The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Adjunct Professor Louise Otis will receive a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, from Université Laval on June 16, 2019. This award honours individuals who have made a profound and lasting mark on their respective fields of expertise.
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The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Andrea K. Bjorklund has been appointed associate dean (graduate studies) for a three-year term, effective July 1, 2019, and Professor Rosalie Jukier has been appointed associate dean (academic) for a two-year term, effective September 1, 2019.
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The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that five have been selected from among º«¹úÂãÎè Law students and recent graduates to serve as law clerks to justices of the Supreme Court of Canada in 2020-2021:
The Faculty of Law and the Peter MacKell Chair in Federalism are delighted to announce the winners of the 2018-2019 Baxter Family Competition:
- First Prize: Jan Raeimon Nato (BCL/LLB candidate, º«¹úÂãÎè, Montreal) – $5,000
“Duties of Federal Loyalty: Lessons to Learn, Conversations to be Had†- Second Prize: Berihun Gebeye (SJD Candidate, Central European University, Budapest) – $3,000
“ Federal Theory and Federalism in Africa†- Third Prize (ex-aequo) – $1000, to be shared:
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From April 1- 30 (April 19-22 Easter long weekend excluded) º«¹úÂãÎè students will be able to access the Nahum Gelber Law Library 24 hours a day, seven days a week. As agreed between the Students' Society of º«¹úÂãÎè (SSMU) and the Law Students Association (LSA), the Nahum Gelber Law Library will limit access to the three upper floors of the library to Law students only during the April 15 to April 30 examination period. Details are as follows:
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º«¹úÂãÎè’s Institute of Air and Space Law () and the International Federation of Air Line Pilots’ Associations () are delighted to announce that they have partnered to offer a pre-professional internship to current students and recent graduates of the IASL.
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It is with mixed feelings of sadness and pride that the Faculty of Law announces that Professor Mark Walters will be leaving º«¹úÂãÎè to take up the role of dean at Queen’s University’s Faculty of Law on July 1, 2019.
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The Faculty of Law is pleased to share that Professor Andrea K. Bjorklund has been elected a vice-president of the governing Executive Council of the American Society of International Law () at the organization’s 113th annual meeting in Washington D.C. on March 27. Upon sharing the news, the ASIL highlighted Professor Bjorklund’s active involvement in the leadership of the ASIL dating back a number of years.
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On March 25, 2019, the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism of º«¹úÂãÎè was pleased to award German-Turkish journalist and producer Deniz Yücel the Robert S. Litvack Award, who accepted it on behalf of all threatened and silenced Turkish voices. The award was presented to Mr. Yücel by Gabriela Siegel and Sylvia Litvack, respectively grand-daughter and widow of Robert Litvack.
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The Faculty of Law’s Sustainability Committee is a new entity, created in response to student demand, building on impressive groundwork by members of a student-led committee. The committee fosters sustainability initiatives at the Faculty, and promotes the Faculty’s engagement in sustainability at º«¹úÂãÎè. We work closely with the º«¹úÂãÎè Office of Sustainability.
Our objective for our first year in existence is to design and implement a green strategy for the Faculty.
The º«¹úÂãÎè International Experience Awards, supported by Joseph Schull (BA'82, MA'85) and Anna Yang (BCL'88, LLB'88), help students gain first hand international experience related to their field of study.
Current BCL/LLB students are invited to apply for the following internship awards by Monday, March 25, 2019, noon (EST).Ìý (extended deadline)
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The Faculty is pleased to announce that doctoral candidate and O’Brien Graduate Fellow was awarded the 2018ÌýPrincipal’s Prize for Public Engagement through Media in the Graduate Students, Research Associates and Post-Doctoral Fellows category.
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º«¹úÂãÎè’s Faculty of Law was ranked as the 22²Ô»åÌýbest law school worldwide in the 2019 World University Rankings by Subject, published by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), slightly up from 23rd place in 2018. 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.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Payam AkhavanÌýand Professor Frédéric MégretÌýhave been promoted to the rank of Full Professor, effective 1 March 2019.
The Younger Comparativists Committee (YCC) of the American Society of Comparative Law (ASCL) is pleased to invite submissions for its Eighth Annual Conference, to be held on May 10-11, 2019, at º«¹úÂãÎè Faculty of Law in Montreal, Quebec. The purpose of the conference is to highlight, develop, and promote the scholarship of younger scholars of Comparative Law. Planning for the Conference is undertaken by the YCC Program Committee in consultation with the Annual Program Committee of the ASCL.