2019

Questions by Lucianna Ciccocioppo

LC:  Where are you from originally?

JP:  I grew up in Regina, Saskatchewan. It was a great place to grow up, but my parents were retiring to the West coast when I graduated, so there was not a family reason to return to Saskatchewan. It was, in some ways, a gift where you don't have the calling to go back to where you grew up. It opens up a lot of opportunities.

LC: Did you know what type of law you wanted to practice when you started law school?

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.

By Peter Boisseau / Photos by Dhoui Chang

A roundtable discussion on whether Canada’s euthanasia law should be expanded instead veered into a debate about lack of access to quality health care, underscoring concerns about the existing Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) act and many related issues.

By Peter Boisseau / Photos by Dhoui Chang

An increase in proxy fights, as sophisticated shareholders wrestle for control of corporations, places a spotlight on that balancing act and raises complex questions about lawyers’ duties and responsibilities, said Anita Anand, J.R. Kimber Chair in Investor Protection and Corporate Governance at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.

In their own words, our students and recent alumni describe the importance of financial aid to their choice to attend the Faculty of Law and their success in their legal studies.