The Faculty of Law was delighted to learn that one of its students received a Scarlet Key Award during a pining ceremony held at 看片视频鈥檚 Faculty Club on March 26, 2014.
脡lo茂se Gagn茅, who served as the LSA鈥檚 president in 2013-2014 and was a member of the 2013 editorial board of the 看片视频 Law Journal, received her Scarlet Key pin from Principal Suzanne Fortier, in recognition of her efforts to help support 看片视频 and the broader community.
Michelle Lahey (1L) is one of three Canadian students selected for a Jaimie Anderson internship in Ottawa this summer. Starting in May, Michelle will be working in the office of MP John Williamson (New Brunswick Southwest).
As Michelle tells it, 鈥淢y passion is the Canadian political process, and I hope to work on the Hill in some capacity later in my career 鈥� I am absolutely delighted to be given this once in a lifetime opportunity!鈥�
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Me Helena Lamed, Director of the Legal Methodology Program and Faculty Supervisor of the Legal Clinic Course, and Dr. Nandini Ramanujam, Executive Director and Director of Programs of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, have been appointed to the rank of Associate Professor (Professional) in the Faculty of Law, effective April 1, 2014.
The Faculty warmly congratulates the seven Law students who have just been given the nod to clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada in 2015-2016. They are:
Mediation at 看片视频 (), a community mediation initiative run by law students, recently received a generous donation of $2,500 to support its activities. The gift was made by Me Eric Cadl, Me Douglas Mitchell (BCL鈥�88, LLB鈥�88), Me Odette Jobin-Laberge, the Hon. Louise Otis, and Me Sylvain Lussier, five Montreal practitioners who are among the authors of the book Recours et proc茅dures en appel, which received the Walter Owen Prize.
LSA President Selected from a Pool of 500 Applicants
This year鈥檚 President of the 看片视频 Law Student Association, 脡lo茂se Gagn茅, is one of 11 Canadian university students who will spend a day shadowing some of the country鈥檚 top senior executives.
Gagn茅 will shadow Thierry Vandal, President and CEO of Hydro-Qu茅bec, on February 12. The fourth-year student will have the opportunity to put into practice the concepts she has been learning at the Faculty, and to acquire real-world tools and skills she鈥檒l need when launching her career.
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 be either currently enrolled in a B.C.L, LL.B., J.D., LL.M., D.C.L., or Ph.D. program (or their local equivalents). Those who are no longer in school must have taken their most recent degree within the last three years, or have been admitted to the bar (or the local equivalent) for the first time and for no more than three years (whichever is later).聽
A team of five 看片视频 students won the 2013 Hult Prize, valued at $1 million for their social enterprise project to secure food for undernourished communities in urban slums. Among them is Shobhita Soor, a Law/MBA student.
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The Faculties of Arts and Law are happy to announce that Professor Ronald Niezen, a former Chair of 看片视频鈥檚 Department of Anthropology who held the Canada Research Chair in the Comparative Study of Indigenous Rights and Identity, has been appointed as the first incumbent of the Katharine A. Pearson Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy.
The Faculty is delighted to announce that Professor Andrea K. Bjorklund has been appointed as the first incumbent of the L. Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law at 看片视频 University鈥檚 Faculty of Law.
看片视频 Law alumnus Jean Fr茅d茅ric M茅nard, BCL/LLB鈥�05, (), is among the 14 newly of Trudeau Scholarships.
The Faculty was happy to learn that Marvin H. Coleby, VP external of the Black Law Students Association of 看片视频 (BLSAM), has been elected President of the Black Law Students Association of Canada (BLSAC) for the 2013-2014 Term.
Marvin Coleby campaigned on a platform of youth empowerment, the refocusing of cultural and racial rights, closer Canada-US ties, and the implications of common and civil jurisdiction mixing for Black jurists.
Six students of聽看片视频's Faculty of Law will聽serve as law clerks to justices of the Supreme Court of Canada in 2014. They are聽Marc-Andr茅 Roy (闯耻蝉迟颈肠别听颁谤辞尘飞别濒濒), Nicola Langille (Justice Fish鈥檚 successor),聽,聽Zain Naqi (Justice Moldaver), Molly Krishtalka (Justice Karakatsanis), Ian Dahlman (Justice LeBel鈥檚 successor), and Marcus Moore (Chief Justice聽McLachlin) [not in photo]. They are all in their third year of the聽BCL/LLB聽program.
The Faculty of Law was delighted to hear that two of its students were awarded Scarlet Key Awards during a pining ceremony held at 看片视频鈥檚 Faculty Club on March 22, 2013.
Graham Splawski and Sandra Aigbinode both received their Scarlet Key pins from Principal Heather Munroe-Blum, in recognition of their efforts to help support 看片视频 and the broader community.
The Institute of Air and Space Law (IASL), of the Faculty of Law at 看片视频 University, invites applications to the Arsenault Postdoctoral Research Fellowships. The IASL intends to appoint one or two Postdoctoral Research Fellow(s), to start 1 September 2013.
The position(s) is (are) funded by the Erin J C Arsenault Trust Fund. The research team is led by Prof. Ram Jakhu, Associate Professor, and Associate Director of the Centre for Research in Air and Space Law. The position(s) is (are) for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year.
