The QLAW POD

The QLAW POD gives listeners the best of Queen’s Law on-demand! From thought-provoking lectures, interviews, and profiles, to the latest in legal research and commentary, QLAW POD brings you the topics that are shaping Canada’s legal industry. Stream Queen's Law podcast episodes online for free on SoundCloud. You can also find QLAW POD on Stitcher, TuneIn, Spotify, and Apple Music!

Latest News

Jane Thomson, Vanier Scholar

Queen’s Law Vanier Scholar focuses research on legal reform

July 4, 2016
“I have always been interested in legal reform”, says Jane Thomson, a PhD student in Law and a 2016 recipient of a prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship valued at $50,000 for each of the next three years. Previously a family lawyer in Toronto and Ottawa, her research at Queen’s now focuses on how to affect progressive legal reform using private law doctrines.
Halldor Bjarnason, Law’89 (Photo courtesy of UFV)

Law’89 advocate for people with disabilities awarded honorary degree

June 29, 2016
Born with cerebral palsy, Halldor Bjarnason, Law’89, has had to overcome many obstacles, but along the way he has also thrived in his 25-year law practice and in serving the community. He’s a lawyer with Access Law Group, an advocate for people (particularly lawyers) with disabilities and the founding chair of the Law Society of British Columbia’s Disability Working Group. This spring, the University of Fraser Valley presented him with an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.
Dean Bill Flanagan, at the bench dedicated to the memory of Professor Stan Corbett in Macdonald Hall’s west-side courtyard, with Law’16 Council members (back row) Andrew Sapiano, Sierra Bilyk and Victoria Strachan, and (front row) Kaisha Thompson, and Jessica Spindler.

Law’16 pays tribute to school’s longest-serving associate dean

June 23, 2016
On June 3, students, faculty and staff gathered in the Macdonald Hall courtyard with the family of the late Professor Stan Corbett, LLB’95 (BA’66, MA’72, PhD’82) to honour his legacy and his many contributions to Queen’s Law. Members of the Class of Law’16, who graduated later that day, had chosen as their class gift a memorial bench to commemorate their much-loved professor and mentor.
Medal in Law recipient Jeremy Butt, Law’16, with father David Butt, Law’86, outside Grant Hall at Convocation on June 3. (Photo by Greg Black)

Dual clerkships a family affair for Queen’s Law graduates

June 13, 2016
When Jeremy Butt, Law’16, begins 24 months of clerkship in the fall, he’s not only embarking on a rare opportunity for law grads – he’s part of a family tradition. Jeremy will first clerk at the Ontario Court of Appeal (OCA), and then next September he will move to the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC), where he will work with Justice Michael Moldaver. He’s starting his career with the same two clerkships as his father, David Butt, Law’86 – but Jeremy intends to make his own mark on the courts.