Law in Action Within Schools, Toronto, ON

LAWS is an innovative partnership between the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Osgoode Hall Law School and the Toronto District School Board designed to deliver an education program aimed at supporting, guiding and motivating high school students. LAWS was the innovation of Ron Daniels, the former Dean of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. It was developed in response to Daniels’ recognition that although law school was a well resourced institution with considerable expertise and engaged staff, faculty and students, it was immediately adjacent to high schools with diverse student bodies who faced significant challenges to succeeding in high school, accessing postsecondary education, attending law school and joining the legal profession.