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Frank Walwyn, Law’93, is a member of the Dean’s Council at Queen’s Law.

Law’93 grad credited for career contributions in Canada and the Caribbean

April 15, 2016
Frank Walwyn, Law’93, a partner at WeirFoulds LLP, has a burgeoning national and international reputation. Now he has added two new honours to supplement his impressive resume. This spring, the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL) inducted him as a Fellow. On April 20, the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) will present him with its Award for Distinguished Service.
Sheila Murray, Law’82

Law’82 alumna to help modernize Ontario’s business laws

April 11, 2016
She is the president of one of Canada’s largest investment fund companies – and will soon be helping steer the future of business in Ontario. Sheila Murray, Law’82 (Com’79), has accepted an appointment to the Ontario government’s new Business Law Advisory Council (BLAC). The 11-member panel, which is made up of professionals with expertise in the area, will recommend changes to provincial corporate and commercial laws that will strengthen the competitiveness of Ontario businesses in the Canadian and global economies. Murray brings more than three decades of experience to her appointment.
Rothstein Lecture

Osler’s $100K investment to pay solid returns for Queen’s business law students

April 8, 2016
Two business law initiatives are beginning at Queen’s Law this fall thanks to a generous contribution of $100,000 from Osler Hoskin & Harcourt LLP. First, a scholarship will support students who are entering the new combined BCom/JD program. Second, a seminar/workshop series focusing on the essentials of business knowledge for lawyers is being created.
Ashley Pitcher, Law’17, presents the 2016 LSS Spark Award to Jason Mercredi, Law’18, LSS Aboriginal Student Representative, on March 28.

Queen’s Law students vote to create aboriginal student entrance scholarship

April 1, 2016
On March 24, Queen’s Law students voted to use the Law Students’ Society’s $25,000 budget surplus to create the school’s first entrance scholarship for Aboriginal law students. The Law Faculty will match the LSS’s contribution in order to establish an endowed fund that will support an annual scholarship of $2,000 to $3,000 for one student each year.
Shayla Stein, Law’16, and Jennifer Cao, Law’17, winners of the 2016 OTLA Cup

Queen’s Law wins provincial competition in oral advocacy

March 24, 2016
Shayla Stein, Law’16, and Jennifer Cao, Law’17, brought the OTLA Cup home to Macdonald Hall. They turned in a triple-crown performance at the 2016 Ontario Trial Lawyers’ Association Moot held at the Windsor Superior Court of Justice on March 5–6. Not only did they win the award for Best Overall Team, but they also took top individual honours: Stein was named Best Overall Advocate and Cao gave the Best Cross-Examination.
Elizabeth Shilton, Senior Fellow with the Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace

Queen’s Senior Fellow recognized for advancing women’s equality

March 23, 2016
“Elizabeth Shilton is an enduring feminist … Her work is driven by her passion for advancing equality and equity for women, girls and marginalized people.” That’s how the YWCA Toronto describes Shilton, Senior Fellow with the Queen’s Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace (CLCW). The YWCA Toronto has named her its Law and Justice honoree among its Women of the Year for 2016.
Justice Thomas Cromwell, Law’76, LLD’10 presents “The Legal Services Gap: Professional Responsibility and Access to Justice” to Queen’s Law students and faculty in Macdonald Hall on March 11.

Supreme Court of Canada Justice emphasizes access to justice in Queen’s Law talk

March 17, 2016
“First you have to want it.” That’s how Justice Thomas Cromwell, Law’76, LLD’10 (Mus’73) began his talk with eager Queen’s Law students. On March 11, Cromwell returned to his alma mater to give the McCarthy Tétrault LLP Annual Lecture on Legal Ethics and Professionalism. For his hour-long talk, “The Legal Services Gap: Professional Responsibility and Access to Justice,” he explored how current regulation inhibits access to legal services and how it can be changed to ameliorate this problem.