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Karen Knop (SJD) (1960-2022) joined U of T's Faculty of Law as a special lecturer in 1990 and a full-time faculty member in 1992. She quickly established herself as a beloved teacher and colleague, as well as a leading voice in international law scholarship. Early in her career, she won an undergraduate teaching award, and over the years, her mentoring of graduate students helped launch many careers.

Steve Lorteau is an SJD student who specializes in climate law, public law, zoning law, international law, and legal theory. His research centres on the role of courts in climate law. He is a member of the Ontario Bar, following a clerkship at the Federal Court. Read more climate policy opinion by Steve at theconversation.com.

Professor Andrew Green is the Faculty's Metcalf Chair in Environmental Law.

Collaborative Graduate Degree Programs

International Dual Degree Programs

Click to view a Google map illustrating the 73 countries representing our *active/living graduate alumni from the Master of Laws (LLM), Master of Studies in Law (MSL) and Doctor of Juridical Science (SJD) programs.

Revitalising the Tort of Public Nuisance and its Role in Restraining Wrongs Connected to Climate Change (Thesis)

Graduate supervisors: University Professors Jutta Brunnée and Arthur Ripstein

Awards: Wedderburn Prize (Modern Law Review) (2022); Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (2021); Connaught International Scholarship (2020)

Area of Study: Family law and welfare law

Yukiko Kobayashi Lui grew up in Hong Kong and earned her law degree at the University of Cambridge, but when she decided to pursue an SJD, she chose to study at the U of T Faculty of Law in order to work with Professor Brenda Cossman.

Area of Study: State formation – how Canada's state security apparatus was created and evolved

SJD candidate Tyler Wentzell is a lawyer, historian and an army reservist serving with the 48th Highlanders of Canada, so it’s only natural that his doctoral thesis focuses on law and the military. His research has been supported by a George P. Vanier Doctoral Fellowship, a R. Roy McMurtry Fellowship in Legal History, and a Nathan Strauss Q.C. Graduate Fellowship in Canadian Constitutional Law.

A Framework for Informal Creativity (Thesis)

Graduate supervisor: Professor Ariel Katz

Awards: U of T Faculty of Law Doctoral Scholarship (2014); Centre for International Governance Innovation Doctoral Scholarship (2014); U of T Faculty of Law Fellowship (2014); Vanier Graduate Scholarship (2016; Nathan Strauss QC Graduate Fellowship in International Law and Intellectual Property (2016); U of T Faculty of Arts & Science Oxford Mobility Fund (2016); Government of Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2019)

The Tortious Liability of States for Combatant Activities (Thesis)

Graduate supervisor: University Professor Arthur Ripstein, Howard Beck, Q.C. Chair