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Jock Climie, Law’94 (Artsci’89), who successfully combined law and football for 30 years, is this year’s winner of the J.A. (Alec) Corry Distinguished Alumni Award for excelling in a career outside the traditional practice of law.

Former football Gael and CFL All-Star wins Corry Award

Jock Climie, Law’94, who successfully combined law and football for 30 years, is this year’s winner of the J.A. (Alec) Corry Distinguished Alumni Award for excelling in a career outside the traditional practice of law.

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By video, Professor Samuel Dahan accepts the Stanley M. Corbett Teaching Excellence Award presented by the Law Students’ Society.

Accolades for Dahan’s excellent teaching

Congratulations to Professor Samuel Dahan on receiving this year’s Stanley M. Corbett Teaching Excellence Award from the Law Students’ Society.

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First Nations leader to be school’s advocate for reconciliation and inclusivity

Stacia Loft, Law’20, the inaugural Director of Indigenous Initiatives and Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity Programs at Queen’s Law, is ready to create pathways to legal education for Indigenous, racialized, and marginalized people.

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Professor Grégoire Webber, Canada Research Chair in Public Law and Philosophy of Law, has been awarded an $85,000 Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for his project “Recovering the Good in Law.”

Webber explores how understanding ‘good’ things in life informs our understanding of law

In his new SSHRC-funded research project, “Recovering the Good in Law,” Professor Grégoire Webber is looking at the interplay between moral philosophy and the making of law.

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Law’23 student to receive provincial award for advancing equality rights

Natalie Zhang, Law’23, who has spent several years studying and advocating for minority groups and is involved in a Charter challenge, will be presented the Aird & Berlis Equality Award from the Women’s Law Association of Ontario on June 10.

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Queen’s Law Spring 2021 Graduation: YOUR MOMENT

Congratulations to our 2021 graduates! Even though we can’t be with you right now, we have created this page to celebrate all your hard work and accomplishments throughout your Queen’s Law studies. Watch and read the special messages prepared for you by Dean Mark Walters and members of our faculty, staff and outgoing Law Students’ Society executive.

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Amrita V. Singh, Law’12, already a partner with an international intellectual property firm and a mentor to junior lawyers and law students, is this year’s recipient of the Dan Soberman Outstanding Young Alumni Award.

Outstanding young litigator combines passion for law and science

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Professor Cherie Metcalf has received two research grants for which she’ll be tackling the problem of climate change in Canada, delving into how the country’s division of powers and governance institutions intersect with its ability to make effective policy.

Metcalf explores how institutions can help or hinder effective climate action in Canada

Professor Cherie Metcalf has received two research grants to tackle the problem of climate change in Canada by delving into how the country’s division of powers and governance institutions intersect with its ability to make effective policy.

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Professor Erik Knutsen, recently elected a Fellow of the European Law Institute, has received a new research grant to write a practical reference book for courts, lawyers, and insurers to guide decision-making processes around interpreting the language of insurance policies to produce fair, efficient, and just outcomes for both sides involved in disputes.

Knutsen to clarify law of Canadian insurance policy interpretation

Professor Erik Knutsen has received a research grant to write a practical reference book for courts, lawyers, and insurers to guide decision-making processes around interpreting the language of insurance policies to produce fair, efficient, and just outcomes for both sides involved in disputes.

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Justice Cynthia Petersen, Law’89, Amrita V. Singh, Law’12, Wendy Whitecloud, Law’84, and Jock Climie, Law’94, are this year’s recipients of four coveted Queen’s Law alumni awards.

Meet the newest Queen’s Law alumni honorees

An LGBT rights champion on the bench, a young intellectual property, diversity and inclusion leader, an advocate for Indigenous justice, and an all-star athlete/employment law litigator have been selected by their peers as the 2021 Queen’s Law alumni award recipients.

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Students present cutting-edge legal tech platform at Collision conference

Legal-tech innovators Avinash Pillay, Law’22, Daniel Moholia, Law’21, Yoonhyun Cho, Law’22, and Thabo Magubane are re-imagining the future of legal systems with Mouthpiece Law.

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Canada should embrace Quebec's simple incorporation system for small businesses

Professor Robert Yalden says that with some minor refinements, Quebec’s regime can and should be deployed across the country.

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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!