Actions and Commitments: Call to Action # 28

Exploring Stakeholder: "Faculties of Law (English)"

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March 4, 2024


University of Windsor – Windsor Law

For more than 50 years, Windsor Law has had a rich history of upholding an access to justice mission. We define ourselves as a justice-seeking, people-centered and community-engaged law school. Windsor Law is an exceptional law school offering a broad legal education and practical law skills in an intimate environment that nurtures lifelong relationships. We have an...

February 5, 2024


University of Saskatchewan College of Law

Established in 1912, the College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan is the oldest law school in Western Canada, exemplifying a tradition of excellence in teaching, research and innovation. With a strong history in Indigenous legal education, developing strength in dispute resolution and access to justice, and leading emerging scholars in the fields of constitutional law,...

February 3, 2024


Queen’s University Faculty of Law

Academic excellence is at the heart of what makes Queen’s one of the best law schools in Canada. From our traditional strengths in criminal and family law to our growing recognition as one of Canada’s leading corporate and trade law institutions, our faculty are world-class researchers who remain equally committed to innovation and excellence in the classroom....

January 31, 2024


McGill University Faculty of Law

McGill Faculty of Law professors are expert in both the civil and common law traditions, with many emphasizing a comparative or transsystemic approach, and Indigenous perspectives. This is most readily demonstrated by the number of international law specialists among our faculty members. Our faculty members are also active in legal reform and in legal institutions in...

January 31, 2024


York University – Osgood Hall Law School

Osgoode Hall Law School, founded in 1889, is among the oldest, largest and most distinguished law schools in Canada. Our commitment to excellence, professionalism, ethics and experiential education, along with our tradition of leadership in legal education and research, make us a truly outstanding law school. Our internationally recognized, full-time faculty members are the strongest in...

January 31, 2024


University of Western Ontario – Western Law

Our Faculty of Law was established in 1959 and has a proud tradition of producing great leaders in a variety of fields. With an incoming class size of 185 students, among one of the smallest in Ontario, we form a collegial dynamic community committed to the success of our students and faculty. Western Law’s JD program is...

January 31, 2024


University of Victoria Faculty of Law

UVic Law is one of Canada’s leading law schools, known for the strength of our academic program, approach to experiential learning and our commitment to community engagement and social justice. Our school has the largest number of clinical placements per student in the country, strengths across a wide range of disciplines, long-term partnerships with Indigenous communities and a...

January 31, 2024


University of Toronto Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto is an exceptional community to study law in. A student body with diverse ethnic, cultural, political and socio-economic backgrounds, experiences and interests complements the academic strength and intellectual ambition of our faculty. Each year we produce a class of Juris Doctor (JD) graduates with outstanding employment prospects by...

January 31, 2024


Thompson Rivers University Faculty of Law

TRU Law infuses the classic tradition of law and a legal education with a modern, innovative approach. Our three-year Juris Doctor (JD) program, taught in award-winning, state-of-the-art facilities among the stunning natural beauty of Kamloops, British Columbia, offers students a well-established curriculum, with an edge. Our young faculty are bold and visionary thinkers. They are an...

January 31, 2024


Toronto Metropolitan University Lincoln Alexander School of Law

The Lincoln Alexander School of Law (formerly Ryerson University Faculty of Law) is the culmination of years of planning, consultation and approvals, but it started as a belief that this institution’s innovative approach to learning should be applied to the study of law. We’ve designed a different kind of law school to create a different kind of...

January 31, 2024


Lakehead University Faculty of Law

Bora Laskin Faculty of Law: We are proud to serve Northern Ontario as an innovative regional law school. Our graduates are ready to be called to the bar and practice on graduation as our Integrated Practice Curriculum combines the rigorous study of law with skills training in all three years of study. As a law...

January 31, 2024


Dalhousie University – Schulich School of Law

The Schulich School of Law plays an extraordinary role in Canadian legal education. What began as a “daring experiment” in two rented rooms in 1883 is now a national law school. We draw talented students from every region of the country and from around the world into our  JD, combined JD/Masters, LLM, and PhD programs. We are committed teachers who care deeply about...

January 31, 2024


University of Ottawa Faculty of Law – Common Law

Located in the heart of downtown Ottawa on the ancestral territory of the Algonquin Nation, within walking distance of Parliament Hill and the Supreme Court of Canada, the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law provides the best opportunity in the world to study Common Law, Civil Law and Indigenous legal traditions in English or in French. As...

January 31, 2024


University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law

Established in 1892, UNB Law has developed a reputation as an outstanding Canadian law school. This reputation is rooted in our determination to treat our students as individuals and to offer a broad legal education through our core curriculum.  Our Vision Within the next decade, we will re-establish ourselves as one of the top five law schools...

January 31, 2024


University of Manitoba – Robson Hall Faculty of Law

The UM Faculty of Law, one of the oldest law schools in Western Canada, founded in 1914 offers an exceptional legal education where students experience dynamic and innovative experiential and classroom learning, and receive the highest training in the skills of critical and analytical thinking, advocacy and legal research.  Located in Robson Hall on the banks...

January 31, 2024


University of Calgary Faculty of Law

In 40 years, the Faculty of Law  has changed a lot, but we have also maintained much of our tradition — we are entrepreneurial, innovative and intimate. At the same time, we have changed the way students receive a legal education over the past 40 years, and we have become a model for law schools across the...

January 31, 2024


University of British Columbia’s Peter A. Allard Law School

The Peter A. Allard School of Law is recognized as one of the leading law schools in Canada, and has a reputation worldwide for innovative research, inspiring teachers, and outstanding graduates. Our students are academically outstanding, intellectually curious, and actively-engaged in using their new knowledge and skills to help others. Our faculty members are innovative teachers and...

January 31, 2024


University of Alberta Faculty of Law

The University of Alberta Faculty of Law is Western Canada’s most prestigious law school and one of Canada’s leading institutions of legal education and research. For more than 100 years, the faculty has been at the forefront of legal scholarship in Canada, fostering generations of thought leaders. UAlberta Law curriculum is a long-recognized strength of the Faculty,...

June 9, 2021


Faculties of Law

Canadian law schools have put in place a variety of initiatives to ensure meaningful and effective engagement with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action. The attached summaries were prepared by Canadian law deans with a view to sharing information about new developments over the past two years. These brief statements supplement our first...

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