UNB Law
Hilary Young named University Research Scholar
Ed Bowes
Posted: April 11, 2024 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students, Alumni, Faculty
UNB Law’s Professor Hilary Young was recently named a University Research Scholar at the 2024 President’s Awards. This award recognizes Prof. Young’s exceptional scholarship and internationally acclaimed research in the areas of defamation, tort, and health law. “It was gratifying to be recognized for my research contributions. When I first started as a scholar, I...
Read the full postOn-ice redemption for students at alumni hockey game
Ed Bowes
Posted: April 3, 2024 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Students, Alumni
(Fredericton, NB) The UNB Law Students pulled off a huge victory on Friday, defeating the UNB Law Alumni 10-5 at the Lady Beaverbrook Arena. The students came out flying with goals from Jarrod Ryan and Sebastian Vella in the first half of the opening frame. Students Eddie May and Nick Currie extended the lead to four going into the first intermission. The alumni responded quickly in the...
Read the full postUNB Law wins the McKelvey Cup
Ed Bowes
Posted: February 22, 2024 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Alumni, Students, Faculty
Congratulations to the team of Caitlin Grogan and Shane Scott, who took home the top prize at the 23rd annual McKelvey Cup moot, the Atlantic qualifier for Canada’s national trial advocacy competition, the Sopinka Cup. This victory marks UNB Law's second win at the McKelvey Cup in the past three years. Additionally, the UNB Law Defence team of Susan Ivimey and Jacob Stoddard delivered...
Read the full postRollie Thompson talks rules, discretion and reform in family law at Rand lecture
Benjamin Pollard, J.D. Candidate, 2025
Posted: February 15, 2024 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Faculty, Alumni, Students
On February 1st, 2024, Rollie Thompson, K.C., Professor Emeritus at the Schulich School of Law and Counsel at Epstein Cole LLP, delivered the twenty-seventh Ivan C. Rand Memorial Lecture. One of Canada’s leading family law experts, Prof. Thompson shared insights into the evolution and contemporary landscape of family law in Canada. The event drew UNB students, faculty, and staff, as well...
Read the full postUNB Law hosts McKelvey Cup Moot
Ed Bowes
Posted: January 24, 2024 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Alumni, Faculty, Students
UNB Law is excited to announce that it will host the McKelvey Cup Moot for the first time on February 9, 2024. This longstanding tradition brings together students from Dalhousie’s Schulich Law School, the Université de Moncton faculté de droit and UNB Law for an intensive two-day trial advocacy competition. Students exercise the fundamentals of trial advocacy, including...
Read the full postRollie Thompson, K.C. to deliver Ivan C. Rand Memorial Lecture
Ed Bowes
Posted: January 10, 2024 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Students, Alumni, Faculty
Please join us for the 27th Ivan C. Rand Memorial Lecture. UNB Law is pleased to welcome this year’s guest lecturer, Rollie Thompson, K.C., who will present: Rules, discretion and reform in Canadian family law. Rollie Thompson is Professor Emeritus, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, and Counsel, Epstein Cole LLP. Thursday, Feb. 1, 20245 p.m. (reception to follow in the...
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