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The Queen’s Business Law Clinic thanks volunteer Review Counsel Bob Milnes, Law’69, for his eight years of invaluable mentorship to students providing pro bono legal services to Kingston-area small businesses and charities.

Mentoring clinic students an ‘absolutely wonderful experience,’ says retired corporate law leader

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Robert Garmaise, Chief Innovation Officer with Fasken and Professor Samuel Dahan, Director of the Conflict Analytics Lab at Queen’s are pleased to announce a partnership that will ensure the firm is ahead of technological trends affecting legal services.

Fasken-Queen’s joint venture to enhance legal professional development

Fasken and the Conflict Analytics Lab at Queen’s have partnered to ensure the firm is ahead of technological trends affecting legal services.

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Banks comments on paid sick leave as a response to COVID-19

Professor Kevin Banks, labour and employment law expert, surveys the pros and cons of the headline-dominating proposal and outlines a possible way forward.

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Lena MacNicholas, Law’21, works part-time from her home office as a student member of the virtual Family Justice Clinic, where family law practitioners supervise students in delivering services to low-income self-represented litigants.

Law’21 student helps Ontarians access family justice during COVID

Lena MacNicholas, Law’21, is gaining valuable legal skills as student member of the virtual Family Justice Clinic, where family law practitioners supervise students in delivering services to low-income self-represented litigants.

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Professor Grégoire Webber, Canada Research Chair in Public Law and Philosophy of Law, has delivered a talk and published articles on the Charter’s notwithstanding clause.

Perspectives on Canada’s Charter: Unpacking the ‘override provision’

In recognition of Law Day, Professor Grégoire Webber reflects on the enduring legacy and contemporary significance of the Charter through a brief examination of one of its most contested articles, “the notwithstanding clause.”

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Especially after COVID-19, Canadians need better financial literacy and teachers can help

Associate Dean Gail Henderson and Queen's Education professor Pamela Beach find that how quickly people recover financially from the COVID-19 crisis, or lose the gains they made, may depend on their level of financial literacy. Teaching the subject to kids requires offering teachers professional development to ensure they're equipped.

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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP and the Conflict Analytics Lab at Queen’s have partnered to produce the Intelligent Settlement System, intended to give litigators in personal injury matters an objective tool to better assess cases and to assist with pre-trial strategies and finding optimal negotiation strategies and outcomes.

Queen’s-BLG partnership to create AI-powered dispute resolution system

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP and the Conflict Analytics Lab at Queen’s are producing the Intelligent Settlement System to give litigators in personal injury matters an objective tool to better assess cases and to assist with pre-trial strategies and finding optimal negotiation strategies and outcomes.

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Selected to clerk with justices of Canadian courts in 2022-23 are: (top row, l-r) Alysha Flipse, Law’20, Rachel Oster, Law’20, Michael Cui, Law’21, Samantha Bondoux, Law’21, Christina Tang, Law’22, (bottom row, l-r) Rayna Lew, Law’21, Shailaja Nadarajah, Law’21, Caine Chapman, Law’22, and Ross Denny-Jiles, Law’22.

Students secure coveted clerkships with Canada’s top courts

Despite the constraints of a global pandemic, Queen’s Law students will continue to make their mark in Canada’s judicial system.

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Shadow Program pairs of students and mentors also included (top row) Kevin Kiss, Law’23, and Mark Asfar, Law’17, in-house counsel with J.L. Richards & Associates Limited in Ottawa; (middle row) Rena Taggar, Law’23, and Corina Capmare, Law’19, an associate with Cassels Brock and Blackwell LLP in Toronto; and (bottom row) Kevin Lau, Law’23, and Stephen Shamie, Law’86, a partner and senior labour and employment lawyer with Hicks Morley Hamilton Stewart Storie LLP in Toronto.

Mentorship and self-discovery start students on planning career paths

Our Shadow Program pairs first-year students with legal professionals to learn what it’s like to work in big and small law firms, in corporations, with the government, and with public-interest organizations.

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Metcalf comments on Supreme Court’s carbon tax ruling

Professor Cherie Metcalf sheds light on how the Supreme Court of Canada’s greenhouse gas pricing decision will affect climate policy and Canadian federalism.

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Second-year students dance up a storm as part of this year’s virtual Cabaret for a Cure, raising funds for the Canadian Cancer Society.

COVID can’t stop Cabaret charity fundraiser

Student dancers, models, and their pets came together virtually to perform for Cabaret, the Queen’s Law Cancer Society’s biggest way to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society.

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Chief Cadmus Delorme of Cowessess First Nation responds to a question during a Q&A session following his talk on “Indigenizing Child and Family Services.”

Cowessess Chief addresses importance of Indigenous sovereignty in child welfare

In his talk, “Indigenizing Child and Family Services,” the Chief looked at the evolution of the Act that established Cowessess’ jurisdictional sovereignty over their children and families that require protection and prevention support, as well as holistic measures aimed at addressing intergenerational trauma.

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Faculty’s first professional program – in legal AI – sparks new master classes for legal and non-legal participants

Murray presents historical report on missing and disappeared Indigenous children

National research grants awarded to faculty for ‘insightful’ research

Borrows comments on human rights for a more just world

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