University of Toronto Faculty of Law
[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] The Faculty offers the JD, LLM, SJD, MSL, and GPLLM degrees in law.
Among its alumni are four Canadian Prime Ministers, 14 Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada, including one of the nine currently-sitting Justices, Sheilah Martin, five Nobel Prize Laureates, three Chiefs of Staff to the Prime Minister, two Premiers of Ontario, and two Mayors of Toronto.
[12] An earlier faculty of law had existed at King's College between 1843 and 1854, but was abolished by an Act of Parliament in 1853.
[12] The Faculty of Law was officially opened in 1889, with two part-time professors appointed at its inauguration, William Proudfoot and David Mills.
In the 1940s, the Faculty played the leading role in making legal education in Ontario into a modern academic degree course, rather than an apprenticeship.
Wright brought with him his colleagues John Willis and Bora Laskin, the latter of whom would go on to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.
The building was originally constructed for Edward Rogers Wood as a family home and named Wymilwood.
Flavelle House contains a conference centre, the Rowell Room student lounge, and staff offices.
The building was constructed in 1902 as the private residence of Joseph Flavelle, and it was given to the University of Toronto upon his death in 1939.
[24] The new Faculty of Law building includes the conjoined Flavelle House, Laskin Pavilion, and Jackman Crescent, with the Queen's Park Forum connecting them all.
The Faculty of Law building is situated across from Trinity College, Toronto, separated by Philosopher's Walk, formerly Taddle Creek.
It is next to the Faculty of Music and just south of the Royal Ontario Museum, formerly part of the University of Toronto.
Past visiting professors have included: Zhenmin Wang, Dean of the Faculty of Law at Tsinghua University; Aharon Barak, former President of the Supreme Court of Israel; and David M. Malone, former Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations.
[citation needed] Among the permanent faculty members are many who are regarded as the leading scholars in their fields and who have also written many standard textbooks used by most students across Canada.
The move to the JD was controversial at the time it was announced, though it has now gained wide acceptance and has been emulated by almost all Canadian law schools.
In addition to the regular JD program, the faculty offers the most combined law degrees in Canada.
These include the JD/MBA (business) with the Rotman School of Management, JD/MGA (international organizations) and JD/MPP (government) with the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, JD/MSW (social work) with the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, and the JD/MA and JD/Ph.D.
Its combined JD/MBA program is the largest in Canada and possibly the world with students pursuing careers in business law, corporate leadership, consulting and investment banking.
[29] Eligible candidates generally hold a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) or Juris Doctor (JD) and a Master of Laws (LLM) from recognized universities with an excellent academic record and have demonstrated, through substantive writing, their ability to engage in and generate high-level thought and quality research.
[33] All students who have eligible unmet need, according to the financial aid policy, receive assistance in the form of bursaries and Faculty interest payments on private loans during the three years of law school.
The Faculty's financial aid program uses a "deemed parental contribution" as part of determining a student's unmet need.
[42][43] The four student-run law journals at the Faculty are: The Faculty has the highest employment rate and average starting salaries for legal graduates in the country, taking the largest proportion of positions at Bay Street Seven Sisters firms in Canada every year.
