Watch: Law in a Changing World
How have the law and legal education evolved over time? Why has the rigorous study of law prevailed for seventy-five years? Where do we go from here?
Celebrating 75 years of modern legal education, the University of Toronto Faculty of Law's conference, which took place on March 27 & 28, looked forward by looking back.
Present-day faculty members reflect on pivotal contributions to academic and legal development by U of T Law scholars over the last seven decades.
Presented papers will be published in a special volume of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law Journal and in an edited volume published by U of T Press.
The order of the conference presentations reflects the first year of former faculty members' affiliation with U of T's Faculty of Law.
Day 1
Panel 1
DEAN CECIL "CAESAR" WRIGHT (1949-1965)
Profs. Dean Jutta Brunnée and Christopher Essert
PROFESSOR JOHN WILLIS (1949-1952 and 1959-1972)
Prof. Mariana Mota Prado
14TH CHIEF JUSTICE OF CANADA BORA LASKIN (1940-1945 and 1949-1965)
Prof. Brian Langille
Panel 2
PROFESSOR EMERITUS R.C.B. RISK (1962-1998)
Prof. Jim Phillips
UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR (1965-1998) & DEAN EMERITUS (1972-1979) MARTIN L. FRIEDLAND
Prof. Kent Roach
PROFESSOR EMERITUS ALAN MEWETT (1968-2001)
Prof. Brenda Cossman
Panel 3
UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR STEPHEN M. WADDAMS (1968-2023)
Prof. Peter Benson
PROFESSOR EMERITUS ERNEST J. WEINRIB (1972-2021)
Prof. Arthur Ripstein
UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR EMERITUS MICHAEL J. TREBILCOCK (1972-2021)
Prof. Edward Iacobucci
Day 2
Panel 4
THE HON. JUSTICE ROBERT J. SHARPE, PROFESSOR (1976-1988) & DEAN EMERITUS (1990-1995)
Prof. Hamish Stewart
THE HON. JUSTICE KATHERINE E. SWINTON (1979-1995)
Prof. Jean-Christophe Bédard-Rubin
PROFESSOR EMERITA DENISE RÉAUME (1982-2021)
Prof. Angela Fernandez
Panel 5
PROFESSOR EMERITA CAROL ROGERSON (1983-2021)
Prof. Martha Shaffer
PROFESSOR EMERITUS ALAN BRUDNER (1984-2012)
Prof. Vincent Chiao
PROFESSOR EMERITA REBECCA J. COOK (1987-2012)
Prof. Anna Su
PROFESSOR EMERITA LORRAINE E. WEINRIB (1988-2021)
Prof. Richard Stacey