April 6, 2011



Vera Toppings was one of the founders of the Mediation Intensive Clinical Program at Osgoode Hall Law School, which allows students to develop mediation skills while helping divert conflicts away from the courts in Toronto's Jane-Finch community.

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Radhika Lakhani was the driving force behind the school's new Mediation Intensive Clinical Program, which is allowing law students to better develop mediation skills while helping divert conflicts away from the courts in Toronto's rough-and-tumble Jane-Finch community. Lakhani was backed by peers Andrew Magnus, Julia Tomson, and Vera Toppings, as they combined to form Osgoode's ADR Project in 2006. Their efforts led to the establishment of the innovative program in September 2009, years after the group had moved on to other things.