April 2017

We would like to congratulate alumni Justice Andrew Phillip Avtar Mayer and Justice Robyn M. Ryan Bell, appointed to the Supreme Court of British Columbia in Prince Rupert and the Superior Court of Justice in Ottawa, respectively.

The Schulich School of Law extends its congratulations to alumni Philip J. Star, QC (’81), Kathryn M. Dumke, QC (’93), Alonzo Wright (’94), George Filipovic (’02), The Honourable Justice Patrick J. Duncan (’79), and Professor Naiomi Metallic (’05) for their appointments to Judicial Advisory Committees (JACs) in Nova Scotia and the Yukon.

Animals as Legal Persons? film screening and panel shone a spotlight on the need for animal law legislation reform in Canada.

The Schulich School of Law extends its sympathy and condolences to the family, friends, and former colleagues of David I. Jones (LLB '56).

Law Professor Emerita Moira McConnell authors chapters in a book that considers the changes in work on board merchant ships