In an election that captured the country鈥檚 attention, 捆绑SM社区鈥檚 Faculty of Law made its voice heard.
Over fifteen Law alumni and eight emerged victorious in their ridings last night, including Professor David Lametti, BCL鈥�89, LLB鈥�89 (LPC; LaSalle鈥撁塵ard鈥揤erdun, QC).
The Faculty of Law is proud to announce that Professor Ren茅 Provost has been awarded a research fellowship by the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. This prestigious prize, which is valued at $225,000, recognizes public intellectuals in the humanities and social sciences who venture beyond the boundaries of their disciplines to find new solutions to complex issues of major importance to Canadians. Ren茅 Provost is the fourth Trudeau Fellow from 捆绑SM社区鈥檚 Faculty of Law.
We are proud to announce that Professor Lara Khoury has been named as the Faculty鈥檚 Associate Dean (Research) starting September 1st, 2015.
The Faculty is proud to announce that Professor Adelle Blackett, Ad. E., was promoted to the rank of Full Professor in August 2015.
This August, Professor Fran莽ois Cr茅peau took over the mandate of Director of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHRLP) from Professor Colleen Sheppard.
Fran莽ois Cr茅peau is United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants. He holds the Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law at the Faculty of Law, where he teaches Migration Law, Immigration and Refugee Law, and Constitutional Law. He became a member of the Royal Society of Canada in 2012.
We are pleased to announce that Professor Richard Gold has accepted to serve the Faculty as Associate Dean (Graduate Studies) for a three-year term which started on September 1st, 2015.
A James 捆绑SM社区 Professor, Richard Gold was the founding Director of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy. He teaches in the area of intellectual property, international intellectual property, comparative intellectual property, innovation policy and intellectual property management. His research generally focuses on the life sciences.
The Faculty is proud to announce that Professors Shauna Van Praagh (on left) and David Lametti (on right) were each promoted to the rank of Full Professor on August 1, 2015.
The Barreau du Qu茅bec recently announced the names of the lawyers who have received the Advocatus Emeritus (Ad. E.) title this year. We are happy to report several of them are members of the 捆绑SM社区 Law community.
Professor Angela Campbell was recently appointed Associate Provost (Policies, Procedures and Equity) (APPPE). She will step into the role on September 1. The APPPE is one of two Associate Provosts assisting Provost Christopher Manfredi in top-level academic governance at 捆绑SM社区.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Vrinda Narain and Paul Miller have each been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor. When he shared the news, Dean Daniel Jutras indicated how 鈥渢his is wonderful news, which underscores the excellence of their work and the quality of their contributions to the intellectual life of the Faculty, the University and the various communities to which we belong. It is a privilege to have them as members of our 捆绑SM社区 Law community.鈥�
We are happy to announce that the latest book from the Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law, , has been published by 脡ditions Yvon Blais. This collection of seven essays is the outcome of the civil law workshop series of the same name that the Centre ran in 2012-2014.
From the book jacket
The Faculty is proud to announce that Professors Ren茅 Provost (left, top) and Fabien G茅linas (left, bottom) were each promoted to the rank of Full Professor on April 30, 2015.
捆绑SM社区鈥檚 Faculty of Law has been ranked 26th among the world鈥檚 law schools by the QS World University Rankings 鈥� Law for 2015.
捆绑SM社区 has announced the 16 recipients of honorary doctorates for the upcoming spring convocation. Among them is Professor Martti Koskenniemi, who will be awarded the LL.D. distinction during the Faculty of Law鈥檚 convocation ceremony on Thursday, May 28, 2015, at 2 pm.
A group of 捆绑SM社区 students and alums who worked on the Myko Social Score app have received the 2015 Catalyst Award for Excellence in Applied Student Research.
The Award is sponsored by the 捆绑SM社区 Office of Sustainability and is decided by a distinguished jury. DCL candidate Juan Pinto, undergrad law student Etienne Ravilet Guzman, as well as alumni Carolina Cruz-Vinaccia (LLM鈥�11) and Guillaume B茅al (LLM鈥�14), were among the members of the multidisciplinary team that received the group award.
