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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.
Fiona Sampson, Law'93, visits beneficiaries of the 160 Girls Project at Ntani Primary School in Nairobi on Jan. 14. (Photo by Brian Jaybee)

QUAA Alumni Humanitarian Award recipient uses human rights law to protect 10 million Kenyan girls

March 15, 2016
Human rights lawyer Fiona Sampson, Law’93 (Artsci’85), was the driving force behind a landmark ruling in 2013 that found Kenyan police at fault for failing to protect girls from rape. The successful case, filed on behalf of 160 girls who were survivors of rape, now helps to protect more than 10 million women and girls in Kenya from similar crimes in the future. Sampson and her team are now working with Kenyan police – who rarely investigated rape cases before the lawsuit – training them to better handle sexual assaults, and girls and communities are being empowered to claim their rights under the “160 Girls” law.
Tricolour Award winners Michael Coleman, Law’17, and Thompson Hamilton, Law’16.

Two Queen’s Law students rewarded for making a difference

March 10, 2016
Thompson Hamilton, Law’16 (Artsci’13), and Michael Coleman, Law’17, are among five students being inducted into the Agnes Benidickson Tricolour Society this year for their outstanding service to the Queen’s community. They have both earned the top university honour through impressive extra-curriculars that have made a lasting, positive impact.
Andrée Cazabon, Director of the Third World Canada documentary.

Filmmaker to bring acclaimed documentary to Kawaskimhon moot

March 3, 2016
Attendees from Canada’s 17 law schools coming to Queen’s Law for the Kawaskimhon Moot on March 11 are already participating in one of the most unique events available to law students. This year, however, moot organizer Hugo Choquette, Law’05, LLM’10, has arranged for some extra-curricular activities to make the moot an event to remember. Key among them is the screening of Third World Canada, a documentary by Ottawa filmmaker Andrée Cazabon.
Márcio Pereira

Dual doctoral degree student creates international inter-disciplinary connections

February 22, 2016
Márcio Pereira’s academic interests have always been as ambitious as they are wide-ranging. Pereira, who completed his undergraduate and master’s studies in his native Brazil, has studied law and philosophy. He has been deeply inspired by the struggles that emerged around the globe since 2011, including the Spanish Indignados and Occupy Wall Street that directly address the question of democratic governance.
A student caseworker and Queen’s Family Law Clinic Director Karla McGrath, LLM’13, greet clients in the Queen’s Law Clinics in downtown Kingston. (Photo by Greg Black)

Queen’s Law Clinics mark one-year anniversary in their downtown digs

February 19, 2016
It’s been a year since Queen’s Law brought together all five of its legal clinics in one central location and there are plenty of reasons to celebrate. Students, who are supervised by full-time directors and duty counsel, continue to serve hundreds of local clients. For the past 12 months, they have done this in a law office setting, where the benefits to the school and local community continue to grow.