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New Queen’s Law courses to enhance “readiness to practice”

Queen’s Law is adding two new courses intended to address a potential “skills gap” between law graduates and the industry they work in.

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Olga Michtchouk, Karla McGrath, Taylor Burnie and Ben Clarke.

Queen’s Pro Bono students lead Queen’s Park bill

Members of the Queen’s Pro Bono Students chapter will see their work have provincial implications through a bill being brought to Queen’s Park on Thursday, March 29.

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£1,100,000 for Queen’s Law Professor to Study International Arbitration in Europe

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Elias-Roberts gives a presentation at the 2018 Just Transition conference.

Sutherland Fellow drills deep into offshore energy issues

Alicia Elias-Roberts, first recipient of the Queen's Robert Sutherland Fellowship, is gaining a transatlantic platform looking at Caribbean oil issues.

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Mohawk lawyer Stephen Ford will discuss the Stanley case with Professors Don Stuart and Noah Weisbord on March 28.

Criminal law scholars to analyze Stanley trial in expert panel

Queen’s Law faculty have organized an upcoming panel discussion that will critically examine the trial and acquittal of Gerald Stanley in the killing of Colten Boushie and the Crown decision not to appeal the case.

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Kyra Dorfman, Law’18 (left) engages a fencing opponent.

En Garde! Queen’s Law student excels in class and on the piste

Using exceptional time management and more than a decade of fencing experience, Kyra Dorfman, Law'18, balances leadership, fencing, school, and being an integral part of the Queen’s community.

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Captain Peter Briffett, Law’17, is articling with CFB Kingston.

A peek behind the camouflage curtain for law students

On March 20, Queen’s Law students will be given an exclusive opportunity to meet and speak with lawyers working with The Office of the Judge Advocate General at Canadian Forces Base Kingston.

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Indigenous Art Commission for the Faculty of Law

The Faculty of Law is in the second phase of a public art call for an Indigenous artist to design, fabricate and install a permanent artwork for the Gowling WLG Atrium of the Faculty of Law, Queen’s University.

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Proposals for reconciliation

Three Indigenous artists presented their art proposals Monday as part of a project that will bring First Nations art into the Queen's Law atrium.

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Assistant Dean of Students Heather Cole, Law’96 (far left), Michael Coleman, Law’17 (middle), and Stella Gore, Law’18 (2nd right), with student and alumni participants during the BLSA–Queen’s speed mentoring event. (Photo by Jay Paris)

Black Law Students’ Association at Queen’s reinforces alumni network

“Speed mentoring” is the latest event connecting black Queen’s Law students with alumni who are experienced legal professionals. Hosted by the Queen’s Chapter of the Black Law Students’ Association (BLSA) of Canada at WeirFoulds LLP in Toronto on February 22, students continued building relationships with graduates, receiving practical advice about law school and the legal profession.

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Queen’s hosts conference on contemporary international humanitarian law concerns

Known as the “Law of Armed Conflict,” international humanitarian law is the body of wartime rules that protect people affected by armed hostilities. Two current problematic areas of the field are the focus of the upcoming conference, “Vulnerabilities in Armed Conflict: Exploring Child Soldiers and Sex as a Weapon of War.”

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Audience members line up to ask Jordan Peterson questions during the Liberty Lecture in Grant Hall on March 5. (Photo by Mark Erdman)

New Liberty Lecture series hosts Jordan Peterson

A capacity crowd of 900 came to Grant Hall on March 5 to hear Professor Jordan Peterson of the University of Toronto give the inaugural Liberty Lecture. Peterson was in conversation with Queen’s Law Professor Bruce Pardy on “The Rising Tide of Compelled Speech in Canada.”

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World-leading legal experts recognized as part of 2024 faculty promotions

Influential Indigenous scholar and advocate joins faculty

New business law course examines Taylor Swift’s impact on entertainment law

Two from Queen’s Law secure Supreme Court clerkships

Can AI cure the primary care crisis?