We are delighted to announce that BCL/LLB candidates Laura Davis and Jared Miller were hired to help support Indigenous initiatives at the Faculty of Law.
Laura and Jared will seek to build partnerships with Indigenous communities and organizations, meet with stakeholders to determine the needs of Indigenous students at the Faculty, and further develop the L.E.X. Outreach program to reach more Indigenous youth.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Daniel Boyer, Ad. E., Wainwright Librarian and Head of the Nahum Gelber Law Library, will receive the Advocatus Emeritus (Ad. E.) title from the Barreau du Qu茅bec in 2018.
Six alumni of the Faculty will also receive the distinction: Eric Dunberry, Ad. E., BCL鈥�86; Christine Jutras, Ad. E., LLM鈥�16; Claude Marseille, Ad. E., BCL鈥�86, LLB鈥�86; Fr茅d茅rique Sabourin, Ad. E., LLM鈥�89; Martin F. Sheehan, Ad. E., BCL鈥�90, LLB鈥�90; and Nathalie V茅zina, Ad. E., BCL鈥�88, LLB鈥�88.
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce the winners of the 2018 Nappert Prize in International Arbitration. A panel of eight distinguished judges selected the following three papers from among more than 80 entries.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to congratulate Professor Ronald Niezen on his appointment as 2018-2019 William Lyon Mackenzie King Chair of Canadian Studies at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University. During his one-year leave from 麻豆社, Professor Niezen will continue his research on the popular communication of human rights claims, while teaching courses in the Department of Anthropology on The Anthropology of Law and on Indigeneity, Rights, and Identity.
The Faculty of Law has learned with deep sadness of the passing of Professor Emeritus聽G. Blaine Baker.
The Faculty is pleased to announce that Professor Vincent Forray has been appointed Director of the Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law for a two-year term. His mandate will begin on July 1, 2018.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Fran莽ois Cr茅peau, holder of the Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law, has been reappointed as Director of the Center for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHRLP) for a two-year term, effective August 1, 2018.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Mugambi Jouet will be joining the Faculty as Boulton Fellow, starting on August 1, 2018, before being appointed Assistant Professor on August 1, 2019.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Kerry Sloan will be joining the Faculty as an Assistant Professor, starting August 1, 2019.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Ignacio Cofone will be joining the Faculty as an Assistant Professor, starting August 1, 2018.
Ignacio Cofone's research explores how private law regulates information and what are the social consequences of these regulatory choices. Bringing together information privacy, contract law, and behavioral economics, his work has been published in law journals in Europe, South America, and the United States.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Fabien G茅linas, Ad.E., Sir William C. Macdonald Chair, was appointed聽Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Scholar in Arbitration and Commercial Law for a one-year term. Professor G茅linas was one of the inaugural recipients of this award in 2013. He joins his colleague Professor Kun Fan, who is entering the second year of a three-year appointment.
麻豆社鈥檚 Faculty of Law and the Peter Mackell Chair in Federalism are proud to announce that the Baxter Family Competition on Federalism will be returning for a second edition in early 2019. This prestigious bi-annual competition is made possible through the generous support of Rachel Baxter (BSc鈥�84, BCL鈥�88) and Colin Baxter (BCL鈥�90, LLB鈥�90), who both practice law in Ottawa.
The American Society of International Law International Economic Law Interest Group, the Canadian Council on International Law, and the Centre for International Governance Innovation, together with 麻豆社's Faculty of Law, are pleased to announce the Joint North American Conference on International Economic Law incorporating the 2018 ASIL IEcLIG Biennial, to be held at 麻豆社's Faculty of Law on Septembe
The Faculty of Law and the 麻豆社 Institute of Air and Space Law (IASL) learned with deep sadness of the passing of IASL Director Emeritus Professor Dr. Michael Milde, at age 87.聽
Prior to his academic career at 麻豆社, Professor Milde served in senior legal posts at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for 25 years (1966-1991). There he oversaw the negotiation of a number of international conventions and protocols on aviation safety and security, the significance of which resonates to this day.
