The Canada-United States Law Institute conferred its “Sidney Picker Jr. Award” on UWindsor law professor emerita Maureen Irish during its annual conference April 12 in Cleveland, Ohio.

The award recognizes leadership, efforts to foster Canada-United States relations, and contributions to the work of the institute. It is named to honour the founder of the institute, which is jointly operated by Case Western Reserve University and the University of Western Ontario.

Dr. Irish has taught many courses related to international trade and has served on dispute settlement panels under the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement.

Her remarks accepting this honour will appear in an upcoming volume of the Canada-United States Law Journal.