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Katherine Prescott, Education Innovation Developer at Queen’s Law (Photo by Andrew Van Overbeke)

New education developer to foster innovative teaching and learning at Queen’s Law

August 24, 2017
Increasing student engagement through active learning is a top priority for Queen’s Law and now the school has its own in-house Education Innovation Developer. Katherine Prescott (BSc, MEng, BEd) started her new position on July 24, bringing more than 20 years of experience in designing and delivering courses at the secondary and post-secondary levels.
Kevin Guenther, Law’12 (back row, left), Brianna Guenther, Law’12 (front row, 2nd left) with baby Bennett, and Larry Wu, Law’13 (front row, right), met members of Law’20 at a welcome reception in Calgary on August 2.

Recent grads welcome new students from three provinces to Queen’s Law network

August 18, 2017
What’s it like to live in Kingston? What is life like at law school and after graduation? Alumni who graduated within the last six years answered these and other questions posed by members of the incoming Law’20 class at welcome receptions held in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Ottawa during the first two weeks of August.
Morgan Jarvis, Law’10, Director of the Queen’s Business Law Clinic

Intellectual property specialist expands Queen’s Business Law Clinic’s mandate

August 10, 2017
Since managing the Queen’s Business Law Clinic as a student eight years ago, Morgan Jarvis, Law’10 (Artsci’05, MSc’08), has developed an expertise for legal matters involving IP, technology innovation and business law. He’s been an associate with Gowlings (now Gowling WLG), VP of Marketing and Innovation Strategy with pro bono legal service provider AdviceScene Enterprises Inc., a Technology Transfer Officer with the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, a review counsel with the QBLC – and also an Olympic rower. On August 1, he returned to his alma mater as the clinic’s full-time director, ready to steer his crew of student caseworkers in delivering legal services to a broader client base of Kingston-area entrepreneurs, small businesses and not-for-profit organizations.
Catherine Latimer, CM, Law’78

Order of Canada honour for Law’78 grad

August 8, 2017
Catherine Latimer, Law’78, Executive Director of the John Howard Society of Canada (JHSC) and a fellow at the Broadbent Institute, says she was “surprised and humbled” to learn that she is among the latest group of distinguished Canadians to be named to the Order of Canada. Latimer earned the honour for her more than 40 years of “principled contributions to the development of criminal justice policy, most notably on issues related to youth justice.”
Tournament co-founders Taylor Hall (2nd left) and Kevin Bailie, Law’19 (middle), with Nicholas Osanic, aspiring member of Law’25, Aaron Fransen, Law’04, and Phil Osanic, Law’91, LLM’02, at the charity event in downtown Kingston on July 29. (Photo by Jackie Li)

Queen’s Law members help score big win for kids’ charity in Taylor Hall tournament

August 4, 2017
Hockey heroes from three leagues – NHL, OHL and OUA – and players from sponsoring businesses faced off against each other in the downtown Kingston Metro parking lot on July 29. Central to the action at the 4th Annual Taylor Hall Charity Ball Hockey Tournament for the Boys and Girls Club of Kingston were two all-star Queen’s Gaels: Kevin Bailie, Law’19 (Artsci’17), and Spencer Abraham, Law’20. Also joining the play were Aaron Fransen, Law’04 (Artsci’01), and Phil Osanic, Law’91, LLM’02.
Manoj Dias-Abey, PhD’16, recipient of the 2017 Baker & McKenzie LLP Fellowship (Photo by Greg Black)

Baker McKenzie renews support for ground-breaking labour law research

August 1, 2017
Improving the conditions of migrant farm workers is more challenging and critical than ever in a world with a globalized food system. Baker & McKenzie LLP, an international law firm with expertise in global issues, is helping to do just that with a new $60,000 gift to Queen’s Law to support the research of Manoj Dias-Abey, PhD’16.
Jordan Furlong, Law’93, has published his first book, Law Is a Buyer’s Market: Building a Client-First Law Firm.

Law’93 grad’s new book helps lawyers build for ‘client-first’ future

July 18, 2017
“Lawyers are in the process of losing their monopoly on the provision of legal services,” states legal market analyst and forecaster Jordan Furlong, Law’93. His new book, Law Is a Buyer’s Market: Building a Client-First Law Firm, will help lawyers compete in the new market by gearing their practices towards clients.