The McGill Conference is pleased to include two keynote events, one taking place each day of the conference.
A Conversation with H Patrick Glenn
The first will occur at the opening night's cocktail under the title of "A Conversation with H Patrick Glenn." In this session, we take the opportunity to sit down with Professor H Patrick Glenn for a fireside conversation as he reflects on his prodigious life in scholarship and the academy. Upon looking back, he will also look forward, sharing his insights into the potential of young scholars to make an impact in the academy and public life. This discussion will be facilitated by Prof. Marie Manikis, an experienced scholar and one of McGill's newest faculty members, and Kate Glover, a doctoral candidate at McGill and current holder of the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.
H Patrick Glenn
Professor H Patrick Glenn is currently the Peter M. Laing Chair at McGill’s Faculty of Law and one of its most prominent scholars. He teaches and writes in the areas of comparative law, legal thought, private international law, legal history, civil procedure and the legal professions. Both the breadth and influence of his work have earned him international recognition.
In 2006, H. Patrick Glenn received the Prix Léon-Gérin, a prestigious award attributed by the Government of Québec, in recognition of his contribution in comparative law over his career. In 2010-2011, he held the Henry G. Schermers Fellowship of the Hague Institute for the Internationalisation of Law. Notably, his book Legal Traditions of the World (Oxford University Press, 2000; now in its fourth edition) received the Grand Prize of the International Academy of Comparative Law.
He is a former Director of the Institute of Comparative Law and in that capacity worked on projects on the reform of the Russian Civil Code and judicial education in China. He is a member of the Royal Society of Canada and the International Academy of Comparative Law and has been a Bora Laskin National Fellow in Human Rights Law, a Killam Research Fellow, and a Visiting Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Currently, he also serves as President of the American Society of Comparative Law.
Prof. Kristine Huskey - "The Responsibility to Do Justice"
The second keynote presentation will be a lecture delivered on the second day of the conference by Professor Kristine Huskey, titled "The Responsibility to Do Justice".
Kristine Huskey
Professor Kristine Huskey is currently the Director of the Veterans' Advocacy Law Clinic and Visiting Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Arizona's James E. Rogers College of Law, and has previously taught at Georgetown University, University of Texas, and George Washington University. She was the Founding Director of the National Security Clinic at the University of Texas before serving as Director for the Anti-Torture Program for Physicians for Human Rights from 2011-2013.
Beginning her career as a practitioner, Prof. Huskey was one of the first to represent Guantánamo detainees, an experience she has chronicled in her book Justice at Guantánamo: One Woman’s Odyssey and Her Crusade for Human Rights. Prof. Huskey is one of the United States' foremost experts on national security and human rights and has written extensively on these subjects.