Such well-known Canadians as Alex Trebek, Mike Holmes, Hayley Wickenheiser, Paul Gross, Kristen Kreuk and Howie Mandel have thrown their support behind a Windsor Law project celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
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While there is variation between regions, overall Arab women remain near the bottom globally on a variety of indicators, says Adrien Wing.
She will discuss civil and political rights as well as economic, social and cultural rights in her free public lecture, “The Arab Season: The Future of Women’s Rights,” Friday, February 10, at 1 p.m. in the law building’s Moot Court.
The Bessie Dutton Murray Professor at the University of Iowa’s College of Law, Wing will focus on the uprisings in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya.
Windsor Law has developed a reputation as a school with a focus on social justice, says Natalie De Haney-Stewart, and she has returned to her alma mater with a mandate to help it fulfil the promise that reputation entails.
The 2009 LLB graduate started a new job this week as social justice coordinator in the law school’s Career Service Office. The post receives monies from the University’s Strategic Priorities Fund and student fees approved in a 2010 referendum.
A traditional law practice was never in the cards for Windsor Law graduate Anny Strojin (’83), and that was the very thing that attracted her to UWindsor nearly 30 years ago.
Strojin, a St. Catherine’s native, recently attended a UWindsor reunion at the Shaw Festival, where she heard University President Alan Wildeman encouraging grads to share stories of why they are proud to call UWindsor their alma mater.
Lake St. Clair is cold in December, but not as cold as being homeless, says Jaclyne Reive.
“We came out of the water and warmed up, but people living outside get cold and stay cold,” said the Windsor Law student, one of eight who participated in a Polar Bear Dip at Sandpoint Beach on Sunday, December 4. The event was a benefit for the Downtown Mission, which provides a sanctuary and meals for the needy.
Reive said she said to fight her instincts to advance into the cold water.
Tis the season for goodwill toward men, but a group of Windsor Law students doesn’t want to exclude man’s best friends. The Student Animal Legal Defence Fund is collecting donations for the Windsor-Essex County Humane society.
In just a few days, the group has already gathered one bin full of cleaning supplies and food items for the shelter, which provides refuge for pets who have been lost, abandoned, or abused.
Second-year law student Josh Price had always admired the United Way but never had any idea the charitable network had such a close connection with the UWindsor’s community garden.
“I’m a big fan of the United Way and the work they do,” said the Toronto native. “I’ve often walked by this garden and wondered what it was all about. Now I know.”
Teams from the Faculty of Law and the campus campaign for United Way raised more than $1300 for the charity’s iClimb event at the WFCU Centre.
Volunteers solicited pledges and then climbed the steps inside the east-end arena.
The law school’s team of students, staff and faculty collected $735 and the team from the central campaign raised $571. Members of the campus community also participated on other teams.
Sherri Overholt of the Centre for Executive and Professional Education helped to organize the event; Karen Pillon of the Leddy Library hosted warm-ups.
There is no better bonding exercise than actual exercise, says Francine Herlehy, assistant dean for student services in the Faculty of Law.
She is organizing a team of students, faculty and staff to participate in iClimb for United Way, soliciting sponsorship before mounting more than 1,000 stairs in the WFCU Centre on Friday.
“This is a way for Windsor law to come together,” Herlehy says. “The iClimb allows them to actively participate, rather than just write a cheque.”
The law school has an ongoing relationship with United Way.