Justice at Work Conference
The Faculty of Law at the University of Windsor is proud to be hosting the ninth annual Justice at Work: Public Interest Career Conference on January 25, 2017. This year’s theme is Diversity and Inclusion in Public Interest Law.
Our welcome will begin at 10:00am We are very thankful to Elder Mona Stonefish for opening this year’s conference with a smudging ceremony.
Our morning panel from 10:30am – 11:50am on Diversity in Practice will feature:
- Karin Baqi, South Asian Legal Clinic Ontario
- Caitlyn Kasper, Aboriginal Legal Services
- Maria Capulong, Carranza LLP
- Lavinia Latham, African Canadian Legal Clinic
- Anthony Morgan, Falconers LLP
- Tomee Sojourner, Interdisciplinary Legal Researcher and Consultant
Our keynote address from 12:00pm - 1:30pm will be Assistant Deputy Attorney General Kimberly Murray of the Ministry of the Attorney General's Indigenous Justice Division.
From 1:45pm – 3:00pm, representatives from the Indigenous Justice Division will be giving a presentation on the Debwewin Summer Law Program in the Farmer Conference Room.
Our Career Fair from 1:45pm to 3:30pm will include representatives from:
- Aboriginal Legal Services
- Carranza LLP
- Cavalluzzo Shilton McIntyre Cornish LLP
- Community Legal Aid (CLA)
- Falconers LLP
- Human Rights Legal Support Centre (HRLSC)
- Legal Assistance of Windsor (LAW)
- Legal Aid & Defenders Assocaition (Detroit)
- METRAC (the Metropolitan Action Commitee on Violence Against Women and Children)
- South Asian Legal Clinic of ONtario
- Transnational Enviroment Law Clinic
- Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice
- Windsor- Essex Bilingual Legal clinic
- Windsor Law's LLM Program
Our agenda for the day is as follows:
9:00am – 9:50am Registration (Coffee and light Breakfast will be served) - Ambassador Auditorium
10:00am – 10:20am Welcome - Ambassador Auditorium
10:30am – 11:50am Panel Discussion: Diversity in Practice - Ambassador Auditorium
12:00pm – 1:30pm Keynote Address and Lunch - Moot Court Room
1:45pm – 3:45pm Career Options and Information Fair - Ambassador Auditorium
1:45pm – 3:00pm Presentation on Debwewin Summer Law Program – Farmer Conference Room
For more information, be sure to check out our Facebook event. The Justice at Work Conference is brought to you by the Career Services Office of Windsor Law, with additional funding provided by the Windsor Law Alumni Fund for the Enhancement of Student Life, Windsor Law Students’ Law Society, and the Law Foundation of Ontario. Thank you to the JAW Student Committee, and to Co-Chairs Archana Ravichandradeva and Manpreet Parhar for working with me to coordinate this conference.