BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.177.157//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20240529T174657EDT-4283tTMFRU@132.216.177.157 DTSTAMP:20240529T214657Z DESCRIPTION:Join us for the 2019 John E.C. Brierley Memorial Lecture\, whic h will be given by Meg Kinnear\, Secretary-General of the International Ce ntre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).\n\nA cocktail receptio n generously offered by Woods LLP will follow. RSVP: pjrl.law [at] mcgill. ca.\n\nAbout the speaker\n\nMs. Kinnear joined International Centre for Se ttlement of Investment Disputes in June 2009. She worked as Senior General Counsel (2006-2009) and Director General of the Trade Law Bureau of Canad a (1999-2006). Prior to this\, Ms. Kinnear also worked as the Executive As sistant to the Deputy Minister of Justice of Canada (1996 -1999) and Couns el at the Civil Litigation Section of the Canadian Department of Justice ( 1984-1996). Ms. Kinnear has frequently spoken on and published with respec t to international investment law and procedure\, including as a co-author of Investment Disputes under NAFTA (Kluwer Law Publications\, June 2006\; updated editions released January 2008 and June 2009). Ms. Kinnear holds degrees from the University of Virginia (LL.M.) and McGill University (LL. B.). She is admitted to the Bar of the Law Society of Upper Canada (Ontari o) and the District of Columbia Bar.\n\nThe John E.C. Brierley Memorial Le cture\n\nThis Brierley lecture series on arbitration commemorates the life and work of John E.C. Brierley\, who was Professor and Dean of Law at McG ill. Brierley was a prominent figure in the discipline of comparative law internationally and the leading Canadian expert on arbitration.\n\nThe ann ual lecture is presented by McGill Law and its Research Team on Private Ju stice and the Rule of Law\, with the participation of the Canadian Bar Ass ociation (Québec branch). The lecture is made possible by the John E. C. B rierley Memorial Lecture Fund established by L. Yves Fortier and the spons orship of Woods LLP.\n\nMedia Partner: www.transnational-dispute-managemen t.com \n\nThis event is eligible for inclusion as 1 hour of continuing leg al education as reported by members of the Barreau du Québec.\n DTSTART:20191002T213000Z DTEND:20191002T230000Z LOCATION:Maxwell Cohen Moot Court (NCDH 100)\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, Q C\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 3644 rue Peel SUMMARY:Continuity and Change in the ICSID System: Challenges and Opportuni ties in the Search for Consensus URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/law/channels/event/continuity-and-change-icsid-sy stem-challenges-and-opportunities-search-consensus-299570 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR