Current Projects

Laverne Jacobs, PhD
Associate Professor

Current Research Projects

• International Research Workshop: The Nature of Inquisitorial Processes in Administrative Regimes: Global Perspectives

University of Windsor, Faculty of Law - May 26-27, 2011

Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

• L. Jacobs, "Building on the Ombudsman: Polyjuralism and the Impact of Dispute Resolution in the Canadian Access to Information Context"

Presented at the 7th International Conference of Information Commissioners, Ottawa, October, 2011

Selected for presentation at the 1st Global Conference on Transparency Research, Rutgers University, May, 2011

Presented at the The Nature of Inquisitorial Processes in Administrative Regimes: Global Perspectives, May, 2011

• L. Jacobs, "Deliberative Democracy and Designs of the Disability Community: Measuring the Impact of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA)"

Presented at the Canadian Law and Society Association conference, June 2010

Presented at the Canadian Disability Studies Association conference, June 2010

Select Invited Lectures and Presentations

• Administrative Justice Under the Microscope: a Panel on Empirical Research,  Council of Canadian Administrative Tribunals 6th International Conference & 29th Annual Conference - Toronto, May, 2013
•  Into the Future, Benefitting from the Past, Law Commission of Ontario, a symposium exploring issues of law, disability and aging in Ontario -Toronto, January, 2013

Student-Centred Initiatives

• Comparative Administrative Law Summer Fellowships
• Civil Liberties Student Symposium
• Canadian Civil Liberties Association-Windsor Law Partnership