Judicial Internships are available at the Ontario Courts of Justice in Windsor, Woodstock and Newmarket. These placements focus primarily on Criminal Law, with some limited Family Law. Placements take place entirely in-person.
As one of eight children raised on a farm in Stoney Point, Ontario, Joe Comartin '71 would spend hours each day camped out in an apple tree, absorbed in a good book.
Comartin, who has served as Member of Parliament for Windsor-Tecumseh since 2000, is still a voracious reader, although his current three-hour-a-day habit consists more of newspapers and legislative briefs than tales of boyhood adventure.
— Published on Feb 12th, 2015
Ever since his law school days, and throughout an extraordinary legal career that has included influential political appointments, international aid work and community outreach, Aly Alibhai ’90 has sought to fill a noble role in society — the lawyer as instrument of social change.
— Published on Feb 12th, 2015
Growing up the second-youngest of ten children, Lloyd Dean '90 does not remember his parents talking much about a great-grandfather named Delos Rogest Davis, who happens to have been the first black lawyer in Canada.
"My dad is not very fond of lawyers," jokes Dean, who first heard the full story of his great-grandfather's accomplishments — Davis was also the first black lawyer in the entire British Commonwealth to be appointed King's Counsel — during his first year at Windsor Law.
— Published on Feb 12th, 2015
When Judith Potter '89 says, "I really like what I do," you believe her. That is because Potter is doing exactly the kind of community-focused legal work she set out to do 23 years ago when she entered Windsor Law in her late 40s.
"It was different," admits Potter, referring to her law student days as one of the only first-year students with grown children. "But it was an adventure."
Before law school, Potter did a lot of volunteer work with women's shelters. She considered a degree in social work, but was drawn to the unique mission of Windsor Law.
— Published on Feb 12th, 2015
