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AI in law

How will artificial intelligence affect the legal profession in the next decade?

November 3, 2015
One of the hottest topics in the legal community of late is the expected impact on their profession of super-fast computers with the capacity to simulate human intelligence and decision-making, a.k.a. “artificial intelligence” (AI). Ever since Queen’s Law Professor Hugh Lawford initiated the computerized database QUIC/LAW in the 1960s, AI has been creeping into the legal field.
Law’80 classmates with Dean Bill Flanagan (back row, far right) at their Homecoming dinner held in the Donald Gordon Centre, where their $250,000 cheque was presented.

Record-setting gift by Law’80 bolsters Queen’s business law program

October 30, 2015
The business law program at Queen’s keeps growing stronger. Raising $250,000 for the Law’80 Scholar in Business Law fund, the Queen’s Law class of 1980 has not only created the largest class gift ever for a single initiative, but also achieved the highest class fundraising participation rate. They met their ambitious target when back on campus for their 35th anniversary at Homecoming 2015.
The Academic Assistance Program is available to all first-year and upper-year students at Queen’s Law.

Queen’s Law tutors offer practical advice and tips for incoming JDs

October 28, 2015
Within their first few weeks at Queen’s Law, most first-year students will turn to the Academic Assistance Program, which provides free and confidential tutoring and mentoring by trained, academically strong upper-year law students. This year, more than 60 upper-year tutors have signed up to mentor an average of four to six students each, offering advice on course material, professor expectations, best practices for studying and writing exams, and how to adjust to law school culture.
Professor Darryl Robinson, pictured in April presenting at a conference in Mexico.

Queen’s Law professor shares expertise on international justice with Australian scholars

October 23, 2015
Professor Darryl Robinson recently spent a week at the Australian National University in Canberra, giving three presentations. His visit was hosted by the Centre for International Governance and Justice as part of the “Festival of International Law,” which examined new research directions in international criminal scholarship.
Students participate in mock interviews with their peers in Macdonald Hall on Sept. 28.

Career Development Office guides Queen’s Law students to a legal career

October 21, 2015
With job recruiting season in full swing, Queen’s Law students are turning to the Career Development Office (CDO) to help them make informed career choices. Providing advice for a range of summer, articling and long-term employment opportunities, the CDO offers comprehensive services across all three years of law school to help guide students into the legal profession.
The Weber symposium is being held in memory of Professor Bernie Adell, pictured right at a 2011 workshop with Professor Kevin Banks, CLCW Director, and Elizabeth Shilton, CLCW Senior Fellow.

Queen’s hosts symposium on 20th anniversary of landmark Supreme Court ruling

October 19, 2015
The Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace (CLCW) at Queen’s is tackling a Supreme Court of Canada decision that has spawned two decades of controversy about the role of labour arbitration in adjudicating workplace disputes involving unionized employees. On Oct. 30–31, the CLCW is presenting the “One Law for All:” Has Weber v. Ontario Hydro Transformed Collective Agreement Administration and Arbitration in Canada?”
Ecolawgic

Queen’s Law professor gets ‘ecolawgical’ with new book

October 14, 2015
In his newly published book, Ecolawgic: The Logic of Ecosystems and the Rule of Law, Professor Bruce Pardy has a lofty ambition. He attempts to answer “the most difficult legal questions:” How can the law protect against arbitrary exercise of state power used to pursue self-interested ends, be they good or bad, and avoid imposing one group’s priorities over others? Are there standards that are natural, unquestionable, true and independent of human preference? Is there a non-arbitrary, uniform principle on which the law can be based?
Sue Charlesworth, Law’81, at Pond Inlet in July 2015 during her two-year stay in Nunavut.

Queen’s Legal Aid director helps deliver access to justice in Arctic Canada

October 7, 2015
After spending two years as criminal counsel in Iqaluit and surrounding communities, Sue Charlesworth, Law’81, returned home to Kingston and her post as Senior Review Counsel at Queen’s Legal Aid (QLA). Queen’s Law Reports interviewed the clinic director about her experiences serving citizens in northern Canada.