Honour Roll recognizes teaching excellence
December 15, 2015 - Sixteen Western Law faculty and adjunct professors have been recognized by their students for high-quality teaching for the 2014-15 academic year.
Read more...Law alumna named among Most Powerful Women
December 03, 2015 - Cynthia Clarke, LLB’97, Partner and National Group Head, Specialized Litigation, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, was recently named among the 2015 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award Winners, sponsored by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN).
Read more...Richard McLaren discusses his role in game-changing doping report
December 01, 2015 - Western Faculty of Law professor Richard McLaren was one of three World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) independent commissioners, who recently released a scathing report accusing many of Russia’s top track and field athletes of participating in a systematic doping program.
Read more...CUSLI lecture explores Trans-Pacific Partnership
November 19, 2015 - Ian Laird spoke about the problems and prospects for the Trans-Pacific Partnership at the 9th Canada-U.S. Law Institute Distinguished Lecture held on Nov. 17.
Read more...Western Law LL.M. Graduate Wins International Insolvency Award
November 16, 2015 - Alfonso Nocilla, LL.M.’11 has been awarded the 2015 Ian Strang Founders Award by INSOL International (International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals).
Read more...Western law professor at centre of Russian doping report
November 11, 2015 - Western Law professor Richard McLaren has co-authored an explosive report that accuses the Russian government of complicity in widespread doping and cover-ups by its track and field athletes.
Read more...Sara Seck lauded for her environmental law research
October 27, 2015 - Sara Seck has been awarded the prestigious Emerging Scholar award by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s Academy of Environmental Law.
Read more...Gift supports new insolvency and financial restructuring program
October 22, 2015 - The Catalyst Capital Group Inc. has committed up to $2.5 million to support an innovative program at Western Law in insolvency law and corporate and financial restructuring. This is part of a $10 million program being developed by Catalyst dedicated to this area of research and education.
Read more...PhD student earns scholarship to top think tank
September 23, 2015 - A prestigious scholarship will allow a Western Law doctoral student the opportunity to research at a leading international law think tank on international governance.
Read more...Sustainable development focus of visiting professor
September 15, 2015 - Western Law is pleased to announce the appointment of David Grinlinton of the University of Auckland as the Cassels Brock Visiting Professor in Mining Law & Finance.
Read more...Litigation speaker series launched
September 10, 2015 - A new speaker series hosted by Western Law aims to give students the opportunity to gain the practical skills they need to become effective litigators, and to receive tips from top-notch experienced lawyers.
Read more...Journal of Legal Studies, SGPS partner on special issue
September 10, 2015 - As the Western Journal of Legal Studies approaches 30,000 downloads, the journal’s editorial board has collaborated with Western’s School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies to produce its latest special issue, Law: Helping Hand or Iron Fist.
Read more...Nicholls named Beattie Chair in Corporate Law
September 01, 2015 - Western Law professor Christopher Nicholls has been appointed The W. Geoff Beattie Chair in Corporate Law effective July 1, 2015.
Read more...Western Law welcomes new professors
July 15, 2015 - Western Law is pleased to announce the appointment of Kate Glover and Jacob Shelley as assistant professors at the Faculty of Law beginning July 1, 2015.
Read more...Law grad awarded prestigious fellowship
June 25, 2015 - Recent Western Law graduate Chelsea Smith ’15 has been awarded the prestigious Richard J. Schmeelk Canada Fellowship to pursue graduate studies in french.
Read more...Western Law student wins OBA essay competition
June 25, 2015 - Shirelle Goodman JD’15 has won first place in the Ontario Bar Association’s Foundation Award essay competition.
Read more...Class of 2015 celebrated at awards ceremony
June 18, 2015 - Dean Iain Scott congratulated the Class of 2015 and welcomed family, friends and special guests to the school’s annual law awards ceremony held June 17.
Read more...Coxford lecture examines the justice and jurisprudence of reparations
June 12, 2015 - In her 2015 Coxford Lecture, Professor Adrienne Davis posed the question what, if anything, can the law do to undo the wrongs and harms of slavery?
Read more...Sara Seck appointed Senior Fellow to research impact of climate change
June 12, 2015 - The Centre for International Governance Innovation has announced the appointment of Western Law professor Sara Seck as Senior Fellow with its International Law Research Program.
Read more...Western Law professor assumes government role in Republic of Georgia
June 09, 2015 - Western Law professor Anna Dolidze has been appointed Deputy Minister for Defence of the Republic of Georgia in the former Soviet Union. Her primary focus will be in the area of human rights and international law activities.
Read more...Law alumna Rosemary McCarney new UN ambassador
June 08, 2015 - Rosemary McCarney, LLB'77, Plan Canada’s president and chief executive officer, has been appointed Canada's next ambassador to the United Nations.
Read more...Graduate student conference examines boundaries of law
May 28, 2015 - Is law a positive tool for regulating actions or a coercive force and a means of perpetuating inequalities - or both? Those were some of the questions debated at Western Law’s first Interdisciplinary Graduate Student conference, held May 21-22.
Read more...Big Ideas: Placing a proper value on parenting
May 13, 2015 - What are the most valuable ‘good things’ in our lives? Such questions are abstract, the stuff of thousands of years of philosophical thinking and writing, but the answers also bear directly on some important issues of current government policy.
Read more...Western Journal of Legal Studies hits milestone
May 12, 2015 - Western Journal of Legal Studies (WJLS) recently released its largest-ever issue, which arrives as the student-run journal approaches a milestone 25,000 downloads.
Read more...Work-life balance explored at Conference
April 14, 2015 - The balance between caregiving and paid employment, particularly as experienced by women and mothers, was the focus of a conference “Carrying the Motherload: Women, Families, and Work” coordinated by Western Law professor Gillian Demeyere.
Read more...Students secure external moot success
April 09, 2015 - Western Law students gained valuable skills and scored some impressive finishes at a variety of external moots held over the past few months.
Read more...Nobel Prize Winner delivers Annual Western Law Business and Law Lecture
April 06, 2015 - Western Law was pleased to welcome Nobel prize winning economist Myron Scholes on March 31 to deliver the 6th Annual Western Law Business and Law Lecture, part of Western Law’s Torys LLP Corporate and Securities Law Forum.
Read more...New curriculum to provide increased learning options
March 23, 2015 - Western Law is excited to announce several changes to its curriculum beginning in the 2015-16 academic year. These changes are intended to expand students’ options and provide greater opportunities for advanced, active and experiential learning.
Read more...Neyers honoured with Faculty Scholar award
March 13, 2015 - Professor Jason Neyers has been named Western Law’s Faculty Scholar for the 2015-16 and 2016-17 academic periods. This campus wide award recognizes significant achievements in teaching or research.
Read more...The Coxford Lecture examines the case for reparations
February 27, 2015 - Professor Adrienne Davis of Washington University in St. Louis will explore the topic of reparations for slavery in her talk "The Justice and Jurisprudence of Reparations" at the 2015 Coxford Lecture.
Read more...New grant project explores Canadian fiduciary relationships
February 19, 2015 - Professor Erika Chamberlain has been awarded a Western Strategic Support for SSHRC Success Bridge grant for her project "Canada's Unique Conception of Fiduciary Relationships".
Read more...Student-run law journal tackles controversial issues
April 23, 2024 - The Western Journal of Legal Studies recently released a pair of special issues spotlighting two of the hottest topics in law today – workers’ rights and state encroachment into personal lives.
Read more...Students explore medical negligence in new moot
February 13, 2015 - A new moot at Western Law provides students with practical trial-level advocacy experience in the health law field. The inaugural Legate & Associates Medical Malpractice Moot was held this past week at Western Law
Read more...Access to Justice: Exposing Students to Barriers and Solutions
February 03, 2015 - Access to justice is one of the most significant challenges facing the legal profession in a generation. A new ‘Access to Justice’ course at Western Law exposes students first-hand to this pressing issue through a series of community placements and lectures by key stakeholders.
Read more...January Term enriches student experience
January 08, 2015 - Eminent practitioners and legal academics from across the globe will join Western Law this month to teach during the school’s unique January Term.
Read more...Michael Lynk named to Mayor of London Honours List
January 06, 2015 - Western Law professor Michael Lynk topped the list of honorees when London Mayor Matt Brown released the annual Mayor of London Honours List on Jan. 1.
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