The Law Commission of Ontario does excellent work, but that work is not as well-known as it should be, says Bruce Elman.
The former dean of Windsor Law, Elman recently began a three-year term as chair of the commission’s board of governors.
The commission is an independent institution that studies issues of importance to the people of Ontario and makes recommendations on how to improve the province’s laws.
It was Abraham Lincoln who once famously remarked “He who represents himself has a fool for a client.”
That may have been conventional wisdom back in the days when Honest Abe was U.S. President and a former attorney himself, but these days, growing numbers of individuals are opting out of hiring a lawyer when they go to court and choosing instead to represent themselves.
Speakers and refreshments will mark the launch of the 2012/13 year of programming by the Centre for Enterprise and Law, on Tuesday, September 25, in Vanier Hall’s Katzman Lounge.
The centre’s entrepreneur in residence, Paul Foster, will speak. Founder and CEO of The Business Therapist®, Foster is a coach and advisor for personal and business growth. Using first-hand client knowledge from 30 years of experience, he provides tools and resources for small business owners, business coaching, and entrepreneur mentoring.
When Lija Pukitis graduates from law school and begins practicing, there may be some rare occasions when she’ll be late for work. Among the explanations she’ll offer then, certainly none will compare to the unavoidable reasons that made her a tad tardy several times while cycling to her office in Alaska this summer.
A UWindsor law professor believes it’s time to consider compensating people for the emotional loss they suffer when forced to give up their homes to make way for public infrastructure projects like the Windsor-Essex Parkway.
Although the installation of accessibility lifts in the Ron W. Ianni Law Building this summer will result in some construction noise, the loudest work will take place after hours, promise contractors.
The construction started July 18 and will affect the open areas on the building’s first and second floors, as well as room MG11. It will wrap up by the end of August. The loudest work will be restricted to the hours after 4:30 p.m.
Please contact project administrator Kevin Francis with any questions or concerns at 519-253-3000, ext 2077.
A workshop July 12 promises to provide experiential learning opportunities to help student entrepreneurs start and grow their businesses.
The Centre for Enterprise and Law presents the Business of Innovation Program from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, July 12, in Alumni Hall’s McPherson Lounge.
Attendees will get essential business and legal insight, as well as free refreshments. To RSVP, e-mail nsleiman@uwindsor.ca.
Helping judges in Palestine better understand forensics evidence so that they don’t undermine the claims of women who are victims of violence is just one of the many positive results to come out of a major project to bring a greater awareness of human dignity to courtrooms in the occupied territories.
Julie Macfarlane has a simple message for all of those who believe that Islam’s proponents are trying to take control of western civilization by following their own set of laws that disregard current governing legislation.
Uprisings in Arab countries have been a struggle for human dignity, but their successes to date can only be described as modest, in part because of their inability to freeze out sectarian hardliners trying to gain control in the region, according to an expert who spoke on the UWindsor campus Thursday.
“The people have not yet achieved what they were looking for,” said Bahey El Din Hassan, who has won the label “the father of the Egyptian Human Rights Movement.”
