Laverne Jacobs

Professor Laverne Jacobs is making a difference through her impactful work for people with disabilities that led to this week's victory decision for ‪human rights‬ in the Northwest Territories' case Portman v Govt of NWT.

Professor Laverne Jacobs is one of a group of administrative law professors who co-authored an op-ed last week in Le Devoir.

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

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.

Prof Laverne Jacobs will be presenting a paper at the 14th International Symposium on the Law and Governance of the Information Society

Prof Jacobs co-authors action letter to the Social Security Tribunal.

Professor Laverne Jacobs' latest book, The Nature of Inquisitorial Processes in Administrative Regimes:  Global Perspective, foundation for OBA conference.