Dr. Laverne Jacobs Receives the DAWN Canada 2022 Hummingbird Award
Laverne Jacobs
— Published on Dec 16th, 2022
Law report examines tribunal’s access to justice service
— Published on Feb 2nd, 2022
Centre for Cities, Cross Border Institute supporting community partners on federally funded housing data research
— Published on Jan 24th, 2022
Book examines persons with disabilities and the law
Windsor Law Professor and Law, Disability & Social Change Project Director Laverne Jacobs has collaborated with five academics across Canada, to write a text about persons with disabilities and their interactions with the law.
— Published on Nov 1st, 2021
Law and Disability in Canada: Cases and Materials
Jacobs, L., Dhand, R., Ireland, D., Jochelson, R., Kodar, F., Bay, O. & McDonald, B., Law and Disability in Canada: Cases and Materials. (LexisNexis, 2021).
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Associate Dean Laverne Jacobs named candidate for UN disability committee
Windsor Law’s Associate Dean (Research & Graduate Studies) Dr. Laverne Jacobs has been nominated by the Government of Canada for election to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
— Published on Jun 22nd, 2021
Law, Disability & Social Change Project releases full-text version of The Annotated Accessible Canada Act
— Published on Jun 8th, 2021
The Annotated Accessible Canada Act
Jacobs, Laverne; Anderson, Martin; Rohr, Rachel; and Perry, Tom. (2021). The Annotated Accessible Canada Act - Complete Text (Windsor: University of Windsor, 2021), online: <https://canlii.ca/t/t58r>.
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Webinar series to consider adjudicative tribunals and administrative justice
A two-part webinar series developed by Associate Dean (Research & Graduate studies) Laverne Jacobs and Tribunal Watch Ontario will consider how adjudicative tribunals and administrative justice can be improved on the ground.
The series will see experts in the field of law and stakeholders from different key perspectives, including that of diversity and inclusion.
— Published on May 19th, 2021
Professor Sujith Xavier to explore racial bias in legal system
In Canadian courts, who gets to decide if race-based biases are likely to impact a legal outcome? More importantly, when is it appropriate to raise allegations of bias?
Professor Sujith Xavier will analyze these questions in his latest research project: “Who Gets to Decide? A Detailed Survey of Canadian Jurisprudence on Recusal Motions on Bias, Race & Decision Makers.”
— Published on Mar 19th, 2021