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PROFESSORS RECOGNIZED FOR RESEARCH IMPACT In 2019, Professors Jennifer Llewellyn and Matthew Herder both received the Dalhousie President’s Research Excellence Award for Research Impact. Llewellyn is the Yogis and Keddy Chair in Human Rights Law, Donald R. Sobey Family Foundation Chair in Restorative Justice, and Director of the Restorative Research, Innovation and Education Lab. Her teaching and research are focused on the areas of restorative justice, truth commissions, international and domestic human rights law, and Canadian constitutional law. Herder (LLB ’03, LLM ’06) is an associate professor in the Faculty of Medicine’s Department of Pharmacology with a cross-appointment in the Faculty of Law. He is also the director of the law school’s Health Law Institute and a Canadian Harkness Associate in Health Care, Policy, and Practice. His research interests cluster around biomedical innovation policy, with a particular focus on pharmaceutical drugs. 8
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PRO BONO DALHOUSIE WINS ISANS AWARD Schulich Law’s student pro bono legal information clinic was awarded the Immigrant Services Association of Nova Scotia’s (ISANS) Award for their efforts to help newcomers with legal issues. The award recognizes exceptional and innovative efforts in welcoming immigrants to Nova Scotia and helping them successfully integrate into the community. Pro Bono Dalhousie @ Schulich Law has partnered with ISANS to provide legal information clinics since 2005. Professor Constance MacIntosh helped launch the project after recognizing that there was a need for access to legal information for refugees and immigrants. Each year the student volunteers help 30 to 65 newcomers, often former refugees, with information about citizenship, travel documents, and the rights and obligations of permanent residents. More than 120 students have participated in the program since its inception, with some going on to pursue careers in immigration law.
PROFESSORS COUGHLAN AND CRAIG AMONG MOST INFLUENTIAL LAWYERS Professors Steve Coughlan and Elaine Craig were named to Canadian Lawyer’s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers list, which highlights the important and significant work of jurists across the country.
CANADA AND JAPAN UNITE TO DISCUSS THE OCEAN’S FUTURE The world’s oceans connect us all.
This truth was evident at the first Canadian-Japanese Scholarly Exchange on the Law of the Sea at the Schulich School of Law on December 6-7, 2019. Coughlan (’85) was recognized The first event of its kind in the Government/Nonin Canada, hosted by the Profits/Associations category. Marine & Environmental Law He led the efforts of Canada’s Institute, brought together criminal law academic Canadian and Japanese law of community in advising the the sea experts to exchange Department of Justice on views on international ocean changes that led to the governance. passage of Bill C-51, which The gathering was led by removed outdated offences Professor Aldo Chircop (JSD from the Criminal Code. ’88), Canada Research Chair Craig (LLB ’04, JSD ’10) was recognized in the Human Rights, Advocacy, and Criminal category for her work toward making the legal profession and the legal system more accountable for the harms it causes to survivors of sexual violence. In 2019 she published her awardwinning book Putting Trials on Trial: Sexual Assault and the Failure of the Legal Profession.
in Maritime Law and Policy at Schulich Law and Mr. Toru Hotta, Director of the Law of the Sea Section for Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
During the two-day event, participants tackled a wide range of topics including ocean governance and sovereignty, the Arctic, seabed mining and human rights and the law of the sea.
