Queen’s Law students, faculty and staff were in a celebratory mood this afternoon as they gathered in the student lounge to cheer on winners of the 2015–16 LSS awards.

Kicking off the festivities was the presentation of the inaugural Stanley M. Corbett Awards for Excellence in Teaching, named in memory of the school’s longest-serving Associate Dean (Academic) and three-time LSS teaching award recipient.

Professor Nicolas Lamp, who joined Queen’s Law in 2014, won in the full-time faculty category. “Receiving this award is a great honour,” he said, “particularly because it is named for Stan Corbett, who was an outstanding teacher and a role model for all of us. I feel very privileged to teach at Queen’s.”

Sessional instructor Dhaman-Kissoon, Law’89, earned the honour in his category. It’s his third teaching award from Queen’s Law students for the Racism and Canadian Legal Culture course he has taught for 26 years (he even taught Corbett with whom he became life-long friends). “I enjoy the students and community – Queen’s is a great place to be.”

Students from all years were nominated and selected by their peers for their extraordinary accomplishments.

Ian Moore, MPA’14/Law’16, Student Senator, received the Gavel Award as the graduating student who has contributed the most to student affairs during his time at the law school. “My involvement at Queen’s Law has centred around creating spaces for my peers to showcase their wisdom, insight, and boundless talent to each other and the wider world,” he said. “If my contributions have been award-worthy, it is only because each and every person at Queen’s Law has something beautiful and inspiring to offer.”

A full list of awards and recipients follows:

Corbett Teaching Excellence Awards:

Nicolas Lamp (full-time faculty)
Dhaman Kissoon, Law’89 (sessional instructor)

LSS Recognition Awards:

Gavel Award: Ian Moore, MPA’14/Law’16

Spirit Award: Sierra Bilyk, Law’16

Millennium Award: Rashmi Kumar, Law’17

Spark Award: Jason Taylor-Mercredi, Law’18

Mary Alice “Ma” Murray Awards: Jessica Donen, Law’16, and Jordan Moss, Law’16

Dennis Marshall Contribution Awards:
Whitney Abrams, Law’16
Nika Farahani, Law’16
Courtney Laidlaw, Law’16
Sheida Rezapour, Law’16
Jessica Spindler, Law’16

Camaraderie Award:
Aboriginal Law Students’ Alliance
Third-Year Transfer Students

Professional Excellence Award:
Queen’s Criminal Law Club

Student Ambassador Award:
Ryan Plener, MIR’14/ Law’16