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Congratulations to the Class of 2023!

Celebrated for their hard work and determination in completing their programs are our newest JD, LLM, PhD, CiL, and GDipICL graduates.

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Wayne Garnons-Williams, Law’90, who had played a key role in negotiating the Indigenous Peoples Economic and Trade Cooperation Arrangement (IPETCA), presents the opening keynote address at the 2023 Queen’s Conference on Indigenous Reconciliation (QCIR) that focused on “Sustainable Pathways to Reconciliation.”

Student-run conference explores sustainable paths to reconciliation

The 2023 Queen’s Conference on Indigenous Reconciliation engages, educates, and inspires a record number of participants.

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Queen’s appoints Colleen M. Flood as Dean of Law

Professor Colleen Flood, Research Chair in Health Law & Policy and Director of the Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics at the University of Ottawa, begins her deanship at Queen’s Law on July 1.

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Irene Cybulsky, Law’20, who was removed as head of a cardiac surgery division in 2016, has won another round in her fight for workplace equality. The remedy decision in her case confirms that gender discrimination is a systemic workplace issue.

A win for workplace equality

Remedy decision confirms gender discrimination ‘a systemic workplace issue’: Law’20 grad

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Congratulations to our 2023 alumni honorees!

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Professors Darryl Robinson and Sharry Aiken are members of the Canadian Partnership for International Justice, which has received a 2023 Governor General’s Innovation Award as an exceptional and transformative innovation with a positive impact and a 2022 Impact Award from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council for its contributions to building a “just and inclusive society.”(Photos by Greg Black)

Professors recognized for contributions to international justice

Professors Darryl Robinson and Sharry Aiken are members of an academic partnership honoured with a 2023 Governor General’s Innovation Award.

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Professor Debra Thompson (McGill) presents the keynote address “Roots, Routes, and Reckonings: On Blackness and Belonging in North America” at the International Women’s Day conference on “Radical Collaboration(s) for a Better World” hosted by Feminist Legal Studies Queen’s.

International Women’s Day conference focuses on eliminating inequalities

FLSQ’s IWD conference brought together scholars, advocates, and students to discuss collaborations needed to eliminate all forms of inequality for a better world.

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Vicarious Liability, a band of Law’23 classmates – singer Miranda Lacalamita, Zach Moon, Ari Derohanesian, Levon Mouradian, and Christina Papageneorgakopoulous – perform a stirring rendition of a hit by the Cranberries.

Lawlapalooza’23...something to sing about

Students and a prof showed off their musical talents at Lawlapalooza, performing before an enthusiastic audience to raise money for two Kingston-based charities.

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Blaine Favel, Law’90, a renowned entrepreneur, policy advisor, public advocate, and educator, received Queen’s Law’s 2022 J.A. (Alec) Corry Distinguished Alumni Award for success in fields outside the practice of law.

‘A person who has touched the lives of many’

Indigenous rights activist Blaine Favel, Law’90, dedicates his 2022 Corry Distinguished Alumni Award to ‘work still undone.’

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BLSA-Queen's members at the Violet King Women of Excellence Luncheon held on Feb. 17 during BLSA-Canada’s national conference in Halifax.

Learning, collaboration, and celebration

From mentoring to mooting and networking to profile-building, the Black Law Students’ Association-Queen's marked Black History and Futures Month in diverse and creative ways.

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Catherine Latimer, Law’78, Executive Director of the John Howard Society of Canada since 2011, received the Queen’s Law 2022 Cromwell Award for distinguished public service. It was her student experience with a Queen’s Law Clinic that started her lifelong mission to ensure justice for some of Canada’s most vulnerable, marginalized people.

Helping to reform Canada’s criminal justice system

For Catherine Latimer, Law’78, the John Howard Society of Canada's Executive Director, it was her student clinical experience that started her lifelong mission to ensure justice for some of Canada’s most marginalized people.

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Winners of the 2023 national Harold G. Fox Intellectual Property Moot are Queen’s Law team members Professor Bita Amani; Cavina Tsoi, Law’24; Nosheen Hotaki, Law’24; Lauren Daly, Law’24; and Liran Yefet, Law’23; and Ingrid Kao,Law’23.

Queen’s team wins Fox IP Moot

Queen’s Law mooters have brought home the Harold G. Fox Cup and all the oralist prizes from the national intellectual property competition.

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News

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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