UNB Law
Posted: November 16, 2016 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: Faculty
UNB Law Professor Hilary Young recently presented her paper on "Canadian Defamation Actions: An Empirical Study" at the Canadian Media Lawyer’s Conference in Halifax on Nov. 4. Professor Young’s paper was a quantitative study of Canadian defamation cases between 1973-1983 and 2003-2013. Professor Young’s findings concluded: Damages have more than doubled, when adjusted for inflation, between...
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Posted: November 8, 2016 4:00:00 AM AST
Category: Students
Law Students’ Society President attends Q&A with Supreme Court Justice Malcolm Rowe On Oct. 25 Law Students’ Society President, Veronica Medon, attended a moderated question and answer session with Supreme Court Justice (then nominee) Malcolm Rowe at the University of Ottawa. As part of their pursuit for greater openness and transparency, the Office of the Minister of Justice and Attorney...
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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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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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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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