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Fabian Raso, MBA‘12/Law’13, and Mark Scattolon pitch their business Hangry on the hit show Dragons’ Den, filmed in Toronto and originally aired on Nov. 4.

CBC’s Dragons’ Den is hungry for recent grad’s Hangry

December 2, 2015
Fabian Raso, MBA‘12/Law’13 (Artsci’09), has hit it big on the popular CBC show Dragons’ Den. His company, Hangry, closed a deal for $120,000 with three “dragons” in November. Hangry, a skip-the-line restaurant app now targeted at university and college students, allows users to pre-order and pre-pay for meals from any of their on-campus food locations and then notifies them when their order is ready for pickup.
Owen Rees, Law’02, and Professor Grégoire Webber

Advocacy Institute co-founders from Queen’s Law saluted nationally

November 30, 2015
Alumnus Owen Rees and Professor Grégoire Webber of Queen’s Faculty of Law have been selected to receive one of Canada’s most prestigious civilian honours. Rees, Law’02, a partner at the highly regarded Toronto boutique litigation firm Stockwoods, and friend Webber, the Canada Research Chair in Public Law and Philosophy of Law, will be awarded Meritorious Service Medals at an upcoming ceremony in Ottawa. The medals, established by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to recognize individuals for remarkable achievements, will be presented by Governor General David Johnston, Law’66, LLD’91.
Professor Martha Bailey, LLM’88, curls up with a few good books, including The Laws of Adulterine Bastardy, in the Lederman Law Library. (Photo by Bernard Clark)

Professor Bailey researches marriage law in Jane Austen’s world

November 27, 2015
“Marriage,” writes Martha Bailey, “is the central theme and conclusion of Jane Austen’s novels.” From her first published book, Sense and Sensibility, to her last, Persuasion, Austen’s plots centred on the intricacies of marriage, from engagements and financial settlements to clandestine weddings, adultery and illegitimate children.
Jackie Swaisland, Law’06, works on a refugee sponsorship application with a client at her office in Toronto.

Former Law Students’ Society President leads national program to help refugees

November 20, 2015
Jackie Swaisland, Law’06, knew she had to use her expertise as an immigration lawyer to help people caught up in the biggest refugee crisis since World War II. After being contacted by other lawyers asking what they could do to assist, she got an idea to compile a list of those who were willing to work pro-bono with private refugee sponsorships. This initiative blossomed into the Refugee Sponsorship Support Program and Swaisland is one of its key leaders.
Katie Hunter, Law’15

New grad wins provincial family law award named for her Queen’s Law mentor

November 11, 2015
Katie Hunter, Law'15, may have just graduated in June, but she has already won an award for demonstrating similar qualities to Professor Nick Bala, Law’77. On Oct 23, she received the Nicholas Bala Award for Excellence in Children & Family Law from the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts, Ontario (AFCC-O), recognizing her interdisciplinary achievements in law and social work.
Professor Erik Knutsen will supervise the incoming doctoral student selected for the insurance law fellowship.

Queen’s offers $35,000 fellowship in insurance law

November 4, 2015
PhD applicants to Queen’s Law who wish to study insurance law will be eligible for a $35,000, three-year fellowship under the supervision of Professor Erik Knutsen. This fellowship includes a $30,000 scholarship and a $5,000 Research Assistantship. The area of study will be on a topic related to Knutsen’s SSHRC-funded research project “Floods, Fires, Crashes: Resolving Post-Disaster Insurance Coverage Conflicts in Canada.”