Windsor Law Professor and Externship Director Tess Sheldon co-authored an opinion piece about psychiatric detention and the need for preventative institutionalization amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
The authors argue that moving people into the community will protect their health, free up valuable resources, and reduce overcrowding for those who remain inside institutions—all part of preventing the spread of COVID-19.
— Published on Apr 30th, 2020
For self-represented Ontarians, COVID-19 brings anxious legal questions.
As civil and family courts remained focused on dealing with “urgent matters” only, people without lawyers are struggling to figure out an evolving set of rules and procedures — and what urgent means.
— Published on Apr 30th, 2020
Recognizing that experiential learning is a key component of providing a rigorous legal education, the Advocacy and Mooting Program at Windsor Law engages students each year in a variety of mock advocacy competitions including mooting (appellate advocacy), mock trial competitions, mock mediation, client counseling, and negotiation competitions.
Windsor Law reports the following successes for the 2019-20 mooting season:
Adam F. Fanaki Competition Law Moot
— Published on Jul 16th, 2021
An interdisciplinary research team has received $24,600 in funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, another $3,000 from WIFF, and $2,000 in in-kind support from UWindsor’s School of the Creative Arts to find ways to improve the Windsor International Film Festival's (WIFF) year-round reach.
— Published on Apr 2nd, 2020
EPICentre’s EPIC Legal Triage has wrapped up another successful semester of connecting University of Windsor Law students with our EPIC Startups.
— Published on Apr 2nd, 2020
During a CBC Windsor interview, Windsor Law Professor Kristen Thomasen said conversations around the potential use of cellphone data during the pandemic raise a lot of social questions.
— Published on Mar 30th, 2020
In May, University of Windsor's Associate Vice President Academic Jeff Berryman will be recognized for his outstanding career achievements and significant contribution to the legal profession at the annual Law Society Awards ceremony in Toronto.
— Published on Mar 18th, 2020
Return to Campus Life and Community
The University’s top priority is the health and safety of all of our students, faculty and staff. Robust safety plans and protocols have been in place since the beginning of the pandemic and are continually enhanced as part of our COVID-19 response. We remain flexible and responsive to evolving public health guidance as we return to campus life and community.
— Published on May 6th, 2022
Windsor-Tecumseh MP Irek Kusmierczyk announced $125,000 in funding through the Climate
Action Fund to Windsor Law, represented by professors Anneke Smit, Patricia Galvão-Ferreira,
— Published on Mar 25th, 2020
Last spring, the Ontario government struck an expert panel on intellectual property to help figure out ways to get businesses to better capitalize on their innovations and inventions. That panel delivered its recommendations this month. One of the findings was that there's not enough understanding of this entrepreneurial opportunity.
— Published on Mar 3rd, 2020