Boulton fellowships

The Boulton Fund was established in 1983 under the terms of a bequest of the late A. Maxwell Boulton Q.C., 1909-1981, B.A. (1930), B.C.L. (1933).

The purpose of the Fund is to enable the Faculty to invite, from time to time, a senior scholar to McGill to participate in the teaching and intellectual life of the Faculty as Boulton Visiting Professor; and to appoint one or more junior scholars, Boulton Fellows, in each academic year, in order to assist them in carrying out a research project of significance while gaining some teaching experience in the Faculty.

The Trustees of the Boulton Fund naturally look with particular favour upon research projects that have significance to the Canadian legal system and legal community although the subject matter of the project need not bear directly upon a subject of Canadian law. It is normally assumed that the finished product will be published in some form or another.

Fellows are appointed upon an open competition. Applications for the Boulton Fellowships should include a curriculum vitae, a detailed statement of research project and the names of the three referees. Please address them in writing to:

Boulton Fund Administrators
Dean's Office, Faculty of Law
McGill University
3644 Peel Street
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H3A 1W9

Nota: the Faculty regrets it cannot accept applications sent by email.

Application deadline: 1 February

2009-2010 Boulton Fellows

• Alicia Hinarejos and Han-Ru Zhou

Wainwright fellowships

The Wainwright Fund was established under the terms of the will of the late Arnold Wainwright, Q.C. (1879-1967), B.A. (1899), B.C.L. (1902), D.C.L. (1963) of the Montreal Bar. Mtre Wainwright taught Civil law at McGill University from 1909 to 1934. His merits as a teacher of the Civil Law for over twenty-five years were recognized by the University in 1934 when it named him Emeritus Professor upon his retirement. In 1963, the degree of Doctor of Civil Law honoris causa was conferred upon him by the University.

Mtre Wainwright bequeathed the residue of his estate to McGill University for the use of the Faculty of Law; in so doing, he intended to promote the scholarly study of the Civil Law of Quebec, which had always remained his abiding interest throughout his long and distinguished career.

The Wainwright Lectures, the Wainwright Fellowship, the Wainwright Legal Essay Competition and the Wainwright Scholarship for undergraduate students in Law were all made possible by this generous bequest. Among others, the Wainwright Fund also provides financial assistance for the enrichment of the McGill Law Library, for the funding of the Wainwright Professorship of Civil Law, and, as a long term project, for the publication of a major Civil Law Treatise.

2007-2008 Jr. Wainwright Fellow

• Senior Fellows: Madeleine Cantin Cumyn and Adrian Popovici
• Junior Fellow: Sophie Morin