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Once again winning the Canadian round of the 2017 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot in Edmonton in February, the Queen’s team was one of the top two from Canada to advance to the highly competitive global round of the world’s largest moot in Washington, D.C., in April. According to faculty coach Darryl Robinson, ultimately it was his team’s preparation and execution that set them apart. “They developed fantastic knowledge of the law and the issues and worked wonderfully as a team,” he says. Representing Queen’s in Washington (third time in five years) “was a very well deserved outcome in every way.”
Queen’s Law’s winning Jessup Moot Team (l-r): student coach Diana Holloway, oralists Caileigh Gruner and Jodie Al-Mqbali, Professor Darryl Robinson, researcher Anna-Lee Beamish, oralist Blake Van Santen and student coach Stephanie Bishop. Absent: oralist Kate Mitchell.
Queen’s team wins Canada’s arbitration competition Beating out seven teams from across the country, Queen’s Law mooters brought home a new trophy for winning the 2017 Mathews Dinsdale National Labour Arbitration Moot. Advocates Stephanie McLoughlin and Geoff Tadema, both Law’18, presented their case before Supreme Court Justice Clément Gascon, Canada Industrial Relations Board chair Ginette Brazeau, and Ontario Labour Relations Board chair Bernard Fishbein. Faculty coach Kevin Banks highlighted the team’s “poise, eloquence and adaptability in the face of challenging questions.”
Mathews Dinsdale Moot winners (l-r): Professor Kevin Banks, student coach Mary Hayhow, advocates Geoff Tadema and Stephanie McLoughlin, and researcher Natalie Garvin. 6 QUEEN’S LAW REPORTS
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Queen’s mooters are national champs in international competition
Criminal law teachers saluted by students Professor Don Stuart accepts his 2016 Stanley M. Corbett Award for Teaching Excellence from Alexandra Terrana, Law’17, Erika Hodge, Law’17, and Paul Socka, Law’18, in the student lounge on April 3. It’s the fourth time he has been honoured by the Law Students’ Society. Corbett Awards for sessional instructors went to Fenton Smith Barristers’ Ian Smith, Law’89, and Amy Ohler, who co-teach Advanced Criminal Law but were unable to attend the ceremony.
Students kick off new era of pro bono service on 20th anniversary Pro Bono Students Canada (pbsc) turned 20 last fall and its Queen’s Chapter celebrated this milestone in style. On September 26, they hosted a volunteer welcome reception featuring the person who inspired the pbsc Family Law Project: Justice Harvey Brownstone, Law’80. In an inspiring keynote address to student volunteers, Justice Harvey Brownstone, Law’80, supervising lawyers and Katie Ling, Law’17, and Tali faculty members involved Golombek, PBSC National with the program in the Program Officer Kingston area, he reflected on pbsc’s accomplishments over the last two decades and spoke about the importance of everyone contributing to its work. This past academic year saw the Queen’s team involved in 29 projects, an expanded number of opportunities in different areas of the law that is expected to continue. These include providing public legal education for newcomers to Canada, people with disabilities and small business owners; helping self-represented clients navigate the court process; and conducting legal research for local public-interest organizations. As Katie Ling, Law’17, a pbsc program coordinator, puts it, “We’re building on our tradition of meaningful student placements that promote access to justice within our community.”