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Alisha KrishnaApril 3, 2023

Interview with a Ghost

All he wanted was appreciation… and a doughnut Alisha Krishna (3L) is U of T Law’s Resident Paranormal Negotiator. From the moment I walked into […]

Web EditorMarch 3, 2023

Letter from the DLS Raccoon

Natasha BurmanDecember 5, 2022

50 Years of Community Access to Justice and Clinical Legal Education

Past and current DLS student caseworkers reflect on their experiences and their impacts on the community As part of the U of T Law reunion […]

Matthew TranMay 2, 2021

Effects of the Pandemic on Access to Justice and Student Caseworkers

An interview with Downtown Legal Services: how the clinic has operated under the stresses of the pandemic As we begrudgingly observe the one-year anniversary of […]

Martha CôtéNovember 27, 2020

An Interview with Downtown Legal Services Housing Staff Lawyer on the Right to Housing in the Pandemic

While upholding the right to housing is more important than ever, the COVID-19 pandemic has brought forward new and exasperated existing challenges in housing law […]

Alexa CheungOctober 6, 2020

An Exit Interview with Lisa Cirillo, Former Executive Director of DLS

Lisa reflects on her social justice work; reveals challenges of working in public interest. In August, Lisa Cirillo left the role of Executive Director of […]

Alexa CheungOctober 5, 2020

Working with the #UyghurThree

The importance of client-centered work and trauma-informed practice Our summer working at the University of Toronto’s Downtown Legal Services (DLS) Refugee and Immigration Law division […]

Web EditorMarch 31, 2016

Mental Health And The Duty To Accommodate: How Does U of T Measure Up?

Lawrence Veregin (1L) and Angela Pagano (1L) Mental health disorders are unlike any other disabilities. They represent a broad spectrum of categories, such as schizophrenia, […]

Web EditorSeptember 30, 2015

DLS set to expand following funding increase

Matt Howe (3L)  The Faculty of Law’s student legal clinic, Downtown Legal Services (DLS), is about to get busier. On Monday, September 21st, Legal Aid […]