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Priscilla Ferrazzi, Law’91, LLM’07, is working to improve mental health programs for people in Arctic communities.

Considering culture in criminal courts

October 17, 2016
Queen’s University researcher Priscilla Ferrazzi, Law’91, LLM’07 (PhD’15) says Inuit culture is a key consideration when planning criminal court programs for people with mental illness in Nunavut. Rehabilitation-oriented criminal court programs to reduce the number of people with mental illness caught in the criminal justice system exist in many North American cities and elsewhere but not in the mainly Inuit Canadian Arctic territory of Nunavut.
Professor Darryl Robinson and Jayne Stoyles, Law’96

Queen’s Law to help strengthen justice for international crimes

October 11, 2016
A partnership of leading Canadian organizations and academics, involving Jayne Stoyles of Law’96 and Professor Darryl Robinson, has been awarded a $2.5-million, five-year grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) to improve justice for victims of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. Within a network of 22 academic researchers and 12 institutions and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), the partners will investigate criminal, civil, and administrative law remedies for victims of international crimes.
Bill Sirman, Law’72, and wife Carol Sirman (Arts’64), in the stands of the newly revitalized Richardson Stadium on Sept. 17. (Photos by Bernard Clark)

Golden football legends reminisce at Richardson Stadium’s grand re-opening

September 29, 2016
As the rain poured down on tricoloured fans, the Queen’s Gaels football team concluded their first game on the turf of the revitalized Richardson Stadium with a less than stellar result – falling 27-13 to the Western Mustangs. But for Gaels Football Hall of Famers like Bill Sirman, Law’72 (Arts’63, MA’06) and Peter C.P. Thompson, QC, Law’65 (Arts’62), who took part in a pregame opening ceremony honouring past championship glories, neither the weather nor the scoreboard could dampen their spirits. For them, being here in a new stadium is a reminder of past lessons learned, and what football is really all about.
New Zealand’s Honourable Justice Dame Ellen France, LLM’83

LLM alumna continues to make New Zealand history

September 28, 2016
2016 has been an incredible year for one of the most remarkable jurists to come out of Queen’s Law’s Master’s program. For New Zealand’s Ellen France, LLM’83, expertise in constitutional and administrative law, as well as a deep knowledge of government processes, has led to notable back-to-back distinctions: an appointment to the Supreme Court and being named a Dame by Queen Elizabeth for her services to the judiciary (Queen’s first known law alumna so honoured).
Professor Darryl Robinson

Queen’s professor receives $91K grant to research contemporary crimes against humanity

September 26, 2016
Professor Darryl Robinson helped draft the current leading definition of crimes against humanity. Now he wants to modernize this area of law to deal with contemporary non-state actors, such as terrorist groups or corporations. A $91,000 research grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) will help him do just that.
Check out the PBSC Queen’s website.

Queen’s Law students kick off new era of pro bono service

September 22, 2016
Pro Bono Students Canada (PBSC) turns 20 this year and its Queen’s Chapter is celebrating this milestone in style. The PBSC Queen’s team has just launched an anniversary website and on September 26 they will host a volunteer welcome reception featuring a special guest. Justice Harvey Brownstone, Law’80, who inspired the PBSC Family Law Project, will give a keynote address to student volunteers, supervising lawyers and faculty members involved with the program in the Kingston area.
Ontario Trillium Scholarship recipient Ana Patricia Chuc Gamboa, shown in Paris last summer, when she was preparing her admission application to Queen’s PhD in Law program

Queen’s Law PhD student wins provincial scholarship for work linking free trade and human rights

September 21, 2016
For three years, Ana Patricia Chuc Gamboa worked as a lawyer advising foreign companies that import and export raw materials in her native Mexico. Now she has been awarded an Ontario Trillium Scholarship for her doctoral work at Queen’s Law to study the trade agreements those companies rely on. The scholarship, valued at $40,000 annually for three years, is given to help the best doctoral students from around the world study in the province.