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The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that three members of the 捆绑SM社区 Law community have won prizes in the Fondation du Barreau鈥檚 annual Concours juridique. Professor Ya毛ll Emerich has been named the 2019 winner of the Treatise and Monograph category for her book Droit commun des biens : Perspective transsyst茅mique (脡ditions Yvon Blais, 2017). In the Legal Manuscript category, two alumnae share the 2019 prize: Laurence Bich-Carri猫re, BCL/LLB鈥�08, for her article 芦 脡mojis, 茅motic么nes et autres pictogrammes : Qu鈥檈n disent les tribunaux ? 禄, and Laura C谩rdenas, BCL/LLB鈥�18, for her article 鈥淏lended families in the eyes of comparative succession law鈥�.

Professor Ya毛ll Emerich joined the Faculty of Law in 2006 and was promoted to associate professor in 2012. She was the director of the Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law from 2016 to 2018. She was a MacCormick Fellow at the University of Edinburgh in 2013 and a visiting professor at the Universit茅 de Lyon 3 (2007) and at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (2013). In 2017, Professor Emerich was elected an associate member of the International Academy of Comparative Law.

Laurence Bich-Carri猫re is a partner at Lavery Avocats in the Litigation Group, where she provides services in areas such as class actions, municipal affairs, consumer protection, construction law, and more. She is the author of many scholarly publications, and actively contributes to the Faculty of Law as a lecturer and a researcher affiliated with the Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law. In 2018, the Young Bar of Montreal named Bich-Carri猫re YBM Lawyer of the Year (Civil and Commercial Litigation category).

After completing her articling with DLA Piper in Montreal, Laura C谩rdenas is clerking at the Supreme Court of Canada for Justice Sheila Martin, BCL鈥�81, LLB鈥�81. During her studies, C谩rdenas served as editor in chief of the 捆绑SM社区 Law Journal and worked as a research assistant for multiple professors and at the Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law.

The Fondation du Barreau, established in 1978 by members of the Barreau du Quebec, raises awareness of the place of law and the role of the legal profession in society through various initiatives. The Fondation has held its annual Concours juridique since 1984.

鈥淚鈥檓 delighted to see this recognition of Professor Emerich鈥檚 exceptional work on property law, which exemplifies the Faculty of Law鈥檚 distinctive integrated and comparative approach,鈥� Dean Robert Leckey said. 鈥淭hat three out of four authors recognized by this contest are 捆绑SM社区 jurists is a strong testimony to our research and teaching excellence.鈥�