Faculty
Shauna Van Praagh named President of Canadian Association of Law Teachers
Earlier this month, during the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Law Teachers (CALT) in Victoria, B.C., Professor Shauna Van Praagh was elected President of the Association and a member of its executive.
Labour Day
Labour Day. Classes cancelled. Administrative offices closed. Libraries closed.
- Faculty of Law
- Law Grad Studies
- Law student affairs
- Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism
- Inst. of Air and Space Law
- Inst. of Comparative Law
- Paul-André Crépeau Centre for Private and Comparative Law
- Private Justice and the Rule of Law
- Research Group on Health and Law
- Career Development Office (CDO)
Canada Day
CANADA DAY. Statutory Holiday. Classes cancelled. Administrative offices closed. Libraries closed.
- Faculty of Law
- Law Grad Studies
- Law student affairs
- Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism
- Inst. of Air and Space Law
- Inst. of Comparative Law
- Paul-André Crépeau Centre for Private and Comparative Law
- Private Justice and the Rule of Law
- Research Group on Health and Law
- Career Development Office (CDO)
Fête nationale du Québec
LA FÊTE NATIONALE DU QUÉBEC. Classes cancelled. Administrative offices closed. Libraries closed.
- Faculty of Law
- Law Grad Studies
- Law student affairs
- Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism
- Inst. of Air and Space Law
- Inst. of Comparative Law
- Paul-André Crépeau Centre for Private and Comparative Law
- Private Justice and the Rule of Law
- Research Group on Health and Law
- Career Development Office (CDO)
Doctoral defense: Graciela Jasa Silveira
Graciela Jasa Silveira, DCL candidate, will defend her thesis, "Beyond conjugal borders: the impact of jurisdictional boundaries on women’s family law rights in Mexico and Québec," which was written under the supervision of Professor H. Patrick Glenn at the Faculty of Law.
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Call for conference proposals - The Legalization of Culture and the Enculturation of Law
Centaur Jurisprudence: The Legalization of Culture and the Enculturation of Law
The Centaur Jurisprudence Project invites paper proposals for a conference that is organized by the McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, and which will be held in Montreal, Quebec, on Friday, February 22, 2014.
Many claims to justice ask law to be responsive to the lived experiences of those to and through whom it is applied. “Culture” is one label attached to collective forms of this lived experience.
Margaret Somerville awarded a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, by Royal Military College of Canada
McGill Professor Margaret Somerville was awarded a Doctorate of Laws, honoris causa, on May 16, 2013, by the Royal Military College in Kingston, Ontario. During the College’s 94th Convocation ceremony, the College’s Chancellor, the Honourable Peter McKay, Minister of Defence, cited “her exceptional contributions to society through research, scholarly debate and personal involvement.”
Andrea Bjorklund first incumbent of Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law
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 McGill University’s Faculty of Law.
Creation of the Nicolas Mateesco Matte Graduate Fellowship in Air and Space Law
Professor Paul Dempsey and Dean Daniel Jutras are delighted to announce that a new Graduate Fellowship Fund has been created at the Faculty of Law of McGill University to celebrate Professor Nicolas Mateesco Matte, OC, OQ, QC, who directed McGill’s Institute of Air and Space Law (IASL) from 1975 to 1989.
Sally Engle Merry awarded a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, at Convocation 2013
The Faculty of Law is delighted to present the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, to Sally Engle Merry, who will deliver the commencement address at the Spring Convocation on Friday, May 31, at 10 a.m.
A professor of Anthropology in the Institute for Law and Society at New York University, Sally Engle Merry is among the most distinguished scholars of law and society in the world today, and the leading legal anthropologist in the United States.