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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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Black Histories and Futures Month preview

Celebrating Black Histories and Futures at Queen’s Law

Black Histories and Futures Month features will include BLSA-Canada’s Treasurer and national conference, a Mastercard Foundation Fellow for the Ethiopia Project, the Fraser Bursary supporting excellence, and a podcast series on Black leaders in law.

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PhD candidate Aileen Editha calls for stricter regulations over genetic information and the companies that handle it. In this article, published in The Conversation, she examines the recent controversies surrounding 23andMe, including its financial struggles and concerns over data security.

23andMe’s struggles are a sign that direct-to-consumer DNA testing needs stronger oversight

PhD candidate Aileen Editha calls for stricter regulations over genetic information and the companies that handle it.

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Celebrating their new partnership and funding from the Law Foundation of Ontario at the Kingston Native Centre and Language Nest are Blair Crew, Executive Director of Queen’s Law Clinics; Dean Colleen M. Flood; Constance Carrière-Prill, Law’25, Director of Strategic Development at KNCLN; Brandon Maracle, Law’22 and Executive Director at KNCLN; Professor Lindsay Borrows; and Assistant Dean Karla McGrath.

Grant supports Indigenous legal services and partnership in Kingston

Queen’s Law and the Queen’s Law Clinics, in partnership with the Kingston Native Centre and Language Nest, have received funding from The Law Foundation of Ontario to develop local, Indigenous-focused legal services.

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Trump’s trade policies: Risks and repercussions for Canada

Professor Nicolas Lamp explores Canada’s strategies to address Trump’s trade policies and safeguard economic stability.

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Trump’s climate policy: Back to the future

Associate Dean Cherie Metcalf explores the implications of President Trump’s climate policies for Canada and beyond.

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