Faculty Board

 

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I. Composition

The Faculty Board of the Faculty of Law consists of the Dean, faculty members (not including retired faculty members, professors emeriti, or special lecturers who have Adjunct I status under the Collective Agreement), the Assistant Dean of Students, the Assistant Dean of Administration and Finance, the Senior Review Counsel and Review Counsel of Queen's Legal Aid, the Director of the Correctional Law Project, the Director of Career Services, the Reference Librarian, three staff members and ten student members. The Board has the authority to administer the affairs of the Faculty under such regulations as the Board of Trustees may prescribe. The Principal is an ex-officio member of the Faculty Board.

The ten student members and three staff members are elected by students and staff, respectively, in the law school. They have full membership status and voting rights except at marks meetings and on matters concerning individual students wherein the student involved does not give his or her express consent to their participation.

Student Faculty Board Members, 2011-12
LSS President	Mathew Mezciems
LSS VP Academic	Pamela Hrick
Law '12 Faculty Board Rep	Perrin Valli
Law '12 Faculty Board Rep	Cory Young
Law '13 Faculty Board Rep	Christina Jabbour
Law '13 Faculty Board Rep	Samantha Wynne
Law '14 Faculty Board Rep	Robert Khazam
Law '14 Faculty Board Rep	Allison Di Cesare
Law Student Senator	Logan Crowell
LL.M. Faculty Board Rep	Trish Appleyard

 

II. Functions

The functions of the Faculty Board are:

1. To recommend to the Senate courses of study leading to a degree and the conditions of admission;
2. To decide upon applications for admission or for change of course subject to the regulations of the Senate;
3. To submit to the Senate names for both ordinary and honorary degrees;
4. To revise the Faculty Calendar, subject to the approval of the Senate;
5. To control registrations subject to the regulations of the Senate;
6. To deal with class failures;
7. To exercise academic supervision over students;
8. To make such recommendations to the Senate as may be deemed expedient for promoting the efficiency of the University;
9. To recommend the award of scholarships or prizes;
10. To pass such regulations and by-laws as may be necessary for the exercise of the functions of the Faculty.

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Regular Faculty Board Meetings for 2011-12

Faculty Board Chair: Martha Bailey (baileym@queensu.ca); Faculty Board Secretary: Nancy Somers (somersn@queensu.ca)

Date	Location and Time
Friday, September 16, 2011	Faculty Board Room (Macdonald Hall) 1:00 p.m.
Friday, October 21, 2011	Faculty Board Room (Macdonald Hall) 1:00 p.m.
Friday, November 18, 2011	Faculty Board Room (Macdonald Hall) 1:00 p.m.
Friday, January 20, 2012	Faculty Board Room (Macdonald Hall) 1:00 p.m.
Friday, February 3, 2012	Faculty Board Room (Macdonald Hall) 1:00 p.m.
Friday, March 9, 2012	Faculty Board Room (Macdonald Hall) 1:00 p.m.
Friday, March 16, 2012	Faculty Board Room (Macdonald Hall) 1:00 p.m.

Additional Information:

Faculty Administrative Committees

Faculty Board Constitution: Composition, Functions and Rules of Procedure