Alumni News Archive

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2012 News Stories

• James M. Parks, Law '71, is Queen’s new chief advisor on gift planning

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2011 News Stories

• Ontario's new Attorney General is a Law '67 grad
  
  
• Law '82 grad inducted into College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
  


• Dean’s Key recipient attends Harvard as Knox Fellow
  
  
• Former LSS president launches online business development tool
  
  
• First PhD in Law granted
  
  
• US Meritorious Service Medal to Canadian grad
  
  
• Ottawa alumnus honoured by Advocates’ Society
  
  
• Alumni lead Canadian Lawyer’s top personal injury firms
  
  
• Two alumnae ‘champions’ win LSUC awards
  
  
• CLCW co-chair wins Ryan Alumni Award
  
  
• Students experience legal life shadowing a professional
  
  
• Students meet NYC alumni and judge to discuss career options
  
  
• Alumna founder of LEAF named to Order of Canada
  
  
• LLM grad honoured as 2011’s “Senior Australian”
  
  
• Alumnus to preside over Alberta’s premier polytechnic
  
  
• Beth Symes, Law ’76, named to the Order of Canada
  
  
• Justice David Stratas and distinguished guests teach critical legal skills
  

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2010 News Stories

• Canada’s new Governor General began career at Queen’s Law
   
• Alumnus appointed UNB’s Law Dean

• Alumnus and former professor named Governor General
  
  
• Two alumni named in Canadian Lawyer’s Top 25 Most Influential list
  
  
• Justice Thomas Cromwell awarded honorary degree
  
  
• 49th law student admitted to the Tricolour Society
  
  
• Alumnus wins national award for career work as in-house counsel
  
  
• Alumna enjoying opportunities as a Supreme Court clerk
  
  
• David Allgood, Law ’74, rewarded for career work as general counsel
  
  
• Sessional lecturer Dhaman Kissoon, Law '89, is profiled in Indo Caribbean World
  
  
• Jaimie Lickers, Law ’07, featured in Globe and Mail article on financial benefits for aboriginal women with university degrees
  
  
• Leslie O’Donoghue, Law ’88, comments on proxy advisory services in corporate acquisitions
  
  
• Two alumni recognized as “Rising Stars” by Lexpert
  
  
• In Memoriam: Keith Calder Norton, Q.C., BA ‘61, LLB ‘69
  
  
• Leslie O’Donoghue, Law ‘88 – One of the Most Powerful Women of 2009

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2009 News Stories

• Alumnus wins CBA award of excellence
  
  
• David Stratas, Law '84, appointed to Federal Court of Appeal
  
  
• Dean’s Council Chair recognized internationally for corporate practice excellence
  
  
• Environmental lawyer Justin Duncan, Law '01, is profiled in Niagara This Week
  
  
• Queen’s alumna thriving as project coordinator for the Ontario Women’s Justice Network
  
  
• Queen's Law alumnus elected to UN committee

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2008 News Stories

• Queen’s Law alumnus appointed to Supreme Court
  
  
• Former Law Students' Society President Wins Fulbright Award

• Prime Minister nominates Queen’s Law alumnus to Supreme Court

• Queen's Law alumna appointed to victim compensation board

• Dean's Council Chair wins Global Counsel Award

• Queen’s Law’s New David Mullan Entrance Scholarship

• Mike Gillis, Law '89, Appointed General Manager of Vancouver Canucks

• A Celebration to Honour Professor Emeritus David Mullan

• Five Queen's Law Alumni Admitted To American College of Trial Lawyers

• Queen's Law Alumnus Returns to Give Lectures

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2007 News Stories

• Queen's Law Celebrates 50 Years at Homecoming

• Justice John David Watt, Law ’70, Appointed to Court of Appeal for Ontario

• Ron McCallum, LLM '74, Receives Top University Alumni Award

• Neena Gupta Brings Wealth of Experience to Ontario Law Commission

• Chief Justices of Ontario Remember Queen's Law

• Senator David Smith, Law '70, Wins H.R.S. Ryan Alumni Award

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2006 News Stories

• Pam Cross YWCA Toronto women of distinction award 2006: legal reform

• Queen’s Law Alumnus Receives Prestigious Criminal Justice Award

• Mary Pigott, Reminiscences of a Law Alumna

• Canadian General Counsel Award for Corporate Governance won by Queen’s Law Alumnus John McWilliams

• High Court Judge Ellen Frances Appointed a Judge of the Court of Appeal

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2005 News Stories

• Quebec's Most Remarkable MNA: Yolande James, Law '03

• David Stratas, Heenan Blaikie, 2005 H.R.S. Ryan Alumni Award Winner