Clinical Projects - Fall 2009
The following projects were part of the Fall 2009 term for the clinical education course.
ARCH Disability Law Centre
A student conducted research to assist ARCH in providing advice to a client respecting voting rights of persons with disabilities.
LEAF
Students provided legal research in respect of the comparator group analysis in equality rights cases before the Supreme Court of Canada to assist in their motion to intervene in the case of Withler v. Canada, scheduled to be heard by the Supreme Court in March 2010.
Law Commission of Ontario
A student provided background research in respect of federalism issues impacting precarious work and vulnerable workers in the province.
Litigation
Students provided litigation support through drafting, research and creating documents for the cases in which the Centre obtained intervener standing including Conway v. The Queen, Prime Minister of Canada v. Omar Khadr, City of Vancouver v. Ward, and Alberta v. Caron (cases described here). Students travelled to Ottawa to watch counsel argue Conway v. Her Majesty the Queen and Prime Minister of Canada v. Omar Khadr.