Faculty News

Windsor Law is pleased to announce the appointments of Professor Gemma Smyth as associate dean (academic) and of Professor Laverne Jacobs as the inaugural associate dean of research and graduate studies.

“We are thrilled to be adding Professors Smyth and Jacobs to our leadership team,” said Dean of Law, Christopher Waters. “We are grateful for the outstanding support to students provided by former Associate Dean Jasminka Kalajdzic and Acting Associate Dean Maggie Liddle.”

Windsor Law has appointed Patricia Galvão Ferreira as a tenure-track, assistant professor in Transnational Law, starting July 1, 2018.  

Professor Galvão Ferreira teaches Environmental Law and International Environmental Law and supervises students at the Transnational Environmental Law Clinic, a joint program of Wayne State University Law School and Windsor Law.

The Law Society of Ontario presented an honorary Doctor of Laws degree (LLD) to Windsor Law professor and former dean, Bruce Elman, at its Call to the Bar ceremony in London this week.

The Law Society awards honorary doctorates each year to distinguished members of the profession and the public in recognition of outstanding achievements in the legal profession, the rule of law or the cause of justice. 

Professor Richard Moon was recently quoted by the Supreme Court of Canada in a judgment dealing with the autonomy of religious associations.   

The University of Windsor Faculty Association recently honoured Professor Laverne Jacobs with the Mary Lou Dietz Equity and Leadership Award for her contributions to diversity and equity.

In the midst of the global migration crisis, higher education opportunities for refugee youth can play a crucial role in their safety and protection.

Following the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants in 2016, universities and other members of civil society have been called upon to share responsibility for creating pathways to refugee protection. To assist these efforts, Windsor Law’s Professor Anneke Smit was engaged by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Europe and partner organizations in the European Resettlement Network (ERN+) as external consultant to conduct a feasibility study of higher education scholarships for refugees.

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Professor Emerita Maureen Irish received the Sidney Picker Jr. award from the Canada-United States Law Institute (CUSLI) on April 12, 2018 during the 42nd annual conference in Cleveland.  

Bill Bogart appeared on CTV's Your Morning on Tuesday to comment on Vancouver Council's resolution urging the  decriminalization of drugs.