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Professor Jocelyn Downie of the Schulich School of Law will present the keynote address on a feminist’s perspective on medical assistance in dying in Canada.

Queen’s conference will ‘Press for Progress’ to close gender gaps

February 26, 2018
Gender parity is still 200 years away. That key finding from the World Economic Forum’s 2017 Global Gender Gap Report has prompted the United Nations to adopt the theme “Press for Progress” for International Women’s Day 2018. It’s also the focus of the upcoming Feminist Legal Studies Queen’s (FLSQ) conference “(Re)Production: Inequalities of Gender, Racialization, and Class.” The two-day event takes place on campus on March 2 and 3.
Law’12 panelists (back row, 2nd–4th and 6th–8th left) Husein Panju, Brooke MacKenzie, Brittany Sargent, Sonia Beauchamp, Caity O’Connor and Jonah Goldberg in the faculty lounge with Dean Bill Flanagan (back row, 5th left) and Alumni Relations Committee students. (Photo by Viki Andrevska)

Law’12 grads return to discuss their varied paths to career success

February 23, 2018
At Queen’s Law, students past and present are part of a strong community of peers and mentors that begins at school and carries on after graduation. On February 2, six Law’12 alumni – Sonia Beauchamp, Jonah Goldberg, Brooke MacKenzie, Caity O’Connor, Husein Panju and Brittany Sargent – returned to their alma mater to discuss the diverse ways in which their careers have unfolded.
Professor Mark S. Dockstator presents his Lederman Lecture on “Reconciliation in Canada: Difference Perspectives” at Queen’s Law on February 5. (Photo by Andrew Van Overbeke)
Professor Mark S. Dockstator presents his Lederman Lecture on “Reconciliation in Canada: Difference Perspectives” at Queen’s Law on February 5. (Photo by Andrew Van Overbeke)

Inaugural Lederman Visitor offers innovative ‘four-sided’ view of ‘Reconciliation’

February 12, 2018
As Professor Mark S. Dockstator (the inaugural William R. Lederman Visitor to Queen’s Law) sees it, understanding Reconciliation and building a conceptual framework that will help all sides come to grips with the key issues is really all a matter of perspective. 
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Queen’s Law initiative fosters a spirit of student engagement and community involvement

January 29, 2018
One of the hallmarks of a Queen’s Law degree is the commitment that many alumni take on to become community leaders and to make a positive difference in the world. Now an innovative Queen’s Law initiative is engendering that same spirit of public service in students right here in Kingston.