Remembering Emeritus Professor Armand de Mestral (1941–2023)
The community of the McGill Faculty of Law was saddened to learn that Armand de Mestral, C.M., passed away on 16 June 2023, aged 81.
Ignacio Cofone wins Principal’s Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Professor Ignacio Cofone has received the McGill Principal Prize’s for Outstanding Emerging Researchers. He was presented with the award at the Law Convocation Ceremony on 31 May.
Shauna Van Praagh awarded Principal’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Shauna Van Praagh has received the Principal’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching in the full professor category. She was presented with the award at the law convocation ceremony on 31 May.
Ignacio Cofone and Omar Farahat promoted and granted tenure
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Ignacio Cofone and Professor Omar Farahat will be promoted to the rank of associate professor, with tenure, effective 1 June 2023.
Institute of Air and Space Law to welcome two new senior professors, co-directors
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Vincent Correia and Professor Andrea Harrington will join its Institute of Air and Space Law (IASL).
They will begin their appointments on 1 August 2023, respectively as full professor and associate professor, and take the helm of the IASL as co-directors.
Lara Khoury promoted to full professor
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Professor Lara Khoury, Ad E, will be promoted to the rank of full professor, effective 1 June 2023.
Hat trick for Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly, new Durnford Award winner
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly has received the 2023 John W. Durnford Award for Teaching Excellence.
Named in honour of the late professor and former dean John W. Durnford (BCL'52), and conferred by students, this award each year recognizes a law professor’s exceptional pedagogy.
He will receive the award during the Law Convocation ceremony on 31 May.
McGill Law to welcome three new professors
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce three professorial appointments for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Michelle Cumyn will join the Faculty of Law as full professor, Noah Weisbord as associate professor, and Jeffrey Kennedy as assistant professor. They will begin their appointments on 1 August 2023.
Winners of the Baxter Family Competition on Federalism 2023 — Federalism: What Makes it Work (or not!)
McGill University’s Faculty of Law and the Peter MacKell Chair in Federalism are delighted to announce the winners of the 2022-2023 Baxter Family Competition on Federalism. Organized by Professor Johanne Poirier, this essay competition was open to students and recent graduates in law and political science.
Renewed appointments for Fabien Gélinas and Geneviève Saumier
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Fabien Gélinas, Ad E, has been reappointed as holder of a Sir William C. Macdonald chair, and Professor Geneviève Saumier, as Peter M. Laing QC Professor of Law. Both have these chairs since 2016. Their renewed seven-year terms will commence on 1 May 2023.
Sébastien Jodoin honoured for major impact of disability rights advocacy
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Sébastien Jodoin received McGill University’s Changemaker Prize on 28 March.
René Provost appointed to prestigious McGill professorship
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor René Provost, FRSC, Ad E, will be named a James McGill Professor for a seven-year term, effective 1 May 2023.
McGill Law ranked 29th best worldwide, up two ranks
The Faculty of Law was once again ranked among the world’s top universities at which to study law by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The 2023 QS World University Rankings by Subject in Law and Legal Studies placed McGill Law 29th worldwide, up two spots from 2022.
New Chair in Business Law to be named after Quebec’s first woman lawyer
Shauna Van Praagh Appointed President of the Law Commission of Canada
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Shauna Van Praagh has been appointed by the Governor in Council as president of the Law Commission of Canada for a five-year term, effective 6 June 2023.
