[13 Dec] For a third consecutive year, the Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation has generously provided its support to an innovative outreach initiative at the Faculty of Law.
December 2011
[13 Dec] In our news round-up for December: two recent grads receive 2011 John Peters Humphrey fellowships; McGill Arbitration Society presents a workshop on negotiation; students attend a special lecture with Supreme Court with Justice Louis LeBel; and doctoral student Julie McCann to present in Jean-Louis Baudoin Chair conference cycle.
December 2011
[13 Dec] Roger Carter scholarship recipient and third-year law student Jessica Labranche-Hamelin has an impressive resume that points to the importance both of academic achievement and community involvement.
December 2011
[13 Dec] Media mentions go out to 4L Joey Flowers, who takes on a holiday stereotype, while Montreal firm Robinson Sheppard Shapiro makes a gift to support student moots. The Toronto Star and Canadian Lawyer 4Students were there to put it in ink.
November 2011
[15 Nov] Simone Samuels, 2L, received a Forces AVENIR award on October 26, in recognition of her commitment to community projects while the student group Criminal Law McGill hosted a speed-meet with well-known judges, prosecutors and criminal lawyers. Keep reading….
November 2011
[15 Nov] David O’Brien, BCL’65, makes another substantial gift to support the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism; Elizabeth Monk, BCL’23, the first woman to win the Faculty’s Gold Medal for academic excellence and the first Quebec woman to receive a Q.C. designation, is honoured by the University Women’s Club of Montreal. Keep reading…
October 2011
[10 Nov] Roderick A. Macdonald, F.R. Scott Professor of Constitutional and Public Law, has been named to the Charbonneau Commission, which has been charged with examining allegations of corruption in the construction industry.
November 2011
Memorial service for finishing student Alexandra Dodger, who was tragically killed in a pedestrian accident in October
October 2011
[15 oct] La semaine de PI à la Faculté de droit a donné aux étudiants, professeurs et praticiens une occasion unique de sonder d’un peu plus près les méandres de la propriété intellectuelle.
October 2011
[12 Oct] News highlights: The Faculty rides for justice, doctoral students find guidance and humour at the annual DCL retreat, and Me Benoit Girardin, who lectures on sports law at the Faculty, writes about the International Association of Sport Law Conference that was held in Moscow in September.
