/law/taxonomy/term/240/all en /law/channels/news/dean-robert-leckey-receives-cba-hero-award-357972 <p>We are delighted to announce that the Sexual and Gender Diversity Alliance Section (SAGDA) of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) recognized Dean <b>Robert Leckey</b>, Ad E, with its Hero Award on 16 July 2024.</p> <p>This prestigious award recognizes excellence within the Canadian legal profession in advancing the cause of equality for LGBTQ2+ people.</p> Wed, 17 Jul 2024 19:29:54 +0000 aminata.mboup@mcgill.ca 9014 at /law /law/channels/news/provost-awards-28-mcgill-professors-distinguished-awards-357871 <p><em>Æ»¹ûÒùÔº honours its accomplished researchers with Distinguished James Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Professor, James Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Professor, and William Dawson Scholars awards.</em></p> Wed, 03 Jul 2024 19:27:04 +0000 admin 9002 at /law /law/channels/news/exam-period-access-nahum-gelber-law-library-winter-2024-356340 <p><em>La version française suit</em></p> <p>As of Monday, April 8, Æ»¹ûÒùÔº students are able to access the <a href="/library/branches/law">Nahum Gelber Law Library </a>24 hours a day, seven days a week. <b>As agreed between the Students' Society of Æ»¹ûÒùÔº (SSMU) and the Law Students Association (LSA), the Nahum Gelber Law Library will limit access to the three upper floors of the library to Law students only during the April 15 to 30 examination period.</b></p> <p>Details are as follows:</p> Mon, 25 Mar 2024 17:33:51 +0000 admin 8959 at /law /law/channels/news/call-applications-erin-john-collins-arsenault-space-fellowships-352625 <p><strong>Join the Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Institute of Air and Space Law with our prestigious fellowships:</strong><br /> <br /> <strong>Erin & John Collins Arsenault Doctoral Fellowship:</strong> $9,500CAD for the DCL program (1 to be awarded).<br /> <strong>Erin & John Collins Arsenault LLM Fellowship</strong>: Full LLM (Thesis) tuition covered (2 to be awarded).<br /> <br /> <strong>Theme:</strong> Sustainable Space Governance<br /> Explore environmental, political, and financial stability in space activities while promoting cooperation and democratization.</p> Fri, 10 Nov 2023 15:45:19 +0000 aminata.mboup@mcgill.ca 8797 at /law /law/channels/news/empowering-african-visionaries-space-governance-erin-john-collins-arsenault-fellowships-352626 <p>Calling all African leaders in space governance.</p> <p>One of our prestigious Erin & John Collins Arsenault LLM Fellowships is prioritized for an African student with the intention to return to Africa after the completion of their programme and can be your key to driving African excellence in the world of space governance and cooperation.</p> Fri, 10 Nov 2023 15:45:28 +0000 aminata.mboup@mcgill.ca 8799 at /law /law/channels/news/international-clerkships-program-2024-2025-call-applications-352466 <p><b>Deadline: January 15, 2024, 5:00 PM ET</b></p> <p>Æ»¹ûÒùԺ’s Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHRLP) is currently accepting applications for:</p> <ul> <li>a 12-month clerkship at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA);</li> <li>a 10-month clerkship at the International Court of Justice (ICJ);</li> <li>a 4-month clerkship at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR).</li> </ul> <p>The clerkships are due to start in September 2024.</p> Fri, 03 Nov 2023 19:07:13 +0000 aminata.mboup@mcgill.ca 8792 at /law /law/channels/event/law-admissions-drop-advising-sessions-cegep-students-344878 <p><strong>Online sessions: Register <a href="https://can01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2FPages%2FResponsePage.aspx%3Fid%3DcZYxzedSaEqvqfz4-J8J6k5DJo-j1kJHmU6_uCTTVwFUOVFGU1hBSVUzS1ZKR0NLVjFGQTNRMlZLRi4u&d</body></html>"></a></strong></p> Thu, 12 Jan 2023 17:32:55 +0000 aminata.mboup@mcgill.ca 8489 at /law /law/channels/event/study-mcgill-quebec-student-fair-344876 <h3><b>Are you a Quebec high school or CEGEP student considering undergraduate law studies at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº?</b></h3> Thu, 12 Jan 2023 17:15:58 +0000 aminata.mboup@mcgill.ca 8487 at /law /law/channels/event/eating-popcorn-lawyer-343835 <p>Organised in collaboration with the Sciences Po Law School, ‘Eating Popcorn like a Lawyer’ is a monthly law and film seminar series that seeks to establish a continuous dialogue between the two fields.</p> Thu, 24 Nov 2022 22:19:11 +0000 aminata.mboup@mcgill.ca 8426 at /law /law/channels/news/brittany-williams-promoted-new-leadership-roles-343519 <p>The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that <strong>Brittany Williams</strong> has been appointed to the roles of assistant dean (students) and dean’s lead, Black and Indigenous flourishing, as of 1 November 2022. </p> Mon, 14 Nov 2022 20:52:40 +0000 aminata.mboup@mcgill.ca 8422 at /law /law/channels/news/call-abstracts-working-papers-disability-law-343514 <p><strong>The Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHRLP)</strong> invites Æ»¹ûÒùÔº students, recent Æ»¹ûÒùÔº graduates, and law students from other faculties to submit short abstracts of essays or works in progress for presentation at a student colloquium on March 24, 2023 from 16:30-18:30 ET.</p> Mon, 14 Nov 2022 20:22:32 +0000 aminata.mboup@mcgill.ca 8420 at /law /law/channels/news/call-papers-federalism-what-makes-it-work-or-not-baxter-family-essay-competition-federalism-2022-343449 <p>Æ»¹ûÒùԺ’s Faculty of Law and the Peter MacKell Chair in Federalism are proud to announce that the Baxter Family Competition on Federalism will be returning for a fourth edition in early 2023. This prestigious bi-annual competition is made possible through the generous support of Rachel Baxter (BSc’84, BCL’88) and Colin Baxter (BCL’90, LLB’90).</p> Thu, 10 Nov 2022 18:54:08 +0000 aminata.mboup@mcgill.ca 8418 at /law /law/channels/news/essay-contest-nappert-prize-international-arbitration-2022-336021 <p><strong>Thanks to the generosity of Sophie Nappert (BCL’86, LLB’86), the <em>Nappert Prize in International Arbitration</em> will be awarded for the fifth time in 2022.</strong></p> <p>The Nappert Competition is open to all students, junior scholars and junior practitioners from around the world. To be eligible for the prize, authors must:</p> Tue, 04 Jan 2022 17:48:41 +0000 aminata.mboup@mcgill.ca 8051 at /law /law/channels/news/mcgill-adopts-jd-designation-common-law-degree-302891 <p>Quebec’s <i>Ministère de l’Éducation et de l’Enseignement supérieur</i> has approved Æ»¹ûÒùԺ’s request to change the name of the common law degree conferred on graduates of the Faculty of Law’s double-degree Æ»¹ûÒùÔº program from a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) to a Juris Doctor (JD). The BCL/LLB program will thus become the BCL/JD program. Graduates will continue to receive two diplomas; starting at the spring 2020 convocation, those degrees will be a Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) and a Juris Doctor (JD).</p> Wed, 27 Nov 2019 15:28:16 +0000 lysanne.larose@mcgill.ca 7245 at /law /law/channels/event/conversation-avec-la-batonniere-du-quebec-bien-etre-psychologique-et-perspectives-de-carriere-338067 <p>Un événement à ne pas manquer!</p> Wed, 02 Mar 2022 19:04:23 +0000 aminata.mboup@mcgill.ca 8170 at /law