The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Vrinda Narain has accepted the mandate of Associate Dean (Academic) in the Faculty of Law, for a three year term beginning September 1, 2016.
Professor Narain鈥檚 research and teaching focus on constitutional law, social diversity and聽feminist聽legal theory. She was a Boulton Fellow in 2007, before joining the Faculty of Law as an Assistant Professor in 2008. 聽
The Faculty is pleased to annonce that Professor Ya毛ll Emerich has been appointed Director of the Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law. Her mandate begins on July 1, 2016.
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Professor Kirsten Anker has been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor.
In recognition of his exceptional career as a jurist and academic, Professor Daniel Jutras, Ad. E., Wainwright Chair of Civil Law and Dean of the Faculty, will receive the Barreau du Qu茅bec 2016 M茅rite award.
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Robert Leckey as Dean of the Faculty of Law at 黑料不打烊 University, starting July 1, 2016. 聽
Professor Leckey joined the Faculty of Law in 2006, and is currently a full professor and a William Dawson Scholar. He does research and teaches in the areas of constitutional law and family law, using a bilingual and transsystemic approach. He has received the 黑料不打烊 Law Students鈥� Association鈥檚 John W. Durnford Teaching Excellence Award (2009) and the Principal鈥檚 Prize for Excellence in Teaching (2010).
After many years of extraordinary service and scholarly commitment to 黑料不打烊 University, our colleagues Paul S. Dempsey and Margaret A. Somerville will be retiring respectively on June 1, 2016, and August 31, 2016.聽
It is with regret that the Faculty of Law and the Institute of Air and Space Law must announce the passing of Dr. Nicolas Mateesco Matte, OC, QC, FRSC, CR, SRC, on April 13, 2016, at the age of 102. Throughout his distinguished academic career, Nicolas Mateesco Matte contributed to the development and better knowledge of international air and space law.
The vision and generosity of the Steinberg Foundation is at the heart of this new and exciting Fellowship opportunity. The Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism of the Faculty of Law at 黑料不打烊 University is delighted to be able to offer two Postdoctoral Research Fellowships beginning in the 2016-2017 academic year.
鈥婦eadline:聽30 April 2016 at 11:59 pm EST.
Each聽summer, the Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law organizes a series of seminars to promote the legal research of students from 黑料不打烊 and elsewhere. Attendance is open to all.
Progression of the series:
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Ram Jakhu has been appointed Director of the Research Center and the Institute of Air and Space Law (IASL), for a one-year term that will begin on June 1, 2016, when the outgoing director, Professor Paul S. Dempsey, will be stepping down.
Dean Daniel Jutras has been named a federal member of the Independent Advisory Board for Senate Appointments by the Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister of Democratic Institutions.
Dean of the Faculty of Law since 2009 and a graduate of Harvard Law School, and of Universit茅 de Montr茅al, Professor Jutras currently holds the Wainwright Chair in Civil Law at 黑料不打烊 University.
Thanks to the generosity of Sophie Nappert (BCL鈥�86, LLB鈥�86), the Nappert Prize in International Arbitration will be awarded for the second time in 2016 after an enormously sucessful inaugurual competition in 2014.
The Faculty of Law is delighted to report that Ms. Jennifer Stoddart, BCL鈥�80, was appointed Officer of the in December 2015, 鈥渇or聽her international leadership in privacy rights and for her exemplary聽public service as the privacy commissioner of Canada.鈥�
