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University of Toronto Faculty of Law Juris Doctor (J.D.) Program201

At the University o Toronto, we oer one o the worlds outstandinglegal educations. To be a student at our law school is to join a wonder-ul community o the nest law teachers and scholars, and the mostpromising law students in Canada.

Our students have a wide range o interests, and each Septemberour school benets rom a fow o new energy and ideas. Co-curricularand extra-curricular programs give students the opportunity to puttheir studies into practice and connect with like-minded colleagues.Some o our most popular programs include the InternationalHuman Rights Program, Downtown Legal Services and the newlycreated David Asper Centre or Constitutional Rights, which providesstudents with hands-on experiences working on prominent casesunder the supervision o lawyers. Our law school is also renownedor its excellent combined degree programs, which allow you to takeadvantage o some o the other outstanding departments and acultiesat the University o Toronto, and or a wide range o exchangeprograms with the worlds nest law schools.

As Dean, I believe our law school has an important public maOur aculty members are regularly called upon to litigate atSupreme Court o Canada, drat important new legislationcommissions o inquiry, advise countries around the world orule o law and constitutional issues, and work with our governto produce policy papers with national and international reachscope. A legal education at U o T refects our belie that law is aul tool or social change, and that lawyers canand shouldma positive dierence in the world.

You are about to embark on a antastic journey. I wish you best and hope to see you at the law school next year.

Mayo Moran (99), DeanUniversity o Toronto Faculty o Law

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Welcme t Canadatp law schl

The University o Toronto Faculty o Law is a vibrant, intellecommunity o extraordinarily talented aculty members aacademically gited students. Established in 1887, the FacuLaw is a vital Canadian academic institution and one o the wonest law schools.

Small class sizes, public interest and clinical programs, re

intensive courses, international opportunities, and an enormrange o volunteer placements in the community are all impparts o the legal education we oer, and all contribute to a unand intellectually stimulating environment in which to study th

Our leadership position within Canada has enabled us to serva national orum or rigorous debate on domestic policy in ao dierent contexts. Each year the Faculty is host to a pletho conerences, workshops and public lectures that bring togescholars, policy-makers, jurists and students rom around theto examine and comment on complex social issues including:uture o our health-care system; the accreditation o internatitrained proessionals; constitutional rights issues; gender and diin the legal proession; multiculturalism; anti-terrorism legislat

and the environment.U o T law scholars are also actively engaged in high-prole p

interest litigation and important policy development or the coThey have appeared beore the Supreme Court o Canada, enga variety o domestic and international human rights litigationled international and national cases on land claims and indigrights, and advised senior government ocials on immigrationreugee issues.

Our law school is uniquely well-positioned to play a key role inemerging world o transnational engagement that will dene theacademy. Faculty members are careully selected rom an internapool o outstanding academics. Our student body, particularly at

graduate level, is increasingly international. Similarly, our J.D. graare highly sought ater and go on to work and study all over the w


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Our physical location provides an exceptional opportunity or studyingthe law in Canadas largest urban centre, an exciting multicultural cityo more than 2.5 million people with a richness and cultural diversity noother city can match. Nestled in the heart o old Toronto, surroundedby the tranquil tree-lined pathways o Philosophers Walk, the Facultyo Law is just steps away rom the provincial legislature, the Ontario

Court o Appeal and Superior Courts, and the countrys largest legaland nancial districts.The uniqueness o the U o T experience extends to the charming

heritage buildings and classrooms where you will be studying. Two

architecturally beautiul buildings, Flavelle House and Falconehouse the many classrooms that make up our law school. The Laskin Law Library, named ater one o the acultys nest schothe ormer Chie Justice o the Supreme Court o Canada (1973is a more recent addition to Flavelle House. It is an outstandinresource or the Facultys students and proessors, with a team

dedicated librarians and more than 270,000 volumes and primlegal materials rom the major common law countries such as the U.S., and the U.K. Study space occupies three foors and ina computer lab and wireless Internet connectivity.

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Learn the lawrm wrld-renwnedacultyWe are committed to recruiting and retaining the best academicsin the world and delivering the nest legal education possible, onethat meets international standards o excellence.

Proessors at the Faculty o Law are leading experts in their eldswho regularly shape the most important policy issues and debates inour society. More than 50 ull-time aculty members and 20 visitingscholars rom across the globe create an intellectually robust andexciting academic environment or the study o law. Internationallyrenowned or their research excellence, our aculty members havepublished many groundbreaking books with major academic publish-ing houses. They also regularly publish leading articles in prestigiousnational and international journals. Their academic textbooks aresome o the most widely used texts at law schools across Canada

and worldwide. Our aculty members have earned a number prestigious prizes, ellowships and other honours, including Killam and Connaught awards, two Molson Prizes, and counbook prizes.

U o T law proessors are engaged in traditional legal scholand theoretical and inter-disciplinary study. They draw on a ro dierent intellectual perspectives and more than one-thcross-appointed to other aculties, departments and centres atUniversity. Our inter-disciplinary strength and diversity is rein many ways: in vibrant academic workshops and lecturesponsored at the law school each year; in the breadth and innoo our curriculum; and in the range o our collaborative and cbined programs.

Let: Proessors Sujit Choudhry, Yasmin Dawood, Jutta Brunne and Douglas Sanderson.


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Experience the camaraderie an academically gited andengaged student bdyAs a Faculty o Law student, you will quickly become part o our very special community. You

will learn alongside an exceptional group o the countrys top students who bring a broad andinteresting set o lie experiences to the study o law. Our students are highly educated, extremelydiverse and deeply committed to justice at home and around the world. Academically, they arethe strongest student body in the country and they rank among the top in North America.

Students come to our law school with a unique and varied mix o racial, cultural and socio-economic backgrounds and experiences, intellectual interests and political commitments. For anumber o years, women have made up more than 50% o the student body. In the academic year20102011, we have 22 Aboriginal students enrolled and 32% o the rst-year class identiy

with a visible minority group.The relatively small size o our student body, combined with its diversity o backgrounds,

ages, experiences and ambitions, creates many opportunities or the exchange o ideas, notonly among students, but also between students and aculty. Ours is a community institu-tionally committed to intellectual openness and collegiality, where students are constantlychallenged by new ideas and experiences.

Profle o 20102011 First-Year Class194 Students48% Women32% Visible minority students, including Aboriginal students19% With advanced degrees7% Mature students (ve or more years o non-academic experience)60% From Ontario universities29.8% From universities in other provinces10% From universities outside o Canada


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Chse rm an utstandingselectin cursesU o Ts Juris Doctor (J.D.) program o study oers a curriculum o extraordinarybreadth, with a core set o courses that have made our rst-year and upper-year programsdistinctive in Canada. The academic program, primarily taught by the Facultys 50-plusull-time proessors, is enhanced by visiting teachers who come rom the broader legalcommunity o accomplished lawyers, judges and international academics.


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First-year prgramThe rst-year program oers a high degree o contact betweenstudents and aculty members. All courses are taught by ull-timeaculty members who do not use teaching assistants. Our rst-yearcurriculum includes seven core courses: Legal Process, Proessionalismand Ethics; Administrative Law; Canadian Constitutional Law;Contracts Law; Criminal Law; Property Law and Torts. Through thesecourses, students are introduced to a wide range o views and a diversityo perspectives on law and legal reasoning.

Three additional elements enrich the student experience and makeour rst-year program distinctive: the Introduction to Law AcademicOrientation, the Legal Research and Writing Program, and theProessionalism and Ethics Intensive Program.

Introduction to Law Academic OrientationDuring the rst week o law school and through lunchtime sessionsduring the all, students are exposed to the undamental buildingblocks o legal education through our Introduction to Law program.Students receive instruction on common law reasoning, theparliamentary system, the structure o the courts, stages o the legalprocess, and how dierent perspectives on law shape legal analysis

and understanding.

The Legal Research and Writing ProgramAnalytical writing requires students to grapple with and synthesizelegal concepts contained in an established set o materials. At theFaculty o Law, students learn and start to improve their analytical

writing skills in their rst-year courses, specically in their smallgroups and mid-sized sections.

The Facultys small-group program allows students to take their rst-year courses in a small (18 to 20 students), seminar-environment. The intimate nature o the small group ormastudents an excellent opportunity to complete and obtain back on written work, as well as gain exposure to the basics research. The small group also presents a distinct classroom expe

which ensures each student has the advantage o close personaltion with a law proessor and a small group o students in an in

learning atmosphere.First-year students also take another o their core courses in

sized section o approximately 45 to 50 students. In this setlegal research and writing skills are developed urther through ex

writing assignments.

The Proessionalism and EthicsIntensive ProgramIn the all, all regular courses are put on hold or one week to intensive instruction in Legal Ethics and Proessionalism. The iormat exposes students to various ethical issues as esteemed mo the proession come together at the Faculty to discuss the im

tance o proessionalism. Such an intensive program is unique Faculty and a response to the increased emphasis on proessio

within the bar and by the public at large. The creation o a new Cor the Legal Proession at the Faculty o Law also engages stuthe discussion o issues o proessionalism and ethics throuthe year.

Peer Mentoring ProgramFinally, our Peer Mentoring Program is designed to acilitate a

welcoming rst-year experience. The program matches rst-students with upper-year mentors who can answer questions, prsupport and help new students eel more connected to the broa

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Upper-year prgramThe upper-year program at the Faculty o Law is rich and varied,

with more than 180 courses oered each year. The breadth anddepth o the curriculum allows the law school to tailor programs ostudy to the individual needs and ambitions o students. Studentsare encouraged to pursue their own interests and to undertakeadvanced work, including independent study under the supervisiono a aculty member.

Writing and Directed ResearchIn the upper years, students legal research and writing skills evolveurther through ambitious writing projects under the close supervisiono aculty members, either in seminars or directed research. Forexample, the Super vised Upper-Year Research Paper providesan excellent opportunity to conduct rigorous legal research and

writing in consultation with a supervising proessor in an area omutual interest.

Perspectives CoursesStudents are required to take at least one Critical Perspectivescourse concerned with the nature, sources, and purposes o legalregulation in general rather than with the study o legal doctrine ina particular area. Students must also complete an International,Comparative or Transnational Law Perspectives course to enhanceand deepen their understanding o the changing global legal order.

The Distinguished Visiting Faculty ProgramA dening eature o the Facultys upper-year program is theDistinguished Visiting Faculty Program. Each year the DistinguishedVisiting Faculty Program brings approximately 20 world-renownedacademics to the Faculty to teach two-week intensive courses in theirarea o specialty. This program allows students to learn rom someo the best legal scholars, jurists and policy-makers in the world.

In past years, Distinguished Visiting aculty have included justicesrom the Canadian Supreme Court and Courts o Appeal, and romthe supreme courts o numerous other countries; leading legal scholarsrom Canada and rom around the world, including rom Europe,Asia, Australasia, Arica and the Middle East; and Canadian and inter-national scholars in a wide range o other disciplines.

Co-Curricular OpportunitiesStudents continue to learn outside the our walls o the Facultysclassrooms through a co-curricular education program that includesour legal clinics, our student-run law journals, a client-counselingcompetition and a mooting program that is one o the best in

the country.Through various exchange programs and internships, upper-yearstudents can study and/or work across Canada and around the world,in countries such as Hungary, Singapore, France, Netherlands, NewZealand, UK, Scotland, China, Australia and Japan. A recent newoering is the Centre or Transnational Legal Studies, a global educa-tion centre based in London, England where highly qualied studentscan pursue legal studies together under outstanding aculty romparticipating schools such as the University o Toronto, Georgetown

University, the University o Fribourg, the Hebrew UniversiJerusalem, Kings College London, the University o Melbournthe National University o Singapore. Each academic yearCentre hosts up to 10 University o Toronto J.D. students anaculty members.

The Capstone Program

A highlight o the nal year o law school is the capstone courwhich students engage in an intensive, academically rigorousmeaningul aculty-supervised study opportunity, with partion by leading external experts. Notable capstone courses included a ocus on equity and diversity in the legal proessOntarios electoral system, the use o orced labour in Burmuture o law reorm in Ontario, and access to and enhancemo civil justice.

The Academic Stream IntensiveIn their nal year o study, third-year students interested in pan academic career are also able to undertake original research

writing in an advanced workshop setting. This includes a pedskills-training component to support and encourage students igoal o becoming law aculty members.

Combined Degree ProgramsThe Faculty o Law partners with other U o T aculties and dements to oer a number o special combined degree programso these inter-disciplinary programs enables students to combtheir J.D. degree with a second, graduate-level degree in anodiscipline which complements their legal education. These prrefect the culture o intellectual pluralism that is one o the Fo Laws most important ideals, one refected in the act that aone-third o our aculty are cross-appointed to other depar

Students interested in combined programs must apply to anadmitted separately by both the Faculty o Law and the correing department or aculty within the University, meeting all admrequirements or each. Detailed inormation can be oundour website.

k J.D./M.B.Ak J.D./Master Scial Wrkk J.D./Certiicate in Envirnmental Studiesk J.D./Master Glbal Aairsk J.D./M.A. in Criminlgyk J.D./M.A. r Ph.D. Ecnmicsk J.D./M.A. Eurpean, Russian and Eurasian Stu

k J.D./Master Inrmatin Studiesk J.D./M.A. Englishk J.D./Ph.D. Philsphyk J.D./Ph.D. Plitical Science


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Upper-year prgramFocus AreasStudents may choose to ocus their studies on a number o speciclegal areas including those listed here.

Health Law and PolicyStudents may choose to research dierent areas relevant to health lawand policy, including bioethics, constitutional law, drug regulation,end-o-lie issues, genetics and the law, and human rights law. Facultymembers have expertise in a wide variety o related areas and arecross-appointed to many University o Toronto aculties and depart-ments. These scholars are also associated with relevant academicorganizations such as the Joint Centre or Bioethics, and collaborateon research projects with national and international colleagues andpolicy-makers rom ederal and provincial governments. Studentsbenet rom the multidisciplinary environment, ortied by theprograms conerences, roundtables and workshop series, which bringlocal, national and international scholars and policy-makers to theFaculty to address key health law and policy issues.

Aboriginal LawThe Faculty o Law has long been dedicated to initiatives which allowour Aboriginal and other students to gain an enhanced understandingo Aboriginal rights and how they can be incorporated into law, gov-ernment and public policy. Under the leadership o Proessor DouglasSanderson, Aboriginal Student Advisor, courses oered address race,culture and Aboriginal issues, including Aboriginal Peoples andCanadian Law, and advanced seminars on Aboriginal issues. Studentscan also complete an Aboriginal Rights Moot with other law schoolsacross the country, and work on the Facultys Indigenous Law Journal.Through a git to the law school establishing the June CallwoodProgram in Aboriginal Law, the Faculty oers community intern-ships and ellowships or Aboriginal students. The Facultys library

acquisitions now represent the premier collection o Aboriginal legaltexts and materials in the country, and last year, our Aboriginal speakersprogram brought distinguished scholars in this eld to the law schoolor workshops on a variety o current issues.

Law and EconomicsStudents may choose to study with proessors rom the Faculty o Law,the Department o Economics and the Joseph L. Rotman School oManagement. In addition, the Faculty hosts leading law and economicsscholars through the Law and Economics Workshop and theDistinguished Visiting Proessorship in Law and Economics.

Constitutional LawThe Faculty is proud o its longtime strength in Canadian constitu-tional law, and the constitutional law o other countries. Students areexposed to the history o the Canadian constitution, the applicabilityo the Charter o Rights, and constitutional theory and practice.Students have special study and research opportunities in a varietyo constitutional questions. The Faculty o Law sponsors the monthlyConstitutional Roundtable and welcomes aculty members with consti-tutional law expertise rom other law schools through the DistinguishedVisiting Faculty Program.

Students interested in the study o constitutional law may parin the David Asper Centre or Constitutional Rights. The Centdevoted to advocacy, research and education in the areas o cotional rights in Canada. The cornerstone o the Centre is a legthat brings together students, aculty and members o the b

work on signicant constitutional cases.

The John and Mary A. Yaremko Prograin Multiculturalism and Human RightsThe John and Mary A. Yaremko Program in MulticulturalismHuman Rights sponsors a wide range o activities at the FacuLaw each year relating to the study o human rights and multculturalism, including conerences, student activities and visproessorships. It has also supported law students participatisummer ellowships ocusing on domestic human rights, andprovided unding or visiting proessors oering specialized coin human rights and multiculturalism.

Getting into the Faculty o Law heat U o T is just urther proo tha dream can be achieved.Ayan Hersi (11)

Ayan arrived in Canada as a child with her mother and siblings, all reugees rom war-torn Somalia. She excelledher undergraduate program in Equity Studies at U o T. came to law school with a long history o volunteerismthe areas oHIV/AIDS, womens rights, international humrights and urban youth. She is the ounder o Youth in Toucnon-prot youth-led organization that provides young peo

with access to education and employment. In 2008, Ayaawardedflare Magazines Volunteer Award and the CanUrban Institutes City Youth Urban Leadership Award, andrecognized as the 2008 YWCA Young Woman o Distinc


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David Miller (84)Mayor o Toronto, 20032010

I have always had an interest in the way theworld works and in social justice. Theseinterests led me to study law, and ultimatelyto a career in public service. My time atthe University o Torontos law schooltaught me many critical skills that havehelped me to govern this city: the ability toreason, to withstand criticism, to get the

details right, and most important, to keepmy eye on the big picture.

Our graduates include a ormer prime minister o Canada, ormerpremiers o Ontario, senators, ormer ederal cabinet ministers, andDavid Miller (84), pictured here, Mayor o Toronto,


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Change the wrld: lcally,natinally, glballyAt the Faculty o Law, we believe an outstanding educational institution is one that demonstratesextensive public engagement with a broad cross-section o society, and a strong commitmentto social responsibility in local and global communities. As such, public service is a criticalcomponent o the Facultys mission and o every law students legal education. From the rstday o law school, students are expected and encouraged to demonstrate socialresponsibility through their involvement in the many public interest opportunities available,

such as the Clinical Legal Education Programs, Pro Bono Students Canada, the InternationalHuman Rights Program, and our high-school outreach program, Law in Action Within Schools.

Clinical Legal EducatinDowntown Legal Services is the Facultys fagship public-interest clinic or low-income clients.Each year, approximately 200 students rom the Faculty o Law provide important legalservices to low-income clients in Toronto under the supervision o the clinics our lawyers.Students have the opportunity to drat pleadings, develop case strategies, and conduct theirown trials, hearings and negotiations in areas such as criminal law, housing law, reugee law,amily law and university aairs.

The Facultys six additional clinical programsAdvocates or Injured Workers, the

Barbra Schlier Commemorative Clinic, the Asper Constitutional Advocacy Clinic, theInternational Human Rights Clinic, the Health Law and Equity Clinic, and the Centreor Spanish-Speaking Peoplesoer services to members o the community and a rangeo non-governmental organizations, and provide an exciting array o hands-on learningopportunities or students including challenging casework, community legal education,and the opportunity to be involved in precedent-setting litigation.

Bottom let: Cara Zacks works a volunteat the Faculty o Laws Downtown Legal Swhere law students help low-income Toronwith criminal, tenant, amily, reugee or acissues, under the supervision o sta lawy


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Pr Bn Students CanadaPro Bono Students Canada, ounded in 1996 at the University o Toronto Faculty o Law, is a

national pro bono organization with 21 chapters across Canada. PBSCs mandate is toprovide legal services without charge to organizations and individuals in need. PBSCprograms have a direct impact on access to justice in Canada. Each year, about 1,500 PBSClaw-student volunteersully a quarter o all law students in Canadaprovide approximately120,000 hours o ree legal services to more than 400 public interest and other communityorganizations, courts and tribunals across the country.

PBSC creates engaging, innovative pro bono projects wherever there is a need in the community

and in all areas o the law that serve many diverse Canadian populations. U o T law studentshave described their experiences with PBSC as one o the best o their law school career.Here are just a handul o examples o the opportunities we provide to students:The Rights Watch Blog with the Canadian Civil Liberties Association: the CCLA trainsPBSC students to monitor and blog about civil liberties abuses in their local communities.

The Not-or-Prot Corporate Law Project:PBSC students receive hands-on experience in corp-orate law matters by providing legal assistance to not-or-prot community organizations.

The Family Law Project:PBSC students provide unrepresented litigants with legal assistanceat three courthouse sites in Toronto.

The Wills Clinic:PBSC students drat wills and powers o attorney or low-income clients

diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.The Health Proessions Appeal and Review Board Advocacy Project:PBSC students advocateon behal o unrepresented complainants beore the health board.

Law Help Ontario:PBSC students provide assistance to clients at this court-based, sel-help centre or low-income, unrepresented litigants.

PBSC also administers programs thatstudents with valuable, paid opportunin public interest law.

The Donner Civic Leadership Funships enables U o T students to work dthe summer or public interest organsuch as BNai Brith Canada, the OnFederation o Labour and ARCH: D

Law Centre.The June Callwood Program Fello

provide students with an opportuniwork during the summer or First Norganizations, including First Natioand Family Caring Society, Ontario Feo Indian Friendship Centres and AborLegal Services o Toronto.

The Public Interest Articling FelProgram, unded by the Law FoundatOntario, provides students with an oppto article at a public interest organizatiotherwise would not have the nancia

to host an articling student. Current paing organizations include Amnesty Intional, the Canadian Civil Liberties Asthe Barbra Schlier Commemorativeand Ecojustice.

Pr Bn Students Canada alsadministers prgrams thatprvide students with valuable,paid pprtunities in publicinterest law.


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Right: Lauren Rock, J.D. 2011, third rom the right,chose the University oToronto Faculty o Law because o the International Human Rights Program

(IHRP). In her frst year, she was a member o the Sexual Orientation andGender Identity Working Group, which provided country-specifc researchassistance to lawyers representing LGBT reugee claimants. In her secondyear, she co-led a working group that partnered with Aids-Free World, aninternational NGO, to design legal advocacy strategies to combat impunityor widespread and systematic rape in the Democratic Republic o Congo.Clinical studies allowed her to work with the Womens Initiative or GenderJustice (WIGJ), an international legal advocacy NGO in The Hague, andto attend the Review Conerence o the Rome Statute in Kampala, Uganda,with WIGJ in the summer o 2010. Lauren intends to remain heavily involvedwith the IHRP in her fnal year o law school.

Internatinal HumanRights PrgramThe International Human Rights Program (IHRP) is dedicatedto promoting global human rights through legal education, researchand advocacy. The mission o the IHRP is to mobilize law studentsto address international human rights issues and assist partnerorganizations to establish human rights norms in domestic andinternational contexts.

The IHRP has ve elements:

Clinical Legal EducationThe IHRPs clinical legal education program provides students withan opportunity to advocate or international human rights underthe supervision o lawyers and proessors, and in partnership withcommunity and international organizations. Projects include researchand policy work, drating o reports and submissions, and advocacybeore courts and tribunals. Participation in the clinic is by applica-tion only, and is limited to upper-year J.D. students.

Working GroupsWorking groups provide students with an important opportunityoutside o the ormal clinical setting to learn about internationalhuman rights issues and advocacy strategies. Each year, studentsapply to create and lead working groups on a variety o topics relatedto international human rights advocacy. Student volunteers conductlegal research, and provide assistance on international issues to com-munity and international organizations, and to practicing lawyers.Some students continue work started during the academic year in asummer internship. Working groups during the 2009-2010 academic

year included:

North-South Institute, which researched the intersection o inter-

national human rights, international business, and Indigenous andTribal Peoples perspectives and protection.

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, which provided researchsupport to Toronto-area lawyers representing LGBT reugee claimants.

Conront Rape in Congo, Empower Survivors, which completedresearch and advocacy surrounding the epidemic o sexual violenceagainst emales in the Democratic Republic o Congo.

InternshipsThe summer internship program is one o the longest runningo the IHRP program. Designed to train and develop the capstudents in the promotion and protection o international hurights through advocacy, activism and education, the programlaw students to spend a summer working abroad alongside inttional human rights practitioners at governmental, non-governmand intergovernmental organizations. During the summer o 20theIHRP sent 19 students to human rights organizations aroun

world, including the International Tribunal or the Former Yugo(the Hague), the Centre or Justice and Reconciliation (Camand the Institute or Democracy in Arica (South Arica). Intare selected in January based on student-driven internship posals. The process is competitive. Only about hal o the apreceive internships.

Speaker SeriesThe IHRP Speaker Series provides students and aculty with a

or intellectual exchange and debate on major international hurights issues. The program invites leading human rights advpractitioners and academics to speak at the Faculty o Lawspeakers have included Phillipe Sands (author oTotu TmChristine Chinkin (Proessor at the London School o Econoand Sidney Thompson (Special Court or Sierra Leone).

Rights Reviewrights rviw is a bi-yearly, student-edited publication that higcurrent international human rights topics o interest to our stud


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Diane Goodman (83)

International Human Rights ActivistDeputy Representative,United Nations High Commissioner or Reugees, Nepal

Being in the eld with reugee womenand children and seeing their resilienceand what they can achieve in the mostdicult circumstances with absolutelynothing has been incredibly inspiring.

Protecting the rights o displaced women and children has been a lielongcalling or Diane Goodman, who has witnessed brutal human rights

violations while working with the United Nations. Her career has takenher to countries around the world, including Rwanda, Sudan, CambodiHaiti, and Nepal to reunite amilies separated by war, help establishreugee camps, provide support to survivors o gender based violenceand secure the release o the wrongully imprisoned.


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LAWS (Law in ActinWithin Schls)Volunteering with LAWS gives law students a unique opportunity to

work with local young people as tutors, educators and coaches.LAWS is a unique three-year academic and extracurricular high

school program aimed at inner-city students who are interested inthe law but ace barriers to succeeding in school. Started in 2005,the program is a partnership between the Faculty o Law and the

Toronto District School Board, and is implemented at three Torontohigh schools with diverse populations: Central Technical School,Harbord Collegiate Institute and Monarch Park Collegiate.

LAWS provides a range o interactive learning experiences thatexposes students to legal issues, the legal system and the legalproession. It assists students to stay engaged in school, access post-secondary studies and become inormed and engaged citizens.

To deliver its unique programming, LAWS partners with lawyers,judges, justices o the peace, courts, law rms, legal aid clinics andpublic interest organizations. Law students volunteer as ater-schooltutors, workshop developers and acilitators, and coaches or debateand mock trial clubs. LAWS also hires law students to coordinate pro-

grams during the school year and summer.Working or volunteering with LAWS is an excellent way or law

students to practice articulating complex legal topics, develop mentor-ing and acilitation skills, strengthen their advocacy abilities, gain anappreciation or complex, social issues, and have un interacting withdynamic young people who have an interest in the law.

Below: Graduates o the LAWS Program rom Central Technical HSchool celebrate their Convocation Day at the Faculty o Law June


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Anver EmonAssociate Proessor, University o Toronto Faculty o Law

I believe the University o Toronto Facultyo Law oers students and aculty a uniqueopportunity to think globally and act

locallyand in some cases, to act globallyas well. Scholars rom around the worldvisit the law school to exchange ideas aboutissues that aect all o us, and to hear whatour aculty, and our students, have tosay about these issues. The Faculty o Lawoers a unique place to learn about,experience, and explore the circumstances

that make up our world today.Pro. Anver Emon teaches a rst-year Torts class, supervises graduatestudents, and participates in the law schools International HumanRights Program. His research and academic interests include Islamiclegal history and theory, governance and adjudication, medieval intellectuaand religious history. He has been a requent speaker on Islamic law toNATO orces and senior military personnel at the Canadian ForcesCollege, and has addressed a group o American military lawyers, as paro their judicial education initiative.


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Explre limitlesscareer pprtunitiesThe Faculty o Law is committed to ensuring its students and graduatesreceive high quality resources and guidance in pursuing distinguished,creative and ullling careers. The Career Development Oce(CDO) is staed by our proessionals making it one o the largestlaw school CDOs in Canada.

During the year, the CDO oers a host o workshops to assist

students in obtaining summer and articling positions and to supportinormed career decision-making. Lively panels and workshopsdraw upon the expertise o lawyers, legal recruiters, and externalconsultants who share their knowledge in areas such as rsum-

writing, interviewing skills, business etiquette and diversity in theproession. Alumni return to share their experiences o workingin dierent areas o law, dierent jurisdictions, and alternatives tolaw. The CDO develops and updates numerous resources designedspecically or U o T law students, including guides to summerjobs, clerkships, articling and public interest employment.

The CDO also hosts several on-campus recruitment programsand career airs giving students the opportunity to meet with morethan 100 employers every year rom dierent sectors and jurisdic-tions. The Facultys strong academic reputation is well understoodby prospective employers. U o T law graduates enjoy great successin securing positions at law rms, industry, public interest organiza-tions and government. Graduating classes typically enjoy the highestarticling placement rates o all Ontario law schools. The Facultyo Law also has a remarkable placement rate or judicial clerkshipsat all levels o courts.

Career CounsellingThe CDOs proessional team provides individualized career counsel-ling and planning sessions or students in all years. They assist studentsto access inormation, identiy options, and make and implement

decisions to get their legal careers started.The CDO also provides inormation about public interest career

opportunities, including legal clinics, government oces, advocacyorganizations and law rms that serve underrepresented clients orurther a social justice cause.

Summer Internship ProgramsThere are several summer internship and ellowship programenable rst and second-year students to pursue opportunitiepublic interest law, sexual health and reproductive rights, techand innovation, and international and domestic human rightsaddition, a number o Toronto law rms partner with the CDoer summer internship programs which enable students to a portion o the summer working at a host organization or waculty member, sponsored by the rm.

Alumni/Student Mentorship ProgramOur very popular Alumni/Student Mentorship program matstudents with recent graduates. Meeting in pairs or individuastudents explore areas o practice in dierent workplace settin

graduates who gladly share their experiences and expertise. One ostrengths o the program is its ability to match students with gr

who are using their law degrees in various ways, such as in-hcorporate counsel, public interest advocacy, labour relations cons

and mediators, or graduates who are practicing in growth indusuch as technology or health law. Students can choose a mentornumber o diverse backgrounds and pre-law careers.

Right: Laurie May, 93, is co-president and ounder o Maple PicturesCorporation, a flm distribution company based in Toronto. Maple Picturesdistributed the award-winning flm Precious, and The Cove. May spoketo Faculty o Law students in 2010 about her career trajectory and answeredquestions about non-traditional law careers.


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Rosalie Abella (70)Supreme Court o Canada Justice

My time at the University o Toronto lawschool few by, but the wonderul memoriesdidnt. Its the place where we learnedthat law was even more ascinating thanwe had hoped, and that working at it waseven more exhilarating than we hadexpected, all enhanced by the incrediblegenerosity o teachers and colleagues.And its been like that ever sincetheascination, exhilaration and generosityhave never stopped. The three years at lawschool were all we needed to be propelled,enthusiastically, into the proession.It was magic.

Our graduates include a ormer Chie Justice o Canada, a ormer ChieJustice o Ontario, numerous ederal and provincial court judges,almost hal o the Court o Appeal or Ontario and several current andormer members o the Supreme Court o Canada, including Madam

Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella, pictured here, the rst Jewish womanto be appointed to the Supreme Court.


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J.D. admissin requirementsand prceduresAdmission Requirements

Undergraduate studyTo be considered or admission in 2011-2012, applicants must have completed at least three

years o post-secondary study no later than the end o May 2011. Almost all o our students

have completed a our-year undergraduate university degree by the time they start law school.

Law School Admission Test (LSAT)The LSAT must be taken no later than February 2011. For entry in September 2011, LSATscores taken on or ater the June 2007 administration o the test will be accepted.

In recent years, successul applicants had a median LSAT score in the 95th percentile anda median cumulative undergraduate academic record o about 85% (this statistic is basedon the best three years o an applicants undergraduate academic record). Very ew applicantsare admitted with cumulative undergraduate records below 80%, and LSAT scores below the90th percentile, unless their backgrounds, other qualications, or personal accomplishments

would, in the opinion o the Admissions Committee, contribute signicantly to the class.

Admission ProceduresThe ollowing documents constitute a complete le and should be submitted directly tothe Ontario Law School Application Service (OLSAS):

koLSAS applicatin rmkofcial and riginal cpies all pst-secndary academic transcriptskLSAT scre reprtk Persnal statementkRsum (r mature applicants nly)

The deadline or submitting applications or the 2011-2012 program is November 1, 2010.

For a more detailed explanation o our admission policies, requirements and procedures, pleasesee the Prospective Students section o the Faculty o Law website: www.law.utoronto.ca.


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