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The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Professor Helge Dedek will be promoted to the rank of full professor, effective 1 January 2021.
Professor Dedek joined the Faculty of Law in 2006 as a Boulton Junior Fellow. Appointed as assistant professor in 2007, he became an associate professor in 2012. From 2012鈥2016, he served as the director of the Institute of Comparative Law. He has been the co-editor in chief of the American Journal of Comparative Law since 2014.
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Samuel Gale Professor Robert Leckey, BCL/LLB鈥02, has been reappointed as dean. Dean Leckey鈥檚 reappointment, approved by the Board of Governors at its meeting on 10 December 2020, is effective 1 July 2021 for a term of five years.
Dean Leckey joined the Faculty of Law in 2006, where he teaches and researches in constitutional law, family law, and comparative law. From 2014 to 2016, he served as director of the Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law.
The Graduate Law Students Association (GLSA) of 成人VR视频鈥檚 Faculty of Law is pleased to announce the 14th edition of the annual 成人VR视频 Graduate Law Conference on the theme of Law and the City. The conference will take place on the 6-7 May 2021 at 成人VR视频 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The Faculty of Law is delighted to welcome Brittany Williams, BCL/LLB鈥19, to its administrative team. She joins us for a one-year appointment as Acting Assistant Dean (admissions and recruitment), effective 7 December 2020.
We are pleased to share that Professor Emeritus the Hon. Irwin Cotler, OC, OQ, PC, BA鈥61, BCL鈥64, LLD鈥19, has been named Special Envoy on Preserving Holocaust Remembrance and Combatting Antisemitism by the Prime Minister of Canada. Professor Cotler is the first incumbent of this role aimed at preserving the stories of Holocaust survivors through younger generations, and working to promote and defend pluralism, inclusion, and human rights.
The Student Affairs Office is holding a series of 30-minute Exam Clinics for 成人VR视频 Law students for a week. Staff will walk you through installing Examplify and doing a mock exam to check that the installation went correctly.
There are seven sessions for first-year students, three for upper-years, and four sessions for graduate students. Students are invited to drop in the sessions for their specific groups. Be sure to have your laptop or computer ready.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Ya毛ll Emerich has been promoted to the rank of full professor, effective 1 October 2020.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (OPC) of Canada released (on November 12) a report authored by Professor Ignacio Cofone which will inform the OPC鈥檚 recommendations for privacy law reform in Canada.
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Professor Adelle Blackett will receive the Principal鈥檚 Prize for Excellence in Teaching (full professor category) during the Fall Convocation ceremony on 5 November 2020.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to share that it has once again been ranked among the world鈥檚 top universities for studying law by the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. The 2021 rated 成人VR视频 the 16th-best school worldwide for studying law, up from 20th place last year. It marks the fourth consecutive year in the global Top 20 for 成人VR视频 Law.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to share its Climate and Sustainability Action Plan, which outlines the Faculty鈥檚 specific needs, challenges and opportunities in meeting the objectives of 成人VR视频鈥檚 Vision 2020 Sustainability Strategy.
The Plan is the result of a collaboration between the Faculty鈥檚 Sustainability Committee and 成人VR视频鈥檚 Office of Sustainability. It is based on community consultations held during the academic year 2018-2019. It defines and details seven key action points:
The Student Affairs Office (SAO / SA脡) is announcing the Law Peer Tutor Program, a pilot project for 2020-2021. This program is intended to provide academic support and mentorship to first-year students who are experiencing academic difficulties, or who wish to improve their academic performance.
The O鈥橞rien Graduate Fellowships were established in 2005 through a very generous gift from David O鈥橞rien, BCL 1965, for newly admitted outstanding Masters or Doctoral students studying in the area of human rights and legal pluralism in the Faculty of Law, 成人VR视频.
成人VR视频鈥檚 graduate programs in law are the most extensive in Canada. Courses draw upon the civilian and common law traditions, but also include diverse legal traditions, legal theory, international law, environmental law, health law, human rights law, comparative private and public law, and air and space law.
Inspired by the fabled meeting place in ancient Rome, the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism () Forum is founded on the principles of inclusive citizenship and deliberative democracy. The Forum aspires to create a space for learning from the past, deliberating about the present, and building a common future together.
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