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. Read more...

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). Read more...

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. Read more...

Susan Elliott (’79) Featured on Cover of Whig-Standard’s “Women In Business” Supplement

Common Law alumna Susan Elliott (’79) was featured as the 2009 cover profile for The Kingston Whig-Standard’s “Women In Business” supplement, published on November 7, 2009. Read more...

Yasir Naqvi (’99) Acclaimed as New President of the Ontario Liberal Party

Common Law alumnus Yasir Naqvi (’99), who serves as the member of provincial parliament for Ottawa Centre, has been acclaimed as the new president of the Ontario Liberal Party. Read more...

Alumna Cindy MacDonald Appointed to Ontario Superior Court

On October 23, 2009, Canada’s Justice Minister Rob Nicholson appointed Faculty of Law graduate Cindy MacDonald (LL.L. 1991, LL.B. 1993) to the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario in Cochrane. Read more...

Justice Paul Kane (‘71) Appointed to New Post in Ottawa

Common Law alumnus, Justice Paul Kane (’71), formerly of the North East Region of the Superior Court of Justice for the Province of Ontario, has been transferred to Ottawa, effective immediately. Read more...

Faculty of Law Alumnus Assistant Editor of New Canadian International Affairs Magazine

Sam Sasan Shoamanesh (LL.B. 2003; LL.L. 2005), currently a lawyer with the International Criminal Court in the Hague, is co-founder of Global Brief, a new international affairs magazine published by Glendon School of Public and International Affairs. Read more...

Two Common Law Alumni Appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice

Two Common Law Alumni, Justice Patrick James Boucher (’96) and Justice Jean Legault (’88), have been appointed to the Ontario Court of Justice.  The appointments took effect on October 14, 2009. Read more...