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Event founder, Assistant Dean Heather Cole, Law’96, says, “We wanted to ensure that the Queen’s community is fully engaged and, as responsible citizens, doing what we can to learn about both Indigenous law and culture.”

Queen’s visit to Akwesasne Mohawk Territory among Law’s Indigenous initiatives

November 1, 2017
On November 3, Queen’s University community members will be visiting Akwesasne Mohawk Territory. As a part of the Law Faculty’s response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) recommendations, it will be partnering with the Akwesasne community to offer a full-day workshop on Indigenous culture and law to approximately 25 students, faculty and staff.
Queen’s Law SRL Awareness Day participants: Co-organizers Heather Cole, Law’96 (Assistant Dean of Students) and Beth Ambury, Law’18 (far right), with panelists Professor Nick Bala, Law’77, Justice Geoffrey Griffin, Law’82, Patricia Knox-Leet, Law’94, Jennifer Ferguson, Law’94, Leanne Wight, Law’94, and moderator Karla McGrath, LLM’13.

Queen’s Law grads discuss issues facing self-represented litigants – ‘a significant access to justice challenge’

October 24, 2017
Queen’s joined other law schools across the province on October 3 to raise awareness about the experiences and challenges faced by self-represented litigants (SRLs) when accessing Ontario’s court system. The event, SRL Awareness Day, is an initiative of the National Self-Represented Litigants Project (NSRLP).
Doctor Gail Henderson of Queen’s Law and Doctor Pamela Beach of Queen’s Education have been awarded a two-year, $67,114 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant for the first empirical study focusing on financial education materials produced by the financial industry.

Queen’s emerging scholars win SSHRC Insight Development Grant to research financial literacy education

October 19, 2017
Doctor Gail Henderson of Queen’s Law and Doctor Pamela Beach of Queen’s Education have been awarded a two-year, $67,114 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant for the first empirical study focusing on financial education materials produced by the financial industry.
Order of Canada appointee John Sims, Law’71, is interviewed by recently retired Supreme Court Justice Thomas Cromwell, Law’76, LLD’10.

Access to Justice: The action-oriented, result-driven views of John Sims, Law’71

October 18, 2017
John Sims, Law’71, was recently named a Member of the Order of Canada for his commitment to access to justice and for his principled and respected leadership as a senior public servant. Since “retiring” as the Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General of Canada, John has devoted his enormous energy and his many skills to efforts to improving access to justice. By Thomas Cromwell, Law’76, LLD’10
Professor Mohamed Khimji, the David Allgood Professor of Business Law at Queen’s (Photo by Greg Black)

Professor Mohamed Khimji wins SSHRC Insight Grant to study shareholder democracy

October 17, 2017
Professor Mohamed F. Khimji, the David Allgood Professor of Business Law at Queen’s University, has won a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Grant as principal investigator for a project entitled “Shareholder Democracy in Public Corporations – An Empirical and Economic Analysis.” The amount of the award is $155,305 over five years. The research will have wide reaching implications for all members of the general public who invest in the capital markets.
Dean Bill Flanagan, alumni and students at the first annual Black Queen’s Law Alumni Reception in Toronto on October 10. (Photo by Jay Paris)

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

October 16, 2017
At the first annual reception for black graduates of Queen’s Law, alumni came together from across Ontario to join Dean Bill Flanagan and students at Toronto’s Society Loft on October 10. The event was hosted by the Queen’s Chapter of the Black Law Students’ Association (BLSA) of Canada, established in 2015 to help foster inclusivity and to give its members a platform for guidance and support.
Professor Darryl Robinson inside the Nuremberg Palace of Justice courtroom on Sept. 16.

Queen’s Law professor shares international justice expertise with Kosovo judges

October 10, 2017
Professor Darryl Robinson is often called upon to speak about crimes against humanity to academics and students around the world. On Sept. 16, he discussed the topic at a retreat for the judges of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers (KSC). The event was at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice, in the courtroom where the Nuremberg trials were held.
Dean Bill Flanagan on the green at the Loyalist Golf & Country Club with student golfers who participated in the ‘Out Drive the Dean’ competition during the Queen’s Law Fall Classic Charity Event.

Queen’s Law community tees off for charity

October 6, 2017
In a school first, administrators partnered with student representatives to host the Queen’s Law Fall Classic Charity Event on September 30. Hitting the grounds at the Loyalist Golf & Country Club in Bath, Ontario, were more than 80 students, staff, faculty, alumni and friends. This new annual event is the school’s latest initiative to build stronger connections between the law school and Kingston community.