2023 News
Hewat Family Establishes Continuing Award for Indigenous Law Students
March 28, 2023 - Indigenous Law students who have demonstrated a contribution to their community, and an interest in continuing to support Indigenous communities in future, will be eligible to receive a new continuing award established by two Western Law alumni.
Read more...Free legal info on sexual assault now available to Western University students
March 28, 2023 - Students at Western University now have access to free legal information surrounding sexual assault thanks to the launch of a new pilot program entirely run by volunteers. Operating out of Western’s Community Legal Services office, the Legal Information for Sexual Assault (LISA) program is accepting both in-person and virtual appointments from now until the end of the April.
Read More...Student researchers propose policy framework for asteroid mining on project Khepri
March 23, 2023 - In the summer of 2022, Western Law students Aaron Groh and Brieanna Miklaucic, under the supervision of Professors Valerie Oosterveld and Elizabeth Steyn, joined the effort to help address the policy and legal components of asteroid mining as part of a team of researchers on a multi-stakeholder, multi-university project titled Khepri.
Read more...Western Law launches summer program to prepare law students for employment
March 13, 2023 - Western Law has launched a program that will connect all incoming law students with work placements after their first year of studies, providing them with a head start in legal employment and exposure to different types of legal work. The Summer After 1L Employment Program (SA1L) program will start in Western Law's 2023-2024 academic year.
Read More...Professor Randal Graham explores current law and politics through speculative satire in Nether Regions
March 02, 2023 - With the September 2022 release of Nether Regions, professor Randal Graham has closed the chapter on his Beforelife trilogy. At least for now. Graham’s novels (a blend of sci-fi, fantasy, and humour) explore legal topics, including ethics and statutory interpretation, through a richly constructed fictional universe set in the afterlife.
Read more...First-year Western Law students to get work placements before second year
March 01, 2023 - Western Law is launching the Summer After 1L Employment Program (SA1L), connecting all doctor of jurisprudence (JD) students with work placements after their first year of studies. The program will also allow students to rank their preferences in terms of placement and choose from a variety of employer options.
Read More...Western researchers call for better physician licensing system to address medical care in Space
March 01, 2023 - With an exponential increase in Space travel in recent years, one of the many questions facing the global community is around what rules and laws govern Space. Now, a team of researchers at Western University are focusing in on one crucial piece of the puzzle: who can practise medicine in the final frontier? The researchers say it’s a fair assumption that a licensed medical doctor on Earth should be able to transfer their licence into Space on a crewed mission. But it’s actually not so simple, according to Western Law professor Valerie Oosterveld.
Read More...Western Law’s SA1L Employment Program to help 1L students chart their professional courses
February 28, 2023 - Beginning in the 2023-24 academic year, Western Law will launch the Summer After 1L Employment Program (SA1L), connecting all incoming JD students with work placements after their first year of studies. Through this optional program, all interested students will be eligible for a minimum of 10 weeks of meaningful legal employment starting in summer 2024.
Read more...Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Reflecting on a year of war and atrocities
February 23, 2023 - Western professors Marta Dyczok and Valerie Oosterveld to host international conference on the ongoing conflict
Read More...Western Law students take home the trophy as first Canadian team in the Hague Inter-University Law Debate Tournament
February 13, 2023 - In June 2022, Western Law Students Justine Dryburgh, Meghan Hawa, and Dylan Parobec, with the support of their coach, Professor Valerie Oosterveld, took home the trophy in the Hague Inter-University Law Debate Tournament.
Read more...Michael St. Patrick Baxter (LL.B. '79) to share his journey from Windsor to Washington
February 09, 2023 - Join the Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion and the Faculty of Law on March 16, 2022 at 12:30 p.m. in the Moot Court Room of the Law Building to welcome Michael St. Patrick Baxter, where he will share his experience as a law student and the lessons he has learned during his legal practice.
Read more...Leading Human Rights Lawyer Sunil Gurmukh (LL.B. ’08) appointed Visiting Lecturer
February 02, 2023 - Western Law is pleased to announce that Sunil Gurmukh has joined us as a Visiting Lecturer. Gurmukh has been leading the Hidden Racial Profiling Project at Western Law since 2020 and was a member of the faculty’s Anti-Racism Working Group (ARWG).
Read more...Expert insight: Extended copyright benefits the corporate few, not the public
January 25, 2023 - Who benefits from Canada’s recent extension of copyright? Dead authors? Students? Marginalized writers? If you answered no to all of these, you’d be correct. Lisa Macklem, PhD Candidate, Law shares why better protections for users’ rights are needed to ensure the public retains access to Canadian culture and heritage so Canadian creativity and innovation can continue to thrive.
Read More...Winter term dispatch: News and opportunities for the new year
January 19, 2023 - As we welcome back students to campus for the winter term, we’re sharing a roundup of recent faculty news, including the appointment of our Acting Dean, new intensive education offerings, and upcoming events in our Distinguished Speakers Series.
Read more...Former Ontario deputy premier is Western Law’s Distinguished Leader in Residence
January 16, 2023 - Christine Elliott, former Ontario deputy premier and Western alum is joining the university as Distinguished Leader in Residence at Western Law.
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