Committees of Faculty Council


Admissions Committee

Terms of Reference

  • Subject to approval by Faculty Council, to established policy concerning admission of applicants.
  • To decide upon applications for admission.
  • To set internal guidelines.

Composition

Seven members, as follows:

  1. elected by Faculty Council:
    • four faculty [M. Coyle, C. Brown, M. Martin, C. Nicholls]; and
    • two third year students [Vitali Berditchevski, Daniel Hynes]; and
  2. the B. Theobald, Director of Admissions, ex officio, with voting rights.

Term

One-year term.

Procedure

The Committee establishes its own procedure.

Quorum

A quorum consists of four members, two of whom are faculty.

Reports

The Committee reports at least once a year to Faculty Council.

Appointments Committee

Terms of Reference

  • to perform the functions of the Appointments Committee in accordance with the Collective Agreement between the University of Western Ontario and UWOFA;
  • to advise the Dean on policy issues relating to staff; and
  • to advise the Dean on the Distinguished Visitors Program, the Practitioner-in-Residence Program, the Judge-in-Residence Program, the Visiting Scholars Program, and other programs of a similar nature.

Composition

  • the Dean, who shall be Chair the committee;
  • two full-time tenured members of Faculty, elected by the full-time Members from the Faculty [S. Seck, M. Khimji];
  • two other Members of the Bargaining Unit in the Faculty, elected by the Full-time Members from the Faculty [R. Kostal, B. Miller].

Term

One-year term.

Quorum

Four members.

Reports

The Personnel Committee shall report to Faculty Council at least once a year.


Career Services Committee (suspended)

 

Graduate Program Committee


Graduate Director [M.A. Wilkinson Chair]

At least three and no more than four full-time faculty members who have Master's Supervisory Membership status in the Graduate program, elected by Faculty Council. [A. Botterell, B. Welling, S. Seck, T. Telfer]
W. Iain Scott, Dean ex offiio, with voting rights 
One Graduate Program student [elected by Graduate students] Tom Weihmayr

Terms of Reference

  • To examine all aspects of the Graduate program on a regular basis, including admissions requirements, course offerings and required course content, course evaluations of all courses, mark distributions for students and input from students in the form of focus group exit interviews.
  • To make recommendations to Faculty Council about any matters regarding the Graduate program that require the approval of Faculty Council.
  • To carry out any other function relating to the Graduate program assigned by Faculty Council.

Composition

  • the Director of Graduate Studies, who shall be the Chair of the committee;
  • at least three and no more than four full-time members of Faculty who have Master's Supervisory Membership status in the Graduate program, elected by Faculty Council;
  • one Graduate student *

* The composition of the committee need not include a Graduate student at any time that there are no Graduate students registered in the Faculty.

Term

One-year term.

Procedure

The Committee establishes its own procedure.

Quorum

A quorum consists of three members.

Reports

The Committee reports at least once a year to Faculty Council


Programs Committee

Terms of Reference

  • To co-ordinate and assist with the activities of the Directors of all programs.
  • To make recommendations to Faculty Council about changes in the curriculum.
  • To approve individual research applications by students.
  • To carry out any other function assigned by Faculty Council.

Composition

Six members, elected by Faculty Council, as follows:

  1. four faculty [M. Martin, S. Pitel, M. Randall, P. Sankoff]; and
  2. two students [Robert Glasgow, Serena Gohal].

Term

One-year term.

Procedure

The Committee establishes its own procedure.

Quorum

A quorum consists of four members.

Reports

The Committee reports at least once a year to Faculty Council.

Promotion and Tenure Committee

Terms of Reference

To perform the functions of a Faculty Committee on Promotion and Tenure in accordance with Conditions of Appointment.

Composition

  • the Dean , who shall chair the Committee, but shall not vote except to break a tie;
  • four Full-Time Tenured Members appointed within the Faculty and elected by the Faculty Council:
    M. Coyle (term ends June 2014)
    R. Graham (term ends June 2013)
    M. Randall (term ends June 2014)
    B. Welling (term ends June 2012)]; and
  • three Full-Time Tenured Members who are not appointed within the Faculty, elected by the Faculty Council, and who have been members of a Promotion and Tenure Committee within the previous five years:
    TBA

Term

Faculty members are elected for varied terms.

Quorum

The Chair and five other members. If the Chair withdraws because of a conflict of interest, a quorum consists of six of the remaining members.

Reports

The committee shall report to Faculty Council at least once a year.


Decanal Appointments (Internal)


Appointment

Name

Adjunct Faculty, Director

C. Brown

Alumni Magazine, Faculty Advisors

C. Brown
M. Perry

Borden Ladner Gervais Client Counselling Competition, Director

N. Khouri

Borden Ladner Gervais Employment and Labour Law Moot, Director

G. Demeyere

Business Law Area of Concentration, Director

C. Nicholls

Business Law Clinic, Director

R. McLaren

Business Law Clinic, Review Counsel

B. Welling

Canada/U.S. Law Institute

C. Carmody

Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence, Editors

A. Botterell
G. Huscroft 
M. Martin
B. Miller 

Cherniak Cup, Director

C. Sherrin

Clerking Program, Director

N. Khouri

Criminal Law Area of Concentration, Director

under suspension

Diplome de Francais Juridique

C. Carmody

Dispute Resolution Centre, Co-Directors

M. Capes
D. Ferguson

Diversity Committee

A. Ilumoka

Faculty Council, Chairman

R. McLaren

Faculty Council, Vice-Chairman

B. Welling

Faculty Mentors

C. Brown
G. Huscroft
M. Perry
M.A. Wilkinson

Faculty Seminar Series Co-ordinator

R. Kostal

First Year Appellate Advocacy Competition

M. Khimji

Harrison Pensa Contract Drafting Competition, Director

J. Neyers

Harrison Pensa Lecture in Human Rights

M. Lynk

Hicks Cup Labour Law Competition, Director

M. Lynk

Independent Research, Reading and Study, and Writing Review

C. Nicholls

Intellectual Property, Information and Technology Law Area of Concentration, Director

M.A. Wilkinson

Internship Program, Director

P. Sankoff
S. Seck

January Term, Co-Directors

M. Perry 
M.A. Wilkinson

Joint Programs, Director

C. Brown
M. Perry

Law Delegated Review Committee [for Ethics]

G. Demeyere
G. Huscroft
J. Neyers
M. Perry
C. Sherrin
T. Telfer 

Lerners LLP Cup, Director

P. Sankoff

Ontario C.A. Visit Program, Director

J. Neyers

Pro Bono Program, Advisors

M. Capes 
D. Ferguson

Small Claims Court Mediation Service, Advisors

M. Capes
D. Ferguson

Sport Solution, Advisor

C. Campbell

SRBA, Counsel

S. Pitel

Student Appeals Officers

G. Huscroft
C. Nicholls
R. McLaren
B. Welling 
Student Member: TBA

JD Academic Support Advisors

M. Coyle
M. Randall
Student Law Journal, Faculty Advisors S. Trosow
T. Telfer
R. Solomon
B. Miller

Tax Centre, Director

Suspended

Tax Law Area of Concentration, Director

Suspended

Torys Negotiations Competition, Director

M. Coyle

Wellness Committee

M. Capes
M. Clapton
E. Hugel 
L. Jibson
C. Brown
A. Streufert
T. Telfer

Writing Prize Review

A. Parachin

 

External Committees or Appointments

 

Appointment

Name

CALT, Representative

M. Martin

Chief Justice of Ontario's Advisory Committee on Professionalism

S. Pitel

Classical Studies Department, P&T Committee

TBA

Elections Committee, Faculty Representative

A. Illumoka

Faculty of Arts Council, Representative

S. Trosow

Faculty of Social Science Council, Representative

T. Telfer

Health Policy Cross-Faculty Initiative, Steering Committee

A. Ilumoka

Ivey Business School Council, Representative

R. Kostal

Kinesology Department, P & T Committee

TBA

OBA, Representative

T. Telfer

Research Advisory Board for the Law Commission of Ontario, Representative

B. Hovius

Provost's Advisory Committee on Teaching and Learning, Representative

M. Clapton

Provost's Exchange Program Review Committee

A. Streufer

Provost's Undergraduate Program Review Committee

M. Martin

Richard Ivey School of Business P & T Committee

M.A. Wilkinson
SCAPA's Subcommittee on Undergraduate Review R. Solomon

Senators

T. Telfer
B. Hovius (term ends Dec 2011)
R. Graham (term ends June 2012)

SGPS Academic Accommodations and Appeals

M.A. Wilkinson

SGPS Graduate Education Council

M. Perry 
S. Trosow
M.A. Wilkinson

SGPS Graduate Program Appraisals Committee

M. Perry

SGPS Mentorship and Professional Development Committee

M. Perry

SGPS Policy and Regulations Committee

M. Perry

University Financial Aid Advisory Committee, Representative

C. Brown

UWOFA Representative

E. Chamberlain

University Honorary Degrees Committee

M. Perry

UWOFA Grievance Committee

S. Trosow

UWO Information Security Council, Representative

M. Perry

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