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Professor Nancy McCormack, Denis Marshall Award recipient, in the Lederman Law Library

Librarian wins national award commemorating her predecessor

May 30, 2014
Nancy McCormack, Associate Professor and Librarian, has won the 2014 Denis Marshall Memorial Award for Excellence in Law Librarianship established by LexisNexis Quicklaw. The award, presented by the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL) at its annual conference held in Winnipeg, recognizes her outstanding commitment to serving the association and enhancing the profession.
Law students hone their courtroom skills by preparing for moot competitions. A $100,000 gift by Toronto litigation firm Lenczner Slaght will allow Queen's Law to deepen the range of mooting opportunities it can offer students.

Making competitive moot points count

May 16, 2014
Thinking on their feet, improvising under pressure and working as a team – these important skills enabled law students Emily Evangelista, Law’15, and Ben Snow, Law’14, to help their Queen’s teams capture first place at two key mooting competitions this spring. Now, as the result of a $100,000 gift from Toronto litigation firm Lenczner Slaght, Queen’s will be able to further expand and deepen the range of mooting opportunities it can offer its students, giving them the chance to hone their courtroom skills in a real-life environment.
Upper-year law students will be required to take a course in legal ethics and professionalism. They will also learn from legal experts in the field thanks to the support from Canadian law firm McCarthy Tétrault.

Law firm gift expands legal ethics instruction

April 16, 2014
Queen’s Law students will have more opportunities to learn about legal ethics and professionalism thanks to philanthropic support from Canadian law firm McCarthy Tétrault. Upper-year law students will be required to take a course in legal ethics and professionalism. They will also learn from legal experts in the field thanks to the support from Canadian law firm McCarthy Tétrault.
Professor Darryl Robinson, Sean Mitra, Lisa Scheulderman, Stephanie Hodge, Amélie Goudreau, Emily Evangelista and Anastasia-Maria Hountalas (left to right) won the Canadian rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

Queen’s Law students best in Canada at international law moot

April 13, 2014
Queen’s Law students recently won the Canadian rounds of the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, the largest and most competitive law moot in the world. The Queen’s team – oralists Emily Evangelista, Stephanie Hodge, Sean Mitra and Lisa Scheulderman, and researcher Anastasia-Maria Hountalas, all Law’15, and student advisor Amélie Goudreau, Law’14 – beat out teams representing nearly every law school in Canada. Queen’s scored an impressive 6-0 sweep in every round of this extremely competitive moot that requires students to master dozens of intricate issues pertaining to current controversies in international law.
Naheed Yaqubian (middle), Law '14, with classmates and supporters Joanna Hunt and Ann Clifford at the Tricolour Society reception in the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts.

Tricolour Society, students’ highest peer tribute, welcomes LSS President

March 26, 2014
Naheed Yaqubian, Law ‘14, is one of five Queen’s students recently inducted into the Tricolour Society during a reception at the new Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts. The Society’s first-ever celebration ahead of new members’ graduation brought together their families and friends to honour the latest winners of the Agnes Benidickson Tricolour Award, the highest tribute paid to students for their distinguished service to the University in non-athletic, extra-curricular activities.
Meagan Berlin (left), Law '16, with her presentation group at Meiji University for the Japan-Canada Academic Consortium Student Forum

Law ’16 student to Tokyo for Japan-Canada forum on aging societies

March 20, 2014
Meagan Berlin, Law ’16, was one of 14 Canadian university students chosen to attend this year’s Japan-Canada Academic Consortium (JACAC) Student Forum. An equal number of Japanese students similarly selected from a variety of academic backgrounds gathered with the Canadians at Meiji University in Tokyo February 14-23 to exchange ideas on a topic of mutual interest: “Toward a Sustainable Economic and Social Development: Challenges in Aging Society in Canada and Japan.”
Dean Bill Flanagan (middle) in Macdonald Hall with David Sharpe, Law '95, Chair of the First Nations University of Canada and COO and CCO of Bridging Finance Inc., and Blaine Favel, Law '90, Chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan and Executive Chairman of Calgary's One Earth Oil & Gas Inc.

Influential Aboriginal grads offer Law students views on Indian-rights-vs.-oil-economy disputes

March 10, 2014
Against the background of escalating conflict between Aboriginal justice issues and the economy-driven push for resource development in Canada, Queen’s Law students had an opportunity recently to hear the views of two First Nations alumni in leadership roles. A strong message from both was to study the context. Blaine Favel, Law ’90, the only aboriginal CEO in Canada’s oil and gas industry, delivered a talk entitled “Challenges with Reconciling Aboriginal Interests and the Canadian Economy: An Energy Perspective.” Favel is Chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan, Executive Chairman of Calgary’s One Earth Oil & Gas Inc., a Harvard MBA grad, and a former Chief (1994-98) of the Poundmaker Cree Nation in Saskatchewan.
Arnup Cup winners Ben Snow (left) and Bryan Guertin hold the trophy following their victory. They are joined by (l-r) Alan H. Mark, President of The Advocates' Society and partner at Goodmans LLP; Robert Goddard, academic coach for the team and staff lawyer with the Correctional Law Project; Tony Paciocco, student coach; John M. Buhlman, secretary and treasurer of the Sopinka Cup Society and partner at WeirFoulds LLP; and Joseph Dart, academic coach for the team and lawyer at Viner, Kennedy, Federick, Allan

Queen's team wins provincial trial advocacy competition

March 4, 2014
Bryan Guertin and Ben Snow, both Law ’15, recently beat out teams from five other Ontario law schools to win the province’s trial advocacy competition -- the Arnup Cup. They had spent more than three months getting ready for the annual competition sponsored by WeirFoulds LLP and organized by The Advocates’ Society. As they entered the Toronto courtroom on February 4-5 with the Arnup Cup on the line, though, they understood their preparations might be rendered meaningless as soon as the first witness took the stand.
Professors Bita Amani and Kathleen Lahey Co-Directors of Feminist Legal Studies Queen's and conference organizers

FLSQ assembles multinational experts to explore status and future of 'Arctic/Northern and Indigenous Women'

February 10, 2014
On February 28 and March 1, Feminist Legal Studies Queen’s (FLSQ) will host a conference on “Arctic/Northern Women: Situating Law and Justice in Development and Equality.” This ground-breaking, interdisciplinary, and multinational event will bring to campus experts in Indigenous, northern, and Arctic issues from Finland, Sweden, Norway, the U.S., and Canada. Researchers, law practitioners, representatives of non-profits, and policy advocates will examine how their fast-evolving and intersecting fields are shaping contemporary Arctic/northern and Indigenous politics.
Angela Wiggins, Giovanna Di Sauro, Melissa McKay, Jessica Liu, Professor Kevin Banks, Swarna Perinparajah and Chanelle Wong after the final round of the competition in the Ontario Labour Relations Board Building in Toronto on January 26.

Queen’s team places second in national labour arbitration moot

January 30, 2014
Queen’s Law won second place in the annual Mathews Dinsdale & Clark Canadian Labour Arbitration Moot, which took place January 24-26 in Toronto. Oralists Jessica Liu and Angela Wiggins, both Law ’15, led the team to a strong finish in the finals. The team was coached by Professor Kevin Banks, with effective backing from researcher Swarna Perinparajah, Law ’15, and student coaches Giovanna DiSauro, Melissa McKay and Chanelle Wong, all Law ’14.