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Paul Quick, Law’09, Staff Lawyer with the Queen’s Prison Law Clinic (Photo by Nicole Clark)

Queen’s Law clinic ensures prisoners’ rights are upheld at national level

Since Paul Quick, Law’09, began working as a staff lawyer with the Queen’s Prison Law Clinic last October, he’s been helping students gain more complex litigation experience. Those efforts in representing inmates are now paying off. The QPLC has a near perfect success rate in getting the Federal Court of Canada to quash decisions made by correctional decision-makers and adjudicators.

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Ontario’s Integrity Commissioner, David Wake, Law’72, with then-program director Tom Harrison, Law’01, PhD’16, and Dean Bill Flanagan before Wake’s 2017 McCarthy Tétrault Lecture. (Photo by Andrew Van Overbeke)

McCarthy Tétrault renews ethics program at Queen’s Law

Queen’s Law students will continue to learn legal ethics and professionalism of the highest standards, thanks to a $105,000 renewal of the McCarthy Tétrault LLP Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Program.

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Queen's Law: 2017 In Review

A summary of some of our accomplishments in 2017.

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U SPORTS All-Star defenceman Spencer Abraham, Law’20, in action during a game against the Canada’s World Junior hopefuls at the Meridian Centre in St. Catharines on December 14. (Photo by Natasa Djermanovic)

Law’20 student and fellow U SPORTS All-Stars sweep Canadian Juniors

Spencer Abraham, Law’20, pulled double-duty last week, splitting his time between studying for first-year exams and lacing up against Canada’s World Junior prospects. Selected to the U SPORTS All-Star team for the third consecutive year, the captain and top defenceman of the Gaels men’s hockey team helped clinch historic wins as Hockey Canada pared down its roster for the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship.

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Queen’s Law community members and Sigurdson Professorship donors joined the Sigurdson family at the Canada General Counsel Awards (CGCA) gala held earlier this year in Toronto, where Stephen was awarded the Lifetime Achievement posthumously. L-R: Paul Marcus, Law’85; Stephen Shamie, Law’86; David Allgood, Law’74; Sheila Murray, Law’82; Heather Sigurdson; Amy Sigurdson (Com’15); Leslie Sigurdson, Law’84; Laura Sigurdson, Law’13; Jonah Goldberg, Law’12; Betty DelBianco, Law’84; Kelley McKinnon, Law’88; Janet

Boosting Business Law - Unprecedented Support for Sigurdson Professorship in Corporate Law and Finance

With a global search underway, the inaugural holder of the Stephen Sigurdson Professorship in Corporate Law and Finance is expected to join the faculty in July 2018.

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Local alumni with students at the Queen’s Law Alumni Holiday Reception in Kingston. (Photo by Viki Andrevska)

‘Tis the season for Queen’s Law members to get more involved in the Kingston community

Local alumni got together with Dean Bill Flanagan, faculty, staff and student reps to kick off the holiday season and celebrate the spirit of giving.

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Three Queen’s Law grads among Lexpert’s newest ‘Rising Stars’

The sky’s the limit for Gareth Gibbins, MIR’01/Law’04 (Com’00), Bo Rothstein, Law’04, and John Uhren, Law’08. They have been named to Canadian publisher Lexpert’s 2017 honour roll of “Rising Stars – Leading Lawyers Under 40.”

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Two Queen’s Law alumnae among Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women

Samantha Horn, Law’91, and Claire Kennedy, Law’94, are known not only as leading lawyers in their respective areas of practice but also as two of the strongest female leaders in the country. They have been named to the Top 100 list of Canada’s Most Powerful Women for 2017 by the Women’s Executive Network.

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Kathy Ferreira, Law’01, Director of the Queen’s Prison Law Clinic (Photo by Nicole Clark)

Outstanding prison law student, then lawyer now heads Queen’s clinic

Kathy Ferreira, Law'01, talks about what drives her passion for working in the prison law field, how prison law and the Queen's Prison Law Clinic have evolved, and her plans for the clinic’s future.

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Peter Griffin, Law’77, is applauded by his peers after delivering his acceptance speech as this year’s winner of the OBA Award for Excellence in Civil Litigation at a gala dinner held at the Ritz-Carlton in Toronto on November 22. (Photo courtesy of Ontario Bar Association)

Lead Queen’s Law moot advisor wins provincial award for civil litigation

“A pre-eminent litigator” is how colleagues describe Peter Griffin, Law’77, managing partner of the Toronto firm Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP and recent recipient of the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) Award of Excellence in Civil Litigation.

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The book In Furtherance of Justice: The Judicial Life of Thomas A. Cromwell (LexisNexis Canada) is a collection of papers developed out of the Supreme Court Law Review. The book cover photo was taken by Queen’s Law staff member Andrew Van Overbeke during Cromwell’s visit to the school in November 2016.

Chronicling Cromwell’s contributions to Canadian law

The Supreme Court Law Review publishes collection of papers on retired SCC Justice Thomas Cromwell co-produced by his former clerk and fellow Queen’s Law grad, Pam Hrick.

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Dean Bill Flanagan and Professor Mohamed Khimji with the first “Law as a Launchpad” panelists: Brenda MacDonald, Law’92, Sam Altman, Law’82, Richard Tory, Law’89, Edward Boomer, Law’89, and Jim Walker, Law’81. (Photo by Andrew Van Overbeke)

Queen’s Law students learn how to ‘launch’ themselves into successful business careers

On November 22, Queen’s Law brought together five leading alumni to discuss the varied legal career paths that enabled them to leap into the business world. They participated in “Law as a Launchpad: How to Leverage Your Degree,” a new annual event organized by the Career Development Office (CDO) for students of all academic and professional backgrounds.

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Structuring M&A deals in a high-stakes corporate landscape

Conflict Analytics Lab funded to improve client access to Pro Bono Ontario services

Doctoral research tackles global challenges in international investment law

Trade tensions are reshaping Canada’s global position

Business Law at Queen’s: Learning, Leading, and Shaping Change