2012 FACL Conference Program Book - National Asian Pacific ...

Renu Mandhane
Renu Mandhane, B.A. (Queen’s), JD (Toronto),
LL.M. (NYU) is the Director of the International
Human Rights Program, including its awardwinning
legal clinic, at the University of
Toronto, Faculty of Law. Renu graduated from
the Faculty with a J.D., articled at Torys LLP
in Toronto, and completed her LL.M. at New
York University with a focus on international
human rights law. In addition to publishing in
the area, Renu is the co-chair of the Advocacy
Committee of Human Rights Watch Canada,
and has worked at a number of domestic
and international organizations focused on
advancing women’s human rights, including the
Centre for Reproductive Rights in New York.
Renu is a recognized expert on international
human rights law and has trained Canadian
and foreign judges through the National
Judicial Institute of Canada. Prior to joining the
Faculty, Renu practiced criminal law from an
equality rights perspective for approximately
four years and routinely represented survivors
of domestic and sexual violence, as well as
federally-sentenced prisoners. Most recently,
Renu was an Assistant Dean at the Faculty and
worked extensively on the review of the first year
curriculum
Gerald Chan
Gerald Chan practises criminal, constitutional
and administrative law with a particular
interest in appellate advocacy. Gerald graduated
from Osgoode Hall Law School with the Gold
Medal. Prior to joining Clayton Ruby’s office in
2008, he clerked for the Honourable Rosalie
Silberman Abella at the Supreme Court of
Canada and practised commercial litigation
with Goodmans LLP. He regularly defends
clients charged with wrongdoing under the
Criminal Code (e.g., fraud, sexual offences),
Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (e.g.,
trafficking), Extradition Act, and professional
disciplinary and other regulatory regimes.
Gerald also represents clients on judicial
reviews of government decision-making and
constitutional challenges to legislation. He has
argued before administrative tribunals, every
level of court in Ontario, and the Supreme Court
of Canada. Gerald graduated from Osgoode
Hall Law School with the Gold Medal. Prior to
joining Clayton Ruby’s office in 2008, he clerked
for the Honourable Rosalie Silberman Abella
at the Supreme Court of Canada and practised
commercial litigation with Goodmans LLP.
In 2012, Gerald received the Osgoode Alumni
Gold Key in the “One-to-Watch” category and
the Precedent Setter Award from Precedent
Magazine, both of which recognize exceptional
achievement in a lawyer’s first ten years of
practice.
Archana SRIDHAR
Archana Sridhar is Assistant Provost in the
Office of the Vice-President & Provost at the
University of Toronto. She received her Juris
Doctor (JD) degree from Harvard Law School
and received a Fulbright Scholarship to study
in Guatemala. She has published several peerreviewed
articles and policy reports, and is also
co-founder of The South Asian Philanthropy
Project, a charitable organization which fosters
philanthropy among South Asians in North
America (http://southasianphilanthropy.org/).
Archana has also served as Assistant Dean,
Graduate Program, in the Faculty of Law at the
University of Toronto; Associate Director of the
Jay and Barbara Hennick Centre for Business
and Law at York University; and Assistant Dean
for Research and Special Projects at the Indiana
University Maurer School of Law. She practised
tax and non-profit law as an attorney in Boston.
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