UNB Law

Prof Olabisi D Akinkugbe receives SSHRC Insight Development Grant

UNB Law

Posted: October 28, 2016 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Faculty


Congratulations Prof. Olabisi D. Akinkugbe for being awarded an Insight Development Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Thanks to the generous support of SSHRC, the ambitious research project entitled “Regional and National Courts and Africa’s Economic Integration: A Study of the East African Community” will be funded up to $66,000. SSHRC Insight Grants...

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Professor Young Awarded Support for Defamation Law Research

UNB Law

Posted: October 27, 2016 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Faculty


Prof. Young Awarded Support for Defamation Law Research Thanks to the gracious support of the Harrison McCain Foundation and the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), UNB Law Prof. Hilary Young will now have access to increased research support for her continued study of defamation law in Canada. Hilary was awarded The Harrison McCain Young Scholars Award, which provided up...

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Dean John R Williamson eight alumni named to Queen s Counsel

UNB Law

Posted: October 25, 2016 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Faculty


Congratulations to dean John R. Williamson for being sworn in as Queen’s Counsel along with eight other UNB law alumni. A member of UNB’s faculty of law for more than 40 years, Dean Williamson began his career at UNB in 1974 after receiving his master of laws from Harvard Law School. Dean  Williamson has undertaken law reform projects in Atlantic Canada relating to the enforcement of money...

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