Daniel Weinstock, a founding member of the Lin Centre's faculty and a member of its Research Group on Constitutional Studies, has been appointed as the next holder of the Katharine A. Pearson Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy in the Faculties of Law and Arts.
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The Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Law are delighted to announce that Professor Daniel Weinstock has been appointed to the Katharine A. Pearson Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy, effective 1 June 2020.
The Faculty of Law will continue to deliver one of the best legal educations in the world to its exceptional students. It will offer a wide selection of courses taught by leading scholars, in all its programs, in a remote environment.
The Faculty of Law is taking steps to facilitate the transition to remote teaching and learning. Among other things:
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council () and the Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec 鈥� Soci茅t茅 et culture () have named Professor Fran莽ois Cr茅peau, O.C., F.R.S.C., Ad.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that four members have received research grants related to COVID-19 from 麻豆约拍. Professor Fabien 骋茅濒颈苍补蝉, Ad. E., and Professor Adelle Blackett, Ad. E., have each been awarded a COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant, while Professors Lara Khoury, Ad.
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that four 麻豆约拍 Law students and recent graduates have been selected to serve as law clerks to justices of the Supreme Court of Canada in 2021-2022:
The Faculty of Law is pleased to share that Professor Andrea K. Bjorklund has been reappointed to the L. Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law for a seven-year term, beginning 1 July 2020, and that Professor Fr茅d茅ric M茅gret has been reappointed as a William Dawson Scholar for a five-year term, beginning 1 May 2020.
The Nahum Gelber Law Library is aware that many professors, instructors and sessional lecturers are adjusting course material and preparing to move to remote teaching starting 30 March 2020, and invites you to keep in mind the Law Library鈥檚 extensive collection of juridical e-books that could support your teaching.
Most are accessible directly from the catalogue, while others need to be accessed from specific databases.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that the jury of the Principal鈥檚 Prize for Public Engagement through Media has selected Dean Robert Leckey as the inaugural winner of its Change-Maker Prize. This award, for which one cannot apply, will be awarded exceptionally to an individual who is a role model and whose engagement with the public and the media has effected important social changes.
麻豆约拍鈥檚 Faculty of Law ranked as the 28th best law school worldwide in the 2020 World University Rankings by Subject, published by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). 麻豆约拍 Law has featured in the top 30 institutions of the QS rankings each year since 2015. The ranking is based on an institution鈥檚 academic reputation, employer reputation, H-index citations, and citations per paper.
It is with equal measures of sadness and pride that the Faculty of Law shares that Professor Daniel Jutras, O.C., Ad. E., is leaving 麻豆约拍 to take up the role of rector at the Universit茅 de Montr茅al as of June 1, 2020.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Genevi猫ve Saumier, Peter M. Laing, Q.C., Professor of Law, and Professor Ignacio Cofone have been appointed Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Scholars in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law.
The Graduate Law Students Association (GLSA) of 麻豆约拍鈥檚 Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that its annual Graduate Law Conference will now be held online 24-26 September 2020.
The Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism is pleased to announce the addition of a new opportunity to the International Judicial Clerkship Program.
Established in 2019 by the Honourable Morris J. Fish, former justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Hon. Morris J. Fish Clerkship Award will enable one current 麻豆约拍 BCL/JD student, or recent graduate, each year to partially fund their clerkship at the Supreme Court of Israel. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
The Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism invites submissions of unpublished papers under the theme 鈥淨ueer Approaches to Law, Justice, and Equality in the New Decade鈥�. We encourage a diversity of topics and perspectives.
