The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce four appointments for the 2022-2023 academic year.聽聽
Professor Jennifer Raso will join the Faculty of Law as assistant professor on 1 August 2022. Konstanze von Sch眉tz will begin as Wainwright Junior Fellow on 1 January 2023. 闯茅谤茅尘测 Boulanger-Bonnelly will begin as Boulton Junior Fellow on 1 January 2023. Both fellows will become assistant professors on 1 August 2023.聽聽
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Staci Angelis has been promoted to the role of manager, Career Development Office (CDO). Her first day in the role was 11 April 2022.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce it was once again ranked among the world鈥檚 top universities at which to study law by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The 2022 QS World University Rankings by Subject in Law and Legal Studies placed 成人VR视频 Law 31st worldwide.聽聽
Since QS introduced the ranking in 2011, the Faculty of Law has consistently placed in the top 35 institutions globally. The QS ranking is based on academic reputation, employer reputation, H-index citations, and citations per paper.聽
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Andrea K. Bjorklund has joined the panel of arbitrators for the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) for a six-year term. She was appointed by Canada鈥檚 Ministry of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development.聽聽
With sincere gratitude, the Faculty of Law is bidding farewell to Mtre Daniel Boyer, Ad. E., who is retiring from his role as Wainwright librarian and head law librarian. His last day will be 14 April 2022.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Johanne Poirier has been reappointed as holder of the Peter MacKell Chair in Federalism for a seven-year term, beginning on August 1, 2022.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to welcome Mtre鈥�Vanessa Batik鈥痶o its administrative team. She will take on the role of assistant dean (administration and strategy) on March 21, 2022.聽聽
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce the recent publication of a collection of essays edited by Professor Helge Dedek in honour of our deceased colleague H. Patrick Glenn, Peter M. Laing, Q.C., Professor of Law.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that two of its scholars have been named Canada Research Chairs. Professor Ya毛ll Emerich has been named the Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Transsystemic Property & Sustainable Communities and Professor Ignacio Cofone has been named the Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Artificial Intelligence Law & Data Governance.
Thanks to the generosity of Sophie Nappert (BCL鈥�86, LLB鈥�86), the Nappert Prize in International Arbitration will be awarded for the fifth time in 2022.
The Nappert Competition is open to all students, junior scholars and junior practitioners from around the world. To be eligible for the prize, authors must:
The Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism invites submissions of unpublished papers under the theme "Towards equality and justice for LGBTI people". We encourage a diversity of topics and perspectives.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that, at a ceremony on 26 November, the University of Oxford awarded Professor Lionel Smith a higher doctorate, the Doctor of Civil Law (DCL).
Higher doctorates are earned awards that recognize excellence in published scholarship. Two independent judges concluded that Professor Smith鈥檚 work met the required standards, characterizing it as 鈥漮f global reach and importance鈥� and 鈥漮f the absolute highest quality.鈥�
On 26 November, 2021, acclaimed legal scholar Angela Swan was awarded a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, and gave the commencement address at the Faculty of Law鈥檚 fall convocation ceremony.
Since its 2019-2020 edition, the Graduate Law Students Association (GLSA) Conference has combined cinematography and the law. In 2019-2020, the organizing committee planned a conference inspired by the movie Love Actually and presented various panels discussing the legal implications of trust and intimacy. The 2020-2021 committee then organized a conference entitled 鈥淟aw and the City鈥�, to homage the famous TV series and movies Sex and the City.
The Faculty of Law is happy to announce the launch of its new website: the 成人VR视频 Business Law Platform. Guided by Professor Peer Zumbansen, inaugural incumbent of the Professorship in Business Law, the site will act as a hub of excellence in national, international, and transnational business law.
The Platform offers 成人VR视频 students and guest writers the opportunity to explore business law questions through a blog called the Business Law Meter.
