Law

Some lease conditions are impossible for landlords to legally enforce.

8 years 2 weeks ago

Landlord agreements not always legal

When Madi Trenholm found a broken oven in her new apartment, she thought she would just have to ask her landlord to fix it.Continue...

10 years 4 months ago

Articling deserves a clean slate

On Nov. 22 the ‘benchers,’ as the Law Society of Upper Canada’s governing board is known, will be voting on the fate of articling in Ontario. Currently articlingis in practice with multiple countries in the Commonwealth and consists of a professional training program at a firm completed after passing the bar and before becoming a qualified lawyer.Continue...

If the Law Society of Upper Canada’s vote is successful, law students will be able to choose between articling and a new legal practice program to fulfill their licensing requirements.

10 years 4 months ago

Articling crisis affects students

A proposed pilot project from the Law Society of Upper Canada could change the way lawyers in Ontario become licenced.Continue...

If passed, new legislation could affect the way users of DC ++ are prosecuted under Canadian law

11 years 5 months ago

Campus file-sharing draws attention

Queen's Information Technology Services receives complaints from major film companies concerning illegally downloaded files on the network.Continue...

7 months 4 weeks ago

Queen’s professor discusses Canadian implications of Roe v. Wade

The implications of the recent overturn of U.S. Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade have become a hot topic of discussion, both in the U.S. and at Queen’s.Continue...

2 years 1 month ago

Indigenous Knowledge Initiative adapts to COVID-19

The Indigenous Knowledge Initiative (IKI) has undergone significant changes under COVID-19 to safely continue serving the Queen’s community.Continue...

3 years 6 months ago

Former First Nations University president to lead Indigenous Knowledge Initiative at Queen’s

After spending five years in Saskatchewan at Canada’s First Nations University, legal scholar Mark Dockstator is coming to Queen’s to lead the Indigenous Knowledge Initiative.Continue...

4 years 10 months ago

Interim decision reveals allegations against Queen’s Faculty of Law

According to an Apr. 6 interim decision published by the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO), Queen’s faces multiple allegations of discrimination from former student Nadia Noor.

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5 years 5 months ago

Law faculty plans Indigenous art space

According to members of the Queen’s Faculty of Law, visitors to John A. Macdonald Hall will be greeted with specially created Indigenous art come next fall.Continue...

6 years 1 month ago

I took the LSAT for fun

‘11:11’ by the Arkells was blasting on my phone. But it wasn’t 11:11 — it was 7 a.m. on a Saturday morning and I was less than pleased.Continue...