UWindsor president Alan Wildeman congratulates Clark Award honourees Tom Porter, Tony Doucette, Carol Reader and Mona Stonefish.
The University of Windsor honoured four outstanding supporters during the 21st annual Clark Awards ceremony on Tuesday. Three of the recipients have a connection to Windsor Law. This year’s recipients are:
Aboriginal elder Mona Stonefish is an advocate focused on the role of human rights, restorative justice and education, and an advisor to Windsor Law on Indigenous matters.
— Published on May 12th, 2016
Laverne Jacobs, Photo by Chris Kendig Photography
Professor Laverne Jacobs gave a keynote lecture at The Accessible World Conference held in Philadelphia, PA on April 28-29, 2016. Sharing her research with the broader community, her speech, entitled, “Getting Involved as a PWD!: A Critique of Accessibility Standards from a Social Justice Perspective” was a keynote for the Policy Track.
More information about the conference may be found at:
http://generocity.org/philly/2016/02/22/the-accessible-world-conference-evoxlabs/
and
https://theaccessibleworld.herokuapp.com/#team
— Published on May 9th, 2016
Kristen Thomasen
When she joins our Windsor Law faculty as Assistant Professor of Law, Robotics and Society, Kristen Thomasen's work will focus on the high-tech problems of the not-too-distant future — specifically drones and robots.
Kristen was interviewed this morning on CBC Radio's Windsor This Morning about the legal implications of robots. Read the article and listen to the interview here.
— Published on May 4th, 2016
David Tanovich
Professor David Tanovich was cited in The Star, Saturday, April 23, in regards to R v Thompson and a recent finding of racial profiling by a trial judge in Toronto. Read the full story here.
— Published on May 3rd, 2016
International Client Consultation Competition
Windsor Law welcomes the International Client Consultation Competition.
— Published on Jul 22nd, 2016
Professor John Cerone had two engagements this week with the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. On Monday afternoon he lectured at Harvard on IHL frameworks for senior humanitarian professionals in the context of HHI's Humanitarian Leadership Course. Yesterday, the Humanitarian Academy at Harvard launched a podcast on the Politics of Aid in Ukraine.
Listen to the podcast here.
— Published on Apr 28th, 2016
Professor Jasminka Kalajdzic was interviewed by CBC regarding the sexual abuse class action lawsuit over abuse by former police officer Kenneth Estabrooks.
Read the full article here.
— Published on Apr 28th, 2016
Anneke Smit
Professor Anneke Smit provided a legal perspective on the decades-long battle between the City of Windsor and the Ambassador Bridge Company, and the recent Supreme Court hearing between the parties in both the National Post and the Windsor Star.
Read the full National Post article here.
— Published on Apr 26th, 2016
Professor Laverne Jacobs was interviewed by Lawyers Weekly in an article today entitled, "School abuse victims privacy rights upheld," by Kim Arnott.
Click here to read the full article.
— Published on Apr 25th, 2016
SLAW
As part of SLAW’s law student week, the op-eds of Lindsay Carbonero and Cathleen Breenan written for Professor Tanovich’s Legal Profession class were featured.
Lindsay wrote about the importance of making mental health a professionalism issue. Cathleen wrote about why retired judges should not be permitted to return to practice. (links below)
http://www.slaw.ca/2016/04/18/the-perspectives-of-future-members-of-our-profession/
http://www.slaw.ca/2016/04/21/mental-health-is-a-professionalism-issue/
— Published on Apr 23rd, 2016
UWindsor president Alan Wildeman congratulates Clark Award honourees Tom Porter, Tony Doucette, Carol Reader and Mona Stonefish.
