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University of Calgary SSHRC Preparation Grants

Submitted by jwhamilt on Tue, 2012-05-15 17:58.

University of Calgary SSHRC Preparation Grants

Jennifer KoshanProfessors Allan Ingelson and Jennifer Koshan were both successful in their applications for SSHRC Preparation Grants -- a 100% success rate for the Faculty of Law. University of Calgary SSHRC Preparation Grants are available, on a competitive basis, for researchers applying to the October 2012 SSHRC Insight Grant competition. 

Campaign Cabinet announcement

Submitted by jwhamilt on Mon, 2012-05-14 16:27.

Campaign Cabinet

The Faculty of Law’s 2010-2015 Strategic Plan Campaign, Energy. Skills. Excellence is proud to announce the founding members of its Campaign Cabinet. This is the largest fundraising campaign in the history of the law school and we are very pleased to have assembled such an esteemed group of volunteer community leaders. Download the announcement here.

New Convocation 2012 Photographs

Submitted by jwhamilt on Mon, 2012-05-14 14:45.

New Convocation 2012 Photographs

Megan StokerTen photographs by the University Relations photographer, Riley Brandt, are available here, including some of Gold Medal winner, Megan Stoker (left). Photographers from The Artona Group Inc. took photographs behind-the-scenes and at the May 10th ceremony of the graduates and have kindly shared 126 of those photos in the slideshow available here.

Under Western Skies 2

Submitted by jwhamilt on Mon, 2012-05-14 14:38.

Under Western Skies 2

Shaun FlukerRegistration is now open for Under Western Skies 2: Environment, Community, and Culture in North America, a conference to be held at Mount Royal University October 10 – 13. Professor Shaun Fluker will chair a panel on Environmental Law and Responsibility on October 11 and present a paper on “The Castle Wilderness versus Alberta (Attorney General), 2012 ABQB 1”. He will also be a member of the Plenary Panel on Ecological Integrity in Canada’s National Parks, presenting on “Ecological Integrity and the Law in Canada’s National Parks.” The Program is available here.

Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea Workshop

Submitted by jwhamilt on Sun, 2012-05-13 13:21.

Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea Workshop

nigel bankes 2012Professor Nigel Bankes will be visiting the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS) at the School of Law, Utrecht University on May 14-15. He will be presenting his draft chapter on “Regional and sub-regional conservation and utilization of marine mammals in the Arctic region” at a two-day workshop for invited contributors to a book on The Law of the Sea and Polar Regions: Interactions between Global and Regional Regimes. While in Europe he will also give presentations on the oil sands and on resource development in the traditional territories of Indigenous peoples at the University of Aberdeen Law School in Scotland.

Upcoming Events

  • Deferred Exams

    Deferred winter term exams will be written May 28 to June 1, 2012.

Conferences, Speakers, Workshops

International Legal Ethics Conference V

The Fifth International Legal Ethics Conference will take place in Banff, Alberta, Canada from July 12 - 14, 2012 at The Banff Centre. The Conference will include more than 40 panels and more than 150 people will be presenting papers. The Program and Schedule, as well as other details, are all available on the Conference website here. The Conference Co-Chairs are Professor Richard Devlin of the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University and Professor Alice Woolley of the Faculty of Law, University of Calgary.

Visiting Speakers Program

The Faculty has a Visiting Speakers Program, including a Voices in Law series supported by the Alberta Law Foundation. The first speaker for the 2012/2013 academic year will be J. Wilton (Willie) Littlechild, currently serving as one of the three Commisssioners of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. 

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