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Marty York: Lawyers bid to block TMU law grads from practicing in Ontario

Law Society asked to withdraw university law school's accreditation following damning report documenting rampant antisemitism at TMU

The Canadian Antisemitism Education Foundation (CAEF) is asking lawyers to sign a petition in hopes of persuading the Law Society of Ontario (LSO) to hear a motion in mid-September that could ultimately prevent graduates of Toronto Metropolitan University’s (TMU) law school from ever practicing law in the province.

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In a formal motion to the LSO, a copy of which was sent to me by a source requesting anonymity, 10 lawyers cited a recent report by Mary Lou Benotto in which the former Ontario Appeal Court Justice describes TMU — once known as Ryerson University — as a cesspit of antisemitism at which Jewish students have been spat on, pelted with sour milk, intimidated, harassed and threatened, and are living in fear. Benotto found that the university has failed to tackle the scourge of antisemitism that swept through its halls after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel by Hamas terrorists.

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