A team of three Common Law JD candidates for 2022, Ayushi Dave, Ritesh Kotak, and Ryan Mosoff, has won the Harley Finkelstein Entrepreneurship Challenge! The competition, endowed by Harley Finkelstein, joint J.D. & MBA, ‘09 and President of Shopify, was designed to develop the entrepreneurial mindset that is critical to leadership, helping students to become better leaders, lawyers, and entrep...
A team of three Common Law JD candidates for 2022, Ayushi Dave, Ritesh Kotak, and Ryan Mosoff, has won the Harley Finkelstein Entrepreneurship Challenge! The competition, endowed by Harley Finkelstein, joint J.D. & MBA, ‘09 and President of Shopify, was designed to develop the entrepreneurial mi...
The Faculty of Law Common Law Section is pleased to welcome Gladys Osien, JD '19, as Black Legal Mentor in Residence. She will be working with the Black Law Students’ Association to support their activities for the upcoming year.
The Faculty of Law Common Law Section is pleased to welcome Gladys Osien, JD '19, as Black Legal Mentor in Residence. She will be working with the Black Law Students’ Association to support their activities for the upcoming year.
The Common Law Section is pleased to welcome Dr. Kazuki Hagiwara, an expert in the law of treaties, international economic law and international environmental law, who will join the law school as visiting researcher from September 2021 to August 2022.
The Common Law Section is pleased to welcome Dr. Kazuki Hagiwara, an expert in the law of treaties, international economic law and international environmental law, who will join the law school as visiting researcher from September 2021 to August 2022.
Caryma Sa’d, JD ‘15, is a Toronto-based lawyer and entrepreneur whose practice focuses primarily on housing, cannabis, and criminal law. She is also very outspoken about what matters to her, such as issues relating to politics, access to justice, poverty, racism, and the legal profession.
Caryma Sa’d, JD ‘15, is a Toronto-based lawyer and entrepreneur whose practice focuses primarily on housing, cannabis, and criminal law. She is also very outspoken about what matters to her, such as issues relating to politics, access to justice, poverty, racism, and the legal profession.
Professors Stefanie Carsley and Samuel Singer have both received Insight Development Grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) for projects that propose to fill significant gaps in our current understanding of both Canadian surrogacy laws and Canadian taxpayer remedies.
Professor Carsle...
Professors Stefanie Carsley and Samuel Singer have both received Insight Development Grants from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) for projects that propose to fill significant gaps in our current u...
For the first time in the history of the Ontario Bar Association (OBA), a woman president, Charlene D. Theodore, passed the baton to another woman. The responsibility has been given to Karen Perron, LLB ’03, this September.
Karen Perron is a partner at BLG and specializes in banking litigation, bankruptcy and insolvency, and directors and of...
For the first time in the history of the Ontario Bar Association (OBA), a woman president, Charlene D. Theodore, passed the baton to another woman. The responsibility has been given to Karen Perron, LLB ’03, this September.
Karen Perron is a p...
The Common Law Section’s research report covering 2020-2021, is now available online (PDF, 5.22 MB).This report covers research activities and achievements at the Common Law Section between April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021.We are all proud of these achievements, and we remain committed to creating and sustaining a rich, collegial, and intellec...
The Common Law Section’s research report covering 2020-2021, is now available online (PDF, 5.22 MB).This report covers research activities and achievements at the Common Law Section between April 1, 2020 to March 31, 2021.We are all proud of th...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are rapidly entering our health care system. But the emergence of AI brings with it numerous risks and uncertainties. Dr. Colleen Flood has received a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for a project that will explore AI-related concerns entitled “Machine M.D.: How ...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies are rapidly entering our health care system. But the emergence of AI brings with it numerous risks and uncertainties. Dr. Colleen Flood has received a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health R...
As the world of medicine increasingly adopts artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, researchers have been forced to confront both the rapid medical advances and the complex and risky uncertainties that come with this new age of medicine. The use of AI-based neuroprostheses as medical devices in particular raises many ethical and legal questions. Pr...
As the world of medicine increasingly adopts artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, researchers have been forced to confront both the rapid medical advances and the complex and risky uncertainties that come with this new age of medicine. The use of A...
Professor Penelope Simons has been appointed as the new Gordon F. Henderson Chair in Human Rights. Associate Professor and Vice-Dean Research at the Common Law Section, Penelope Simons is an esteemed and valued professor among her colleagues and a long-term member of the Human Rights Research and Education Centre (HRREC).
“Professo...
Professor Penelope Simons has been appointed as the new Gordon F. Henderson Chair in Human Rights. Associate Professor and Vice-Dean Research at the Common Law Section, Penelope Simons is an esteemed and valued professor among her colleagu...