The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights, Toronto, ON

The David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights is a centre within the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law devoted to advocacy, research and education in the area of constitutional rights in Canada. The Centre houses a unique legal clinic that brings together students, faculty and members of the legal profession to work on significant constitutional cases. Through the establishment of the Centre the University of Toronto joins a small group of international law schools that play an active role in constitutional debates of the day. It is the only Canadian Centre in existence that attempts to bring constitutional law research, policy, advocacy and teaching together under one roof.
The Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights situates the University of Toronto at the leading edge of constitutional law studies internationally and secures Canada’s place in the international dialogue about the limits of constitutional rights. “This centre will play a vital role in articulating Canada's constitutional vision to the broader world, ” says Dean Mayo Moran. “It will be the cross- roads of constitutional education, research and advocacy, ” she adds.