Primarily located on the 4th floor of New Chancellor Day Hall (NCDH), the Faculty of Law’s student services are here to help Law students at every point in their program. Your Student Service teams can be reached by email or during drop-in hours, if applicable. This page contains a list of all Law Student Services staff members within each office and their contact information.
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sao.law [at] mcgill.ca |
Room 433, NCDH |
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grad.law [at] mcgill.ca |
Room 406, NCDH |
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See below |
Room 435 NCDH & Room 24 OCDH |
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cdo.law [at] mcgill.ca |
Room 416, NCDH |
Student Affairs Office (SAO)
The Faculty of Law's SAO provides information and guidance for all Law students (BCL/JD, LLM, DCL, Graduate certificate programs, Special, or Visiting students).
Contact the SAO if you have questions about programs, degree requirements, registration, advising, course changes & schedules, procedures for withdrawal, exam schedules & conflicts, deferred & supplemental exams, academic standing, leave of absence or term away, and graduation. Note that the SAO and the Graduate Programs Office (GPO) collaborate regularly on a variety of student-related matters.
How to contact the SAO:
Please include your McGill student ID number (and/or term-specific exam code if relevant) in all correspondence. When attaching documents or screenshots please use .docx/.pdf/.png files, do not use share links.
- General enquiries should be directed to the SAO by email at sao.law [at] mcgill.ca.
- Assignment submissions should be directed to the SAO by email at SAOassignments [at] mcgill.ca.
- Enquiries related to exams or exam submissions should be directed to the SAO by email at exams.law [at] mcgill.ca.
- Enquires related to grades or grade reviews should be directed to the SAO by email at grades.law [at] mcgill.ca.
- Enquires related to Exchanges, Study Away, IUT, and other Term Away opportunities should be directed to the SAO by email at exchanges.law [at] mcgill.ca.
- Enquiries related to Clinical Legal Education at the Faculty of Law should be directed to the SAO by email at cle.law [at] mcgill.ca.
We also invite students to leave us anonymous feedback to tell us what we are doing well or how we can improve our services.
Prof. Tina Piper – Associate Dean (Academic)
New Chancellor Day Hall 425
tina.piper [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Faculty Member Page
Requests for appointments with the Associate Dean should be directed to the sao.law [at] mcgill.ca (SAO).
Brittany Williams – Assistant Dean (Students) & Dean’s Lead, Black and Indigenous Flourishing
New Chancellor Day Hall 424
brittany.williams [at] mcgill.ca (Email)
Requests for appointments with the Associate Dean should be directed to the sao.law [at] mcgill.ca (SAO).
Cassandra Dodds – Student Affairs Officer
New Chancellor Day Hall 426
cassandra.dodds [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Make an appointment online
Vacant – Student Affairs Consultant (1st & 2nd Year)
New Chancellor Day Hall 428
Email | Make an appointment online
Leyla Suleiman – Student Affairs Consultant (3rd & 4th Year)
New Chancellor Day Hall 428
leyla.suleiman [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Make an appointment online
Victoria Allin – Senior Administrative and Student Affairs Coordinator (on leave)
New Chancellor Day Hall 433
victoria.allin [at] mcgill.ca (Email)
Chen Liu – Senior Administrative and Student Affairs Coordinator (Interim)
New Chancellor Day Hall 433
chen.liu9 [at] mcgill.ca (Email)
Cathrine Shandler – Student Affairs Coordinator
New Chancellor Day Hall 433
cathrine.shandler [at] mcgill.ca (Email)
James Newman – Student Affairs Coordinator
New Chancellor Day Hall 433
james.newman2 [at] mcgill.ca (Email)
Graduate Programs Office (GPO)
The Faculty of Law's Graduate Programs Office (GPO) provides information and guidance for all prospective and current postgraduate Law students (LLM, DCL, Graduate certificate programs ).
Contact the GPO if you have questions about graduate admissions, programs, advising, course changes & schedules, procedures for withdrawal, and leave of absence or term away.
General enquiries may be directed to the GPO by grad.law [at] mcgill.ca (email). Please include your McGill student ID number in all correspondence.
Prof. Colleen Sheppard – Associate Dean (Graduate Studies)
New Chancellor Day Hall 406
514-398-5098 | Colleen.Sheppard [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Faculty Member Page
Bianca Bourgeois, Graduate Student Affairs Administrator
New Chancellor Day Hall 407
514-398-6646 | bianca.bourgeois [at] mcgill.ca (Email)
Vacant – Senior Administrative and Student Affairs Coordinator (Graduate Studies)
New Chancellor Day Hall 406
514-398-6635 | Email
Ilana Chocron – Student Affairs Coordinator (Graduate Studies)
New Chancellor Day Hall 406
514-398-6635 | ilana.chocron [at] mcgill.ca (Email)
Local Wellness Advisors (LWA)
The Faculty of Law has two Local Wellness Advisors (LWAs) who are part of the Student Wellness Hub. They are mental health clinicians who orient and connect Law students with the appropriate support resource - on-campus or off-campus and provide psychoeducational and skills-based workshops, outreach and wellness promotion, as well as individual one-on-one appointments.
Shrabani Debroy - Local Wellness Advisor
New Chancellor Day Hall 435
shrabani.debroy [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Make an appointment online
Gabrielle Petrucci-Desjardins – Local Wellness Advisor
Old Chancellor Day Hall 24
gabrielle.petrucci-desjardins [at] mcgill.ca (Email) | Make an appointment online
Career Development Office (CDO)
The Career Development Office (CDO) oversees all career development activities, which include assisting students with their search for summer employment and articling positions. They provide individual career counselling, mentoring, and professional development training to Law students and young alumni.
General enquiries may be directed to the CDO by cdo.law [at] mcgill.ca (email).
Kendra Gray - Director
New Chancellor Day Hall 419
kendra.gray [at] mcgill.ca (Email)| Make an appointment on 12twenty
Ennaea Currie - Career Advisor
New Chancellor Day Hall 416
514-398-2823 | ennaea.currie [at] mcgill.ca (Email)| Make an appointment on 12twenty
Cait Bishop - Associate
New Chancellor Day Hall 416
514-398-6159 | cdo.law [at] mcgill.ca (Email)