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Helen Connop (second left) at the Teaching and Learning Awards ceremony in the Agnes Etherington Art Gallery on Jan. 27 with Principal Daniel Woolf; Ann Tierney, Law’89, Vice-Provost and Dean of Student Affairs; and Dr. Mike Condra, former director of Health, Counselling and Disability Services.

Law’s education and equity manager saluted for outstanding service to students

February 12, 2016
“Helen Connop is a widely-respected pillar of the Faculty’s student support system … a caring and thoughtful listener who’s always there to support students one-on-one.” That’s how Queen’s Law community members describe the school’s manager of education and equity services. On Jan. 27, Queen’s University recognized Connop’s important work as Principal Daniel Woolf presented her with the inaugural Michael Condra Outstanding Student Service Award.
Dean Bill Flanagan (far right), at the Law & Politics panel in Macdonald Hall on Jan. 20, introduces panelists Nathanial Erskine-Smith, MP, Law’10; Tony Clement, MP; Andy Singh, Law’10; Lynne Golding, Law‘87; and Randeep Sarai, MP, Law’01.

Law and politics panelists encourage students to get involved

February 10, 2016
It doesn’t matter what political party students are active in as long as they are tireless advocates for what they believe in. Students took away this sage advice from the first annual panel discussion hosted by the Law & Politics Club on Jan. 20. That’s when they met practitioners and politicians, including one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s legal advisors and a potential Conservative leadership candidate.
Steven Whitehead, Law’78, and Lynne Golding, Law’87, of Faskens outside the newly upgraded Fasken Martineau DuMoulin Moot Court Room on Jan. 20.

Moot court room renewal to help the next generation of litigators succeed

February 8, 2016
Students, faculty and staff joined alumni representatives from Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP on Jan. 20 to celebrate the re-opening of the moot court room in the firm’s name. A vital part of the law school infrastructure, the moot facility has been modernized thanks to generous support from Queen’s Law graduates now with Faskens.
Professor Bruce Pardy (second right) at the Ecolawgic book launch with host Professor Grégoire Webber and commentators Professor Jason MacLean and Justice Grant Huscroft.

An ‘ecolawgical’ showdown at Queen’s Law

February 5, 2016
Professor Bruce Pardy recently invited two distinguished scholars to provide “scathing comments” about his new book so he could then argue they were “off their rockers.” Justice Grant Huscroft, Law’84, of the Ontario Court of Appeal and Professor Jason MacLean of Lakehead’s Faculty of Law took up the challenge on Jan. 18. They participated in a spirited but playful book launch for Ecolawgic: The Logic of Ecosystems and the Rule of Law. Students jam-packed the event, which gave them an engaging and humorous opportunity to think about law in a different way.
Professor Yofi Tirosh of Tel Aviv University has an informal discussion with students on sex-segregation for religious reasons in Israel during her visit to Queen’s Law.

Visiting Tel Aviv scholar teaches antidiscrimination law to Queen’s students

January 27, 2016
Discrimination damages the lives of many people, from general harassment to finding employment or accommodation. What questions do legal systems have to address when tackling this problem through human rights legislation, employment equity rules and other areas of the law? Professor Yofi Tirosh, a visiting scholar from Tel Aviv University, is addressing this topic in a short course for Queen’s students during her 11 days in residence from January 18 to 29.
Professor Nicolas Lamp (second left) with Law’17 students helping to facilitate the 2016 ELSA Moot at Queen’s: Marko Petrovic, Carly White and Azeem Manghat.

Queen’s Law to host international trade moot

January 22, 2016
If you want to see the future face of trade law from across two continents, Kingston, Ontario will be the place to do it this spring. Students from across North and South America will be bringing their ‘A’ game to Kingston in early March to do exactly that. The All-American Regional Round of the 2016 European Law Students’ Association (ELSA) Moot on international trade law is being hosted by Queen’s Law, attracting dozens of students from competing schools from Canada to Colombia.
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Professor Erik Knutsen’s new book has insurance lawyers covered

January 18, 2016
From accident compensation to operating a small business, insurance law is a constant, if subtle, presence in most lives. Nobody knows this better than Professor Erik Knutsen, who has co-authored the fourth edition of a leading book on the subject: Stempel and Knutsen on Insurance Coverage (4th ed.). This two-volume, 3000-page treatise on American insurance law is written for scholars and courts, as well as practitioners from all sides and of all levels of experience.