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Nelligan O’Brien Payne First-Year Moot Court Competition 2009
On Saturday, November 7, 2008, almost 140 first-year students participated in the preliminary round of the Nelligan O’Brien Payne First-Year Moot Court Competition.
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Radical Readers Welcomes Najla Saïd
Radical Readers will welcome actor and playwright Najla Saïd on Monday, November 30, 2009 in the Senate Room of Tabaret Hall (TBT 083), from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m.
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Secretariat of the IUCN Academy Receives $240,000 Law Foundation of Ontario Grant
The Secretariat of the
IUCN Academy of Environmental Law has received a grant of $240,000 over 3 years from the
Law Foundation of Ontario for its project entitled, “
Building Capacity in Global Environmental Law.”
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Prof. Michael Geist Addresses Television Fee-for-Carriage Debate on The Agenda
Professor Michael Geist appeared on TVO’s
The Agenda with Steve Paikin on November 12, 2009 to discuss the debate between cable companies and television broadcasters over new fees for program distribution.
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Adjunct Professor David Sweanor Addresses Tobacco Company’s Interest in Anti-Smoking Aids
Adjunct Professor David Sweanor has commented on recent rumours that
Reynolds American, the 2nd largest tobacco company in the U.S., is in talks to acquire
Niconovum, a Swedish company that makes nicotine replacement products.
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Workshop and Public Meeting on Human Rights in the Canadian Mining Sector
On November 20, 2009, professors
Lynda Collins and
Penelope Simons will host an interdisciplinary workshop for select academic experts to explore the human rights impacts of Canadian mining.
A public meeting will follow on November 21.
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National Program Graduate, Claire La Hovary, Publishes Les droits fondamentaux au travail
Claire La Hovary (LL.L ’95, LL.B.’96), a graduate of the National Program, recently published her first book,
Les droits fondamentaux au travail : origines, statut et impact en droit international (
Presses Universitaires de France).
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Jonathan Laski (’09) Publishes Article on Greener Olympics in JELP
Common Law graduate Jonathan Laski (’09) has published an article entiled “Towards a Greener Olympics: Sustainable Development and the Vancouver 2010 Athletes’ Village at Southeast False Creek” in the October 2009
Journal of Environmental Law and Practice.
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6 Common Law Professors to Perform at “So You Think You Can Teach”
On Friday, November 13, 2009, six professors will perform their best five-minute lecture at the law school’s production of
“So You Think You Can Teach,” being held in the Gowlings Moot Court (FTX 147) from 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
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Common Law Top Canadian Team at ABA Negotiation Competition
Common Law students,
Neil Schwartz and Brendan Clancy, won the
American Bar Association (ABA) Regional Negotiation competition held on November 7-8, 2009 in Auburn Hills, Michigan.
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