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Professors Cockfield and Brown received the Sherbaniuk award at a Vancouver ceremony.

Queen's Law prof shares major tax writing prize

Queen's Law Professor Art Cockfield has won the Canadian Tax Foundation's Sherbaniuk Award. Appearing in vol. 61 of the Canadian Tax Journal, "Rectifying Tax Mistakes versus Retroactive Taxes: Reconciling Competing Visions of the Rule of Law," a collaboration with Catherine Brown of the University of Calgary's Faculty of Law, was first conceived as Cockfield was visiting Brown in California in 2012.

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Ksenia Polonskaya is one of the first-ever recipients of the CIGI International Law Research Program scholarship.

Centre for International Governance Innovation awards scholarship to Queen's PhD candidate

Faculty of Law PhD candidate Ksenia Polonskaya has been awarded an initial scholarship from the Centre for International Governance Innovation.

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Photo by Bernard Clark. Greg Richards, Law’79 (right), accepts the H.R.S. Ryan Alumni Award from Dean Bill Flanagan at the Homecoming reception on October 18 at the University Club.

Former Dean’s Council Chair wins Ryan Alumni Award

Greg Richards, Law’79, was the toast of the Dean’s Homecoming reception at the University Club as the 2014 winner of the H.R.S. Ryan Alumni Award for significant contributions to his alma mater and his profession.

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Queen's Faculty of Law has increased the experiential learning opportunities it can offer students with the launch of a Family Law Clinic. It joins existing clinics including Queen's Legal Aid (pictured above), the Prison Law Clinic, Queen's Business Law Clinic, and the Elder Law Clinic.

New Family Law Clinic expands learning opportunities

Law students will provide legal advice, assistance, information and representation to low-income individuals in the Kingston area involved with the family justice system.

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Law'15 student wins national military award

For Jennifer Dumoulin, Law'15, winning a prestigious Canadian essay competition isn’t just a personal triumph – it’s a tribute to her upbringing. She was selected by a jury at the end of July as the winner of the Sword & Scale essay contest, an award established by the National Military Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association to promote and reward interest in military law topics in Canadian law schools.

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Doctoral candidate Tobi Moody received a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship on August 14.

Emerging researcher earns national support

Oluwatobiloba “Tobi” Moody, a doctoral candidate in Law, recently received a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship worth $50,000 per year over the next three years. The federal government established the program in 2008 to attract and retain world-class doctoral students and to make Canada world-renowned for excellence in research and higher learning.

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Four international scholars newest appointees

As the Strategic Framework 2014-2019 began to unfold, Queen’s Law appointed four new faculty members. Grégoire Webber, Jean Thomas and Nicolas Lamp joined the school in July and Lisa Kerr will begin her appointment next July.

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Law’88 Alumna Pens Guide To Solo Practice

Law'88 Alumna Updates Guide To Solo Practice: Going It Alone is second edition of Wendy Oughtred’s book

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In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Bernie Adell

The Queen’s Law community was saddened by the sudden death of Professor Emeritus Bernard “Bernie” Adell, in his 75th year, on July 24 while visiting family in Sasebo, Japan. A former dean of Queen’s Law, he was a respected teacher and an internationally recognized scholar in employment and labour law.

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Flags lowered in memory of former Law dean

Flags on campus are lowered in memory of Professor Emeritus Bernard "Bernie" Adell, a former dean of the Faculty of Law and an internationally recognized scholar in the employment and labour law field.

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Photo courtesy of Law Society of Upper Canada. LLD honoree John Sims, QC, Law'71, is congratulated by his hooder, former Chief Justice of Ontario Roy McMurtry. Looking on is then-LSUC Treasurer Tom Conway, who presided at the Call to the Bar ceremony in Ottawa on June 23.

LSUC awards honorary doctorates to pair of ’70s grads

John Sims, QC, Law’71, and David Smye, QC, Law’70, received honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) degrees from the Law Society of Upper Canada at its Call to the Bar ceremonies in June.

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Peter Brady, Law’96 (right), receives the CGCA for Litigation Management from David Ross of McMillan LLP at the award ceremony held at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto

Law’96 grad wins national award for litigation management

Peter Brady, Law‘96, is the 2014 recipient of the Canadian General Counsel Award (CGCA) for Litigation Management. The award, co-sponsored by the National Post and ZSA Legal Recruitment, recognizes excellence in the in-house counsel community.

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Two from Queen’s Law secure Supreme Court clerkships

Can AI cure the primary care crisis?

Queen’s wins 4 awards at national immigration law moot

Queen’s wins national tax moot

Queen’s wins Black Law Students’ Association of Canada Award!