Law Grad Studies events

A Global perspectives on disability, human rights and accessing justice seminar, organized by the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism. This seminar is accredited for 2 hours of continuing legal education by the Quebec Bar (activity no. 10075381). Agenda Moderator: TBA Participants: Ravi Malhotra (professeur agrégé, université d’Ottawa, Faculté de droit), Anne-Marie Cotter (boursière O’Brien, CHRLP), Lipi Mishra (étudiante de droit et stagiaire, action juridique pour les personnes handicapées)

Education is one of the chief interests of families, of religious communities, and of society and the state; it is both a field of cooperation between private and public bodies and, by nature, a primary cultural and political battleground. It has long been a legal battleground as well, particularly where religious issues arise.

The Stikeman Chair in Tax Law is holding its fourth annual Tax Policy Colloquium as part of its PUB2 515 Tax Policy class. The Colloquium features distinguished visiting academics and offers a forum for students, professors, and local practitioners to discuss issues of tax policy and theory, along with related issues of economics and social justice. Members of the public are welcome (please note that the colloquium takes place in a classroom setting).

The Annie MacDonald Langstaff Workshop Series presents Dr. Dolores Chew, Research Associate and Teacher, Simone de Beauvoir Women's Institute, Concordia University and Marianopolis College. Event co-hosted by: Feminist Collective at McGill Law, the Women of Colour Collective, McGill Women and the Criminal Law, and RadLaw For additional information, please contact Professor Vrinda Narain (vrinda.narain@mcgill.ca).

The McGill Research Group on Health and Law (RGHL), in collaboration with the Institute for Health and Social Policy, are proud to host Thomas Pogge, Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs, Yale University, for the RGHL's sixth annual lecture.

This year, the 2013 Annual Workshop on Commercial & Consumer Law will be taking place at McGill's Faculty of Law. Established by Professor Emeritus Jacob Ziegel (U. Toronto), this long-running Workshop is the only academic business law conference regularly held in Canada. It is designed to keep legal scholars abreast of current developments in the commercial and consumer law areas.

Thanksgiving Day (Canada). Classes cancelled. Administrative offices closed. Libraries closed.

The Centre for Intellectual Property Policy (CIPP) welcomes Mr. Stephen Perry (Perry & Currier, Currier & Kao, Patent and Trademark Agents).

The Legal Information Clinic at McGill (LICM) is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, and, with McGill's Faculty of Law, is proud to invite you to a one-day conference on the legal clinic experience during Homecoming 2013: "Partnering Social Justice and Legal Education across Boundaries."  CALL FOR STORIES & PICTURES ABOUT THE LICM: conference.licm@mcgill.ca

This year, the Macnaughton Lectures welcome Maina Kiai, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association, who will speak on democracy, dissent and the law inside civil society. Ms Pearl Eliadis will act as moderator. About the speaker Mr. Maina Kiai is the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association. He took up his functions on 1 May 2011, for an initial period of three years.

The Fifth annual McGill Conference on International Aviation Liability & Insurance will provide a review of contemporary laws, jurisprudence and developments in International Air Law and Liability Insurance from the perspective of airlines, airports, ANSPs, insurers, manufacturers and lessors. VIEW PROGRAM & REGISTER ONLINE on our secured site https://www.mcgill.ca/iasl-events/ This event brings together some of the world’s leading experts to address the following topics:

McGill’s Faculty of Law looks forward to welcoming prospective students and their families as part of the annual McGill Open House event. Stop by Faculty of Law to speak with the admissions staff and law students, attend an information session (in French and in English), and get a tour of our premises here at Chancellor Day Hall.

The Stikeman Chair in Tax Law is holding its fourth annual Tax Policy Colloquium as part of its PUB2 515 Tax Policy class. The Colloquium features distinguished visiting academics and offers a forum for students, professors, and local practitioners to discuss issues of tax policy and theory, along with related issues of economics and social justice. Members of the public are welcome (please note that the colloquium takes place in a classroom setting).

How did people defeat Hollywood to save the Internet? The behind-the-scenes story of the popular protests against SOPA and ACTA. The Centre for Intellectual Property Policy welcomes Edward Lee, Professor of Law, Director of the Program in Intellectual Property Law, and Norman and Edna Freehling Scholar at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law.

A Global perspectives on disability, human rights and accessing justice seminar, organized by the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism. This seminar is accredited for 2 hours of continuing legal education by the Quebec Bar (activity no. 10075399). Agenda Moderator: Derek J. Jones (groupe de recherche sur la santé et le droit, centre des droits de la personne et du pluralisme juridique)