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- Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism
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- Inst. of Air and Space Law
- Inst. of Comparative Law
- Law - Continuing Education
- Paul-André Crépeau Centre for Private and Comparative Law
- Private Justice and the Rule of Law
- Research Group on Health and Law
Discriminations en droit du travail: dialogue avec la doctrine americaine
The Centre for Human rights and Legal Pluralism and the Annie MacDonald Langstaff Lecture Series welcome Marie Mercat-Bruns.
About the speaker
Marie Mercat-Bruns is a tenured Associate Law Professor at the Labor and Employment Law Chair of the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM) where she is a member of the Research Institute LISE CNRS (Group, Relational Theories on Gender).
She is also a member of the scientific committee of Presage (Sciences Po/OFCE Research and Academic Program on Gender Thinking).
McGill Symposium on International Arbitration: Charles Jarrosson
The McGill Arbitration Society, the Private Justice and the Rule of Law Research Team, the L. Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law at McGill University, and the Institute for Transnational Arbitration are pleased to welcome Charles Jarrosson (Université Paris II), who will give a talk as part of the “The McGill Symposium on International Arbitration.”
IPLAI Great Trials: The Trial of Orestes
Professor Lynn Kozak, Department of History and Classical Studies
The Trial of Orestes: Aeschylus' Eumenides and the evoution from blood vengeance to civic justice
Science, Solution, Paradigm: Green Chemistry at the Nexus of Innovation and Policy
The Faculty of Law welcomes Professor Kira Matus, London School of Economics.
McGill Symposium on International Arbitration: Alexis Mourre
The McGill Arbitration Society, the Private Justice and the Rule of Law Research Team, the L. Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law at McGill University, and the Institute for Transnational Arbitration are pleased to welcome Alexis Mourre (Vice-President of the ICC), who will give a talk as part of the “The McGill Symposium on International Arbitration.”
Inaugural Fortier Chair Conference: A Conversation with Yves Fortier
Professor Andrea Bjorklund, holder of the L. Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law, invites you to the Chair's inaugural conference. The event will take the form of a conversation with L. Yves Fortier himself, as part of the Institute of Transnational Arbitration's Oral History Project.
A reception will follow in the Common Room.
DCL Thesis Defence: Carlos Ivan Fuentes
DCL candidate Carlos Ivan Fuentes will be defending his thesis, "Normative plurality in international law: The impact of international human rights law in the doctrine of sources of international law", which was prepared under the supervision of Professor Evan Fox-Decent.
Speaker Series on Economic Justice: Global Principles of Distributive and Labour Justice?
This university year, the Center for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism is hosting the Speaker Series on Economic Justice. This series aims to foster critical reflections and facilitate interdisciplinary conversations amongst scholars interested in/working on issues related to economic justice.
Innocence McGill's Annual Conference
Innocence McGill presents its annual conference, which this year welcomes Michel Dumont and Danielle Dansereau.
Speakers
Michel Dumont was wrongfully convicted of a sexual assault he did not commit. He spent three years behind bars and was only exonerated in 2001 with the help of family members who never gave up on this fight. He will be sharing his story.
Foreign Account Tax Information Act (FATCA) Information Session
Join Professor Allison Christians and noted Toronto lawyer John Richardson for an information session on the newly implemented Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). The session will be geared toward those with US status and will discuss issues of disclosure, compliance, and other obligations raised by this legislation.
Dignity, Self-Determination and End-of-Life Care
PLEASE NOTE THE DATE HAS BEEN CHANGED. A Global perspectives on disability, human rights and accessing justice seminar, organized by the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism.
This seminar is accredited for 1.5 hours of continuing legal education by the Quebec Bar (activity no. 10075984).
Litigating Charter Challenges: Stories of a Constitutional Lawyer
Join us for a lecture by Joseph Arvay, QC, recipient of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism 2014 Robert S. Litvack Award.
Joseph Arvay is a Canadian lawyer who has argued numerous landmark Supreme Court of Canada cases involving civil liberties and constitutional rights. The Robert S. Litvack Award recognizes his outstanding lifetime achievement.
Skit Nite 2014
A hilarious live show at Club Soda featuring the creative talents of the entire McGill Law community. Think "Law School meets Saturday Night Live". It's a night to set aside the books, be entertained and laugh at each other for taking school so seriously. You'll find it all - impressions of profs, law jokes, promissory estoppel, and heart-wrenching show tunes about factum day...
Skit Nite is the a yearly law event you don't want to miss!
For any questions or to involved, write to law [dot] got [dot] talent [at] gmail [dot] com.
Civil Justice and the Civil Law Tradition
Professors Patrick Glenn, Rosalie Jukier and Daniel Jutras will discuss civil justice and the civil law tradition in this fifth and last instalment of our 2013-2014 Think Ahead / Une pensée d’avance continuing legal education series.