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JD, LLM, and Certificate in Law graduates, along with honorary Doctor of Laws recipient Mary Jane Mossman, Law’70, celebrate a milestone at Convocation and the reception that followed. (Photos by Bernard Clark)

Congratulations to the Class of 2026!

Queen’s Law marks the achievements of our newest JD, LLM, and Certificate in Law graduates, along with honorary Doctor of Laws recipient Mary Jane Mossman, Law’70.

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Professor Lindsay Borrows is among 15 early-career researchers from around the world selected for CIFAR’s 2026–2028 Global Scholars cohort.

Borrows earns Global Scholar recognition

Professor Lindsay Borrows joins an international research network for her work exploring Indigenous legal traditions and environmental governance.

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Recipients of the 2026 Denis Marshall Contribution Awards — Sierra Adey, Simran Grewal, Rani Bulsara, Gabriel Mollot-Hill, and Aidan Brown — are recognized for demonstrating, through substantial commitment, the imprint of the graduating class on the life of Queen’s Law.

Students recognize peers for their outstanding contributions

Meet the recipients of the 2026 Law Students’ Society Awards.

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Webber’s scholarship shapes Supreme Court debate

As Canada’s highest court considers the constitutional future of Quebec’s Bill 21, Professor Grégoire Webber’s rethinking of the notwithstanding clause is now central to one of the most consequential Charter cases.

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Professor Joshua Karton, an internationally recognized scholar of international and domestic arbitration, transnational contract law, and comparative law, is the 2026 recipient of the Professor Les Green Award for Research Excellence at Queen’s Law.

Karton recognized for excellence in research

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Professors Bethany Hastie, Cherie Metcalf, Ivan Ozai, and Darryl Robinson have received national funding for their research projects examining labour rights and access to justice, public trust in courts, tax avoidance, and accountability for environmental harm, respectively.

Four faculty funded to advance research on urgent legal challenges

Professors Bethany Hastie, Cherie Metcalf, Ivan Ozai, and Darryl Robinson are examining labour rights and access to justice, public trust in courts, tax avoidance, and accountability for environmental harm, respectively.

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Winners of the 2026 Queen’s Law alumni awards – Donald Bayne, Law’69, LLD’17, Brandon Chung, Law’17, Justice Lucille Shaw, Law’89, Judy Goldring, Law’91, and Kelley McKinnon, Law’88 – will receive their trophies at Celebrate Queen’s Law in Toronto on May 27.

Congratulations to our 2026 alumni award winners!

A foremost criminal litigator, a young appellate advocate, an access-to-justice and legal education champion, a financial sector CEO, and a trusted institutional leader with deep ties to Queen’s Law will receive their trophies at the annual Queen’s Law alumni reception in Toronto.

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Firoz Ahmed, Law’84, a partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP in Toronto, has built a career advising on complex corporate transactions in Canada and internationally.

A leading tax lawyer brings clarity to complex deals

From Bay Street’s biggest deals to trusted client advice, Firoz Ahmed, Law’84, reflects on a career shaping multifaceted tax and business decisions, and shares advice for new lawyers.

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Queen’s Law is hosting Reflective Practice for Legal Professionals, a virtual international symposium running June 22–24, 2026, bringing together more than 75 legal scholars, educators, regulators, and practitioners focused on reflective practice as a core professional competency.

Symposium to spotlight an idea whose time has come

Queen’s Law is hosting a three-day virtual symposium examining reflective practice as a core competency for legal professionals.

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Top: Mevini Kavisinghe, Law’28, is working with Professor Cherie Metcalf on a research project using machine learning and large language models to study how private lawsuits are used to enforce public regulation in Canada. Bottom: Sierra Wild, Law’27, is partnering with international trade scholar Professor Nicolas Lamp on research into “managed trade,” with plans to develop the work into a peer‑reviewed academic article.

JD students to gain research experience through summer fellowships

Mevini Kavisinghe will work with Professor Cherie Metcalf on AI-driven analysis of private enforcement, while Sierra Wild joins Professor Nicolas Lamp to study managed trade.

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The Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace is hosting “Technology, Labour and Industry 5.0: What Kind of Future(s) for Work and its Legal Regulation?”, a conference in Toronto on May 28 and 29, 2026. The event features a keynote lecture on “The Quantified Worker” by Professor Ifeoma Ajunwa, Founding Director of the AI and the Future of Work program at Emory Law School.

Conference investigates law in the fast-changing world of work

As human and machine intelligence increasingly converge, a Queen’s Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace conference explores what the future of work means for labour law, legal regulation, and law reform.

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Greg Piasetzki, Law’80, founding partner of Piasetzki Nenniger Kvas LLP (PNK Law) in Toronto, is supporting the future of experiential learning at Queen’s through a $250,000 gift to the Queen’s Business Law Clinic, made with his wife, Laura.

Law’80 IP expert invests in business law clinic

A $250K gift from Greg Piasetzki, Law’80, and his wife, Laura, is opening the door to more hands‑on business law training — and stronger community support.

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