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by Nina Haikara

Métis lawyer, Amanda Carling (JD 2012), served on the board of directors for Aboriginal Legal Services (ALS), formerly ALS of Toronto, for over a decade. But it was much more than just a volunteer appointment.

“What I enjoyed most about being of service to ALS, was the introduction it gave me to some of the most talented, wise, kind and dedicated Indigenous people in Toronto,” says Carling, who in 2016 joined the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law to lead its Indigenous Initiatives Office (IIO).

by Nina Haikara

Law Chats is a confidential, weekly drop-in space, facilitated by peer mentors in the University of Toronto Faculty of Law’s Peer Mental Health Suppor

by Nina Haikara

by Nina Haikara

As a student in the Faculty of Law’s and Rotman School of Management’s joint program in law and business administration, Temitope Ajibode says her summer woul

By Karen Gross / Photos by Jerome Poon-Ting

If you’re old enough to remember the movie and 1980s television series The Paper Chase, or you attended law school at University of Toronto before 2014, you know how terrifying those first year classes might have felt.

By Karen Gross

By Peter Boisseau

A group of law and computer science students are joining forces to bridge the gap between legal codes and technology.

The students have just formed a U of T chapter of Legal Hackers, a worldwide organization focused on instilling the “hacker mentality” in the practice of law.

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By Karen Gross

Navigating today’s ever evolving, increasingly complex human rights and health and safety legislation can be treacherous for even the most informed employers and managers. “The legal obligations on employers are much more robust than they used to be,” says alumna and adjunct professor Emma Phillips, JD 2005.