Spring 2011 - College of Law - University of Saskatchewan

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More Student Successes
Nicole Hamm is one of only four university students from across the province selected to the
Saskatchewan Legislative Internship Program in 2011. Her internship started in January 2011
and ends in July 2011.
In August 2010, law student Alicia Myroon received the Edward K. Rowan-Legg Award at the
Canadian Bar Association (CBA) Canadian Legal Conference, for her contributions to the CBA
as a student member of the organization.
Thomas Posyniak was the winner of the first annual Constitutional Affairs Essay Contest,
which was launched in spring 2010 by the Institute for Research on Public Policy’s Policy
Options magazine. Posyniak’s essay, “The National Dimension of Climate Change: A
Constitutional Foundation for a National Greenhouse Gas Reduction Policy,” was among
27entries received from 11 universities across Canada.
New students entering Graduate Studies at the college were
welcomed with a barbecue on September 14, 2010.
graduate Students
A group of 33 College of Law students laced up their sneakers
to Run for the Cure on October 3, 2010. In so doing, they
raised $7,800 and won the school team challenge, handed
out to the school team with the highest fundraising total in
Saskatoon. Here, looking fabulous in pink, are several of the
male participants on the team.
Nkasi Adams is in the second year of her LLM program. She is writing her thesis on issues
related to Forest Conservation and Indigenous Rights. Earlier this year, she was invited to
participate in a United Nations Workshop on the Rights of Forest Peoples which was held at
the UN Headquarters in New York, NY.
Adryan Toth has recently completed the first year of his LLM program, and presented some
of his work at the Cambridge Doctoral Symposium on Legal Theory in Practice at Cambridge
University in Cambridge, UK. He also recently presented his work at the McMaster University
Philosophy of Law Conference in Hamilton, ON.
Led by Professor John Kleefeld, first-year students spent a
week in January 2011 focused entirely on the required Dispute
Resolution Program. Through short instructional modules,
demonstrations, simulations, role play exercises and 10
written assignments, the students experienced an intensive
introduction to client-centred advocacy skills, including
interviewing, negotiation, mediation and professional ethics.
First-year students took turns playing the roles of client and
lawyer during the mandatory one-week Dispute Resolution
Program in January 2011.
First-year students
participated in a variety of
activities, like this pancake
lunch, during Orientation
Week at the start of
September 2010.
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