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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.
Queen’s Law community members join the Sigurdson family at the CGCA gala. L-r: Paul Marcus, Law’85; Stephen Shamie, Law’86; David Allgood, Law’74; Sheila Murray, Law’82; Heather Sigurdson; Amy Sigurdson; Leslie Sigurdson, Law’84; Laura Sigurdson, Law’13; Jonah Goldberg, Law’12; Betty DelBianco, Law’84; Kelley McKinnon, Law’88; Janet Fuhrer, Law’85; Dean Bill Flanagan; and Firoz Ahmed, Law’84. (Photo by Tim Fraser)

Canada’s top General Counsel award a tribute to Sigurdson Professorship honoree

June 29, 2017
Not only did the late Stephen Sigurdson, Law’84, help guide the law school at Queen’s, he also helped shape the business landscape in Canada through his work on major transactions. On June 15, the Canadian General Counsel Awards (CGCA) paid the latest tribute to his memory with its Lifetime Achievement Award.