Osgoode...
View Article'And I Live On': U of T law students, researchers mark 25 years since Rwanda...
Tuesday, April 2, 2019Mary Louise, a survivor of the Rwandan genocide, is pictured in 2018 (photo by Samer Muscati)By Romi LevineOn the 25th anniversary of the Rwandan genocide, a group of University...
View ArticleReal or fake? U of T law students work with Amnesty International to verify...
Tuesday, July 16, 2019U of T's DVC working group pictured at the Hong Kong summit. (From left) George Ghabrial, Sara Bolourchian, Amitpal Singh, Milica Pavlovic and Aaqib Mahmood (photo by Alice Tse)By...
View ArticleThe IHRP's Vincent Wong writes "Attacks on the media in Hong Kong threaten...
Tuesday, July 30, 2019Vincent Wong '13, the William C. Graham Research Associate at U of T Law's International Human Rights Program, has written a commentary in the Toronto Star about recent attacks on...
View ArticleProf. Anver Emon and alumnus Nader Hasan '06 write "What to do if CSIS comes...
Wednesday, August 14, 2019In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Anver Emon and alumnus Nader Hasan bring attention to the issue of Muslim students receiving intimidating in-person approaches by...
View ArticleRead the new issue of the Journal of Law & Equality
Wednesday, August 21, 2019The Journal of Law & Equality (JLE) has published Vol 15 (2019) on its website at https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/utjle/index.The newly-released issue features a...
View ArticleJD student Teodora Pasca writes "The Ontario government is destroying...
Tuesday, August 20, 2019In a commentary in Canadian Lawyer magazine, JD student Teodora Pasca argues that the Ontario government's legal aid cuts and the Student Choice Initiative threaten the future...
View ArticleInnovative new IHRP clinical course is part of a global partnership to...
Wednesday, September 4, 2019The University of Toronto Faculty of Law is joining a global campaign for media freedom and will play a leading role in developing legal tools to protect journalists and...
View ArticleAsper Centre Constitutional Roundtable with Prof Brandon Garrett of Duke...
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 - 12:30pmAdd to CalendariCalendarOutlookGoogleYahooLocation: Flavelle FL219 – John Willis Classroom"Wealth, Equal Protection and Due Process"October 2 @ 12:30 pm - 2:00 pmOn...
View ArticleProf. Anver Emon hosts conference “Ibadism and the Study of Islam: A View...
Wednesday, August 21, 2019The 10th annual Conference on Ibadi Studies welcomed a diverse range of global scholars to discuss historical and contemporary topics in Ibadism (photo by D. Olms)By Jovana...
View ArticleQueering Queer Legal Studies
Cossman, Brenda, Queering Queer Legal Studies: An Unreconstructed Ode to Eve Sedgwick (and Others) (2019). Critical Analysis of Law 6(1), 2019. Abstract: The essay explores the extant field queer legal...
View ArticleProf. Gillian Hadfield co-authors "Momentum is building to fix our legal...
Wednesday, October 2, 2019In a commentary in the Salt Lake Tribune, Prof. Gillian Hadfield and her co-authors, Deno Himonas and John Lund, describe the value of the reforms they propose for legal...
View ArticleBleached out: A Race and the Law discussion group – Session #2
Thursday, October 31, 2019 - 12:30pm to 2:00pmAdd to CalendariCalendarOutlookGoogleYahooLocation: In FA1 (Falconer Hall) Bleached out: A Race and the Law discussion group – Session #2Thursday October...
View ArticleKashmir Human Rights Crisis: A Teach-In
Monday, November 4, 2019 - 6:00pm to 8:00pmAdd to CalendariCalendarOutlookGoogleYahooLocation: Moot Court Room, J250, Jackman Law BuildingKashmir Human Rights Crisis: A Teach-InNovember 4, 2019, 6-8...
View ArticleStudents work with Asper Centre and Downtown Legal Services on challenge to...
Thursday, November 7, 2019From the blog of the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights.By Karen Chen, Shelby Rooney and Anju XingDozens gathered in front of the Federal Court in Toronto this...
View ArticleProf. Anver Emon and alumnus Nader Hasan '06 write "What to do if CSIS comes...
Wednesday, August 14, 2019In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Anver Emon and alumnus Nader Hasan bring attention to the issue of Muslim students receiving intimidating in-person approaches by...
View ArticleAsper Centre Constitutional Law Career Panel
Wednesday, February 12, 2020 - 12:30pm to 2:00pmAdd to CalendariCalendarOutlookGoogleYahooLocation: J125 Jackman Law BuildingThe David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights presents aCONSTITUTIONAL...
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