[3] The Faculty has grown immensely over the past 50 years, increasing its national profile through its innovations in research and from thousands of alumni across Canada and the world.
[5] The Faculty is also the current academic host institution of the Canadian Bar Review (CBR), the most frequently cited journal by the Supreme Court of Canada.
program at Windsor Law are received for the 165 places in the first-year class, an acceptance rate of 8%.
[7] The Faculty of Law takes a holistic approach in admitting students that considers seven unique factors:[8] The flagship J.D.
The legal journal has also been made available through electronic databases such as Lexis Advance Quicklaw, Westlaw, and Hein Online.
[16] While the journal publishes primarily academics and practitioners, the Annual Canadian Law Student Conference is an annual event which showcases the research and scholarship of LL.B., J.D., LL.M., and Ph.D. students across Canada, and provides a forum for discussion and feedback from practitioners and peers.
The Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues invites all law students to submit original, scholarly work on any legal topic with a Canadian nexus to be considered for presentation at the 5th Annual Canadian Law Student Conference.
The Yearbook is independently refereed, publishes French and English essays and book reviews, is faculty-run and is supported by an advisory board.
The Yearbook encourages a wide diversity of essays from a broad range of disciplines, such as anthropology, sociology, philosophy, psychology, history and comparative literature as well as law.
This clinic provides services in the areas of landlord-tenant, social benefits, and immigration and refugee law.
The clinic offers free legal services to those who qualify financially and all full-time undergraduate students of the university.
[21] The focus of the IP Clinic is to provide intellectual property advice and services to small business and individuals working on entrepreneurial projects, including student entrepreneurs and innovators.
Participating students gain experience from conducting patent and trademark searches, drafting and filing prosecution applications, and providing advice on international intellectual property matters.
This practical clinic allows students to gain experience with international environmental legal issues surrounding air quality, environmental justice, Great Lakes water quality and quantity, invasive species and renewable energy.
Windsor Law has a full-time clinical therapist to assist students with any issues they may face during their time studying at the Faculty.
Fitness bootcamps, board-games club, the Mental Health Awareness Committee and the Pro Bono Students Society are a number of student-led organizations that also contribute towards improving the accessibility of mental health and wellbeing services.