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Shivangi Misra (middle), LLM candidate, takes questions from the audience at an international law conference held at McGill, where she presented “Breaking up the Band of Brothers: A Feminist Perspective on International Humanitarian Law.” Next, she travels to Sweden to discuss the “Me Too Movement in Higher Education Institutions in India” at the University of Stockholm.
LLM candidate Shivangi Misra (middle) takes questions from the audience at an international law conference held at McGill, where she presented “Breaking up the Band of Brothers: A Feminist Perspective on International Humanitarian Law.” Next, she travels to Sweden to discuss the “Me Too Movement in Higher Education Institutions in India” at the University of Stockholm.

Queen’s LLM student’s research addresses #MeToo movement in India

May 29, 2019
For her thesis, LLM candidate Shivangi Misra is exploring the legal theory on sexual consent. She has been selected to present research papers at two summer conferences – one in Montreal, Quebec, and the other in Stockholm, Sweden.
Professor Sharry Aiken made the jump from practising law to teaching it as a way of inspiring a generation of new legal practitioners to create positive change – though since becoming a professor, she still remains active in the courtroom and beyond. She is also Academic Director of the new Graduate Diploma in Immigration and Citizenship Law.
Professor Sharry Aiken made the jump from practising law to teaching it as a way of inspiring a generation of new legal practitioners to create positive change – though since becoming a professor, she still remains active in the courtroom and beyond. She is also Academic Director of the new Graduate Diploma in Immigration and Citizenship Law.

Meet our faculty: Sharry Aiken

May 23, 2019
Professor Sharry Aiken made the jump from practising law to teaching it as a way of inspiring a generation of new legal practitioners to create positive change – though since becoming a professor, she still remains active in the courtroom and beyond. She is also Academic Director of the new Graduate Diploma in Immigration and Citizenship Law.
Catherine Rousseau, LLM candidate at Queen’s Law, presents her paper on how and why Canada should modernize its securities law framework to appropriately address initial coin and initial token offerings at the Innovation in Law & Policy Conference in Vancouver.

Queen’s LLM student promotes modernization of securities regulation for cryptocurrency offerings

May 17, 2019
Cryptocurrency, a digital currency that uses cryptography for security and anti-counterfeiting measures, is becoming increasingly popular for online transactions. However, there is a gap in Canada’s securities regulation for cryptocurrency offerings – and that sparked LLM candidate Catherine Rousseau’s idea for her thesis.
Ben Fickling and his MBA’20/Law’21 classmates won the inaugural Osler Future Innovators Award contest.

Queen’s JD/MBA students win national contest for legal innovation

May 15, 2019
How would you transform the way the lawyers of tomorrow deliver legal services? That’s a question Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP proposed to law students across Canada for its inaugural Osler Future Innovators Award contest. Queen's MBA’20/Law’21 students won the award for their forward thinking ways to embrace the impact of innovative thinking on the legal industry.
Nick Bala, Law'77, soon to be called the William R. Lederman Distinguished University Professor, is among the first full-time faculty to be awarded Queen's University's highest research-related honour.
Nick Bala, Law'77, soon to be officially called the William R. Lederman Distinguished University Professor, is among the first full-time faculty to be awarded Queen's University's highest research-related honour.

Meet our faculty: ‘Distinguished University Professor’ Nicholas Bala

May 13, 2019
Nick Bala, Law'77, soon to be officially called the William R. Lederman Distinguished University Professor, is among the first full-time faculty to be awarded Queen's University's highest research-related honour.
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Queen’s Law announces new graduate diploma program to train prospective immigration and citizenship consultants

May 1, 2019
A ground-breaking program at Queen’s Law is poised to transform the training of individuals seeking entrance to the immigration and citizenship consulting profession. “We’re proud to be at the centre of a program that will increase the quality and reliability of immigration services and increase access to justice for those who often need it most,” says Professor Sharry Aiken, Academic Director of the Graduate Diploma in Immigration and Citizenship Law. Queen’s Law will launch the program in January 2021.