Past Directors
Past Directors
- John Cobb Cooper (Eminent US Jurist and Legal Adivsor to IATA) 1951-1955
- Dr Eugène Pépin (former Director of the Legal Bureau of ICAO) 1955-1959;
- Mr Alfred Beatty Rosevear QC (former General Counsel at Trans Canada Air Lines, predecessor of Air Canada) 1959-1962;
- Prof Maxwell Cohen OC, QC (Professor at McGill Faculty of Law) 1962-1965;
- Sir Francis Vallat QC (former Legal Advisor in the British Foreign Office) 1965-1966;
- Prof Edward McWhinney QC (Professor at McGill Faculty of Law and former Member of Parliament, Canada) 1966-1971;
- Prof Ivan A. Vlasic (graduate of the IASL and Professor at McGill Faculty of Law) 1971 - 1975;
- Prof Dr Nicolas Mateesco Matte OC, QC, FRSC (former Professor at the Université de Montréal; Visiting Professor and Research Director at the IASL, assisted by Assistant Director Dr Jean-Louis Magdelénat) 1975-1989;
- Prof Michael Milde (former student and Lecturer at the IASL; former Director of the Legal Bureau of ICAO) 1989-1998;
- Prof Armand de Mestral (Professor at McGill Faculty of Law) 1998 and Interim Director 1998-2000;
- Prof Paul S. Dempsey (former student at the IASL; Tomlinson Chair in Global Governance in Air and Space Law) 2000-2016;
- Prof Ram S. Jakhu (former student and Professor at McGill Faculty of Law ) 2016-2017; 2020-2022 (Acting Director);
- Prof Brian F. Havel (Professor at McGill Faculty of Law) 2017-2022;
- Prof Donal Hanley (Associate Professor (Professional) at McGill Faculty of Law), Interim Director 2022-2023; Ambassador Designate of the SMOM to the Republic of the Marshall Islands;
- Prof Vincent Correia (Professor at McGill Faculty of Law), Co-Director 2023-Present;
- Prof Andrea Harrington (Associate Professor at McGill Faculty of Law), Co-Director 2023-Present;
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