2025 News
Robert Solomon challenges alcohol manufacturers and public authorities for failure to warn
March 24, 2025 - In his recent public lecture for the Tort Law Research Group, Professor Emeritus Robert Solomon examined the question of whether a negligence claim against alcohol manufacturers and provincial liquor authorities for failure to warn of the dangers of alcohol, particularly FASD, would succeed.
Read more...Paying it forward: Practitioner-led class helps students prepare for private practice
March 10, 2025 - When Mark McAuley (JD’18) and Mitch Brown (BA Hons ’11), both partners at Lerners LLP, think back to their early days as associates on Bay Street, they feel fortunate for the mentors who helped them translate their knowledge into practice. To pay it forward, they have teamed up as instructors for The Private Practice of Law.
Read more...Expert insight: Are Donald Trump’s tariffs against Canada illegal?
March 10, 2025 - Professor Chios Carmody authored an opinion piece for the Toronto Star about whether U.S.-imposed tariffs against Canada can be considered illegal.
Read More...Expert insight: A Disabilities Agenda for Ontario's Election
February 28, 2025 - Visiting research professor David Lepofsky appeared on The Agenda in advance of the provincial election to discuss the various party platforms pertaining to accessibility and the impacts to Canadians with disabilities.
Read More...Nobel Prize winner takes part in fireside chat at Western Law
February 20, 2025 - Professor Bengt Holmström, the co-recipient of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Economics, visited Western Law on February 11 as Western Law’s 2025 Annual Business and Law Speaker, an event co-sponsored by the Torys LLP Corporate and Securities Law Forum and Western Law School’s Law and Economics Research Group.
Read more...The right sequence: Stephanie Curcio (JD’15) parlays science and law background into leading legal tech platform NLPatent
February 19, 2025 - Stephanie Curcio, co-founder and chief executive officer of the AI-driven patent research and analysis tool NLPatent, is helping to remove barriers to innovation by “making patent data and related insights more accessible.”
Read more...Expert insight: Will Canada’s Digital Services Tax survive Trump's tariffs assault?
February 19, 2025 - Professor Chios Carmody was quoted in a Financial Times article about what tariffs could mean for Canada’s Digital Services Tax, which levies a three per cent tax on Canadian revenue for large digital service providers.
Read More...Denise Brunsdon, JD/MBA ’15, finds meaning and connection through monthly giving
February 13, 2025 - For Denise Brunsdon, JD/MBA ’15, Partner at Bennett Jones LLP, giving back to Western Law through a monthly gift is a meaningful way to express gratitude and maintain her connection to our community. Brunsdon recently spoke to us about her fond memories of law school, what motivates her now and why supporting higher education is more important than ever.
Read more...Stephen de Boer, LL.B. ’89 reflects on Canadian foreign policy and international (dis)-order
February 13, 2025 - The Canada US Law Institute was pleased to welcome Stephen de Boer, LLB '89, Foreign and Defence Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister to Western Law. Mr. de Boer's lecture on "Canadian Foreign Policy: Reflections on the international (dis)order" offered an insider's perspective on the current, fraught reality of international diplomacy.
Read more...Western celebrates Black History Month
February 10, 2025 - Panel discussions during Western's Black History Month events include Black Resistance Against the Status Quo, which will feature perspectives on systemic anti-Black racism and the lived experiences of Black communities, moderated by 3L student and co-president of Western’s Black Law Student’s Association, Oghenetega (Tega) Glory Odjevwedje.
Read More...Expert insight: Should alcohol come with warning labels?
January 07, 2025 - Professor Jacob Shelley appeared on CBC London Morning to discuss the U.S. Surgeon General’s call to add warning labels to alcohol bottles.
Read More...Expert insight: The personal toll of Canada’s broken fishing promises
January 07, 2025 - Professor Michael Coyle was quoted in a Hakai Magazine story about the centuries-long struggle of Indigenous fishermen on Canada’s Atlantic Coast to have the government uphold historic treaties.
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