Professor Jeffrey Berryman wrote the book on remedies. Literally. In 1988, he and his co-authors published the landmark text, Remedies: Cases and Materials, an essential law school reference now in its 5th edition.
Remedies, Berryman explains, are civil court decisions that force one party to respect the rights of another party.
"It's great having the rights," says Berryman, citing freedom of religion, freedom of speech and the right to property, "but rights are only as good as the good as the remedies that enforce them."
— Published on Feb 12th, 2015
Legal Assistance of Windsor (LAW) was founded in 1974 as a clinical learning project of the University of Windsor, Faculty of Law. Its goal was to provide an environment in which students could experience issues relating to access to justice in the context of a “storefront clinic” in downtown Windsor by examining the law and legal profession in context, while helping to provide legal services to those who were unable to pay a private lawyer and were unable to obtain a legal aid certificate.
— Published on Feb 12th, 2015
One of the greatest advantages of attending Windsor Law is our location. With the United States only a river-crossing away, we are in a remarkable position to partner with American law schools that share our deep interest in comparative transnational law.
Starting 30 years ago, when both Windsor and Detroit were the centre of the North American auto industry, Windsor Law began sharing resources with American law schools to explore intellectual property (IP) law issues such as patents, copyright, trademarks and technological innovation.
— Published on Feb 12th, 2015
Toronto, Ontario
Graduating with a Juris Doctor degree
How did you pick your major of study, and why did you choose the University of Windsor?
I chose to pursue a law degree because I knew it would be a vital tool in building a career centered around social justice. The law school's commitment to Access to Justice seemed like a perfect fit for me, given the career I want to build for myself.
— Published on Feb 12th, 2015
When Judith Potter '89 says, "I really like what I do," you believe her. That is because Potter is doing exactly the kind of community-focused legal work she set out to do 23 years ago when she entered Windsor Law in her late 40s.
"It was different," admits Potter, referring to her law student days as one of the only first-year students with grown children. "But it was an adventure."
Before law school, Potter did a lot of volunteer work with women's shelters. She considered a degree in social work, but was drawn to the unique mission of Windsor Law.
— Published on Feb 12th, 2015
Nothing livens up a first-year Constitution class like your professor's name plastered on the front page of every major newspaper in Canada.
Windsor Law professor Richard Moon never asked to be at the center of a nationally publicized controversy, but that is exactly what happened when the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) asked Moon to write a report last year on the regulation of hate speech on the Internet.
— Published on Feb 12th, 2015
