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ACCESSWINDSOR LAW REPORT

AN EXCEPTIONAL LAW SCHOOL FOR A CHANGING WORLD

SUMMER 2020

Dear alumni & friends,

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed significant challenges to all aspects of our University’s operations, including planning for the Transforming Windsor Law (TWL) building project.

However, I am pleased to be able to provide some clarity on the way forward for the $30 million project.

We were to have packed up and moved to temporary quarters this summer, with a late summer start for construction. Unfortunately, we have been unable to do the work necessary to make the temporary quarters suitable for our needs due to the suspension of construction sites on campus. However, while we are facing a delay in terms of our temporary relocation and the start of the transformative renovations of the Ron W. Ianni law building, the delay is manageable and relatively brief in the grand scheme of things.

The revised plan is to push back construction by roughly six months, with a start no later than January 2021. In an effort to minimize disruption and ensure service to students through the Fall semester, we have planned a two-stage relocation strategy. Our plan is for the Law Library to move this summer to the Leddy Library. The rest of the Faculty of Law will move to temporary quarters by the end of the Fall 2020 term, with no disruption to the dates of the academic year. This gives us additional time to pack and has the advantage of freeing up space for physical distancing as we are able to return to campus.

Although my term as Dean will end in one year, I remain very excited about this project (and will stay on the Building Steering Committee until the project is complete). The support of alumni and friends is more important than ever; please consider making a contribution if you are able.

TRANSFORMING WINDSOR LAWA MESSAGE FROM DEAN CHRISTOPHER WATERS

Visit uwindsor.ca/law/TWL for more.

FUNDS RAISED TO DATE

$4.9MILLION

of $6 MILLION GOAL

Shae Harasym, JD ‘13 Major and Leadership Giving

Alumni and Fund Development Office

519-253-3000 x 4231Shae.Harasym@uwindsor.ca

To make a building gift or to inquire about how you can support Windsor Law students, please contact us or visit uwindsor.ca/law/alumni

Karen Momotiuk Chapman, LLB ‘96 Alumni and Fund Development

Alumni and Fund Development Office

519-253-3000 x 2920karenm@uwindsor.ca

On February 25, 2020 we raised a total of $66,000 in 24 hours in matched gifts with help from our alumni and friends during our inaugural Windsor Law Giving Day. Thanks to our community, a difference has been made for the next generation of law students.

We would like to extend a special thank you to Windsor Law alum Allan Stitt ‘88 (President and Chief Executive Officer of ADR Chambers and the Stitt Feld Handy Group) who generously matched $25,000 in gifts.

Mark your calendars for our second annual #WLGivingDay happening on February 23, 2021!

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Pascale Chapdelaine

Floro Culmone

Anna DeCia Gualtieri

Michael DelGobbo

Carl DeLuca

Keith Elliott

Dianna Flannery

Evan Gold

Fraser Gow

Jennifer Graham

Shreya Gupta

Shae Harasym

David Harris

Jessica Hatt

Shruti Joshi

James Jung

Michelle Kai

Marnie Kuhn

Ruth Kuras

Lisa Laredo

Paul Layfield

Victoria Lehman

James MacLellan

David McBean

Scott McEachran

Julia McIlraith

John McLaren

Ronald Melvin

Karen Momotiuk Chapman

Jerome Morse and Cathy Lawrence

Jasbir Parmar

Marty Rabinovitch

Leanne Rapley

James Renaud

Arthur Rozumek

Noel Semple

Robert Shapiro

Glen Simpson

Kevin Sisk

Mark TarBush

Myra Tawfik

Donna Tiqui Shebib

Vale Canada Limited

Jonathan Virtue

George Vuicic

Melissa Wright

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#WLGIVINGDAY: ALUMNI MAKE TIME TO GIVE GENEROUSLY

ESTABLISH AN ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPGIFTS OF $25,000 (which can be fulfilled over five years) will generate scholarships of up to 4% the accumulated interest.

Terms can be tailored to reflect the type of support you wish to provide.

NEW AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPSNEW DOLLARS RAISED TO HELP STUDENTS

STEP Canada Prize for Excellence in Wills and Succession Planning Award A $1,500 annual award that will be presented to the student earning the highest mark in the Wills and Succession Planning Course.

Rosen Kirshen Tax Law Entrance Award A $3,333 annual award will be presented to a first-year law student in the JD or Dual JD program with financial need. This award was established by partners Jason Rosen ’13 & Jeffrey Kirshen ’13.

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ALUMNI NEWS

ALUMNI MEET THE MOMENTTO CONQUER COVID-19

BY KAREN MOMOTIUK CHAPMAN

Raising over $2.36 million, conducting media appearances on TSN and Sporstnet, working alongside Hayley Wickenhesier and political influencers, creating a makeshift distribution centre for millions of items of personal protective equipment (PPE), and designing apparel with Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment were things that Guri Pannu ‘07 never expected to find on his to-do list.

He and fellow alum Fatema Dada ‘07 have been key players in the establishment of the cross-country organization Conquer COVID-19, helping communities during the coronavirus pandemic. Both are board members; Pannu is also chief operating officer and chief legal officer, and Dada plays multiple roles in legal and distribution.

Their critical takeaways from the organization’s explosive success? They relied heavily on the diversity of their team, and believe that the critical thinking and emphasis on ethics they learned at Windsor Law allowed them to adapt and make effective decisions in a global landscape with extreme uncertainty.

Within a week of lockdown, the team created Conquer COVID-19: a group of physicians,

business leaders, entrepreneurs, lawyers, medical students, and other volunteers dedicated to ensuring frontline workers responsible for the health and wellbeing of Canadians have access to masks, gloves, and other supplies essential to treat patients and minimize the spread of the virus.

Conquer COVID-19 had three large

catalysts. The first was when doctors on its team came up with the idea of using baby monitors in hospitals to track patients without entering their rooms. The group quickly sourced baby monitors from Toys “R” Us and Vtech, drawing praise from prime minister Justin Trudeau. Volvo provided 15 SUVs to help drive and deliver medical equipment across Ontario. Within two weeks, the grassroots group quickly grew from six people on a What’s App discussion to 120 volunteers and a nationwide movement.

“Not only has Conquer COVID-19 allowed me to reconnect with a long-lost law school friend,” says Dada. “It has also given me the opportunity to work with a dedicated and talented group of individuals who are sacrificing their own personal time to work together to help Canada through this pandemic.”

The second catalyst occurred when Conquer COVID-19 formed a partnership with hall of fame hockey legend and soon-to-be physician, Hayley Wickenheiser. In Toronto for her clinical rotations as a medical student, she had tweeted a plea to help her colleagues with donations of N95 masks, surgical masks,

gloves, and face shields. Her friend, Canadian-born actor Ryan Reynolds, amplified that call for help.

Within a week of the boost from Wickenheiser and Reynolds, Ontario premier Doug Ford attended a Conquer COVID-19 donation drive and contributed 26,000 surgical masks. He unexpectedly requested one of the group’s T-shirts and wore it at a press conferenceon April 11. The T-shirts were intended onlyfor volunteers, but the following day ConquerCOVID-19’s social media feed was hammeredwith requests to buy them. The group soldmore than 22,000 T-shirts in Canada, the U.S.,the United Kingdom, and Australia.

The third catalyst was a donation of $1 million by the founders of Shopify, Fiona McKean and Tobi Lutke and their Thisltedown Foundation.

While Conquer COVID-19 has now concluded its fundraising efforts, the group continues to provide links to other organizations and funds that can assist as well as serve as a model of hope and inspiration across the country by showing that ordinary people can achieve extraordinary results.

Pannu is pensive about how his experience at Windsor Law allowed him to meet the moment.

“I wasn’t your traditional law student and I didn’t have a burning desire to attend law school since I was little kid,” he says. “However, in my 12 years of practice, my law degree has been invaluable outside of my law career and allowed me to make the most meaningful contribution I have ever made.

“Windsor Law taught us to not only to think critically but also to encourage its students to contribute to the community. The social justice and community feel of the school allows you not to take yourself to seriously and focus on contributing to society.”

For this any other stories about how Windsor Law alumni have been responding to the pandemic, please visit uwindsor.ca/law/alumni-respond-to-covid-pandemic

Ron W. Ianni Circle Gifts of $5,000-$50,000ADR Chambers Bruce and Nancy ElmanGregory George and John

MountainDavid HimelfarbIBM Canada LimitedJames JohnsonKarine KreigerMarvin KurzGreg Monforton and PartnersMary Jo Nolan and Brian NolanPeter ProszanskiWB Family Foundation

John W. Whiteside Circle Gifts of $2,500+Aird and Berlis LLPMatthew AlterJohn Callaghan Professional

CorporationCarole CurtisJustin de VriesDonich Law Professional

CorporationEssex Law AssociationJason HansonMina Grossman IanniTzy Ping LinPatrick McCarthyMiller Thomson LLP Gary TravisMaryhelen TsoStrosberg Sasso Sutts LLP

Dean’s Leadership Circle Gifts of $1,000+Susan Adam MetzlerLauren BaleBartlet & Richardes LLP Dawn BensonBereskin & Parr LLPDavid BertschiAlexandra BrownCassels Brock & Blackwell

LLP Andrew and Elaine BucksteinJohn ClarkJohn CondonCriminal Lawyers’

Association Esther DanielBrian EtheringtonMary Margaret FoxSander GrieveDavid HarrisPaul HowardAlwin KongKoskie Minsky LLPRosemary LegrisVictoria LehmanLexis Nexis CanadaMarg McKillopMcTague Law Firm LLPRonald MelvinJane MilanettiMiller Thomson LLPKaren Momotiuk ChapmanJerome Morse and Catherine

LawrenceNorthwind Professional Corp.Alfred O’MarraPape Salter Teillet LLP Jasbir ParmarStephen RobertsSean SadlerAndrew SanfilippoGlen SimpsonJeffrey SlopenTorkin Manes LLPWaterloo Region Law AssociationArthur WeingardenPeter WrightJohn Yuan

Faculty Leadership Circle Gifts of $500+Robert BeaudoinDavid BellZahra BinbrekDenis BurnsDominic ButtazzoniThomas and Jennifer CareyJanet ClarkJoseph ComartinJames ConleyFrank CsikShaoye DaiAgnes Di LeonardiJohn EllisFasken Martineau LLP Dianna FlanneryKevin FoxDrew GunsolusFrancine HerlehyEric HoffsteinPeter HrastovecLawrence KleinBassam LazarMargaret LiddleMichael MaleykoPaul MannNicole McGowanEsmaeil MehrabiRaymond James CanadaVoy StelmaszynskiBruce ThomasNick TorchettiBoris TreiberWilliam TrudellDavid TanovichGregory VerbeemWilliam and Jean Wright

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WINDSOR LAW

2019 DONOR ROLL

Dear Alumni and Friends,

Supporting our building campaign and our students is something I take pride in as Dean of Windsor Law. We could not provide the funding and resources we do without donor support, and it is important to thank you for your generosity. This report lists donors who gave to the Faculty of Law at the University of Windsor from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019. Donors who have requested anonymity do not appear in the listings. Windsor Law gratefully appreciates all of our donors who have made gifts of any denomination, however, only gifts over $100 are recognized in the following list.

On behalf of the students, faculty and staff of Windsor Law, we sincerely thank our donors for their generous support.

Christopher Waters, Dean and Professor

These circles recognize the contributions of donors toward our annual fund, as well as gifts for scholarships, awards and capital campaigns. Membership in a leadership circle is based on paid gifts to Windsor Law during the time period specified above.

Gifts of $250+Robert AdourianBeverly Chapin Anna Decia-GualtieriDavid FouldsMichael GordnerJohn GrayMichael HickeyMaureen IrishLeigh-Ann KirbyBruce LawsonLori MarzinottoBernie MayerKarl MelinzMaurina MorabitoPasquale MorabitoPaul OchejeMichelle PiluttiLeanne RapleyHolly RobinsonLeneo SdaoRahul ShastriJohn SimesAnneke SmitStudents’ Law SocietySuperior Court of Justice

(Windsor)David TanovichRobert TarantinoAndrew WarmanTeresa WhitesideDavid WhitfieldAnne WinogradJames WittebolsJan WojcikMark Woolgar

Gifts of $100+Suhuyini AbudulaiSue ArnoldWilliam BiesRobert CharneyCristina CorioMelanie CoulterJanis CrigerJean CummingAnthony CusinatoAnnette DemersHaig DeRushaPaul FangMario FiorucciSharyn FriemanTony GaglieseShaelyn HarasymWilhem HaustMatthias HegerAngelika HeimJasminka KalajdzicDiane KarnayFrederick KingstonChristopher KnowlesArun KrishnamurtiThomas KuttnerLisa LaredoKenny LeungRoy MacgillivrayThomas MacKay

Roderick McDowellEdward McNabbAlawi MohideenDaniel MoorhouseStuart MutchSusan NaborsVirginia ObierskiDena ObermanPaul OchejeJanette OrrMarion OverholtCatherine PattersonWayne PattersonCarol RobertsHowie RoginMeghan SchwanSatie SeebaranLyla SimonDoug SloanKayla SmithDennis SteinbergDanielle StillerTamara StompDavid StoneClare WoolgarWinston YeeLeroy Gray

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While we have made every effort to ensure accuracy, please let us know of any errors or omissions by contacting Karen Momotiuk Chapman, Alumni and Fund Development Office at Windsor Law, 519-253-3000 x 2920 or karenm@uwindsor.ca.

MOOT COURT – ARCHITECTURAL

RENDERING

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CLASS OF 2022JUST THE FACTS

21%

FIRST GENERATION CANADIANS

59%

FEMALE

40%

MALE

<1%

GENDER

NON-CONFORMING

51%

SPEAK A SECOND LANGUAGE

79%

FIRST IN FAMILY TO ATTEND LAW SCHOOL

15%

FIRST IN FAMILY TO ATTEND UNIVERSITY

50%

RACIALIZED STUDENTS

JD STUDENTS

163

DUAL JD STUDENTS93

HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF STUDENT ATHLETES & MUSICIANS

AS COMPARED TO OTHER SCHOOLS

AVERAGE AGE 25

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TRANSFORMING WINDSOR LAWCAMPAIGN LAUNCH IN REVIEW

Over the past year, 350+ alumni attended various Windsor Law award presentations, dinners and receptions that took place across the province. During these events, Windsor Law Dean Christopher Waters had the pleasure of officially launching the Transforming Windsor Law campaign. To learn how you can get involved in the campaign, please visit uwindsor.ca/law/TWL.

In addition to his existing pledge and in an incredible show of support, alum Jamie Johnson ‘87 (Signal Hill Equity Partners) generously challenged our alumni through a dollar-for-dollar matching campaign during the Alumni Dinner & Awards in Toronto. In just 24 hours, our alumni pledged a total of $140,000 in matched gifts!

View the event photos on our Facebook page.

TRANSFORMING WINDSOR LAWMEET OUR CAMPAIGN CABINET

To support the fundraising priorities of the building transformation, Windsor Law has put together a campaign cabinet: a group of volunteer students, alumni and legal professionals who are committed to working hard over the life of the transformation to accomplish our campaign goal.

With the following volunteer leaders in place, Windsor Law is confident we will meet, and hopefully exceed, a campaign goal while allowing the steering committee to concentrate on other aspects of the project.

SUPPORT TWL

Interested in naming a classroom, meeting room or other premier space in Windsor Law’s renovated Ron W. Ianni Law Building? Please contact Shae Harasym at Shae.Harasym@uwindsor.ca to discuss the remaining options available.

*Gifts will receive a full tax receipt for theamount of the donation and can be fulfilledover 5 years.

David Amato

John I. Bitove

Alexandra Brown

Warren Creates

Bruce Elman

Nils Engelstad

Graham Gow

Peter Hrastovec

Jay Kellerman

Margaret Nelligan

Nora Osbaldeston

Peter Proszanski

Sean Reginio

Kevin Ross

Don Rodzik

Jim Scarfone

Rick Shaban

Kayla Smith

Sharon Strosberg

Thomas J. Timmins

Judicial Campaign Cabinet Chair Justice Mary Jo Nolan

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A FAREWELL FROM BRUCE P. ELMAN LL.D., PROFESSOR EMERITUSREFLECTING ON RETIREMENT

On June 30th, 2020 I retired from the University of Windsor Faculty of Law. This marked forty-five years from the day I began my academic career at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law on July 1st, 1975. To say that many elements of academic life have changed over those 45 years is an understatement. First, there was no email, no social media, no “Apps” – actually, no computers. The “memory typewriter” was just coming into vogue. Consequently, you had more time for those really important elements of academic life – more time to

prepare your classes, mentor your students, hunt down an elusive case in the Law Library, think intensely about important legal issues, engage in  (sometimes) heated hallway discussions with colleagues on, say, the nature of the doctrine of jus tertii, and, then, go back and think even more intensely about those legal issues. (My guess is that we do not teach jus tertii anymore – at least I haven’t seen any of my younger colleagues willing to “go to the mat” to defend their views on the subject.) In 1975, there were very few commercially published casebooks in Canada. Not so today. Just try to imagine what it was like to create a casebook for your class without a computer, legal databases, and the Internet. The essential items necessary were a comprehensive law library, a photocopier that did not break down, a comfortable pair of scissors, and an unending supply of blank legal paper and scotch tape.

I have had a wonderful career in the academy. I have, principally, been a member of two excellent law schools – the University of Alberta (25 years) and the University of Windsor (20 years). During those 45 years, I spent time as a Visiting Scholar at Stanford, Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Niigata University in Japan, and the University of Toronto. At each institution, I made excellent friends among the Faculty and staff. Some of my closest friends date back to my earliest days at U of A – Lewis Klar, Mo Litman, John Law. I came to Windsor Law as Dean in 2000, in part, because I had enormous respect for the exceptional scholars on our Faculty at that time. I like to think that many of these individuals – Jeff Berryman, Dick Moon, and Myra Tawfik (to mention only a few) – became not only colleagues but personal friends. While I was Dean, we tried to add individuals who had the potential to be nationally and internationally recognized scholars and great teachers. I think that, we were largely successful. My academic life has been enriched by all of my colleagues – new and old.

While I was Dean, I was blessed to have had exceptional Associate Deans – Brian Mazer, Mary Gold, Christopher Waters. (We will not discussour late afternoon debriefs featuring generous glasses of B & B.)  The

Assistant Deans – Michelle Pilutti and Francine Herlehy – are exceptional individuals and professional in all that they undertake. Throughout my career, I have been extremely fortunate to work with superb support staff. Whatever success I had as the Dean or as a Professor, I owe, in great measure, to them. I do want to single out my secretaries – Helen Wilson and Anne Dawson (while I was Dean), and Cristina Corio and Deirdre Charron since then. All made my life much easier.

Having said all of the above – make no mistake – while scholarship is valuable, I became a law professor because I wanted to teach students about the law so that they would have the knowledge and skills to assist their clients achieve their goals within the limits of law and ethics. I went into the legal academy to teach and mentor the students so they could fulfill their aspirations. I hope I have, in large measure succeeded. My philosophy has always been that a law school must have the interests of all its students at the core of its initiatives. Speaking candidly, I already miss my students – and I have only been retired for 21 days at time of writing!

In December, Dean Waters asked if I would deliver a formal ‘Last Lecture’ as is done in many universities when a professor has gone beyond his or her ‘Best Before Date.’ Although I had already given my last lectures when I met with my Constitutional Law classes in November, I agreed to the Dean’s proposal and we set a tentative spring 2020 date. There was a minor hiccup in this plan – a pandemic intervened. So, everything I have said so far (and perhaps a bit more) would have been included in my Last Lecture intro. With the intro out of the way, I would have launched into a very spirited (and no doubt scintillating) discussion of “The Trade and Commerce Power, Section 121 of the Constitution Act 1867, Laskin’s Flow of the Good Theory, and why the Supreme Court was patently wrong in its decision in Comeau (Upholding the Prohibition on Importation of Liquor into New Brunswick from Another Province)”. I will spare you the full lecture, at least for now, but here is my conclusion: You can cite cases involving eggs, chickens, hogs, and the like but liquor is different! You should never forget this.

Farewell!

THE DR. BRUCE P. ELMAN CLASSROOMDr. Bruce P. Elman’s many years of teaching and service will be recognized with a named classroom. His commitment to furthering the mission and values of Windsor Law has been extraordinary. The naming of a classroom in the newly renovated Ron. W. Ianni Law Building will be in honour of his leadership, on occasion of his retirement June 30, 2020.

Please contact Shae Harasym at Shae.Harasym@uwindsor.ca for information on contributing to the Dr. Bruce P. Elman Classroom.

The John Mountain Law Scholarship was established by John during his lifetime, with aspirations of it growing well into his retirement. In an abrupt turn of events, John passed away from an aggressive form of cancer on June 18, 2018 after a very brief battle. This scholarship is awarded to a student who has demonstrated a passion for

advancing the rights and interests of the LGBTQ community while in law school, as John did during his lifetime.

To date, the scholarship has raised over $116,000, and is still growing. Windsor Law was one of John’s philanthropic priorities, and he was always looking to help students with the expense of law school.

JOHN MOUNTAIN LAW SCHOLARSHIP

FOR INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIPDR. BEVERLY JACOBS AWARD

Windsor Law is establishing a new award to honour and recognize the extraordinary accomplishments of Dr. Beverly Jacobs ’94 and this important milestone of becoming the first Indigenous person appointed Associate Dean at Windsor Law. We want to celebrate this milestone with all the vigour it deserves. This award will be presented to an Indigenous student, to whom we will proudly look to maintain and expand the unique, trailblazing reputation of our law school. Dr. Jacobs’ classmate, Alla Koren ‘93, reflects on this initiative:

“Establishing the award as a celebration of the accomplishments of Dr. Beverly Jacobs seems obvious. The appointment of Dr. Jacobs to the position of Associate Dean of our law school comes as no surprise to those who know her. It is just another step in this extraordinary woman’s path.  Dr. Jacobs never allowed herself to be restrained by the usual limitations. Hardships, especially those that cut the deepest, only enhance her strength and determination. They never serve to hinder her progress.

Dr. Jacobs is guided by her deep connection as a Mohawk bear clan woman to her own Haudenosaunee community at Six Nations Grand River Territory. She is close to her community both in physical space and in spirit. Dr. Jacobs’ immense spirituality leaves no room for doubt that her ancestors are guiding her and illuminating the path she is to take. That path has always and continues to involve the task of sharing her wealth of knowledge and experience, but also time and energy to supporting her entire community. The task of raising a child on her own while attending Windsor Law, and now supporting her daughter

and grandchildren, seems to have ignited her determination. The accomplishments of Dr. Jacobs are well documented, and demand recognition.

Regardless of the task, Dr. Jacobs has always extended herself to support, uphold and strengthen not only her own community but the larger community of Indigenous Peoples throughout Canada and the world. To this day, the victims of Canada’s shameful residential schools (who included her grandmother) and the traumatized members of missing and murdered Indigenous girls and women (to name a few) rely on Dr. Jacobs for support. Never is she short on time or the emotional energy required to do this cumbersome work. No matter the degree of her own pain or exhaustion, Dr. Jacobs always has a smile, a genuine laugh and a word of support for anyone who needs it.

Those are only some of the reasons why the support to be offered to an Indigenous student in the name of Dr. Jacobs seems fitting for her path. Her connection to the land, spiritual beliefs and ancestors guide and support her.  It is only fitting that we all offer our support to Dr. Jacobs’ already solid goal of globally empowering her community through the efforts of Windsor Law to recruit, sustain and ensure the success of Indigenous law students.”

We ask that you contribute to this new scholarship by contacting Karen Momotiuk Chapman at karenm@uwindsor.ca or by visiting www.uwindsor.ca/donate and specifying the Dr. Beverly Jacobs Award for Indigenous Leadership.

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The Judge Juanita Westmoreland-Traore Leadership Scholarship is presented annually to a Law II or III student with financial need. The successful recipient will also exhibit leadership qualities and have demonstrated involvement in the Black community, the First Nations community, the University community, and/or the community at large.

This long-established, endowed scholarship was conceived in 2003 and created in 2010 by friends of Judge Juanita Westmoreland-Traore, a former Dean of the University of Windsor Faculty of Law.

JUDGE JUANITA WESTMORELAND- TRAORE LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP

CONTRIBUTE TO THESE SCHOLARSHIPS

Contribute to these scholarships by contacting Karen Momotiuk Chapman at karenm@uwindsor.ca or by visiting www.uwindsor.ca/donate and specifying the award by name.

ASSOCIATE DEAN (ACADEMIC)BEVERLY JACOBS APPOINTED

Just months after receiving word of her promotion from assistant to associate professor in the Faculty of Law, Beverly Jacobs has been appointed the next associate dean (academic) at Windsor Law, both effective July 1, 2020.

Dr. Jacobs is a member of the Mohawk Nation, which is one nation that is part of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and she is from the Six Nations Grand River Territory in Ontario. She holds an LLB from the University of Windsor, an LLM from the University of

Saskatchewan, and a PhD from the University of Calgary.

A former president of the Native Women’s Association of Canada, she is nationally known for her work and commitment to Indigenous law

and politics in Canada. Jacobs is a leading voice and an expert with respect to a multitude of issues facing Indigenous peoples locally, provincially, nationally, and internationally.

“The impact of Dr. Jacobs’ research, teaching, and advocacy has been national and international in scope,” says Windsor Law Dean Christopher Waters. “We look forward to her leadership at the law school.”

Among her many awards and honours, Jacobs was inducted as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2018 for promoting the rights of Indigenous women and girls, notably for her advocacy for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. During her first year of teaching at the Faculty of Law in 2017, Jacobs received the Human Rights and Social Justice Award from the Office of Human Rights, Equity & Accessibility.

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TOTAL BURSARIES AWARDED

$3MILLION

$17,500LARGEST BURSARY AWARDED

$5,000

$15,000

$20,000

$25,000

$10,000

$9,400,734CURRENT STATE OF ENDOWMENT

(UP 58% OVER 10 YEARS)

LINKING OPPORTUNITY WITH ACTIONSOCIAL JUSTICE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

Since 2005, the Windsor Law Alumni Social Justice Fellowship program has provided financial support to over 120 students—about $500,000 in fact. These students have assisted organizations across the country and around the world, supporting social justice efforts in human rights, law and development, anti-human trafficking, access to justice, gender equality, housing rights, environmental law, Indigenous issues, street youth and more.

The opportunity to participate in social justice advocacy is life changing and career defining. With the generous support of our alumni, we currently offer 3 named fellowships: The Stitt Feld Handy Social Justice Fellowship in

Africa, the Bruce and Nancy Elman Social Justice Fellowship in Governance and Democracy, and the Dean’s Social Justice Fellowship. Recently, we have partnered with several organizations to provide for standing fellowships including the United Nations High Commission and Refugees and the Sri Lanka Human Rights commission. These standing arrangements ensure a stable presence of Windsor Law students to support the organization’s mandate.

For Summer 2020, 10 students have been awarded Social Justice Fellowships including Ashley Ash (Stahili Foundation), Taneeta Doma (SALCO), Ramisha Farooq (UNHCR), Josh Lamers (Black Legal Action

Centre), Tia McCalla (CERA), Alexandra McMichael (Peterborough Community Legal Centre), Mithea Murugesu (Justice for Children and Youth), Nyusha Samiei (UN Special Rapporteur), Arathi Ajit (Debwewin Fellowship) and Matthew Chikaonda (Sri Lanka RTI). Join us in celebrating our 2020 Social Justice Fellows!

In response to COVID 19, Windsor Law developed additional student supports including COVID 19 Emergency Bursaries, 20 additional Research Assistantships, 9 Ianni Student Fellowships and 4 Law Commission of Ontario Student Scholar Fellowships at time of writing.

GEORGE M. DUCK LECTURE WITH JUDGE CHILE EBOE-OSUJI, PRESIDENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURTSeptember 16, 2020

To learn about upcoming alumni events or to nominate a colleague for the Annual Alumni Awards, visit uwindsor.ca/law/alumni .

UPCOMING EVENT