David Tanovich
Professor David Tanovich was interviewed by the Canadian Press on what might happen with the Vader verdict. The piece appears in today's thestar.com in an article entitled, "Legal experts look at ways judge could fix Travis Vader’s murder conviction."
Read the full article here.
— Published on Oct 5th, 2016
David Tanovich
Professor David Tanovich’s rap research was featured in a September 30 Los Angeles Times article entitled, "In Canada, prosecutors are using suspects' own rap lyrics to win convictions." The article cites Tanovich saying, ""Courts must … recognize the very real likelihood that rap lyrics will trigger racialized stereotypes when assessing the prejudicial effect of the evidence."
Read the full article here.
— Published on Oct 5th, 2016
David Tanovich
Professor David Tanovich published an article in The Walrus on May 18 entitled 'Rap on Trial: How courts are using song lyrics to convict young black men."
Read Professor Tanovich's essay on rap on trial published by the Walrus here.
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— Published on May 20th, 2016
David Tanovich
Professor David Tanovich was cited in The Star, Saturday, April 23, in regards to R v Thompson and a recent finding of racial profiling by a trial judge in Toronto. Read the full story here.
— Published on May 3rd, 2016
SLAW
As part of SLAW’s law student week, the op-eds of Lindsay Carbonero and Cathleen Breenan written for Professor Tanovich’s Legal Profession class were featured.
Lindsay wrote about the importance of making mental health a professionalism issue. Cathleen wrote about why retired judges should not be permitted to return to practice. (links below)
http://www.slaw.ca/2016/04/18/the-perspectives-of-future-members-of-our-profession/
http://www.slaw.ca/2016/04/21/mental-health-is-a-professionalism-issue/
— Published on Apr 23rd, 2016
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Tanovich interviewed with Desmond Cole.
— Published on Mar 15th, 2016
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Prof Tanovich discusses his study on adminissibility of rap lyrics in Canadian Criminal Trials
— Published on Mar 11th, 2016
David Tanovich, “R v Campbell: Rethinking the Admissibility of Rap Lyrics in Criminal Cases” (2016) 24 Criminal Reports (7th) 27-43.
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David Tanovich
Prof David Tanovich's study on the admissibility of rap lyrics in Canadian criminal trials featured in Buzzfeed.
— Published on Mar 11th, 2016
Professor David Tanovich discusses how the profession should respond to "whacking" in sexual assault trials.
— Published on Feb 10th, 2016