IVAN C. RAND LECTURE and LAW WEEK
February 19-22
Ludlow Hall, Faculty of Law, UNBF
The UNB Faculty of Law invites you to the annual Ivan C. Rand Lecture, to be given by Professor Mary Condon on February 21st at 5:30 p.m., in the Mary Louise Lynch Room of Ludlow Hall, UNBF. The title of Professor Condon’s lecture is “A Discipline in search of Itself? Contemporary Challenges for Securities Law in Canada." The lecture is open to the public and will be followed by a reception in the Student Lounge.
Professor Mary G. Condon is a graduate of the University of Dublin (B.A.) and the University of Toronto (M.A., LL.M., S.J.D.). She is currently Professor of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, where she has served on faculty since 1992, and a member and Vice Chair of the Ontario Securities Commission. Her scholarly expertise spans securities regulation, mutual fund governance, and pension regulation, as well as feminist legal theory. Her current teaching is focused in the securities field, both in the J.D. and LL.M. programs.
Professor Condon is the author of numerous publications. Highlights include Business Organizations: Principles, Policies and Practice (2007)(co-author); Securities Law in Canada: Cases and Commentary (2005)(co-author); and Making Disclosure: Ideas and Interests in Ontario Securities Regulation (1998). In addition, she has written or co-authored over a dozen book chapters and law review articles in recent years. Her work has appeared in the University of British Columbia Law Review, the Queen’s Law Journal, the Osgoode Hall Law Journal, and the Canadian Business Law Journal, among others. A much sought after speaker by the academy and bar alike, she has presented her work to audiences in Canada, the United States, England, and Australia. In winter 2009, Professor Condon was the Owen Chair in Business law at the University of British Columbia.
Please note that the Rand Lecture has been approved for mandatory continuing professional development credit by the Law Society of New Brunswick.
Law Week:
The theme for this year’s Law Week is Contemporary Issues in Corporate and Commercial Law. In addition to the Rand Lecture, we invite you as well to the following Law Week events:
Tuesday, February 19th
Panel Discussion: Securities Regulation in New Brunswick
11:30 – 12:30, Room 2A, Ludlow Hall
Approved for MCPD Credit
UNB Faculty of Law Professor Janet Austin will moderate a panel on securities regulation in New Brunswick. Panelists are:
Paul Smith, Stewart McKelvey “The Case for Restoring the Balance Between Corporate and Securities Jurisdictions”
Jake van der Laan, NB Securities Commission “Social Media Dimension to Securities Law Enforcement”
Wednesday, February 20th
The Hon. William Henry Harrison Moot Court Competition
7:30 pm, Mary Louise Lynch Room (Room 2), Ludlow Hall
The school’s most prestigious in-house moot. Third year students Mark Vernon, Shyne Victoria, Ines Florina and Katherine Lewis will argue a case before the Supreme Court of Ludlow Hall. Judges this year are St. Thomas University President Dawn Russell, local practitioner R. Bruce Eddy, Q.C. and Rand Lecturer Professor Mary Condon, Osgoode Hall Law School.
Friday, February 22nd
Guest Lecture: Professor Sara Seck
10:00am – 11:30am, Room 2B, Ludlow Hall
Approved for MCPD Credit
Hosted in conjunction with the Rand Lecture, we are holding a special guest lecture by Professor Sara Seck from the University of Western, Faculty of Law. Professor Seck’s lecture is titled “The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implications for Canadian Business Lawyers.”
