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Professor Imseis and his UN colleagues release report on the ‘worst humanitarian crisis in the world’

September 10, 2020
The UN Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen has issued its latest report, “Yemen: A Pandemic of Impunity in a Tortured Land.” The Group reiterates the urgency for the parties to reach a comprehensive ceasefire and achieve a sustainable, just and inclusive peace, and reiterates its call for the U.K., France, Iran, the U.S., and Canada to stop transferring arms to the parties to the conflict.
From her home office in Oakville, Ontario, Colette Self, Law’21, helped advance the progressive housing policy of the Toronto-based Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation with support from a Lenczner Slaght Advocacy Internship.
From her home office in Oakville, Ontario, Colette Self, Law’21, helped advance the progressive housing policy of the Toronto-based Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation with support from a Lenczner Slaght Advocacy Internship.

Law’21 intern advocates for people’s rights to adequate housing

September 3, 2020
From her home office in Oakville, Ontario, Colette Self, Law’21, helped advance the progressive housing policy of the Toronto-based Centre for Equality Rights in Accommodation with support from a Lenczner Slaght Advocacy Internship.
Lisa Cirillo, Law’96, who has worked with legal clinics and social justice organizations since her first year of law school, is the new CEO of the Law Foundation of Ontario. Now, she’ll have a different impact on access to justice as she oversees the granting of funds to support legal education, legal research, legal aid, and law libraries across the province.

Former clinic student to head provincial law foundation

August 31, 2020
Lisa Cirillo, Law’96, who has worked with legal clinics and social justice organizations since her first year of law school, is the new CEO of the Law Foundation of Ontario. Now, she’ll have a different impact on access to justice as she oversees the granting of funds to support legal education, legal research, legal aid, and law libraries across the province.
In “Reopening Safely – Preventing Novel Coronavirus Transmission at Work,” a panel of experts will explore such topics as what information about infection risk employers should provide to workers; what legal and institutional supports does a healthy worker culture need in order to prevent COVID-19 transmission; and where and how regulators and policy-makers should focus initiatives to ensure compliance with measures to limit transmission of COVID-19.
In “Reopening Safely – Preventing Novel Coronavirus Transmission at Work,” a panel of experts will explore such topics as what information about infection risk employers should provide to workers; what legal and institutional supports does a healthy worker culture need in order to prevent COVID-19 transmission; and where and how regulators and policy-makers should focus initiatives to ensure compliance with measures to limit transmission of COVID-19.

Queen’s panel series to explore safe re-opening of workplaces

August 27, 2020
In “Reopening Safely – Preventing Novel Coronavirus Transmission at Work,” a panel of experts will explore such topics as what information about infection risk employers should provide to workers; what legal and institutional supports does a healthy worker culture need in order to prevent COVID-19 transmission; and where and how regulators and policy-makers should focus initiatives to ensure prevention of the spread of the novel coronavirus at work.
Working remotely from her Toronto home, Mahgol Taghivand, Law’22, spent the summer interning with the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, conducting research on such issues as protecting the privacy rights of Canadians in light of emergency powers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Working remotely from her Toronto home, Mahgol Taghivand, Law’22, spent the summer interning with the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, conducting research on such issues as protecting the privacy rights of Canadians in light of emergency powers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Law’22 student helps defend the rights and freedoms of Canadians

August 26, 2020
Mahgol Taghivand, Law’22, spent the summer interning with the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, conducting research on such issues as protecting the privacy rights of Canadians in light of emergency powers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
From Canada’s west coast, Alyssa Johnson, Law’22, spent the summer helping Palestine refugees through her internship with the Jerusalem-based United Nations Relief and Works Agency.
From Canada’s west coast, Alyssa Johnson, Law’22, spent the summer helping Palestine refugees through her internship with the Jerusalem-based United Nations Relief and Works Agency.

Law’22 student engages with international legal system to help Palestine refugees

August 21, 2020
From Canada’s west coast, Alyssa Johnson, Law’22, spent the summer helping Palestine refugees through her internship with the Jerusalem-based United Nations Relief and Works Agency.
QLA Outreach Co-ordinator Eli White, Law’21, listens attentively to a new client on his phone at home, so he can gauge the scale of the client’s legal problem and the emotional impact it is having upon the individual.
QLA Outreach Co-ordinator Eli White, Law’21, listens attentively to a new client on his phone at home, so he can gauge the scale of the client’s legal problem and the emotional impact it is having upon the individual.

Clinic summer students find opportunities despite COVID’s challenges

August 12, 2020
With the doors closed to the Queen’s Law Clinics in downtown Kingston, this summer’s student caseworkers have been learning and doing their work remotely – and admirably – as they serve some of the most vulnerable members of the community.