Harper’s Magazine recently published “A Letter on Justice and Open Debate,” which was signed by more than 150 prominent writers, artists, academics and journalists from a variety of countries, and representing a range of political views. The Canadian signatories included Margaret Atwood, David Frum, Malcolm Gladwell, Jeet Heer, and Michael Ignatieff.
— Published on Jul 13th, 2020
Windsor Law Professor Wissam Aoun has organized a national patent seminar for Canadian law students, a virtual program offering of which he is also the chair.
— Published on Jul 7th, 2020
Last week, two Windsor Law and Detroit Mercy Law students enrolled in the Canadian & American Dual JD program wrote articles for The Lawyer's Daily, published by LexisNexis Canada.
In their respective articles, Sarina Nezhadian (2L) wrote about COVID-19 and the difficulties for Ontario inmates, while Matthew Chikaonda (3L) wrote about how Bayer AG's strategy in Roundup class actions is fraught with reputational risks.
— Published on Jul 8th, 2020
In recent media interviews, Associate Dean (Research & Graduate Studies) Laverne Jacobs commented on mandatory mask mandates as they relate to accessibility concerns for vulnerable populations.
Dr. Jacobs said many people with disabilities fear that they'll be asked to share their health history with a stranger every time they enter a store in order to “prove” they fall into an exempted category.
— Published on Jul 7th, 2020
In a CBC article about judicial diversity targets, Associate Dean (Academic) Beverly Jacobs, said merely appointing a more diverse bench won't be good enough if the laws themselves don't change.
"It just means that it becomes a brown system with the same colonial laws so it's not going to work," Dr. Jacobs said.
— Published on Jun 30th, 2020
Just months after receiving word of her promotion from assistant to associate professor in the Faculty of Law, Beverly Jacobs has been appointed the next associate dean (academic) at Windsor Law, both effective July 1, 2020.
— Published on Jul 9th, 2020
As Windsor-Essex moves towards reopening, the Government of Ontario announced a temporary foreign workers' plan which includes on-site testing at agri-farm businesses; allowing migrant workers access to Workplace Safety and Insurance Board benefits and protections under the Employment Standards Act; and new public health guidance for asymptomatic workers allowing them to continue working outdoors in isolation.
— Published on Jun 26th, 2020
Earlier this month, the Windsor Law Centre for Cities collaborated with the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) to publish a report on cities and COVID-19 after 100 days of shutdown. The report, which examines how life and governance — how we live, move, work, care, and prosper — in Canadian cities have changed over the first 100 days of the pandemic, was released Friday on COVID100.ca.
— Published on Jun 30th, 2020
Class Action Clinic lawyer Andrew Eckart provided comment in an APTN article on an uncertified $600 million class-action against northern RCMP. According to the article, the case was launched in 2018 on behalf of all First Nations, Inuit and Metis in Nunavut, N.W.T., and the Yukon who were harmed by unnecessary use of force by RCMP from 1928 until now.
— Published on Jun 23rd, 2020
A paper written by Professor Jillian Rogin has been cited with approval in Supreme Court Judgment R. v. Zora. The SCC judgment acknowledges that Indigenous people, overrepresented in the criminal justice system, are disproportionately affected by unnecessary and unreasonable bail conditions and resulting breach charges.
— Published on Jun 22nd, 2020
