The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that four members have received research grants related to COVID-19 from 看片视频 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 看片视频 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.
看片视频 University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). 看片视频 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 看片视频 University 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.
This year's conference has been rescheduled and will now be taking place online in September
The Graduate Law Students Association (GLSA) of 看片视频 University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 看片视频 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.
Wainwright Fellowships are intended to to promote research in civil law at the Faculty of Law of 看片视频 In addition to the classical civil law concepts such as contractual or extra-contractual obligations, the civil law is understood here in a broad sense and includes, in particular, commercial law, the labour law, maritime law, private judicial law, private international law and the law of the sea, comparative law, so long as the civil law is a substantial element of it.
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Professor , OC, Ad. E., has been appointed an officer of the Order of Canada. Professor Jutras was honoured 鈥渇or his contributions to the development of pluralist law internationally and for his contributions as a lawyer, professor, and university administrator.鈥
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Ignacio Cofone has won the 鈥檚 Privacy Papers for Policymakers Award for his paper Antidiscriminatory Privacy.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Brian F. Havel has received a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, from National University of Ireland, University College Dublin.
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