Mark Walters, Law카지노 게임 컬렉션89, is recognized as one of Canada카지노 게임 컬렉션s leading scholars in public and constitutional law, legal history, and legal theory. His work on the rights of Indigenous peoples, focused on treaty relations between the Crown and Canada카지노 게임 컬렉션s Indigenous nations, has been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada, as well as by courts in Australia and New Zealand.
For the past three years, he카지노 게임 컬렉션s held the distinguished F.R. Scott Chair in Public and Constitutional Law at McGill카지노 게임 컬렉션s Faculty of Law. For the 17 years before that, he was a faculty member at Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Law, where he led the 2008 launch of the school카지노 게임 컬렉션s doctoral program and co-chaired the committee that developed its 2014-19 strategic plan. Previously, he taught at Oxford 카지노게임사이트 after practising law Toronto in the area of Aboriginal title and treaty rights.
What카지노 게임 컬렉션s also interesting about his close connection with Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Law is the fact that he literally wrote the scholarly paper chronicling the school카지노 게임 컬렉션s first five decades in celebration of its 50th anniversary in 2007. As of July 1, he begins his five-year appointment as Dean of Law, he will figuratively write the next chapter in the storied history of Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Law.
As he takes the helm at his alma mater, Dean Walters shares his thoughts and his plans for the school and its community members.
How do you feel about being appointed Dean of Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Law?
MW: I카지노 게임 컬렉션m thrilled to return to Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s to lead the law school in the next phase of its remarkable development. It will be a privilege to work with faculty, staff, and students who are committed to excellence and innovation in legal education and research and passionate about law카지노 게임 컬렉션s promise in building a more just society.
What attracted you to the position?
MW: Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Law is in an enviable position. I카지노 게임 컬렉션ve always been impressed by the people who make the school a true community. What also impresses me is that this community has set an ambitious path forward: to be a leader in innovative legal education and scholarship with a global reach. The law school has solid foundations and proud traditions, and it has expanded its faculty complement significantly and launched important new initiatives. Leading the school at this important moment is an exciting opportunity.
What did you do to prepare for your new role?
MW: I begin today, but my work started on March 28, when my appointment was announced. I was in close touch with Bill Flanagan, and we planned a smooth transition. Over the past few months, I met with as many people in the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Law community as possible. I attended the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Law alumni event in Toronto on May 23; the international law conference and celebration of Bill카지노 게임 컬렉션s deanship at 카지노 게임 컬렉션the Castle,카지노 게임 컬렉션 the Bader International Study Centre in England, on May 30-31; and the Kingston alumni reception on June 19. I also met the members of the advisory board of the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace in June.
As Dean, what will you do first?
MW: The first thing I카지노 게임 컬렉션ll do is to meet the new faculty members. Since I left three years ago, Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Law has engaged in a remarkable expansion, and almost one-third of the faculty are new. I카지노 게임 컬렉션m astounded by the quality of legal scholars who have joined Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Law, both before and after my departure. I카지노 게임 컬렉션ll enjoy getting to know the new faculty and learning about their research, and I can카지노 게임 컬렉션t wait to reconnect with my wonderful former colleagues.
What are your top priorities?
MW: My priorities, I카지노 게임 컬렉션m sure, are the priorities of all members of the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Law community. When I picture Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Law, I see a legal-academic community with a passionate commitment to serving society through innovative legal education and groundbreaking research. It카지노 게임 컬렉션s a school that advances critical understanding about law and the value of legality among the leaders of tomorrow 카지노 게임 컬렉션 in the private and public sectors and at the local, national, and international levels. It카지노 게임 컬렉션s a school that embraces the ideals of inclusion and diversity and, in particular, the goal of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. These are lofty sentiments, I know.
At a practical level, my priority is to work with faculty, students, staff, alumni and friends of Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Law to develop a strategic plan for the next five years that gives these abstract aspirations concrete shape. One important part of this plan will be to address the hard reality that the school must have more financial resources to pursue its dreams. The priority, then, is to develop a plan for success through broad consultation 카지노 게임 컬렉션 and then to implement it.
You카지노 게임 컬렉션ve returned 30 years after your graduation. What has impressed you most about changes in the school over that time? What do you find has stayed the same?
MW: One of my proudest moments was obtaining my law degree in the spring of 1989. The previous three years were a time of intellectual awakening for me. My professors may have disagreed about many things, but in the principled exchange of ideas in the law school, I could see the type of legal inquiry that makes a society committed to the rule of law possible. Their passionate commitment to law and legal education was infectious.
My professors were engaged in the debates that mattered; they appeared before parliamentary committees and the Supreme Court of Canada, they wrote articles and books that lawyers and judges relied upon, and they brought new light to difficult problems. They did all of this in a community of scholars and students who knew and respected each other and worked together. Were there disagreements? Yes. Sometimes deep ones. But such debates are the life of an intellectual community. Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s was not a commuter school. In the beautiful city of Kingston, a sense of community developed that made legal education wonderful.
In my conversations with alumni who have established careers in a wide variety of settings, both in practice and outside it, I find that my admiration of the law school is shared. I카지노 게임 컬렉션m always impressed by our graduates카지노 게임 컬렉션 loyalty to their school, their appreciation of the value of the education they received here, and the infinite number of ways in which they use it for the benefit of the legal system and society, in Canada and around the world.
Since I graduated, the school has undergone remarkable changes. It has developed clinical and experiential learning opportunities, international opportunities, including the unique 카지노 게임 컬렉션castle카지노 게임 컬렉션 program at the Bader International Study Centre in England; assistance for students ranging from career development to equity counselling to more scholarships and bursaries; a curriculum that allows students to design programs tailored to their own interests and aspirations; a renewed commitment to teaching and learning about law and Indigenous peoples; a doctoral degree that is central to our commitment to research and graduate legal education; a Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace that has revitalized our traditional strength in labour and employment law 카지노 게임 컬렉션 and the list could go on.
Yet Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션s Law has remained remarkably true to the principles of its founders and its traditional strengths. It remains a community of scholars and students who strive for and encourage excellence in an inclusive, cooperative and collegial atmosphere. I카지노 게임 컬렉션m proud to have been chosen as its dean and pleased to return at this exciting time.
This article originally appeared in 2019 issue of
