In 1949, the establishment of the modern Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto, under the leadership of Dean Cecil “Caesar” Wright, marked a transformative moment in legal education in Ontario.
Building on the tradition of bringing together minds and opportunities to ignite breakthrough thinking, the University of Toronto Faculty of Law sets itself apart from its peers as a premier training ground for academic leaders.
At the Faculty of Law, we bring together the right minds, opportunities and support systems to ignite breakthrough thinking.
Changemakers. It’s what comes to mind when I think of the students who founded and persuaded the Faculty to formalize a public legal aid clinic. It’s what comes to mind when I think of the current DLS students who are passionately supporting their clients.
The return to classroom instruction has created a welcome buzz of excitement these past few weeks. Many students, faculty and staff have remarked how wonderful it is to be back on campus.
Few of us at the law school would have imagined when the global pandemic was declared on March 11, 2020, that more than a year later, we would continue to deliver courses remotely for a third term, with Toronto still facing lockdown measures.
