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Law’23 student to receive provincial award for advancing equality rights

Natalie Zhang, Law’23, who has spent several years studying and advocating for minority groups and is involved in a Charter challenge, will be presented the Aird & Berlis Equality Award from the Women’s Law Association of Ontario on June 10.

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Queen’s Law Spring 2021 Graduation: YOUR MOMENT

Congratulations to our 2021 graduates! Even though we can’t be with you right now, we have created this page to celebrate all your hard work and accomplishments throughout your Queen’s Law studies. Watch and read the special messages prepared for you by Dean Mark Walters and members of our faculty, staff and outgoing Law Students’ Society executive.

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Amrita V. Singh, Law’12, already a partner with an international intellectual property firm and a mentor to junior lawyers and law students, is this year’s recipient of the Dan Soberman Outstanding Young Alumni Award.

Outstanding young litigator combines passion for law and science

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Professor Cherie Metcalf has received two research grants for which she’ll be tackling the problem of climate change in Canada, delving into how the country’s division of powers and governance institutions intersect with its ability to make effective policy.

Metcalf explores how institutions can help or hinder effective climate action in Canada

Professor Cherie Metcalf has received two research grants to tackle the problem of climate change in Canada by delving into how the country’s division of powers and governance institutions intersect with its ability to make effective policy.

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Professor Erik Knutsen, recently elected a Fellow of the European Law Institute, has received a new research grant to write a practical reference book for courts, lawyers, and insurers to guide decision-making processes around interpreting the language of insurance policies to produce fair, efficient, and just outcomes for both sides involved in disputes.

Knutsen to clarify law of Canadian insurance policy interpretation

Professor Erik Knutsen has received a research grant to write a practical reference book for courts, lawyers, and insurers to guide decision-making processes around interpreting the language of insurance policies to produce fair, efficient, and just outcomes for both sides involved in disputes.

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Justice Cynthia Petersen, Law’89, Amrita V. Singh, Law’12, Wendy Whitecloud, Law’84, and Jock Climie, Law’94, are this year’s recipients of four coveted Queen’s Law alumni awards.

Meet the newest Queen’s Law alumni honorees

An LGBT rights champion on the bench, a young intellectual property, diversity and inclusion leader, an advocate for Indigenous justice, and an all-star athlete/employment law litigator have been selected by their peers as the 2021 Queen’s Law alumni award recipients.

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Students present cutting-edge legal tech platform at Collision conference

Legal-tech innovators Avinash Pillay, Law’22, Daniel Moholia, Law’21, Yoonhyun Cho, Law’22, and Thabo Magubane are re-imagining the future of legal systems with Mouthpiece Law.

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Canada should embrace Quebec's simple incorporation system for small businesses

Professor Robert Yalden says that with some minor refinements, Quebec’s regime can and should be deployed across the country.

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The Queen’s Business Law Clinic thanks volunteer Review Counsel Bob Milnes, Law’69, for his eight years of invaluable mentorship to students providing pro bono legal services to Kingston-area small businesses and charities.

Mentoring clinic students an ‘absolutely wonderful experience,’ says retired corporate law leader

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Robert Garmaise, Chief Innovation Officer with Fasken and Professor Samuel Dahan, Director of the Conflict Analytics Lab at Queen’s are pleased to announce a partnership that will ensure the firm is ahead of technological trends affecting legal services.

Fasken-Queen’s joint venture to enhance legal professional development

Fasken and the Conflict Analytics Lab at Queen’s have partnered to ensure the firm is ahead of technological trends affecting legal services.

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Banks comments on paid sick leave as a response to COVID-19

Professor Kevin Banks, labour and employment law expert, surveys the pros and cons of the headline-dominating proposal and outlines a possible way forward.

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Lena MacNicholas, Law’21, works part-time from her home office as a student member of the virtual Family Justice Clinic, where family law practitioners supervise students in delivering services to low-income self-represented litigants.

Law’21 student helps Ontarians access family justice during COVID

Lena MacNicholas, Law’21, is gaining valuable legal skills as student member of the virtual Family Justice Clinic, where family law practitioners supervise students in delivering services to low-income self-represented litigants.

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News

Murray presents historical report on missing and disappeared Indigenous children

National research grants awarded to faculty for ‘insightful’ research

Borrows comments on human rights for a more just world

Orientation 2024

Congratulations to the Class of 2024!