[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.
November 2011
[12 Oct] Blinded at age 16, Thomas Shearer Stewart nevertheless graduated from the Faculty in 1908, winning the gold medal award for academic excellence. His granddaughter, Lesley Stewart, tells his remarkable story, and how the Thomas Shearer Stewart Travelling Fellowship came about.
October 2011
[15 Sep] Anne-France Goldwater, BCL’80, brings her no-holds-barred attitude with her as she rules on small claims arbitration cases on her new television show, L’Arbitre. Focus online caught up with the fiery lawyer for a conversation about arbitration, law and life.
October 2011
[15 sep] Frédéric Bachand, professeur agrégé à la Faculté de droit de McGill et spécialiste de l’arbitrage, effectue présentement un séjour sabbatique à la National University of Singapore. Il nous envoie une carte postale de Singapour.
September 2011
[15 Sep] A partner and head of litigation at Tutino Edwards Joseph and and adjunct professor, Jeffrey Edwards, BCL’86, LLB’86, shares his experiences as an arbitrator specializing in construction and product liability law.
