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!

Latest News

Podcast: End-of-Life Fireside Chat

On Monday, December 8, we held a free online Fireside Chat on End-of-Life Law. Dean Colleen Flood was joined by Alexandra Manthorpe (Partner, Cunningham Swan), Leanne Kaufman (President and CEO RBC Royal Trust) and Dr. David Freedman (Associate Professor, Queen’s Law) for an important panel discussion on End-of-Life Law & Planning. Covering important areas, such as Wills, Trust, and Estates, this panel is intended to de-mystify the legal implications around planning for End-of-Life.

Read more about Podcast: End-of-Life Fireside Chat

Professor Samuel Dahan, Director of the Queen’s Conflict Analytics Lab, co-founded OpenJustice — a lawyer-controlled, open-source legal AI system that underpins the newly funded initiative to improve Pro Bono Ontario’s housing-law services. (Photo by Bernard Clark)

Conflict Analytics Lab funded to improve client access to Pro Bono Ontario services

The Law Foundation of Ontario has granted $467,000 to the Conflict Analytics Lab, led by Professor Samuel Dahan, and the Harvard Access to Justice Lab for a collaborative project to enhance Pro Bono Ontario client access to housing law through a lawyer-controlled AI system.

Read more about Conflict Analytics Lab funded to improve client access to Pro Bono Ontario services

Queen’s PhD candidates Deepti Panda and Oyindamola Aje are researching how international investment law intersects with two urgent global challenges — sovereigns in an economic crisis and climate action — to help shape policies that protect public interests worldwide.

Doctoral research tackles global challenges in international investment law

From insolvent sovereigns to climate action, Queen’s PhD students Deepti Panda and Oyindamola Aje are working to influence policy worldwide.

Read more about Doctoral research tackles global challenges in international investment law

Professor Nicolas Lamp presents at the Queen’s Micro Summit in Ottawa, where experts explored Canada’s security and sovereignty challenges.

Trade tensions are reshaping Canada’s global position

Queen’s trade law expert Professor Nicolas Lamp explores key questions that can help Canada navigate an increasingly complex global landscape.

Read more about Trade tensions are reshaping Canada’s global position

Podcast: Unreasonably hypothetical: what’s wrong with s.12

Proportionality in punishment is deeply uncertain. Even when people agree on facts and values, they often reach different but reasonable conclusions about appropriate sentences.

Read more about Podcast: Unreasonably hypothetical: what’s wrong with s.12

Podcast: FLSQ - Garnet Families: Creating a research ecosystem centering defence and public safety families

In 2022, Dr. Cramm consolidated her research program under the interdisciplinary and international Families Matter Research Group (FMRG) . The concept of “Garnet families” has become a unifying framework for the group’s research, network and partnership activities.

Read more about Podcast: FLSQ - Garnet Families: Creating a research ecosystem centering defence and public safety families

Professors Gail Henderson, Rob Yalden, Ivan Ozai, Josh Karton, and Alyssa King are among the faculty leading business law research at Queen’s. Their work explores financial regulation, corporate governance, tax fairness, arbitration theory, and civil justice reform.

Business law research shaping institutions in Canada and abroad

Discover how Queen’s Law professors are driving change in business law — from financial regulation, corporate governance and tax fairness to civil justice reform and the future of arbitration.

Read more about Business law research shaping institutions in Canada and abroad

Podcast: The Open Court Principle and the Use of NDAs in Air Passenger Complaints

This talk examines efforts by airlines and the federal government to limit passengers and the media from discussing legally binding decisions in air passenger complaints, including the reasons and evidence behind them.

Read more about Podcast: The Open Court Principle and the Use of NDAs in Air Passenger Complaints

Ambreena Ladhani, Law’25, winner of the Canadian Bar Association Privacy and Access Law Section Student Essay Contest, for her paper on protecting artists from AI voice cloning.

New grad wins national prize for essay on AI and artist rights

From a viral AI song to a national legal award: How Ambreena Ladhani, Law'25, turned curiosity about “Fake Drake” into a groundbreaking essay on protecting artists in the age of voice cloning.

Read more about New grad wins national prize for essay on AI and artist rights

Nicolina Fasciano and Professor Gail Henderson discuss buy now, pay later.

Buy Now, Pay Later: What students — and everyone — should know

A timely conversation with Professor Gail Henderson and JD student Nicolina Fasciano explores the risks and realities of “Buy Now, Pay Later” services — and why financial literacy matters more than ever.

Read more about Buy Now, Pay Later: What students — and everyone — should know

Podcast: FLSQ - From Silence to Systems Change: Collective Strategies to End Femicide and Gender-Based Violence

Read more about Podcast: FLSQ - From Silence to Systems Change: Collective Strategies to End Femicide and Gender-Based Violence

Podcast: FLSQ - Safer Spaces, Stronger Selves: Gender Justice in Housing and Human Security

The word “homelessness” seldom comes to mind when thinking of women fleeing violence. But rising housing insecurity and overlapping housing crises are creating gender-specific risks.

Read more about Podcast: FLSQ - Safer Spaces, Stronger Selves: Gender Justice in Housing and Human Security