Western Cares Food Drive

December 09, 2011

In November, the London Food Bank recorded its highest usage in history with more than 3,500 families requiring emergency food supplies. A full 10 per cent of those individuals had never previously accessed this service.

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Western Law professor at centre of copyright shift

December 06, 2011

Western Law professor Margaret Ann Wilkinson joined the 23rd Session of the World Intellectual Property Organization's Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights held in Geneva in November. She was the lone Canadian academic.

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Fundraising effort more than lip service

November 29, 2011

It has been a hair-raising adventure for some Western Law students. They are participating in the popular worldwide phenomenon of Movember, the fundraising and awareness campaign for prostate cancer

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Summers addresses financial crisis and future at Beattie Lecture

November 24, 2011

Lawrence H. Summers, one of the most influential and outspoken economists in the world today, spoke at Western Law on November 22 as the Fourth Annual Beattie Family Business and Law Speaker. Summers, President Emeritus of Harvard University, addressed a broad range of current issues with his characteristic directness, insight and wit.

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The 2011 Cherniak Cup

November 22, 2011

The final round of the 2011 Cherniak Cup, Western Law's internal trial advocacy competition, took place on November 21. The competition was presided over by Madam Justice Helen Rady of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice and scored by Andrea Plumb of Lerners LLP,

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Law students roll up their sleeves for others

November 21, 2011

Tom Weihmayr, President of Western's Graduate Law Students' Association knows it's in him to give and now is inspiring others to do the same. Weihmayr is part of three student groups at Western Law who have joined forces to announce their membership in Canadian Blood Services' Partners for Life Program, and issued a challenge to all other law schools in Canada.

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Ferguson given access to justice honour

November 14, 2011

Community Legal Services (CLS) Director Doug Ferguson received the Access to Justice award at the Middlesex London Law Association annual awards banquet held on November 10.

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Lawrence Summers to deliver Beattie lecture

November 04, 2011

Former U.S. Secretary of Treasury Lawrence Summers will speak on a range of current economic, legal and media issues during an hour-long conversation moderated by Chrystia Freeland, Reuters news global editor-at-large. The free public event is scheduled for 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 22 at The University of Western Ontario's Faculty of Law, Room 38.

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Western Law congratulates LLM grads

November 02, 2011

Seven students received their LLM degrees at Western's convocation ceremony held on October 27, the largest cohort of Western Law LLM graduates to date.

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Alumni celebrated at Awards Ceremony

October 27, 2011

Western Law alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends enjoyed an evening of celebration on Thursday, October 20 at the Arcadian Court in Toronto and honoured three outstanding alumni, Mitch Frazer '99, Geoff Beattie '84 and Roberta Jamieson '76.

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Tim's top guy to discuss brew for success

October 26, 2011

Former Tim Hortons CEO Don Schroeder will speak at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 1 in the Moot Court Room of the Law Building as part of the school's Distinguished Speaker Series. Schroeder, a 1969 Western Law graduate, will deliver a lecture titled, Brewing Up Success.

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Tort Law Research Group hosts public lecture

October 26, 2011

Western Law's Tort Law Research Group will host a public lecture by Professor Russell Brown of the University of Alberta's Faculty of Law on November 4 at 12:30 p.m. in Rm. 38. Brown will address the topic "Inferring Cause-in-Fact"

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Distinguished Alumni to be honoured at Awards Dinner

October 18, 2011

Western Law Alumni, faculty, staff, students and friends will gather on Thursday October 20 at the Arcadian Court in Toronto to honour three outstanding alumni, Mitch Frazer '99, Geoff Beattie '84 and Roberta Jamieson '76 and to introduce our new Dean, Iain Scott.

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Student paper on national security law wins award

October 14, 2011

Calie Adamson '11 has won the Geoff Weller Memorial Prize from the Canadian Association of Security Intelligence Studies (CASIS). This national award is given to a student for the best undergraduate and graduate paper on a subject dealing with intelligence, security, or law enforcement.

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Talk to explore public interest class actions

October 14, 2011

Eric Gillespie, a civil litigator involved in some of Canada's largest class action suits, will speak on "Public Interest Class Actions at Work" as part of the Western Law Distinguished Speaker Series and the Western Law Advocacy Club on Wednesday October 19, 2011 at 12:30 p.m. in the Moot Court Room of the Faculty of Law.

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Lerners LLP Cup tightly contested

October 12, 2011

Ninety-five competitors - one of the largest entry pools ever - took part in the 2011 Lerners LLP Cup, Western Law's internal upper-year appellate advocacy competition. At the end of a skillfully argued final round, Sarah Martens was named Best Oralist

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Law professor at centre of Olympic ruling

October 11, 2011

A recent ruling involving Western Law professor Richard McLaren opens the door to dozens of previously banned athletes to be eligible for the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, England. McLaren is president of the Court of Arbitration (CAS), an international arbitration body set up to settle disputes related to sport

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Ontario Ombudsman to speak at Western Law

October 07, 2011

One of Canada's leading minds on government responsibility and transparency will speak on "Opening Doors, Minds and Government" as part of Western Law's Distinguished Speaker Series.

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Yale Professor kicks off Torys Business and Law Scholars Series

October 04, 2011

Ian Ayres, a widely cited scholar, columnist for Forbes magazine, and author of over 100 articles and 11 books, including New York Times best seller Super Crunchers, spoke at Western Law on Friday September 23 as part of the Torys Business and Law Pre-Eminent Scholars Series.

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John Eberhard '69 honoured with UWO Community Service Award

October 03, 2011

John Eberhard '69 has been defined as a social entrepreneur and a visionary change agent. For his lifelong dedication to a number of causes, he has been fittingly named as the recipient of this year's University of Western Ontario's Community Service Award.

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Western Law alumnae named Women of Influence

September 29, 2011

Two Western Law alumnae have been named in this year's list of "25 Top Women of Influence in Canada", according to Women of Influence Magazine. Rosemary McCarney, LLB '77, Plan Canada president was recognized in the non-governmental relations category and Dale Ponder, LLB '80, Managing Partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP was recognized for her contribution in the Professional Services category.

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Great Lakes Compact focus of Canada U.S. Law Institute Lecture

September 28, 2011

Patricia Birkholz, Director of the State of Michigan's Office of the Great Lakes, will speak on "A Watershed Moment: States, Provinces and the Great Lakes Water Compact" as part of the 5th Annual Canada-U.S. Distinguished Lecture on Tuesday, October 25 at 5:30 p.m. in the Moot Court Room

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Renowned jurist to deliver 4th annual Coxford Lecture

September 26, 2011

The Honourable Ian Binnie, Retired Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, will deliver the 2011-12 Coxford Lecture at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 16, 2012 in Rm. 38 of The Faculty of Law.

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Western Alumni Email For Life

September 20, 2011

Show you're a Western graduate with your own @alumni.uwo.ca email address. It's one of the ways to make your Western connection work for you. Western is excited to offer our alumni an @alumni.uwo.ca email account through Google's award-winning Gmail service. And it's free. Our special education partnership with Google means less spam, plenty of space and access from anywhere.

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Comparative Corporate Law seminar provides international focus

September 19, 2011

Professor John Armour, the Hogan Lovells Professor of Law and Finance at the University of Oxford, visited Western Law in September to teach an intensive course in Comparative Corporate Law. Professor Armour's course examined a number of key corporate law topics in a comparative perspective, including theories of comparative corporate law, boards of directors, shareholders, enforcement, and control transactions.

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Western Law student wins national insolvency writing competition

September 15, 2011

Jesse Mighton, a graduate from Western Law in 2011, has won first prize in the Insolvency Institute of Canada (IIC) Writing Awards. Western Law professor Thomas Telfer supervised the paper as part of his Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law course.

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'Future of Food' comes to Western

September 13, 2011

As part of London Biotech Week 2011, the Pest Genomics and Plant Breeding in Sustainable Agricultural Pest Management Group at The University of Western Ontario, in partnership with TechAlliance, will host the Future of Food: bioCEP3 (Biotechnology, Crops, Education, Policy, Production and Perception).

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New student chapter to promote animal law

September 12, 2011

A new student group at Western Law will focus on protecting the lives and advancing the interests of animals through the legal system. Western Law students have partnered with the national non-profit group Animal Legal Defense Fund to create The University of Western Ontario's first Student Animal Legal Defense Fund (SALDF).

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"The Challenge of Originalism" features leading scholars

September 08, 2011

Cambridge University Press has announced that The Challenge of Originalism is now in print. Edited by Western Law Professors Grant Huscroft and Bradley Miller, the book offers fresh insights into comparative and cross-disciplinary approaches to constitutional interpretation from some of the world's leading theorists - proponents and critics of originalism - and is a must-read for anyone interested in constitutional theory generally.

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Dean Scott welcomes the class of 2014

September 07, 2011

W. Iain Scott, the new Dean of Western Law, welcomed the class of 2014 to their first day of law school on Tuesday, September 7. He told the 175 incoming students, "It's the first day for each of us and I am looking forward to this journey with you over the next three years."

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Law student's blog brings studies to life

August 09, 2011

Western Law student Katie Krafchick '12 was selected by Go Study in Australia, an Australian government program, to be one of nine student bloggers from North America to write about her time "Down Under" on exchange.

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In Memoriam - Robert Mackay, Q.C.

August 05, 2011

Robert Mackay, Q.C. a former Dean and Professor at Western Law, died on August 3, 2011 at the age of 85. Mackay joined the Faculty of Law at Western in 1959, only a year after it was established, until he retired in 1989.

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Western Law welcomes new faculty members

July 07, 2011

Peter Sankoff and Nina Khouri have been appointed associate professors at Western's Faculty of Law. Sankoff will teach criminal law and evidence, while Khouri will teach contracts and alternative dispute resolution. "It's tremendous for us to attract such high-calibre scholars," says Mark Perry, Associate Dean, Research.

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McLaren named president of hoops tribunal

July 05, 2011

Western Law professor Richard McLaren, a prolific arbitrator at both the Winter and Summer Olympics, can now add international basketball to his lengthy list of sports-related accomplishments. A key player in the groundbreaking Mitchell Report regarding the use of steroids in Major League Baseball, McLaren has been appointed president of the Basketball Arbitral Tribunal.

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Wildeboer Dellelce LLP World Exchange Internship launched

June 27, 2011

First-year law student Lauren Lefcoe will gain hands-on experience at one of the world's largest stock exchanges, thanks to the generous support of Wildeboer Dellelce LLP. The new internship will place Lefcoe at the London Stock Exchange this summer, working with a senior member of the LSE's legal group.

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A learn-learn situation for incoming Dean

June 24, 2011

While not from the world of academe, W. Iain Scott knows leadership is about appointing good people around you. Preparing to begin a five-year term as dean of the Faculty of Law this September, he is confident such guidance is already a part of the university structure.

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Former CEO appointed Dean of Western Law

June 20, 2011

The University of Western Ontario has announced the appointment of W. Iain Scott as Dean of the Faculty of Law, beginning a five-year term on Sept. 1, 2011. Scott, who recently retired from an eight-year term as the first-ever Chair and Chief Executive Officer of one of Canada's largest law firms, McCarthy Tetrault LLP, succeeds Ian Holloway, who will complete his second five-year term as Dean of Western Law on June 30.

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Spirit of community bond the Class of 2011

June 20, 2011

Students strode proudly across the stage and received congratulations from Dean Ian Holloway while family and friends beamed with admiration at the Western Law awards ceremony for the Class of 2011 held on Friday, June 17.

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Alumni awards dinner to celebrate distinguished contributions

June 17, 2011

Reconnect with old friends and celebrate alumni for their important contributions to their professions and community at the Western Law Alumni Awards Dinner in Toronto on Thursday, October 20, 2011. Learn how to nominate an alum for an award.

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TGF international internship sends law student to The World Bank

June 07, 2011

Western Law's International Law Internship Program is growing again thanks to the generous support of ThorntonGroutFinnigan LLP (TGF), a restructuring and litigation boutique firm founded by Western Law grads Robert Thornton LLB '82 and John Finnigan LLB '82.

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Norton Rose OR LLP (formerly Ogilvy Renault) supports student experience

June 06, 2011

Western Law students will have a freshly renovated space for renewal and relaxation thanks to the generous $200,000 gift from Norton Rose OR LLP in support of upgrades to the law school's student lounge. In recognition of this gift Western Law will name this space The Norton Rose Student Common Room.

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New Guidelines Govern the Canada-U.S. Law Institute

May 28, 2011

A signing ceremony at Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland on Friday, April 15th, 2011 marked the entry into force of a new set of Guidelines to govern operations of the Canada-United States Law Institute. The Structure, Governance and Operational Guidelines, which had been under negotiation for several years, recognize and formalize existing administrative arrangements for the Institute

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Student nets first place in provincial competition

May 12, 2011

Second-year Western law student Devesh Gupta has won a bursary from the Ontario Expropriation Association (OEA). His paper entitled "A Summary of Injurious Affection: where no land of the claimant is expropriated" was ranked first by the Board of Directors of the OEA.

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Lacrosse association turns to Western Law

May 04, 2011

University lacrosse has grown tremendously the last two decades. So when the Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association (CUFLA) recognized a need to redraft the league's constitution, they called on the Sport Solution Clinic at The University of Western Ontario's Faculty of Law.

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U.N. experience solidifies career aspirations for law student

May 03, 2011

A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work at the United Nations has confirmed Katerina Minaeva's passion for international business law. The second-year Western law student's realization came after spending last summer on an international exchange to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) in Vienna, Austria.

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Public Law series attracts top scholars

April 27, 2011

Some of the world's top public law scholars and legal philosophers participated in Western Law's Preeminent Public Law Scholars Series, now in its second year.

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Sponsors Announced for Obligations VI

April 27, 2011

Western Law is pleased to announce five sponsoring firms for the Obligations VI Conference, to be held July 18-20, 2012 at the Ivey Spencer Leadership Centre in London, Ontario.

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Leading Law and Finance Scholars featured at Torys Series

April 25, 2011

Students and faculty at Western Law were fortunate to hear and engage with some of the world's most influential corporate and financial law scholars, thanks to the Torys LLP Business and Law Pre-eminent Scholars Series.

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Remembering David Rowcliffe '91

April 18, 2011

The Class of 91 has established a fund to honour their classmate David Rowcliffe (LLB 91), who passed away on February 4, 2011 at the age of 46. A senior counsel with the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, Rowcliffe was the faculty advisor for the Western Law Gale Cup

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Margaret Ann Wilkinson named Faculty Scholar

April 15, 2011

Western Law Professor Margaret Ann Wilkinson, Director of the Area of Concentration in Intellectual Property, Information and Technology Law, has been named a University of Western Ontario Faculty Scholar. Established in 2005, the Faculty Scholars Award recognizes significant recent scholarly achievements in teaching or research.

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First Nations treaty rights focus of research grant

April 15, 2011

Professor Michael Coyle has been awarded a national SSHRC research grant in the amount of $87,082. The three-year term grant will fund Professor Coyle's research into the availability of civil remedies for breach of the obligations incurred in the treaties negotiated between the Crown and First Nations in Canada.

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Student-run Law Journal launched at Western

April 14, 2011

Western Law is proud to announce the launch of The University of Western Ontario Journal of Legal Studies, a law review that will be entirely student-run. Known as the Western Journal of Legal Studies for short, the law review was approved in February after students spent more than a year campaigning, submitting proposals and making presentations at faculty meetings.

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The Fifth Transatlantic Intellectual Property Summer Academy

April 08, 2011

The University of Western Ontario and McGill University are jointly organizing the Fifth Transatlantic Intellectual Property Summer Academy, to take place in Montreal from June 13 to 17, 2011.

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Graham keynote focuses on Legal Ethics

April 07, 2011

Professor Randal Graham delivers a keynote address on Legal Ethics at "Straight From the Bench" the annual conference of the Middlesex Law Association, on April 7.

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Parachin lauded by students

April 01, 2011

Western law professor Adam Parachin has been honoured by law students with two awards. Parachin received The Jay McLeod Professor of the Year Award and an award from Pro Bono Students of Canada for PBSC Outstanding Mentor.

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Public Forum on Charter Equality

April 01, 2011

Professors Gillian Demeyere, Grant Huscroft, and Bradley Miller will discuss and debate section 15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in Withler v Canada on Wednesday, April 6, in the Moot Court Room from 12:00-1:00pm. All are welcome to attend.

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Legal Ethics and Professionalism Moot

March 31, 2011

Lauren Dalton and Tanya Jawa have won the second annual Lenczner Slaght Advocacy Competition in Legal Ethics and Professionalism. The competition was sponsored by Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP, a Toronto firm that has been consistently recognized as one of Canada's premier litigation practices. The competition featured 18 first-year students appealing the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in R. v. Cunningham, a case about whether a criminal defence lawyer can unilaterally withdraw from representing his or her client for non-payment of fees.

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Alumni vie for Bencher positions

March 28, 2011

More than 100 lawyers have put themselves forward to run in the Law Society's 2011 Bencher Election bencher, and some of Western Law's own are in the running.

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Western Law hockey team wins intramural championship

March 28, 2011

The Western Law Hockey Team, comprised of first, second, and third year Western Law students, recently competed in the 2011 Queen's Law Invitational Hockey Tournament.

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A Judicial View from Delaware

March 08, 2011

Leo E. Strine Jr., Vice Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery, reminded the audience that corporate directors are bound to try to maximize profits for their stockholders as he delivered the Third Annual Beattie Family Lecture in Business Law to a full house at Western's Faculty of Law on Tuesday, March 8. No one should therefore be surprised, Judge Strine said, when aggressive pursuit of profit leads to increased levels of risk.

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Niagara International Moot Competition

February 28, 2011

The Niagara International Moot Competition was held from February 24-26 in Toronto, and was attended by 18 teams from Canada and the United States.

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Amnesty calls for Canada to improve human rights at home

February 18, 2011

Alex Neve, Secretary-General of Amnesty International Canada, addressed students and faculty at a "Fireside chat" event on February 15 organized by the International Law Association as part of its International Law Week.

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Fontaine speaks on First Nations Human Rights at Pensa Lecture

February 18, 2011

Chief Phil Fontaine, the former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, spoke on the subject "Legacy and Future: First Nations Human Rights and Canada's Responsibilities" at the 2011 Pensa Lecture in Human Rights.

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Top corporate law judge to speak at Beattie Lecture

February 18, 2011

Western Law is proud to announce that Leo E. Strine Jr., Vice Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery, will deliver the 2011 Beattie Family Lecture in Business Law. Vice Chancellor Strine will speak on the topic "Bailed out bankers, Oil spills and Potash: Our struggle with the idea that for profit firms seek profit."

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Public forum on the legal regulation of prostitution

February 15, 2011

What is the best legislative response to prostitution? This is a controversial question in liberal states everywhere.

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Jason Kenney calls for Judiciary to exercise restraint

February 15, 2011

Saying he is become increasingly concerned with inefficiencies in Canada’s immigration system, Jason Kenney, the Minister of Immigration, Citizenship and Multiculturalism, told an audience at Western Law that he is proposing a streamlined process to cut down on the appeals process in an attempt to identify bogus refugee claims earlier and fast track bona fide claims.

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Chief Phil Fontaine, The Claude and Elaine Pensa Lecture in Human Rights

February 11, 2011

Chief Phil Fontaine, the former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, will speak on "Legacy and Future: First Nations, Human Rights and Canada's Responsibilities" at the 2011 Pensa Lecture in Human Rights.

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Professor Margaret Ann Wilkinson on copyright controversies

February 09, 2011

The tabling in Parliament in June of Bill C-32 to amend the Copyright Act of Canada led to a flurry of comment and counter comment as the bill made its way from 1st Reading to 2nd Reading and into committee.

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Law students explore international organizations

February 07, 2011

Twenty-four Western Law students completed a January Term course last week devoted to the law of international organizations. The course, which is now in its fourth year, examines the evolving personality of international organization, their legal capacity and status in domestic law, rule-making and dispute settlement.

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Western Law hosts ABA Competition

February 01, 2011

Western Law was the destination point for dozens of lawyers, law students and volunteers participating in the Regional Round of the ABA Client Counselling Competition on February 19.

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International Donor's Passion for Life Benefits Law Students

January 12, 2011

His Western education opened doors for him, and now he's opening doors for others. This year, Kevin Comeau (LLB '82) added another $25,000 donation to Foundation Western, to continue supporting the Kevin J. Comeau Continuing Scholarship he created in the Faculty of Law in 2003. This new gift brings his total giving to almost $200,000.

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Help Law Students Learn the Art of Client Counselling

January 11, 2011

Western Law is seeking lawyers to judge the regional round of the ABA Client Counselling Competition.

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Celebrating Jay McLeod

January 04, 2011

Western Law alumni, friends and family gathered at the London Club on January 25 to share memories of one of the greatest figures of Canadian family law, the late Professor Jay McLeod LLB '71. McLeod was a leading expert in Canadian family law and a beloved colleague and teacher, who died in October 2005.

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January Term Brings International Visiting Faculty

January 03, 2011

January is an exciting month at Western Law. The school’s January Term brings leading practitioners and academics from across Canada and abroad to teach intensive month-long courses.

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