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Nexus/Spring 2022Described by Dean Emeritus (1972-1979) Martin Friedland (LLB 1958) as “a dedicated group that help improve the law school on a number of fronts,” the Student Legal Aid Society* (SLAS) was a student-led initiative that ignited a clinical education program at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.
“In the past few years, many law firms have started to adopt tech, such as using artificial intelligence software to help with discovery and research,” says Anthony Niblett, Canada
Empowerment, accessibility and expanding the reach of access to legal aid are the core values of the new Family Justice Centre (FJC), established at Pro Bono Students Canada (PBSC) in partnership with Epstein Cole L
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).
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
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.
