The QLAW POD

The QLAW POD gives listeners the best of Queen’s Law on-demand! From thought-provoking lectures, interviews, and profiles, to the latest in legal research and commentary, QLAW POD brings you the topics that are shaping Canada’s legal industry. Stream Queen's Law podcast episodes online for free on SoundCloud. You can also find QLAW POD on Stitcher, TuneIn, Spotify, and Apple Music!

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Podcast: Wither free trade? US-Canada Relations in a Post-Tariff Context

Get an in-depth look at the impacts of tariffs on the Canadian economy and our ties to our closest neighbour: how they affect us, how Canada might respond, and the changing face of US-Canada relations.

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Podcast: Visiting Speaker with Jennifer Nedelsky

Jennifer Nedelsky (Professor of Law, Osgoode) introduces the main argument of the book: Everyone should routinely engage in unpaid care, averaging 22 hours a week, to learn essential skills from the experience.

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Remedies for the health-care crisis

Experts in health law, policy, and medicine share insights on pressing national and global issues affecting health care today.

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Podcast: McCarthy Tétrault LLP Lecture in Ethics & Professionalism with Deanne Sowter

Deanne Sowter will explore family lawyers’ professional obligations concerning the fabrication myth—the notion that claims of intimate partner violence are fabricated to gain an advantage in family court.

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Law’98 grad to head Ontario’s financial services regulator

Corporate leader Dexter John, Law’98, shares insights on his new role, how Queen’s Law shaped his strategic approach, and his career advice for law students and junior lawyers.

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Fraser Bursary supports Black law students at Queen’s

A student-led initiative to honour Queen’s Law’s first Black graduate is helping Black students pursue legal education and build successful careers.

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How Samuel Dahan is democratizing AI for legal professionals

Professor Samuel Dahan’s OpenJustice platform helps lawyers streamline their work – and soon, a new version will let them customize AI without coding.

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Podcast: Law'80 Visiting Lecture with Sanaa Ahmed - Canada’s money laundering problem: Is TD the exception or the rule?

On Monday January 20, 2025, we recorded the Law'80 Visiting Lecture with Sanaa Ahmed. Sanaa's talk was on Canada’s money laundering problem: Is TD the exception or the rule?

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Wondwossen Firew, a former law dean, faculty member, and Legal Services Director with the University of Gondar, has successfully defended his PhD thesis that provides a rights-based framework for protecting people with mental illness.

Bridging human rights and mental health in Ethiopia

Wondwossen Firew, PhD’25, shares his doctoral research on the intersection of state power, human rights, and mental illness – and what drives his work to improve legal protections in Ethiopia.

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Building community and breaking barriers: A conversation with Julian Shivprasad, Law’26

As a dedicated leader within the Black Law Students' Association at both Queen’s and the national level, Julian Shivprasad, Law'26 has been instrumental in supporting his peers and fostering financial sustainability within BLSA.

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Professor Kimberly Murray, Queen’s National Scholar in Indigenous Legal Studies, has received funding from the Law Society of Ontario for her research project to demonstrate how legal processes and systems can be more accessible and less harmful to Indigenous Peoples. (Photo by Garrett Elliott)

LSO funds Murray's research on reconciliation in legal practice

Professor Kimberly Murray has received a grant from the Law Society of Ontario to research the national response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action

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Adjunct faculty Dhaman Kissoon, Law’89, a criminal and immigration lawyer in Etobicoke, Ont., and Justice David Stratas, Law’84, LLD’12, of the Federal Court of Appeal in Ottawa are both recipients of multiple teaching awards. Kissoon teaches Racism and Canadian Legal Culture. Stratas teaches Writing and Written Advocacy.

Bringing cutting-edge practice skills from the real world to the classroom

Seasoned legal professionals – often alumni like Law’89 grad Dhaman Kissoon and Law’84 grad Justice David Stratas – teach as adjunct faculty, bringing insights and wisdom that that can’t be found in any casebook.

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