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aels Captain Spencer Abraham, Law’20, hoists the Queen’s Cup after leading his team to victory in the exciting provincial championship game. (Photo by Jason Scourse)

Queen’s Cup comes home, Gaels defeat Guelph 4-1

March 11, 2019
The Queen’s Gaels – led by Captain Spencer Abraham, Law’20, and advised by Assistant Coach Kevin Bailie, Law’19 – are OUA men’s hockey champions! They defeated the Guelph Gryphons 4-1 in the Queen’s Cup championship game on March 9 at the Memorial Centre in Kingston in front of a sell-out crowd of 2,800 fans. It’s the first time the Gaels have won the coveted Queen’s Cup since 1981.
Adrienne Fanjoy, Law’19, will be presented a Queen’s University award for her community leadership at a reception on March 11. “Adrienne’s contribution to the Kingston community continuously goes beyond what is expected of someone in her role,” says her nominator. “Whether it’s creating culturally-sensitive workshops aimed at empowering young girls, or creating programming for children facing various challenges, Adrienne utilizes her privilege and passion to ensure she makes an impact wherever she can.”
Adrienne Fanjoy, Law’19, will be presented a Queen’s University award for her community leadership at a reception on March 11. “Adrienne’s contribution to the Kingston community continuously goes beyond what is expected of someone in her role,” says her nominator. “Whether it’s creating culturally-sensitive workshops aimed at empowering young girls, or creating programming for children facing various challenges, Adrienne utilizes her privilege and passion to ensure she makes an impact wherever she can.” (Photo by Maggie Doherty)

Queen’s Law student being honoured for outstanding community leadership

March 8, 2019
Cheer on Adrienne Fanjoy, Law’19, as she receives an award for her community leadership at a March 11 reception. She is being celebrated for her extensive work empowering young girls, teaching literacy and numeracy skills to children living in shelters, and advocating for various feminist, anti-violence and anti-oppression causes.
FLSQ keynote speaker Professor Angela Harris of University of California (Davis) Law, will present “The Colour of Farming: Food and the Reproduction of Race." She's the author of "Race and Essentialism in Feminist Legal Theory," which has been called "one of the most cited law review articles of all time.”

Queen’s conference to explore race, Indigenous and sex/gender intersectionalities, food insecurity and sustainable development

March 4, 2019
At this year's Feminist Legal Studies Queen's conference, experts will focus on three policy issues that lie at the heart of the sustainability of the earth’s biosphere – and human lives – as they should be: equal access for all to life-nourishing food; human development that preserves and protects the sustainability of the biosphere; and equality and empowerment of women.
Queen’s Herstmonceux Castle in the U.K. is the site of a May 30-31 conference, “International Law at a Crossroads,” that will build a network for the international law community, showcase the success of the Queen’s Law program that has allowed 800-plus students to pursue their interest in international law, and celebrate the 14-year deanship of the program’s founding director, Dean Bill Flanagan.

Queen’s Castle conference to address challenges to international law

February 27, 2019
Queen’s Herstmonceux Castle in the U.K. is the site of a May 30-31 conference, “International Law at a Crossroads,” that will build a network for the international law community, showcase the success of the Queen’s Law program that has allowed 800-plus students to pursue their interest in international law, and celebrate the 14-year deanship of the program’s founding director, Dean Bill Flanagan.
The Honourable Hugh Landerkin, QC, Law’67, shown in his judicial portrait that is displayed prominently on the Judicial Wall of the Queen’s Law building, is the 2018 recipient of the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers awarded by the Governor General of Canada.

Monarch’s medal bestowed upon Queen’s Law alumnus who also created visitorship at alma mater

February 22, 2019
The Honourable Hugh Landerkin, QC, Law’67, has received the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers from the Governor General of Canada. At Queen's Law, he's also the benefactor of the William R. Lederman Visitorship that brings distinguished individuals of national or international renown in law to campus, where they engage in the intellectual life of the school.