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Manreet BrarOctober 15, 2023
A Summer Internship at the IHRP
Advancing the field of international human rights by holding Canada accountable This past summer, I worked as an in-house research fellow with the International Human […]
Andrew ParkerApril 3, 2023
Interview with Alexa Koenig
A discussion on the use of open-source evidence in legal proceedings Alexa Koenig, JD, PhD is an adjunct professor and the Co-Executive Director and Co-Faculty […]
Alisha KrishnaJanuary 30, 2023
Welcoming Sara Gold
Getting to know the Faculty’s new on-location Accessibility Advisor In October 2022, the Faculty announced that we would be joined by an on-location Accessibility Advisor, […]
Natasha BurmanOctober 31, 2022
Meet Theresa Chan, U of T Law’s New Director of Career Development Programs
How private practice prepared her to effectively support and mentor law students This semester, we welcome Theresa Chan to the Faculty of Law as the […]
Claire BettioOctober 31, 2022
Meet Jessie Kussin, U of T Law’s New On-Location Wellness Counsellor
Jessie Kussin introduces the various modes of support the On-Location Counselling Program offers to law students U of T Law welcomed Jessie Kussin to the […]
Luka KnezevicOctober 3, 2022
An Exit Interview with Neil Dennis, former Director of Career Development Programs
We will miss you Neil! On August 5, Neil Dennis left his role as the Faculty of Law’s Director of Career Development Programs within the […]
Sabrina MacklaiMarch 31, 2022
The Ghosts of UV EiCs Past
The kings are dead, long live the queens! For our final article as Editors-in-Chief of Ultra Vires, Volume 23, we sat down with Matt Brown […]
Shae RotheryMarch 31, 2022
“I have eaten a lot of pizza.”
On the record with the Faculty’s resident pizza enthusiast You may know him for his emails about free coffee in the law school, or perhaps […]
Natasha BurmanMarch 31, 2022
Law Students Doing Cool Things: Kirsten Roggeveen on Venture Capital Law
On finding a passion for advising emerging high-growth companies Kirsten Roggeveen is a 4L (JD/MBA) student at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. In […]
Hussein E. E. FawzyJanuary 26, 2022
An Interview with Paul-Erik Veel on Innovation and the Law
Discussing developments in technological innovation in legal practice Paul-Erik Veel is a Partner at Lenczner Slaght LLP. On January 14, Veel sat down with Ultra […]
Web EditorMarch 27, 2019
New Director for the CDO
Interview with Neil Dennis Neil Dennis is the new Director of the Career Development Office. We took some time to sit down with him and […]
Web EditorMarch 27, 2019
Defending the Role of the Defender
An interview with Professor Abbe Smith of Georgetown It was not long into law school that some family members and one of my closest friends […]
Web EditorMarch 27, 2019
A Conversation with Ikponwosa Ero, Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism
Albinism is a relatively rare, non-contagious, genetically inherited condition which most commonly results in the lack of melanin pigment in the hair, skin and eyes. […]
Web EditorJanuary 30, 2019
A Conversation with the Playwrights Behind Fine China and A Perfect Bowl of Pho
A play and musical, respectively, on love, family, identity, and good food Fine China is a three-hander drama that tells the story of an estranged […]
Web EditorJanuary 30, 2019
A Conversation with Professor Mark Tushnet
The 2019 Cecil A. Wright Lecture: Institutions for Protecting Constitutional Democracy: Some Conceptual Preliminaries Professor Mark Tushnet, of Harvard Law School, is a deeply committed […]
L. H.October 25, 2017
Women in Law, Judicial Education, and Rising Tuition: An Interview with the Honourable Elizabeth M. Stewart
L. H. (2L) & Chloe Magee (2L) We were pleased to have the Honourable Elizabeth M. Stewart, judge at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, […]
L. H.October 25, 2017
Get to Know Your New Profs: Finance, Flutes, and Feminism
This fall, the Faculty of Law welcomed two new scholars: Professors Margaret Jane Radin and Adriana Robertson. Prof. Radin, who focuses on boilerplate contracts, was […]
Web EditorOctober 27, 2016
Blog Posts, Academia, and the Dissenting Opinion: An Interview with Supreme Court Justice Russell Brown
Aidan Campbell (2L) and Nick Papageorge (2L) Nick Papageorge: Let’s get right to the hard hitting stuff. Who is your best friend on the bench? […]
Web EditorApril 20, 2016
Dean Iacobucci on his first year as Dean, Contracts-gate, and more
Maud Rozee (1L) and Matt Howe (3L) At the end of March, Ultra Vires sat down with Dean Iacobucci for his second interview with us. With […]
Web EditorMarch 31, 2016
Politics, Interrupted: An Interview With Professor Anver Emon
Tali Green (3L) Professor Anver Emon on terrorism policy, Islamic-Jewish taboos, and taming the political beast You may know Professor Anver Emon as that man […]
Web EditorJanuary 28, 2016
Terrorism, Free Expression, and Social Activism: An Interview with Mohamed Fahmy
Aidan Campbell (1L) Award-winning Egyptian-Canadian journalist Mohamed Fahmy was arrested in Egypt and imprisoned for over a year on charges of reporting false news and […]
Web EditorNovember 26, 2015
Meet the new Director of the International Human Rights Program
Rona Ghanbari (2L) Samer Muscati is the new Director of U of T Law’s International Human Rights Program (IHRP). Ultra Vires sat down to talk […]
Web EditorOctober 28, 2015
“False Security” – Prof. Kent Roach on Bill C-51 and unintended consequences
Sarah Rostom (2L) On October 8, 2015, Professors Craig Forcese and Kent Roach launched their new book: “False Security: The Radicalization of Canadian Anti-Terrorism” at […]
Web EditorOctober 28, 2015
Dennis Edney on Omar Khadr and doing good with a law degree
Zachary Al-Katib (2L) On September 17, the U of T Law Union and Muslim Law Student’s Association hosted Dennis Edney, the voice of Omar Khadr […]
Web EditorOctober 28, 2015
Justice Moldaver on lawyering, life at the SCC, and Judge Judy
Clara Rozee (3L) and Nick Reynolds (2L) On October 1, Justice Michael Moldaver came to the U of T Faculty of Law to sit on […]
Aron NimaniNovember 27, 2014
Inaugural interview with Dean-designate Iacobucci
Brett Hughes (2L) and Tali Green (2L) Following his first town hall meeting with JD students, future dean Iacobucci sat down with Ultra Vires to […]
Web EditorOctober 29, 2014
Justice Abella on privacy, decision-writing, and the role of law schools
Tali Green (2L) and Brett Hughes (2L) Justice Rosalie Abella kindly agreed to sit down with Ultra Vires before this year’s Grand Moot to answer […]
Web EditorJanuary 29, 2014
A New President and a New University: Meric Gertler Assumes University Leadership
The University of Toronto has a new captain to helm the ship, to borrow from outgoing president David Naylor’s penchant for nautical narratives. Incoming president […]
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