Call for applications: Erin & John Collins Arsenault Space Fellowships
Join the McGill Institute of Air and Space Law with our prestigious fellowships: Erin & John Collins Arsenault Doctoral Fellowship: $9,500CAD for the DCL program (1 to be awarded). Erin & John Collins Arsenault LLM Fellowship: Full LLM (Thesis) tuition covered (2 to be awarded). Theme: Sustainable Space Governance
International Clerkships Program 2024-2025 - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Deadline: January 15, 2024, 5:00 PM ET
McGill’s Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHRLP) is currently accepting applications for:
a 12-month clerkship at the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA); a 10-month clerkship at the International Court of Justice (ICJ); a 4-month clerkship at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR).The clerkships are due to start in September 2024.
Call for Student Papers
The Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHLPR) invites the submission of original or unpublished papers relating to the theme “Solidarity and Strength: Responses to New Challenges in LGBTI Activism and Advocacy” for the 2024 Martine Roy Student Colloquium.
McGill Law places 29th worldwide in 2024 THE World University Rankings
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce it was once again ranked as one of the world’s top universities at which to study law. The Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings placed McGill 29th worldwide.
Open call for blog posts: “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 75: Human rights protection in a fragile multilateral order”
This is an open call for blog posts. The CHRLP invites as wide a diversity of voices as possible to submit posts on critical questions touching on the above theme. We also welcome submissions about human rights and (or) legal pluralism more broadly.
Helge Dedek, Frédéric Mégret, and Colleen Sheppard named to prestigious research chairs
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce the appointment of three professors to endowed research chairs.
Professor Helge Dedek was named to the Wainwright Chair in Civil Law, held most recently by former dean Daniel Jutras, OC, Ad E.
Tamara Thermitus and Hugo B. Lafrenière return to the Faculty of Law as visiting scholars
The Faculty of Law is delighted to welcome two accomplished jurists as visitors for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Mtre Tamara Thermitus, Ad E, LLM’13, joined us as Boulton Senior Fellow on 1 September, and will be visiting until 31 August.
Hugo B. Lafrenière, BCL/LLB’15, joined us as Boulton Junior Fellow on 1 August, and will be visiting until 31 July.
Andrea Bjorklund and Geneviève Saumier appointed Norton Rose Fulbright Scholars
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Andrea K. Bjorklund and Professor Geneviève Saumier have been named Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Scholars in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law for the 2023-2024 academic year.
2023-2024 Academic Recruitment – Call for applications
We are currently accepting applications for our 2023-2024 academic recruitment cycle.
Lara Khoury awarded prestigious CBA Prize
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Lara Khoury, Ad E, has received the 2023 Ramon John Hnatyshyn Award for Law of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA).
She was presented with an engraved bronze medallion designed by the Governor General’s Office of Heraldry at the CBA President’s Dinner in Ottawa on 21 June.
Daniel Weinstock appointed to the Order of Canada
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Professor Daniel Weinstock, CM, has been named a member of the Order of Canada. His appointment was announced by Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada, on 30 June.
Adelle Blackett honoured for scholarship, teaching, and social justice commitment
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Adelle Blackett, FRSC, Ad E, has received a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, from Simon Fraser University (SFU). The honorary degree was bestowed upon her on 9 June at SFU’s Spring Convocation ceremony.
Remembering Emeritus Professor Armand de Mestral (1941–2023)
The community of the McGill Faculty of Law was saddened to learn that Armand de Mestral, C.M., passed away on 16 June 2023, aged 81.
Ignacio Cofone wins Principal’s Prize for Outstanding Emerging Researchers
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Professor Ignacio Cofone has received the McGill Principal Prize’s for Outstanding Emerging Researchers. He was presented with the award at the Law Convocation Ceremony on 31 May.
Shauna Van Praagh awarded Principal’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Shauna Van Praagh has received the Principal’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching in the full professor category. She was presented with the award at the law convocation ceremony on 31 May.
