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2023-2024 Academic Recruitment – Call for applications

We are currently accepting applications for our 2023-2024 academic recruitment cycle. 

Published: 9 Aug 2023

Lara Khoury awarded prestigious CBA Prize

The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Lara Khoury, Ad E, has received the 2023 Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Law of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA).

She was presented with an engraved bronze medallion designed by the Governor General’s Office of Heraldry at the CBA President’s Dinner in Ottawa on 21 June.

Published: 11 Jul 2023

Daniel Weinstock appointed to the Order of Canada

The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Professor Daniel Weinstock, CM, has been named a member of the Order of Canada. His appointment was announced by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, on 30 June.

Published: 5 Jul 2023

Adelle Blackett honoured for scholarship, teaching, and social justice commitment

The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Adelle Blackett, FRSC, Ad E, has received a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, from Simon Fraser University (SFU). The honorary degree was bestowed upon her on 9 June at SFU’s Spring Convocation ceremony.

Published: 4 Jul 2023

Remembering Emeritus Professor Armand de Mestral (1941–2023)

The community of the McGill Faculty of Law was saddened to learn that Armand de Mestral, C.M., passed away on 16 June 2023, aged 81. 

Published: 20 Jun 2023

Ignacio Cofone wins Principal’s Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers

The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Professor Ignacio Cofone has received the McGill Principal Prize’s for Outstanding Emerging Researchers. He was presented with the award at the Law Convocation Ceremony on 31 May.

Published: 5 Jun 2023

Shauna Van Praagh awarded Principal’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching

The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Shauna Van Praagh has received the Principal’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching in the full professor category. She was presented with the award at the law convocation ceremony on 31 May.

Published: 1 Jun 2023

Ignacio Cofone and Omar Farahat promoted and granted tenure

The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Ignacio Cofone and Professor Omar Farahat will be promoted to the rank of associate professor, with tenure, effective 1 June 2023.  

Published: 29 May 2023

Institute of Air and Space Law to welcome two new senior professors, co-directors

The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Vincent Correia and Professor Andrea Harrington will join its Institute of Air and Space Law (IASL).  

They will begin their appointments on 1 August 2023, respectively as full professor and associate professor, and take the helm of the IASL as co-directors. 

Published: 25 May 2023

Lara Khoury promoted to full professor

The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Professor Lara Khoury, Ad E, will be promoted to the rank of full professor, effective 1 June 2023.  

Published: 24 May 2023

Hat trick for Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly, new Durnford Award winner

The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly has received the 2023 John W. Durnford Award for Teaching Excellence.  

Named in honour of the late professor and former dean John W. Durnford (BCL'52), and conferred by students, this award each year recognizes a law professor’s exceptional pedagogy.  

He will receive the award during the Law Convocation ceremony on 31 May. 

Published: 8 May 2023

McGill Law to welcome three new professors

The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce three professorial appointments for the 2023-2024 academic year.     

Michelle Cumyn will join the Faculty of Law as full professor, Noah Weisbord as associate professor, and Jeffrey Kennedy as assistant professor. They will begin their appointments on 1 August 2023.  

Published: 26 Apr 2023

Winners of the Baxter Family Competition on Federalism 2023 — Federalism: What Makes it Work (or not!)

McGill University’s Faculty of Law and the Peter MacKell Chair in Federalism are delighted to announce the winners of the 2022-2023 Baxter Family Competition on Federalism. Organized by Professor Johanne Poirier, this essay competition was open to students and recent graduates in law and political science.

Published: 14 Apr 2023

Renewed appointments for Fabien Gélinas and Geneviève Saumier

The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Fabien Gélinas, Ad E, has been reappointed as holder of a Sir William C. Macdonald chair, and Professor Geneviève Saumier, as Peter M. Laing QC Professor of Law. Both have these chairs since 2016. Their renewed seven-year terms will commence on 1 May 2023.

Published: 11 Apr 2023

Sébastien Jodoin honoured for major impact of disability rights advocacy

The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Sébastien Jodoin received McGill University’s Changemaker Prize on 28 March.  

Published: 3 Apr 2023

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