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Photo by Julia Lim. Students in the blended LAW-201 course, for which all 200 spots were filled in September 2014.

Online intro to law course sees enthusiastic reception, plans major expansion next winter

March 21, 2015
For the past two years, Queen’s undergraduate students have jumped at the chance to take LAW-201 Introduction to the Study of Canadian Law, a fall-winter course taught by Queen’s Law professors. This summer, the course will be offered online for the first time, and further expanded to an even wider audience of students from any Ontario university in the next winter semester.
Cabaret for a Cure.

Students dance up a storm and $14K for cancer research

March 17, 2015
Cabaret for a Cure, the school’s popular annual dance show and charity fundraiser hosted by the Queen’s Law Cancer Society (QLCS), reached unprecedented heights this year. A greater number of talented student dancers, as well as models in a new fashion show, performed on a larger stage in front of a bigger crowd. The incredibly fun-filled night on March 13 saw more than triple the usual funds raised as classmates, faculty, friends and parents packed the Grand Theatre in downtown Kingston, generating almost $14,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society.
Queen’s Law’s “Flip Your Wig” student ambassador Cam Rempel, MPA’15/Law’18 (right) with fellow students, Professors Jean Thomas and Grégoire Webber, and Dean Bill Flanagan (2nd right).

Queen’s Law ‘flips’ for justice

March 11, 2015
Macdonald Hall was recently filled with students and faculty donning colourful hair pieces – they were “flipping out” to participate in the province-wide campaign “Flip Your Wig for Justice.” Showing a united front with law schools across Ontario, Queen’s Law community members took part in several activities to raise awareness of a national crisis situation, celebrate the law students and professionals who are responding to it, and support six organizations that work to combat the reality facing vulnerable Ontarians.
Secret Trial 5.

Queen's prof featured in documentary that shines spotlight on secrets

March 2, 2015
Secret Trial 5 is being shown at The Screening Room this Sunday and Professor Sharry Aiken has a significant role in the film, discussing the human impact of the war on terror. The film examines the Canadian government’s use of security certificates, an immigration tool that allows the government to deport non-citizens it deems a threat to national security.
Keynote speaker Attiya Waris, senior lecturer with the University of Nairobi

Queen’s conference to examine tax justice for women at critical time

February 24, 2015
On March 6 and 7, Feminist Legal Studies Queen’s (FLSQ) will host the conference “Women and Tax Justice at Beijing+20: Taxing and Budgeting for Sex Equality.” The event will bring to campus scholars and legal practitioners from across Canada and around the world to discuss and tax and spending laws that are undermining sex equality and how to ensure governments change these laws.