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Fighting at the Legal Boundaries: Controlling the Use of Force in Contemporary Conflict is published by Oxford University Press.

Queen’s Law grad publishes ‘outstanding’ book on contemporary armed conflict

January 11, 2017
Brigadier-General (Ret’d) Ken Watkin, Law’80, LLM’90, was a military legal officer in the Canadian Armed forces for 28 years, finishing his career as the Judge Advocate General. He has now written a new book arising from his experience advising on international and domestic security operations. In its first review, Fighting at the Legal Boundaries: Controlling the Use of Force in Contemporary Conflict was called “outstanding” and “the most important single-author International Humanitarian Law (IHL) monograph written in many years.”
Sean Ellacott, Law’01 (right), the new Queen’s Prison Law Clinic Director as of Jan. 1, 2017, with Paul Quick, Law’09, PLC Review Counsel, at the Queen’s Law Clinics in downtown Kingston. (Photo by Derek Cannon)

New leader expands Prison Law Clinic’s mandate and introduces students to litigation experience

December 23, 2016
With a new director taking over on January 2, Queen’s Prison Law Clinic (PLC) is gearing up to deepen its commitment to serving the needs of those incarcerated in the Kingston area’s six federal penitentiaries and enhance students’ real-life opportunities to provide legal assistance and representation to them. Sean Ellacott, Law’01, has been part-time review counsel with the PLC since September, supervising four students while finishing off cases at his private practice, Ellacott Law Office, in Kingston.
Jo’Anne Strekaf, Law’80, shown in 2008, is now Justice of the Alberta, Northwest Territories and Nunavut appeal courts.

Triple appeal court appointments for Law’80 alumna

December 19, 2016
After judging on the Court of Queen’s Bench since 2007, Justice Jo’Anne Strekaf, Law’80, has been appointed to the Courts of Appeal for Alberta, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. She says she’s ready for the challenge, and colleagues say her intelligence and analytical skills suit her well for a role focused on questions of law rather than the facts of the case.
Justice Thomas Cromwell, Law’76, LLD’10, responds to questions during his Queen’s Law Reports interview in the Macdonald Hall faculty lounge on November 2. (Photo by Andrew Van Overbeke)

A view from the top: Retired SCC Justice Cromwell gets candid

December 7, 2016
Two months after retiring from the Supreme Court of Canada, Justice Thomas Cromwell, Law’76, LLD’10 (Mus’73), was warmly welcomed back to Queen’s Law for a four-day visit during the first week of November. He took time to sit down with Queen’s Law Reports editor Lisa Graham to share his perspective as a judge serving on Canada’s top court, to discuss what comes next professionally, and to talk about his continuing involvement with his alma mater.
David Kerzner, Law’90, PhD ’15, on Queen’s campus for his graduation in spring 2015 (Photo by Greg Black)

Queen’s PhD grad coauthors invaluable book to combat illegal tax practices

December 5, 2016
David Kerzner, Law’90, PhD’15, has used his doctoral research at Queen’s Law to make a timely contribution to a subject in the public spotlight. He is the coauthor of a new book, International Tax Evasion in the Global Information Age, focused on tax information exchange agreements (TIEAs). Called “an invaluable resource” by retired Supreme Court Justice Marshall Rothstein, the text was published by Irwin Law last summer and is now being published internationally by Palgrave Macmillan in London and by Springer Publishing online.