Crillo Award / en Prasanna Balasundaram receives Cirillo Award /celebrates/prasanna-balasundaram-receives-cirillo-award <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Prasanna Balasundaram receives Cirillo Award</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/community" hreflang="en">Community</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-08-11T11:54:30-04:00" title="Wednesday, August 11, 2021 - 11:54" class="datetime">Wed, 08/11/2021 - 11:54</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/staff" hreflang="en">Staff</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-law" hreflang="en">Faculty of Law</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/crillo-award" hreflang="en">Crillo Award</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/prasanna750x500.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Prasanna Balasundaram"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Prasanna Balasundaram </strong>has been awarded&nbsp;<a href="http://accle.ca/">the Association for Canadian Clinical Legal Education’s (ACCLE)</a>&nbsp;Cirillo Award, which recognizes those who have made a significant contribution&nbsp;to the life of their legal clinics.</p> <p>Balasundaram is the director of <a href="http://downtownlegalservices.ca/">Downtown Legal Services (DLS)</a>, a community legal clinic and clinical education program operated by the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law. Prior to his appointment, Balasundaram was a staff lawyer at the clinic for seven years, overseeing the refugee and immigration division.</p> <p>An excellent litigator with notable successes with law reform/test case litigation, including constitutional challenges to <a href="/news/how-u-t-helped-refugees-strike-down-safe-third-country-agreement-federal-court">the Safe Third Country Agreement </a>and other interventions, Balasundaram is a popular clinical educator and supervisor. He has supported, evaluated and reviewed case work for countless U of T Law students.</p> <p>ACCLE is an association of individuals and clinics who provide a forum for legal educators across Canada to share best practices, pedagogies and other information related to clinical legal education.</p> <p>The Cirillo Award was named in honour of <strong>Lisa Cirillo</strong>, long-time ACCLE Board member and former director of Downtown Legal Services.</p> <p>“Our JD students and alumni will attest to the transformative client experience Downtown Legal Services provides,” said <a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">University Professor </a><strong>Jutta Brunnée</strong>, <a href="/news/international-and-environmental-law-scholar-jutta-brunn-e-named-dean-u-t-s-faculty-law">dean of the Faculty of Law</a>.</p> <p>“Congratulations to Prasanna on this significant honour, recognizing his educational contributions and the clinic’s impact on community it serves.”</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Faculty of Law</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Wed, 11 Aug 2021 15:54:30 +0000 lanthierj 169945 at