Bess Joffe Audrey Macklin's interest in immigration and refugee law all started at U of T law school when she worked as a research assistant for Professor Trebilcock. For Macklin, immigration law provides a practical and legal focus for her interest in cultural diversity.
Immigration law is about real people, it's like applied human rights.
In the years between Macklin's departure and return to U of T, she has furthered her interests in law and immigration. In 1989-90 she clerked for Justice Bertha Wilson at the Supreme Court of Canada. After her clerkship, Macklin did her LL.M at Yale. They were extraordinary people, the smartest, most engaged, enthusiastic people I'd ever been around. I enjoyed the sciences, but was looking for different kinds of experiences.