CRIMES, COURTS, AND COMMENTARY
Interviews, current events, recommendations, and more --
all geared to the criminal law student community.
all geared to the criminal law student community.
Nik Khakar (3L)6 Takeaways
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Lauren Teixeira (CLSA 3L Executive)An Introduction to the Indispensable Tool of the Criminal Bar1/31/2023 0 Comments The Racist Dimensions of Family Policing and Child Protection Law: A Case for Abolition?A Recap of the 2023 John LL. J. Edwards Memorial LectureNik Khakhar (3L)
Emma Davies (CLSA 1L Executive) On November 17, the CLSA invited four attorneys to talk about their careers in the criminal law.
The first panelist, Ryan Handlarski, is a defence lawyer who began his career on Bay Street. Caitlin Pakosh is an Associate Crown Attorney who also researches the intersection between forensic science and criminal law. Sarah Shaikh, General Counsel at the Public Prosecution Service of Canada (PPSC), focuses on drug and national security matters. Finally, Jennifer Epstein, Crown Counsel at the Crown Law Office – Criminal, specializes in criminal appellate work. Yuliya Mykhaylychenko (CLSA Co-President)
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6/13/2022 0 Comments Lessons from the R v Morris decision about Systemic Racism and Judicial DiscretionMarisa Benjamin
4/20/2022 0 Comments Opinion: Increased Transcript Fees Are the Newest Symptom of Ontario’s Access to Justice ProblemCLSA Staff
What if I told you that for the exams occurring next month, the only option for printing these materials would be to print on campus, for $7.10 per page? What if you did not have a Professional Student Line of Credit? What if you were surviving on less than $23,000 per year in the city of Toronto, where rent alone can easily exceed that? What if what was at stake was not a “P” versus an “HH” grade on an exam, but your innocence and freedom?
I sat down with Eric Neubauer — a criminal defence lawyer, a volunteer counsel with Downtown Legal Services’ (DLS) appeals program, and one of the Toronto Directors of the Criminal Lawyers’ Association (CLA) — to discuss the new amendment to the Administration of Justice Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. A.6 (“Act”) filed on March 2, 2022. This amendment will raise the cost of court transcripts from $4.30 per page to between $6.30 to $7.10 per page. As future legal practitioners, each and every student in our Faculty should be concerned about these costs on defendants. They do not just exist in a filed statute. They have real implications on the functioning of the criminal justice system, and they place some of the most marginalized individuals in our community at risk of great injustice. Lauren Teixeira (CLSA 2L Executive) The Criminal Law Students Association (“CLSA”) recently hosted a panel on Criminal Law and Forensics. Three panelists answered several questions and discussed amongst each other their experiences with forensic science and the role that it plays within their careers.
3/4/2022 0 Comments Access to Justice – A Perspective from a Community Legal Clinic Student CaseworkerCLSA Staff Writer*
Coming into law school with a background in criminology and Canadian criminal justice, I was no stranger to this issue. In fact, I entered law school with the goal of developing a solution to this problem or, at least, to help alleviate this problem. As a University of Toronto Faculty of Law student, I have had many opportunities to work towards my access to justice goals, even before becoming a lawyer. The main opportunity that I have had, and that I would like to share my experiences about, is working with Downtown Legal Services (DLS) as both a summer student caseworker and as a part-time, for credit, caseworker throughout academic year.
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