As the first Arab woman and first Palestinian appointed Dean of a Faculty of Law in Canada, incoming
#WindsorLaw
Dean
@ReemBahdi
will begin her leadership appointment on July 1, 2021.
Windsor Law stands with Colten Boushie’s family.
Windsor Law stands with Red Pheasant First Nation.
Windsor Law stands with Indigenous Peoples.
Read the full statement in response to the Stanley Trial Verdict on our website:
#WindsorLaw
building closure Day 1: COVID-19 has forced closure of our law building and cancellation of sporting events.
@DeanCWaters
' solo tennis game, however, remains strong(ish). These are stressful times – keep doing things that give you joy. We promise to keep you updated.
Windsor Law Professor
@DanardoSJones
attended the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights, demonstrating his expertise on the bail system in spite of ignorance. We are proud of Prof. Jones for continuing to fight the injustices of systematic racism in our bail system.
Sometimes unconscious bias is so obvious. Watch this exchange.
"Where are you getting this data from?" asks CPC MP Larry Brock.
"The Supreme Court of Canada has said it over & over & over again," replies veteran criminal defence lawyer & UWindsor law prof Donardo Jones.
Windsor Law welcomes four new exceptional scholars to our faculty: Irina Ceric, Vincent Wong and Mary Anne Vallianatos join in 2022 while Daniel Del Gobbo joins in 2023!
Reem A. Bahdi, Dean of Law at
@UWindsor
, has been appointed to The Independent Advisory Board for Supreme Court of Canada Judicial Appointments.
Congratulations to Dean Bahdi!
The Supreme Court of Canada is the backbone of our country’s judicial system. Today, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the Chair and members of the Independent Advisory Board to help select the next Justice for the highest court in Canada. Details:
Congratulations to
#WindsorLaw
Associate Dean
@LavJacobs
on receiving promotion to Full Professor, and to Dr. Sara Wharton on receiving tenure and promotion to Associate Professor.
#WindsorProud
🎉 Windsor Law is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr.
@Sujith_Xavier
to Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies. 📚
We look forward to witnessing the incredible impact Dr. Xavier will have in shaping the future of Windsor Law.
Five New Scholars Set to Advance Bold, Justice-Seeking, Community-Engaged and People-Centred Research and Teaching at Windsor Law
We welcome Kristen Thomasen, Ali Hammoudi, Daniel Del-Gobbo, Joshua Sealy-Harrington, & Daniel Rohde!
Read more⤵️
Today,
#WindsorLaw
students, faculty & staff are participating in
#OrangeShirtDay
to honour residential school survivors in the spirit of reconciliation and hope for generations of children to come
#EveryChildMatters
Congratulations to
#WindsorLaw
alum Sam Hale ’18 on securing a clerkship with Justice Côté at the Supreme Court of Canada. Sam, currently clerking at the Divisional Court, was our valedictorian at convocation last year!
#WindsorProud
@UWindsor
In September,
@IntlCrimCourt
President Eboe-Osuji will join us virtually to deliver his talk:
"International Criminal Court - an Indispensable Instrument of Accountability for the Gravest International Crimes."
Register:
Let's give Assistant Professor
@danieldelgobbo
a warm welcome to Windsor Law! 🥳
Our newest assistant professor joins our faculty this semester. Learn more about Dr. Del Gobbo here:
Congratulations
@WindsorLaw
’s
@DanardoSJones
, recipient of the Human Rights and Social Justice Award through
@uwin_ohrea
. Recognized for his leadership, commitment and contributions in advancing human rights and social justice locally and globally.
@UWindsor
"Our legal education has taught us not just the importance of knowing what the law is, but what the law ought to be. Our legal education has focused not just on the rules of the law, but also that justice involves the fair application of law to people’s everyday experiences."
Congrats to Sabih Ottawa (2L) on receiving the
@wlao_1919
Honourable Sandra Chapnik Women-in-Law Award!
This award recognizes female law students who exemplify the drive and determination to achieve a law degree after having spent time in the workforce:
It may be cold outside, but Bernie has a watchful eye on the construction progress
@UWindsor
's Ron W. Ianni Faculty of Law building.
#TransformingWindsorLaw
This week, the
#WindsorLaw
community welcomes
@bevisiting
as she begins her Acting Dean appointment.
Thank you
@DeanCWaters
for your years of leadership. We look forward to welcoming you back to the classroom.
Read Acting Dean Jacobs’ welcome message:
Congrats to Prof. Bruce Elman on receiving the Builders of Windsor Law Award. This award recognizes Dr. Elman for making significant contributions to
#WindsorLaw
. As a former dean here, Dr. Elman promoted ethics, professionalism and competence as pre-eminent values of Windsor Law
Join us on January 19 at 10 am for a
#JusticeAtWork2022
panel on law careers advancing racial justice. Learn about work being done within and outside of traditional legal practice.
Happening now in the
@WindsorLaw
moot court. We are proud to welcome
@deeroderique
. Lawyer, journalist and author of the Globe and Mail article 'Black on Bay Street'
Since 1970, the Moot Court has been angled and cavernous.
As
#WindsorLaw
's signature learning space, the newly expanded Moot Court will feature an accessible layout, the ability to smudge and double-height windows that look out to the
@UWindsor
campus.
#TransformingWindsorLaw
#WindsorLaw
Prof.
@NoelSemple
has been awarded a
@LawFoundationOn
grant to support his latest
#A2J
initiative.
"Civil Procedure & Practice in Ontario" will be a free, continuously updated online guide to Ontario civil procedure, available on
@CanLII
.
➡️
Windsor Law is proud to support our colleague, Dr. Laverne Jacobs, as Canada's nomination for the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
#VoteJacobsCRPD
@LavJacobs
@WindsorLaw
Congratulations to the Windsor Law Class of 2024! 🥳 Your hard work, dedication, and perseverance have paid off. Here's to new beginnings and a bright future in the legal world. 🎓✨
Friends, colleagues, and students joined us at Katzman Lounge yesterday to support
@JKal
as she accepted the
@OBAlawyers
award in Access to Justice or her groundbreaking work on class actions. Congratulations Jasminka!
Big things happening
@WindsorLaw
today! We are excited to kick off our 50th anniversary this evening with our Faculty of Law Book Launch & Scholarship Celebration!
#50YearsofFacultyScholarship
I can also announce that Associate Dean (Research & Grad Studies)
@LavJacobs
will end her term as the inaugural leader of this position. She has done amazing work to get
@WindsorLaw
LLM program running & promoting Faculty research projects. Thank you Professor Laverne Jacobs!
Juanita Westmoreland-Traoré is the first appointed black judge in Quebec, and she was the first black dean of a Canadian law school. She is an advocate for
#HumanRights
, and has been awarded for her fight against discrimination
#BHM
📷archivesrc/IG
Thank you
@gemmaelisa
for your remarks this morning. Dr. Elman's last class lecture before his retirement included an assortment of cupcakes and, of course, Diet Coke.
#WindsorLaw
Professor
@JKal
among four recipients of 2021 Alumni Award for Distinguished Contributions to University Teaching.
“Ultimately, I hope to teach students about the importance of caring about their clients,” says Prof. Kalajdzic.
➡️
🎉
@UWinAlumni
is bestowing its Alumni Award for Distinguished Contributions to University Teaching on four professors during Spring Convocation ceremonies.
See the honourees in today's
#UWinDailyNews
. ⬇️
Congratulations to
#WindsorLaw
@ProfJulieMac
on her appointment to the Order of Canada for her contributions as a lawyer and mediator, and for her advocacy of self-represented litigants
@SelfRepsCanada
👏
#WindsorLaw
Prof Myra Tawfik (
@colonialip
) appointed to Special Implementation Team on Intellectual Property.
The team will provide advice on the implementation of the Intellectual Property Action Plan
@ONgov
, incl. commercialization of research and IP:
Last Friday, 20 distinguished judges from the Court of Appeal for Ontario, the province's highest court, joined over 200 Windsor Law students at the newly transformed building! ⚖️
It was such an honour to celebrate our 50th anniversary with all of you last night - former deans, alumni, students, staff & friends. Thank you to everyone who made the journey to celebrate this milestone with us, cheers!
#WindsorLaw50
#50thanniversary
#AlumniProud
Delighted for
@LavJacobs
on her election to the 🇺🇳Committee on the Rights of Persons w/ Disabilities. 🇨🇦’s 1st ever candidate to the
#CRPD
!
Congratulations to the newly elected members from:🇲🇽🇰🇼🇬🇭🇨🇭🇯🇴🇦🇺🇰🇷🇨🇮!
Thanks to all members finishing the current term for your hard work!🙏
Starting July 1st, we will welcome new faces to our leadership team! Please join us in welcoming
@gemmaelisa
as associate dean (academic) and
@LavJacobs
as associate dean (research and graduate studies).
Congratulations to the 9
#WindsorLaw
students who obtained clerkships this year!
“[We have] always been strong at the clerkship level, but this year I think is especially impressive considering everything was processed remotely,” says
@anna_decia
, Director of
@WindsorLawCSO
.
Congratulations to Jessica, Shafqat and Pauline who each received a Dean’s Award for Staff Excellence today. Thank you for all that you do for the
#WindsorLaw
community!
Join
@LawDisabilitySC
on Monday at 12:00 pm for "BIPOC & Disability: Lived Experiences," with
@SarahJama_
, Sherron Grant, Yat Li, and Valeria Kuri. Moderated by
@LavJacobs
.
Register:
The conversation has started at the Decolonizing Law? Methods, Tactics & Strategies conference, taking place today and tomorrow at the
@AGW401
. Special thanks to all of the speakers and guests who traveled to join us today! More info:
Apply to the Migrant Farmworker Legal Clinic by July 10, 11:59 PM!
This project by Windsor Law & Justice for Migrant Workers supports farmworkers in Windsor-Essex & beyond.
Apply by emailing your CV to Taneeta Doma at domat
@uwindsor
.ca
Today marks the last day of classes for
#WindsorLaw
students. In this time of uncertainty, we want to extend a heartfelt thank you to our resilient student community for their patience, understanding and advocacy. 💙💛
Windsor Law is proud to support our colleague, Dr. Laverne Jacobs, as Canada's nominee for the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
#VoteJacobsCRPD
@LavJacobs
@WindsorLaw
Congratulations to
@LavJacobs
on receiving the
@DAWNRAFHCanada
2022 Hummingbird Award that honours contributions to the advancement of women and girls with disabilities.
@Uwindsor
We're thrilled to announce that
@LavJacobs
@WindsorLaw
is the recipient of the 2022 Hummingbird Award! This award honours major contributions to the advancement of women & girls with disabilities. Read more about Laverne and her important work:
Today at
@UWaterloo
, Min Bains launched the Patent Collective,
#ExploreIP
and the latest IP legal clinics, initiatives that will help s turn their ideas into new business opportunities and well-paying jobs.
#IPstrategy
Save the Date: The 2018 World Indigenous Law Conference “Waawiiatanong Ziibi: Where the River Bends, The Application of Indigenous Laws in Indigenous Communities and in the Courts” will take place Nov 18-21. Call for papers:
CEDE is excited to announce its collaboration with
@windsorlawtljn
. This year, 2 CEDE Bahujan candidates
@shubham765
&
@saranga_u
have been awarded a position in the LLM program at
@WindsorLaw
, Canada with full tuition funding. We thank
@lebigv
for her cooperation and support.
🎉Congratulations to Assistant Professor
@MaryAnneV
for being selected as the runner-up for the Best Paper (English) award by the
@acds_clsa
.
🏆This award recognized her article "Marginal Citizens: Interracial intimacies and the incarceration of Japanese Canadians, 1942–1949."
After a period of renovation & enhancement, we are delighted to announce that Windsor Law is celebrating its grand reopening! Please join us for this exciting new chapter!
🗓️ October 27 & 28
📍 Windsor Law Building
💻Registration:
Congratulations to Khawla Khalifa, the recipient of the Howie Sacks & Henry LLP Racialized Student scholarship. Thank you to Howie Sacks & Henry LLP for your sponsorship.
Congratulations to our very own Jessica Hatt on receiving the
@UWindsor
Service Excellence Award-First Five Years of Employment.
This employee recognition award recognizes excellence in service and support provided to
#WindsorLaw
students, faculty, staff.
#WindsorProud
Happening now: Supreme Court Justice Andromache Karakatsanis addresses attendees of the Kathleen A. Lahey Feminist Legal Lecture Series, organized by
#WindsorLaw
’s Women and the Law student group.
Yesterday at Mackenzie Hall,
#WindsorLaw
faculty and staff enjoyed an annual retreat as part of our ongoing commitment to enhancing education, services and community for our students.
#WindsorProud
Congratulations to Dean Reem Bahdi on receiving the Outstanding Arab Canadian Achievement Award presented by the Canada Arab Business Council
@cdaarabbusiness
on May 29th at the Annual Gala Dinner & Business Forum.
Next Wednesday, join us for the Indigenous Scholars Lecture Series - presented by the Indigenous Legal Orders Institute.
Dr. John Borrows, Professor & Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law
@UVicLaw
, will discuss the law's Indigenous ethics.
Register:
Congratulations to the
#WindsorLaw
team on placing 2nd (respondent)
@GaleCupMoot
and to Aditi Gupta on receiving the Chief Justice Dickson Medal for Top Oralist in the finals.
Windsor Law students Jessyca Durivage Morgan and
@gabbygibbs19
join Professor
@LavJacobs
Jacobs in Geneva, for the 29th session of the Commitee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, to which Professor Jacobs is a member. Here they are on their first day!
#WindsorLaw
professor/clinic director
@Pat_Galvao
and the Transnational Environmental Law and Policy Clinic contribute to amicus brief calling for recognition of the rights of the Dulcepamba River in Ecuador:
#WindsorLaw
Prof Myra Tawfik (
@colonialip
) appointed inaugural Don Rodzik Family Chair in Law and Entrepreneurship.
“I look forward to the many opportunities that this chair provides to support the entrepreneurship ecosystem in this region & beyond.”
➡️
Our Windsor Law community is deeply saddened to hear about the passing of Alexandra Paul. Our thoughts and condolences go out to her family and loved ones during this difficult time. You can support Alexandra's family by donating.
On Wednesday, Professor
@jefferyghewitt
received the Law Society Medal from
@LawSocietyLSO
bencher Teresa Donnelly in Toronto.
Professor Hewitt was honoured for his exemplary role as an academic, advocate and leader, and for his work on Indigenous legal initiatives and justice.