The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Professor Allison Christians will receive the Principal鈥檚 Prize in Teaching Excellence during the Fall Convocation on November 26.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to welcome Brian Peebles to its administrative team. He took over the role of Assistant Dean (Strategic Planning) on October 9, 2018.
Before joining 成人VR视频, Peebles worked as Legal Counsel for the public sector team of technology multinational Oracle, in Toronto. He has completed a BA in Political Science at 成人VR视频 and worked for the Institute for Research on Public Policy before completing joint JD and LLL degrees at the University of Ottawa and articling at Norton Rose Fulbright.
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Professor Ya毛ll Emerich鈥檚 recently published book has received the Walter Owen Book Prize from the Foundation for Legal Research. The book has also earned an honourable mention for the 2018 Canada Prize from the International Academy of Comparative Law.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to share that it has been ranked among the world鈥檚 top universities to study law by theTimes Higher Education (THE). A released on 17 October 2018 declared 成人VR视频 the 14th best school to study law worldwide, placing 成人VR视频 in the worldwide top 15 for a second consecutive year.
We are delighted to announce that BCL/LLB candidates Laura Davis and Jared Miller were hired to help support Indigenous initiatives at the Faculty of Law.
Laura and Jared will seek to build partnerships with Indigenous communities and organizations, meet with stakeholders to determine the needs of Indigenous students at the Faculty, and further develop the L.E.X. Outreach program to reach more Indigenous youth.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Daniel Boyer, Ad. E., Wainwright Librarian and Head of the Nahum Gelber Law Library, will receive the Advocatus Emeritus (Ad. E.) title from the Barreau du Qu茅bec in 2018.
Six alumni of the Faculty will also receive the distinction: Eric Dunberry, Ad. E., BCL鈥86; Christine Jutras, Ad. E., LLM鈥16; Claude Marseille, Ad. E., BCL鈥86, LLB鈥86; Fr茅d茅rique Sabourin, Ad. E., LLM鈥89; Martin F. Sheehan, Ad. E., BCL鈥90, LLB鈥90; and Nathalie V茅zina, Ad. E., BCL鈥88, LLB鈥88.
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce the winners of the 2018 Nappert Prize in International Arbitration. A panel of eight distinguished judges selected the following three papers from among more than 80 entries.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to congratulate Professor Ronald Niezen on his appointment as 2018-2019 William Lyon Mackenzie King Chair of Canadian Studies at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. During his one-year leave from 成人VR视频, Professor Niezen will continue his research on the popular communication of human rights claims, while teaching courses in the Department of Anthropology on The Anthropology of Law and on Indigeneity, Rights, and Identity.
The Faculty of Law has learned with deep sadness of the passing of Professor Emeritus聽G. Blaine Baker.
The 成人VR视频 Research Group on Health and Law (RGHL) at 成人VR视频鈥檚 Faculty of Law is seeking a postdoctoral fellow for a one-year period, with a start date during the 2018鈥2019 Academic Year.
About the Research Group on Health and Law (www.mcgill.ca/healthlaw)
The Faculty is pleased to announce that Professor Vincent Forray has been appointed Director of the Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law for a two-year term. His mandate will begin on July 1, 2018.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Fran莽ois Cr茅peau, holder of the Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law, has been reappointed as Director of the Center for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHRLP) for a two-year term, effective August 1, 2018.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Mugambi Jouet will be joining the Faculty as Boulton Fellow, starting on August 1, 2018, before being appointed Assistant Professor on August 1, 2019.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Kerry Sloan will be joining the Faculty as an Assistant Professor, starting August 1, 2019.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Ignacio Cofone will be joining the Faculty as an Assistant Professor, starting August 1, 2018.
Ignacio Cofone's research explores how private law regulates information and what are the social consequences of these regulatory choices. Bringing together information privacy, contract law, and behavioral economics, his work has been published in law journals in Europe, South America, and the United States.