Welcome Day
Western Law is holding our annual Welcome Day for admitted students. Although we won't be able to gather in person this year, we are so excited to meet with you virtually! Please see below for more details on our event and a link to register.
Event Details
Date: Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Time: 10:00 am - 3:30 pm
Location: Zoom - link to be provided to those registered closer to the event
Registration
Registration is required for our events. Please register below if you have not already.
Program
| 10:00 - 10:10 am | Official Welcome - Dean Erika Chamberlain |
| 10:15 - 10:45 am | Out of this World: Space Law Today - Mini Lecture and Q&A with Professor Valerie Oosterveld |
| 10:50 - 11:10 am | Student Legal Society Information Session - Clay Fernandes, Rahul Sapra & Jenny Zhou To submit questions in advance, please click here. |
| 11:15 - 12:45 pm | Information Fair Drop-in Sessions |
| Business Law - Professor Alfonso Nocilla | |
| Criminal Law - Professor Chris Sherrin | |
| Government and Public Administration - Professor Wade Wright | |
| Intellectual Property, Information, and Technology - Professor Bassem Awad | |
| International Law - Professor Valerie Oosterveld | |
| Labour, Employment, and Social Justice - Professor Michael Lynk | |
| Litigation - Dean Erika Chamberlain & Professor Suzanne Chiodo | |
| International Programs - Adeline Grant (Coordinator), Rania Giannakopoulos, David Yun & Andreas Arvanitis |
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| Western Business Law Clinic - Alyssa Chen & Rob Leckie | |
| Community Legal Services - Kimberley Gagan (Director) and Jason Voss, Julie Lee & Ian Dantzer (Review Counsel) | |
| Dispute Resolution Centre - Samantha Sutherland & Rayna Middleton | |
| Pro Bono Students Canada - Sarah Hagarty & James Hutchinson | |
| Sport Solution Clinic - Brittany Bates, Greg Cherniak, Margaret MacKinnon & Tyler Matthews | |
| 12:45 - 1:35 pm | Lunch Break / Virtual Tour Participate in our Tour Scavenger Hunt for a chance to win a $500 gift card for your first-year books at Western Law in September! |
| 1:35 - 2:05 pm | Fancy Bread and Rebranded Marijuana: The Challenges of Statutory Interpretation - Mini Lecture and Q&A with Professor Randal Graham |
| 2:10 - 2:30 pm | Career and Professional Development Office - Robyn Marttila (Director) To submit questions in advance, please click here. |
| 2:35 - 3:25 pm | Ask Us Anything Student Panel - Wincy Ho, Madison Howell, Anthony Labib, Lauren MacLeod & Alexander Overton To submit questions in advance, please click here. |
| 3:25 - 3:30 pm | Closing Remarks - Dean Erika Chamberlain |
