[13 fév] Juge à la Cour supérieure du Québec depuis près de 15 ans, Carol Cohen, BCL’82, a entrepris de partager son expérience du droit et des tribunaux avec la Faculté, alors qu’elle passe une année en résidence à McGill.
February 2012
[13 Feb] Justice Juanita Westmoreland-Traoré was the first black Canadian to become dean of a faculty of law and the first black Canadian appointed to the bench in Quebec. A major conference at the Faculty of Law in March will celebrate the career and contributions of this groundbreaking jurist.
February 2012
December 2011
[13 Dec] Max Reed, BCL/LLB’11, is spearheading a campaign to restore transparency to campaign finance laws and has Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, along with a number of other city councilors, in his sights.
December 2011
[13 Dec] Professor Payam Akhavan teamed up with Turkish historian Taner Akçam and then McGill Law student Sheila Paylan to take on the Turkish government in the European Court of Human Rights on freedom of speech – and won in a landmark victory when the Court ruled in their favour on October 25, 2011.
December 2011
[15 nov] Le professeur François Crépeau parle des perceptions que nous avons de l’immigration et comment les migrants sont traités par les États et les tribunaux.
Du neuf: Crépeau begins UN Special Rapporteur term, McGill Reporter, December 1, 2011.
December 2011
[15 Nov] Law grads returned to McGill for Homecoming 2011, with many participating in the Faculty of Law Dean’s Breakfast on October 14. Norman May, BCL’61, and his wife Gloria, BA’61 had a special story to share…
December 2011
[15 Nov] Professor Rod Macdonald’s deeply personal approach to legal education has earned him the University’s highest recognition for excellence in teaching, to be presented to him during the Fall 2011 Convocation ceremonies. Focus online takes a look at the lifetime contributions Macdonald has made to the Faculty of Law and beyond.
October 2011
[12 oct] As the Boeing Initiative in Air and Space Law prepares to wrap up its five-year program in 2012, Focus online looks back at the outreach and accomplishments that were made possible by this gift.
November 2011
[12 Oct] Spearheading discussions about South Park and The Simpsons and about the protected status of champagne and caviar, the Faculty’s nine post-doctoral fellows bring fresh ideas to research and teaching.
