04/2021
…rounds, making it to the semi-finals in both Mediator and Client-Advocate categories, progressing then to the finals as Client-Advocate. The team won the entire competition as Client-Advocate, and also garnered additional awards — first for Individual Mediator for Joshua Harriot and first for Individual Client-Advocate Pair for Jessie Armour and Joshua Harriott. Coach Jean-Paul Bevilacqua described the victory as “a truly shocking result, in the…
07/2023
…nds and especially encourage candidates in equity, diversity and inclusion categories. As a part of this commitment, the Law School’s Employment Equity Plan aims to increase the representation on faculty of members from five groups: women, racialized persons, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and LGBTQ2S+ persons. Persons identifying as members of these equity-seeking groups are particularly encouraged to apply. York welcomes and emp…
08/2014
…ctions in Canada, and co-editor of Common Law, Civil Law and the Future of Categories. She is also a co-author of Irwin Essentials: Civil Procedure, Private International Law in Common Law Canada, and A Practical Guide to Mooting. Professor Walker has lectured in Wuhan and Xi’an, and she has taught Conflict of Laws as a visitor at Monash, University of Haifa and University of Toronto, as a Hauser Global Visiting Professor at NYU in New York and in…
10/2018
…ropean descent) 36% Mixed (with at least one parent in one of the previous categories) 2% Another racial or ethnic identity 1% Did not answer 2% INDIGENOUS First Nations, Status Indian, Non-Status Indian 2% Inuk (Inuit) Métis No, not an Indigenous person 96% Did not answer 2% COUNTRY OF BIRTH Canada 69% Other 29% Did not answer 2% PARENT(S) COUNTRY OF BIRTH Canada 35% Other 58% Did not answer 2% DISABILITY Yes 18% No 72% Did not answer 10% SEXUAL…
10/2023
…l 7, calling for nominations from legal groups, readers and a panel of writers and editors. From reader nominations, magazine staff selected those who have influenced the legal system over the past 18 months in specific categories. A long list was posted online and readers were invited to vote and comment. Canadian Lawyer editorial board members created the final list of 25 Most Influential Lawyers based on the 21,724 votes cast….
12/2023
…uctures identity, opportunity, and hierarchy. Gender intersects with other categories of hierarchy such as race, class, religion, citizenship status, ethnicity, sexual preference and identity, and able-bodiedness. The course will explore both theories of how intersectionality works, and the role it plays in the particular spheres of law we will focus on. The primary focus of this course is the complex role that law plays in constructing gender (un…
12/2023
…nds and especially encourage candidates in equity, diversity and inclusion categories. As a part of this commitment, the Law School’s Employment Equity Plan aims to increase the representation on faculty of members from five groups: women, racialized persons, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and LGBTQ2S+ persons. Women and gender non-conforming persons (to which this position is limited) who also identify as members of other equity-…
05/2024
…In this course, we will learn about the specific rules that apply to many categories of evidence, like hearsay, expert opinions, and privilege. But we will also learn about the general principles that inform the overall structure of our rules of evidence, and the common sense assumptions that underlie them. We will see what happens to the rules when those assumptions are challenged or proven untrue, the role Parliament has played in efforts to re…
08/2022
…rrent Issues in Law and Technology. Scott said the offerings fall into two categories: “law on tech” and “tech in law.” “Law on tech relates to the many substantive new issues that law now has to conceptualize, regulate and adjust itself to,” he explained, “while tech in law courses concern technology’s impact on how law is practiced, how legal services are delivered, how legal documents or instruments are drafted and so on.” One of two pillar off…
05/2022
…aw School and York University’s Faculty of Health, was also awarded in two categories: Prestigious Discipline-Specific Fellowships & Awards and Outstanding Knowledge & Mobilization Impact. Hoffman, who holds the Dahdaleh Distinguished Chair in Global Governance & Legal Epidemiology and serves as director of York University’s Global Strategy Lab, was recognized for his election as a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, one of the high…