Dean Bill Flanagan shares the school’s achievements and initiatives with alumni at an Edmonton reception.
Dean Bill Flanagan shares the school’s achievements and initiatives with alumni at an Edmonton reception. Event host Leanne Krawchuk, Law’97, says, “We encourage our children, their friends, our friend’s children and other undergrads to enrol at Queen’s and to continue the tradition.”

It was a typical chilly fall evening in Edmonton on November 27, but the 20 Queen’s Law alumni gathered for a reception in the downtown office of Dentons Canada LLP felt nothing but the warmth of camaraderie. 

“We had a fantastic evening reminiscing about our experiences at Queen’s Law with our fellow Edmonton alumni,” says event host Leanne Krawchuk, Law’97, a partner with Dentons and a member of the school’s Alberta Alumni Council. We all agreed we feel so lucky to have the opportunity to come together at least once or twice a year to keep our Edmonton alumni connected.”

In attendance were grads from the 1970s to just last year. “We are all strong advocates of promoting the law school and we encourage our children, their friends, our friend’s children and other undergrads to enrol at Queen’s and to continue the tradition,” Krawchuk says.

At the reception, Dean Bill Flanagan presented grads with an update on Faculty programs, teaching innovations and other successes. These include a 95 per cent placement rate for JD students, a 30 per cent expansion in faculty numbers over the past five years, and the new online Graduate Diploma in Legal Services Management. 

“The event gave us a great opportunity to network with other Queen’s alumni and to hear updates regarding the school and what Dean Flanagan has planned for the next six months,” says Kate MacLennan, Law’10 (Artsci’07), an associate with Birdsell Grant LLP located in nearby Stony Plain and an Alberta Alumni Council member. “The Graduate Diploma in Legal Services Management is particularly exciting and shows that Queen’s Law is trying to lead the way in providing an avenue for young lawyers to acquire additional information and skills that will make them successful in their careers.”  

Krawchuk calls it a privilege to have been able to host the event. “I, like so many fellow alumni, have such memorable and fond memories of Dean Flanagan’s Business Associations class, where he taught us the concepts of oppression remedies, fiduciary duties, corporate governance, and shared real world examples of public and private companies involved in a myriad of corporate disputes. 

“He has been a visionary for the law school,” she adds. “We have all been touched and inspired by his tremendous enthusiasm and support for the school, the faculty, the students and alumni.