Students to showcase talent for a great cause

The Annual Obiter Dicta Talent Show, one of the most popular events on the Western Law calendar, is set to take to the stage on Wednesday, February 17 at The Wave Campus Pub. The event showcases student (and hopefully faculty) talent in the performing arts. [read more]

Western Law grad assigned mentorship

Western Law graduate Roberta Jamieson ('76) is one of 10 experienced Canadian leaders assigned to mentor one or two promising doctoral students awarded the prestigious Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship. Jamieson was the first woman from a First Nation in Canada to graduate from a law school [read more]

New Legal Ethics and Professionalism competition launched

Western Law is proud to announce a new advocacy competition in Legal Ethics and Professionalism. The competition, sponsored by Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP, is open to first-year students and will take place on April 6, 2010. [read more]

International focus grows as Law marks 50 years

Talk to anyone affiliated with Western's law school in its early years and they'll tell you it was an exciting time. A new school with small class sizes and a friendly ambience - those were some of the hallmarks of Western Law when it was founded in 1959. [read more]

International Law trip provides unique student experience

By Elena Kaminsky
I was among a fortunate group who participated in a fascinating trip to New York City from January 10-15 to study the internal workings of a variety of international organizations. The trip, led by International Law Professor Valerie Oosterveld, began on January 11 with a visit to the United Nations [read more]

Student to present paper at national Human Rights Conference

A third-year Western Law student has been selected to present a paper at a nationwide Human Rights Conference. Jennifer Del Vecchio was selected through a competitive process to present at The Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights (CLAIHR) 6th Annual Global Generations Conference. [read more]

Law Commission of Ontario seeks input on family law project

Dr. Patricia Hughes the Executive Director of the Law Commission on Ontario (LCO) met with Western law students and faculty as well as local judges and interest groups while on a visit to London from January 12-14.
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January brings international experts to Western Law

The month of January is bringing more than just snow to campus; it’s also attracting legal experts from Canada and abroad to teach intensive month-long courses at Western Law. [read more]

Report rates provincial impaired driving laws

Professors Robert Solomon and Erika Chamberlain have co-authored a report for MADD Canada rating provincial/territorial jurisdictions on their legislative initiatives to reduce impaired driving. The 2009 MADD Canada’s Rating the Provinces and Territories identifies initiatives that will make the most significant reductions in alcohol and drug-related crashes, fatalities and injuries. [read more]

Western Law professor part of new centres of excellence

Samuel Trosow, associate professor in the Faculties of Information and Media Studies and Law (cross-appointed), has played a key role in the development of the Graphics, Animation and New Media (GRAND) Network, one of three new research centres announced Monday (Dec. 1) by the federal government. [read more]

Prof. Jeremy Waldron explores meaning of "inhuman" and "degrading" at 2009 Coxford Lecture

Jeremy Waldron of New York University delivered the 2009 Coxford Lecture to a full house at Western Law on November 12. The lecture entitled "Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment: The Words Themselves" explored the meaning of highly-charged terms in contemporary debate about the treatment of prisoners and detainees. [read more and watch video]

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