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Stan Corbett, former Queen's Law Associate Dean (Academic)

Two Queen’s Law community members to be granted Queen’s Distinguished Service Award

When Queen’s conveys its highest honour for services rendered to the university in November, Queen’s Law will be well-represented among the recipients: they includeDavid Bonham, professor emeritus, and Stan Corbett, the Faculty’s Associate Dean (Academic), who passed away in May.

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Career Counsellor Julie Banting, CDO Director Gillian Ready and Law '17 students Alice Rho and Rachel Morison at the event

Law alumni help Queen’s students navigate the recruitment process

On Friday, July 24, the Career Development Office at the Faculty of Law held a networking event for incoming second year law students with alumni in Toronto. The event connected students with alumni to help prepare students for the for the upcoming Toronto summer recruitment process.

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Queen’s Law’80 alumnus honoured for excellence in insolvency law

For 35 years, Kevin McElcheran, Law’80, has helped a wide variety of clients deal with problems caused by commercial insolvency and has contributed to their restructuring. On May 6, the Ontario Bar Association (OBA) recognized his approach to practice with the 2015 Murray Klein Award for Excellence in Insolvency Law.

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Charlotte Osei, LLM’95, becomes the first woman to head the Electoral Commission of Ghana as she is officially sworn in on June 30.

Ghana’s first female electoral commissioner a Queen’s Law grad

Charlotte Charlotte Osei, LLM’95, was sworn in as the head of the Electoral Commission of Ghana on June 30, and is the first woman ever in the post.

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Connie Reeve, Law'82, winner of the 2015 Randall Echlin Mentorship Award, with Justice Echlin's widow Ann, and 2014 award recipient Peter Israel.

Queen’s Law’82 alumna recognized for exceptional mentorship

Throughout a 30-year career with Blake Cassels & Graydon LLP, Connie Reeve, Law’82, has excelled in her law practise. Starting in her early days there, she also became an influential mentor. On June 4, the Labour and Employment section of the Ontario Bar Association saluted both sets of contributions by presenting her with the 2015 Randall Echlin Mentorship Award.

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Queen’s Law to host moot “unlike any other”, focusing on Aboriginal law issues

The Kawaskimhon Moot is coming to Macdonald Hall in spring 2016.

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Law’70 alumnus saluted for ‘excellence in insurance law’

Since co-founding the personal injury firm Singer Kwinter 41 years ago, Law’70 alumnus Alf Kwinter has distinguished himself in his field. Most recently, he received the 2015 Award of Excellence in Insurance Law from the Ontario Bar Association (OBA).

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Rosa Stall, Adam Giel and Ainsley Hunter run the Queen's chapter of Pro Bono Students Canada.

Queen’s pro bono students: Increasing access to justice

Queen’s pro bono student group provides free legal services to community groups and organizations.

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Alumni award winner Kristin Muszynski, Law’05, with Harold Van Winssen, managing partner of Templeman Menninga LLP

Local alumni and friends celebrate Queen’s Law

Dozens of Kingston and Belleville alumni came together at the University Club at Queen’s on July 15 to catch up with each other, get the latest news from Queen’s Law, and applaud one of their own. Kristin Muszynski, Law’05, newly elected Frontenac Law Association President, received the inaugural Dan Soberman Outstanding Young Alumni Award at the event.

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Professors Thomas and Webber will launch the Colloquium this fall.

New Colloquium seminar series brings together law, philosophy and political studies

Professors Jean Thomas and Grégoire Webber have been been developing the new Colloquium in Legal and Political Philosophy, to begin this September.

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Meet Law’s new Associate Dean (Academic)

Professor Cherie Metcalf, an expert in law and economics, public law and environmental law, began a three-year term in Queen’s Law’s top academic post on July 1.

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Rosenbluth and Prof. Tsvi Kahana at Convocation 2015

Queen’s Law’15 grad wins Canadian Bar Association essay award

Dan Rosenbluth is off to a great start in administrative law as the recent winner of the Paul Smith Essay Competition, a national award granted by the Canadian Bar Association’s National Administrative Law Section.

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Building bridges to law for Black students

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