UNB Law
Wayne Carson makes $1M gift to UNB Law
Ed Bowes
Posted: July 18, 2024 11:20:00 AM ADT
Category: Alumni
The UNB Faculty of Law is thrilled to announce a $1,000,000 gift from Wayne Carson (LLB), a graduate of the Class of 1990. Wayne’s transformative gift will help shape UNB Law’s future. It will support the growth of the law school, creating new programs that will help us attract and retain the best students and position UNB Law as one of the top law schools in Canada. “I am incredibly proud to give back to UNB, an institution that means so much to me and has profoundly shaped...
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 struggled to know what made for good research subjects, and the learning curve was steep. Now, I see...
On-ice redemption for students at alumni hockey game
Ed Bowes
Posted: April 3, 2024 12:00:00 AM ADT
(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 second, scoring two unanswered goals to cut the lead in half. But the comeback was short-lived as the...
UNB 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 strong performances, earning them third place, out of six teams. Caitlin and Shane left their mark on...
Rollie 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 as alumni, members of the judiciary, and the legal community, including the NB branch of the CBA,...
UNB 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 exhibits introduction, objections, direct and cross examinations, legal arguments and jury addresses. UNB...
Rollie 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 student lounge)Mary Louise Lynch Room (2A/B), UNB Faculty of LawThis in-person lecture is free for all who...
A partnership to provide trial advocacy training for lawyers
Ed Bowes
Posted: September 15, 2023 10:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Research , Alumni , Students
We are thrilled to announce that the University of New Brunswick Faculty of Law and the Faculté de droit of the Université de Moncton have partnered to introduce the Intensive Trial Advocacy Program (ITAP), a week-long academic program designed exclusively for practicing lawyers. The 2024 English program runs from Saturday, April 27 to Friday, May 3, 2024, at UNB Law, while the French program will be held at UdeM in 2025. ITAP is designed to train lawyers in basic trial techniques...
Hannah Cameron receives 2023 Chief Justice Richard Wagner Award
Alexa Gualazzi
Posted: June 19, 2023 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Alumni , Faculty , Students
UNB Law is proud to announce that Hannah Cameron (JD’ 23) has been selected as a recipient of the fourth annual Chief Justice Richard Wagner Award. Established in 2019, the award honours outstanding PBSC volunteers across Canada who embody the organization’s core values of dignity, equity, and humility. Hannah has been recognized for her work on the Stewart McKelvey Wills Project—a partnership that aims to provide a will and/or a power of attorney to those who qualify and...
Seven UNB Law grads appointed King’s Counsel
Ed Bowes
Posted: November 16, 2022 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Faculty , Students , Alumni
Congratulations to seven UNB Law Alumni who received King’s Counsel designations in recognition of their high level of personal and professional integrity and for their outstanding contributions to the legal profession. Clarence Bennett, K.C. (LLB ’04) Catherine Bowlen, K.C. (LLB ’84) Matthew W. Cripps, K.C. (LLB in ’91) Jamie Eddy, K.C. (LLB ’92) Lisa Keenan, K.C. (LLB ’90) Rodney MacDonald, K.C. (LLB ’82) Christopher T. Titus, K.C. (LLB...
Orientation programming to promote equity, diversity and inclusion
Ed Bowes
Posted: October 28, 2022 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Alumni , Faculty , Students
In 2021, UNB Law introduced two important new orientation sessions for first-year students: an Indigenous pipe ceremony and anti-racism training. The purpose of these sessions is to incorporate Indigenous traditions and knowledge into our orientation programming and to provide students with the opportunity to improve intercultural competencies, both of which will help foster an atmosphere of inclusivity among our student body. Sharing in a sacred tradition This September, all first-year law...
Award-winning performances at Sopinka and McKelvey Cup
Ed Bowes
Posted: March 23, 2022 5:00:00 PM ADT
Category: Alumni
Photo (left to right): Mark Browne, Alden Spencer, Jane Thomson, Raylene Mackey, and Duncan Wallace The all-Newfoundland team of Mark Browne (2L) and Alden Spencer (3L), finished in third place at the 2022 Sopinka Cup moot. The Sopinka is the preeminent trial advocacy competition that sees the eight regional winners battle for the top spot in the nation annually. In addition to this impressive team result, Mark Browne was awarded Best Opening and Best Overall Advocate by the judging...
UNB Law welcomes Graydon Nicholas as Wihkwatacamit
Ed Bowes
Posted: August 30, 2021 5:00:00 PM ADT
Category: Alumni
The Hon. Graydon Nicholas, C.M., O.N.B., LL.D. will be visiting UNB Law this year on a part-time basis. Graydon, as he would like us to call him, is a distinguished and highly respected Wolastoqey Elder, lawyer, judge, social worker, and activist. He is originally from Tobique First Nation, which is 180 kilometers northwest of Fredericton. Graydon’s title will be Wihkwatacamit (week-ah-dutch-mid), a Wolastoqey word that means “the person who loves to tell stories”. This...
We’re renovating the law student lounge
Ed Bowes
Posted: April 26, 2021 3:55:00 PM ADT
Over the last year, COVID-19 has presented UNB Law with many challenges. For the first time in our history, we were forced to close our doors and teach virtually. Despite being away from their peers and professors, our students have shown great resilience—they have not only carried on with their studies, but also excelled in competitive moots, secured articles and judicial clerkships, and devoted their time to pro bono work. As we prepare to reopen the doors to the law school, we are...
Alumna Jeanne Pratt followed her curiosity to the top levels of the Competition Bureau
Ed Bowes
Posted: April 26, 2021 11:30:00 AM ADT
Category: Alumni
Jeanne Pratt (LLB’97) never wanted to be a “big-firm Bay Street lawyer.” She also never thought she’d be taking on the biggest Canadian and global merger cases and investigating anti-competitive marketplace activities splashed across media headlines. She ended up doing both. Jeanne came to UNB for law school after graduating from Memorial University in Newfoundland with a BA in political science. She wanted a small school experience and says what she found when she got...
2020-21 Queen’s Counsel appointments
Ed Bowes
Posted: December 18, 2020 10:00:00 AM AST
Category: Alumni
Congratulations to fifteen UNB Law Alumni who received Queen’s Counsel designations in recognition of their high level of personal and professional integrity, and for their outstanding contributions to the legal profession. New Brunswick appointments: Steven R. Barnett, QC (LLB ’95), Fredericton Hugh J. Cameron, QC (LLB ’89), Fredericton Shawn Robert Dempsey, QC (LLB ’94), Moncton Catherine A. Fawcett, QC (LLB ’97), Saint John Andrea M. Folster, QC (LLB...
In Memoriam
Ed Bowes
Posted: July 20, 2020 3:00:00 PM ADT
Category: Alumni
The Hon. David F. Hurley (LLB ’75) | 29 January 1950 to 15 July 2020 The UNB Faculty of Law is saddened to hear of the passing of The Hon. David F. Hurley, sitting Justice of the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador. Justice Hurley graduated with his Bachelor of Arts in 1971 from Memorial University in his native Newfoundland. In 1975, he received his Bachelor of Laws from UNB, before being called to the Bar of Newfoundland and Labrador one year later. He graduated with his...
UNB Law alumnae secure leadership roles with the judiciary and CRTC
Ed Bowes
Posted: July 3, 2020 9:55:00 AM ADT
Category: Alumni
Krista J. MacKay, QC (LLB ‘95) was appointed justice of the Provincial Court of Prince Edward Island, becoming the second woman to hold this position. In this role, Justice MacKay presides over provincial court cases in her hometown of Summerside. Prior to her appointment, Justice MacKay had a successful career in private practise with Taylor McLellan (1995 – 1999) and Cox & Palmer (2001 – 2015). In 2015, she joined the public sector, practising family and criminal law with...
Perils of Pipelines, Riddles of Resources: The UNB Law Journal releases its 70th volume
Ed Bowes
Posted: February 7, 2020 11:00:00 AM AST
Category: Research , Faculty , Alumni
The UNB Law Journal has released Volume 70, which explores the forum topic Perils of Pipelines, Riddles of Resources. The centrepiece of this edition is Elizabeth May’s 2019 Viscount Bennett Memorial lecture titled, 1.5 To Stay Alive: How we Find Hope and Honesty in Dangerous Times. May explores the potentially devastating realities of climate change and discusses the need to unify and act now if we are to continue as a species. “Come with me. We have got solar panels to put...
Alumni Updates - December 2019
Ed Bowes
Posted: December 16, 2019 11:00:00 AM AST
Category: Alumni
It has been a busy few months for UNB Law Alumni with Queen’s Counsel appointments, distinguished awards and even a knighthood! 2019 Queen’s Counsel appointments On December 9, 2019, five UNB Law Alumni received Queen’s Counsel designations in recognition of their high level of personal and professional integrity, and for their outstanding contributions to the legal profession. Cynthia Jeanne Benson, QC (LLB ’91) Donna L. MacEwen, QC (LLB ’89) Matthew M....
2019 Ivan C. Rand Memorial Lecture discusses environmental protection and the law
Ed Bowes
Posted: December 6, 2019 3:00:00 PM AST
Category: Students , Faculty , Alumni
The Mary Louise Lynch Room was at capacity as Professor Bruce Ziff of the University of Alberta Faculty of Law presented the twenty-fifth installment of the Ivan C. Rand Memorial Lecture Series. Professor Ziff’s lecture, Environmental Protection and the Abject Failures of the Common Law, focused on the state of legal protections for the environment prior to the extensive legislative reforms that emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Environmental Protection and the Abject Failures...
2017 Viscount Bennett Lecture
Matt Poirier
Posted: November 27, 2017 12:00:00 AM AST
Since 1975, UNB Faculty of Law has been proud to bring some of the nation’s brightest legal minds to Fredericton to give a lecture on a topic that is close to them. On October 26 of this year, Dennis Edney QC came to the give the 2017 Viscount Bennett Memorial Lecture, titled “The Rule of Law in an Age of Fear”. As its title would suggest, his lecture focused on the growing support for anti-democratic and intolerant ideologies of fear around the world and the threat that...