The Globe and Mail

The University of Toronto's faculty of law has begun to test the waters for a $60-million expansion of the school's cramped quarters on the edge of Queen's Park. Preliminary drawings by three Canadian architectural firms, showing proposals for a 100,000-square-foot expansion of the school, were unveiled last night at a reception for the community and alumni. "This is not just about need, this is about aspiration," the school's dean, Mayo Moran, told reporters yesterday. The new space will not mean an increase in enrolment, but will allow students to emerge from the "subterranean rooms" where they now study, said Ms. Moran, who took office 18 months ago. The three sets of drawings, Ms. Moran said, are meant to begin a conversation about how best to expand the school's main building, which fronts on University Avenue and backs onto Philosopher's Walk, a well-used path that connects the university's campus to Bloor Street.