University of Toronto Law School Faculty Blog

Watch visitor Prof. Edward Altman and panel discuss the global credit meltdown

On March 3, 2010, the Faculty of Law hosted a discussion on "Current Conditions and Outlook in Global Credit Markets." Professor Edward Altman, of the Stern School of Business, New York University, gave a presentation, followed by a panel discussion with international and Toronto specialists in the field.

You can watch the entire event online, and read Prof. Altman's presentation.

• Watch the presentation and panel discussion
• Read Prof. Altman's presentation

Prof. Altman was also interviewed on BNN television about the current situation in global credit markets.

• Watch the interview on the BNN website

Book Launch and Panel Discussion: Parliamentary Democracy in Crisis - Live Webcast

The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights will be hosting a book launch for the new book Parliamentary Democracy in Crisis: The Dilemmas, Choices and Future of Parliamentary Government in Canada on Tuesday April 21 at 4:30 pm.

The book launch will include a panel discussion on the future of Canada's democracy: lessons learned and where to we go from here.  This is the third in the series on the topic and celebrates the book that came out of our December 5th event on the Governor General's decision to prorogue Parliament. Panelists include Peter Hogg, Michael Valpy, David Cameron and Barbara Cameron.

The event will be webcast live starting shortly after 4:30 pm.

Click here April 21 at 4:30 to watch the webcast.

Click here to find out more about the event.

Click here to find out more about and purchase the book.

Symposium on Lifelong Learning in Professionalism: live webcast on Friday Feb. 20

On Friday February 20, 2009, the Centre for the Legal Profession at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, is hosting a Symposium on "Lifelong Learning in Professionalism" organized by the Chief Justice of Ontario's Advisory Committee on Professionalism. 

The Symposium is being sponsored by the Law Foundation of Ontario, with additional support from the Law Society of Upper Canada. The Symposium features panel discussions with noted academic scholars, members of the judiciary, and legal practitioners.

The day will begin with an exploration of the scope and importance of lifelong learning, and continue with an examination of what can be learned from other jurisdictions and the role of various stakeholders within the legal profession in advancing education in professionalism. The day will close with the 2009 Annual Goodman Lecture, delivered by the Honourable Justice Stephen Goudge of the Court of Appeal for Ontario. 

The symposium will be webcast live on Friday Feb. 20 beginning at 9:00 am EST. The webcast will also remain available as an archive after the event.

Visit the Symposium web page and watch the webcast.

Was the Governor General's Decision to Prorogue Parliament Constitutional? Canada's Leading Scholars Weigh in on this Historic Ruling

On Friday, Dec. 5, 2008 the University of Toronto Faculty of Law hosted a panel discussion about the Governor-General's decision to prorogue parliament. The panel included leading constitutional scholars and politicians.

Many of the participants have expressed an interest in continuing the discussion, and will be posting a summary of their remarks from the panel directly to the faulty blog.

A webcast of the panel is now available: click here to view the webcast
Information regarding the panelists can be found here.

Aboriginal Economic Development Summit

On May 1, 2008, the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, in partnership with the Rt. Hon. Paul Martin, hosted a summit entitled “Developing Aboriginal Economies.”  The summit was a one-day symposium featuring two roundtables with a diverse group of panelists.  The goal of this summit was to provide a forum for new ideas and new approaches to economic development in Aboriginal communities.

The proceedings of this summit were recorded and can now be viewed over the web.

Visit the summit webpage to watch the webcasts

"Can Legal Ethics Be Taught?" symposium webcast now available

On April 4, 2008, the new Centre for Professionalism, Ethics and Public Service hosted a major symposium, "Can Legal Ethics be Taught?", that brought together leading experts to discuss the teaching of legal ethics.

All sessions from this symposium were recorded on video and can now be viewed over the web.

Click here to watch the webcast of "Can Legal Ethics be Taught?"

Report on "The Future of Administrative Justice" symposium

A symposium on "The Future of Administrative Justice" was hosted by the Faculty of Law in January 2008. It explored the future of administrative justice by bringing together academics, participants in the tribunal sector and government policy makers to dialogue about improvements to administrative tribunals in Ontario and other jurisdictions.

A 28-page report on the symposium has now been released (May 2008), which summarizes the presentations and the roundtable discussion that wrapped up the day.

• Future of Administrative Justice Symposium Report (PDF)

The keynote address was given by Lord Justice Robert Carnwath, Senior President of Tribunals, England and Wales. Read the keynote address (PDF).

The symposium was also recorded on video, and the each session of the symposium can be viewed online from the symposium web page. The web page also includes other useful papers and background material.

• Watch the webcast of the symposium "The Future of Administrative Justice"

Webcast: Seminar on Differing Perspectives on the Gardasil/HPV-Vaccination Program in Ontario

The Faculty of Law, with the University of Toronto's Department of Public Health Sciences and Joint Centre for Bioethics, has initiated a seminar series on "Public Health Ethics, Law and Policy."

The inaugural seminar was held on the subject of "Differing Perspectives on the Gardasil/HPV-Vaccination Program in Ontario" at the Faculty of Law on March 20, 2008. It featured the following speakers:

• Vinita Dubey, Associate Medical Officer of Health, Division of Communicable Diseases, Toronto Public Health
• Anne Rochon Ford, Coordinator, Women and Health Protection Working Group
• Angus Dawson, Visiting Faculty Fellow, Centre for Ethics, University of Toronto
• Joanna Erdman, Co-Director, International Reproductive and Sexual Health Law Programme
• CHAIR, Trudo Lemmens, Associate Professor, Faculties of Law and Medicine

This seminar is now available to be viewed as a webcast.

Click here to watch the seminar over the web.