The Fifth Transatlantic Intellectual Property Summer Academy
April 08, 2011 - The University of Western Ontario and McGill University are jointly organizing the Fifth Transatlantic Intellectual Property Summer Academy, to take place in Montreal from June 13 to 17, 2011.
Read more...The 2011 Cherniak Cup
November 22, 2011 - The final round of the 2011 Cherniak Cup, Western Law's internal trial advocacy competition, took place on November 21. The competition was presided over by Madam Justice Helen Rady of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and scored by Andrea Plumb of Lerners LLP.
Read more...Alumni celebrated at Awards Ceremony
October 27, 2011 - Western Law alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends enjoyed an evening of celebration on Thursday, October 20 at the Arcadian Court in Toronto and honoured three outstanding alumni, Mitch Frazer '99, Geoff Beattie '84 and Roberta Jamieson '76.
Read more...Lerners LLP Cup tightly contested
October 12, 2011 - Ninety-five competitors - one of the largest entry pools ever - took part in the 2011 Lerners LLP Cup, Western Law's internal upper-year appellate advocacy competition. At the end of a skillfully argued final round, Sarah Martens was named Best Oralist.
Read more...Legal Ethics and Professionalism Moot
April 23, 2024 - Lauren Dalton and Tanya Jawa have won the second annual Lenczner Slaght Advocacy Competition in Legal Ethics and Professionalism. The competition was sponsored by Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP, a Toronto firm that has been consistently recognized as one of Canada's premier litigation practices. The competition featured 18 first-year students appealing the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in R. v. Cunningham, a case about whether a criminal defence lawyer can unilaterally withdraw from representing his or her client for non-payment of fees.
Read more...A Judicial View from Delaware
March 09, 2011 - Leo E. Strine Jr., Vice Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery, reminded the audience that corporate directors are bound to try to maximize profits for their stockholders as he delivered the Third Annual Beattie Family Lecture in Business Law.
Read more...Summers addresses financial crisis and future at Beattie Lecture
November 24, 2011 - awrence H. Summers, one of the most influential and outspoken economists in the world today, spoke at Western Law on November 22 as the Fourth Annual Beattie Family Business and Law Speaker.
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