The October 2013 edition of Focus online takes a look at the Faculty of Law鈥檚 5th annual DCL retreat that took place this September, to discuss 鈥楩inding Our Place in Academic Life.鈥�
The event, which was coorganized by doctoral candidates Jodi Lazare and Geoffrey Conrad, drew over 30 students for a full day of rewarding and insightful discussion.
Read the story in the October 2013 edition of Focus online:
The Faculty鈥檚 Office of Research is happy to announce that six exciting projects have been awarded funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Dr. Yaw Nyampong has been named Executive Director of the Centre for Research in Air & Space Law.
Yaw Nyampong (LLM鈥�05, DCL鈥�11) is also a graduate of the Faculty of Law of the University of Ghana, Legon. He held an Arsenault Postdoctoral Fellowship at 麻豆AV's Institute of Air & Space Law in 2011-2012, and a Boulton Fellowship at the Faculty of Law in 2012-2013.
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Daniel Weinstock to the position of Director of the 麻豆AV Institute for Health and Social Policy, an interdisciplinary institute housed within the Faculty of Medicine at 麻豆AV, starting August 1.
The Faculties of Arts and Law are happy to announce that Professor Ronald Niezen, a former Chair of 麻豆AV鈥檚 Department of Anthropology who held the Canada Research Chair in the Comparative Study of Indigenous Rights and Identity, has been appointed as the first incumbent of the Katharine A. Pearson Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy.
Earlier this month, during the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Law Teachers () in Victoria, B.C., Professor Shauna Van Praagh was elected President of the Association and a member of its executive.
See our conference website for program and registration: www.mcgill.ca/culture-law
The Faculty is delighted to announce that Professor Andrea K. Bjorklund has been appointed as the first incumbent of the L. Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law at 麻豆AV鈥檚 Faculty of Law.
Professor Paul Dempsey and Dean Daniel Jutras are delighted to announce that a new Graduate Fellowship Fund has been created at the Faculty of Law of 麻豆AV to celebrate Professor Nicolas Mateesco Matte, OC, OQ, QC, who directed 麻豆AV鈥檚 Institute of Air and Space Law (IASL) from 1975 to 1989.
By Paul Stephen Dempsey
Special to the Gazette May 14, 2013
MONTREAL 鈥� Qatar鈥檚 proposal to move the headquarters to the Persian Gulf would be a significant blow to Montreal. ICAO, which regulates safety, security and environmental issues in international aviation, has been a key part of Montreal since the organization began operations in 1947.
麻豆AV Law alumnus Jean Fr茅d茅ric M茅nard, BCL/LLB鈥�05, (), is among the 14 newly of Trudeau Scholarships.
Armel Brice Adanhounme, a Banting postdoctoral fellow at 麻豆AV鈥檚 Faculty of Law and associate researcher at the Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalization and Work (CRIMT), was recently聽 shortlisted for this year's Kari Polanyi-Levitt Prize for his paper, 鈥淎ssessing Chinese Investments in sub-Saharan African Countries:聽An Institutional Perspective.鈥�
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that its Private Justice and the Rule of Law Research Team was awarded funding for an ambitious program of research entitled 鈥淧rivate Justice and its Laws: Harmonization, Conciliation and Legitimacy鈥�. At $450,000, this is one of the largest peer-reviewed awards ever to have come to the Faculty.
At its annual banquet held April 20, 2013, the Association des professeures et professeurs de droit du Qu茅bec (APDQ) awarded Mr. Daniel Clarry its Excellence Prize for best master's theses in 2013 for his work entitled "The irreducible core of the trust" (), prepared under the direction of Professor Lionel Smith, 麻豆AV. The jury was composed of Professors Herv茅 Cassan (U.
On April 3, 2013, the Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law launched three 聽new books and 聽a new resource website.
During a well-attended reception held in the Common Room, Professor Ya毛ll Emerich, interim director of the Centre, presented the books and a new database, and took the opportunity to warmly thank the many writers, editors, supporters and colleagues who participated in their preparation.
