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Queen’s Law students on the front steps of the Supreme Court of Canada moments before they witnessed first-hand the final appeal in Groia v LSUC.

Queen’s Law students witness Supreme Court’s landmark legal ethics hearing

November 10, 2017
Dispatching a bus to Ottawa on November 6, Queen’s Law gave its students a ticket to watch the hearing of perhaps the highest-profile case before the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) in 2017. The case, Groia v LSUC, was an appeal of sanctions leveled against Toronto lawyer Joseph Groia by the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) for incivility during his successful defense of John Felderhof, then VP of Exploration for Calgary-based public mining company Bre-X Minerals.
Beth Burnstein, Law’20 (far right), and fellow Queen’s Law students during a snack break at the CCIL conference in Ottawa on November 3.

Queen’s Law students attend conference on international institutions and legal framework

November 8, 2017
Populist movements worldwide are reshaping international law. At this pivotal moment and with support from Queen’s Law School Fund donations, 20 students were able to attend this year’s topical Canadian Council on International Law conference. Titled “Canada at 150: The Return of History for International Law,” the event examined how Canada can contribute to this evolving environment.
Event founder, Assistant Dean Heather Cole, Law’96, says, “We wanted to ensure that the Queen’s community is fully engaged and, as responsible citizens, doing what we can to learn about both Indigenous law and culture.”

Queen’s visit to Akwesasne Mohawk Territory among Law’s Indigenous initiatives

November 1, 2017
On November 3, Queen’s University community members will be visiting Akwesasne Mohawk Territory. As a part of the Law Faculty’s response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) recommendations, it will be partnering with the Akwesasne community to offer a full-day workshop on Indigenous culture and law to approximately 25 students, faculty and staff.
Queen’s Law SRL Awareness Day participants: Co-organizers Heather Cole, Law’96 (Assistant Dean of Students) and Beth Ambury, Law’18 (far right), with panelists Professor Nick Bala, Law’77, Justice Geoffrey Griffin, Law’82, Patricia Knox-Leet, Law’94, Jennifer Ferguson, Law’94, Leanne Wight, Law’94, and moderator Karla McGrath, LLM’13.

Queen’s Law grads discuss issues facing self-represented litigants – ‘a significant access to justice challenge’

October 24, 2017
Queen’s joined other law schools across the province on October 3 to raise awareness about the experiences and challenges faced by self-represented litigants (SRLs) when accessing Ontario’s court system. The event, SRL Awareness Day, is an initiative of the National Self-Represented Litigants Project (NSRLP).
Doctor Gail Henderson of Queen’s Law and Doctor Pamela Beach of Queen’s Education have been awarded a two-year, $67,114 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant for the first empirical study focusing on financial education materials produced by the financial industry.

Queen’s emerging scholars win SSHRC Insight Development Grant to research financial literacy education

October 19, 2017
Doctor Gail Henderson of Queen’s Law and Doctor Pamela Beach of Queen’s Education have been awarded a two-year, $67,114 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant for the first empirical study focusing on financial education materials produced by the financial industry.
Order of Canada appointee John Sims, Law’71, is interviewed by recently retired Supreme Court Justice Thomas Cromwell, Law’76, LLD’10.

Access to Justice: The action-oriented, result-driven views of John Sims, Law’71

October 18, 2017
John Sims, Law’71, was recently named a Member of the Order of Canada for his commitment to access to justice and for his principled and respected leadership as a senior public servant. Since “retiring” as the Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General of Canada, John has devoted his enormous energy and his many skills to efforts to improving access to justice. By Thomas Cromwell, Law’76, LLD’10