Pierre-Gabriel Jobin awarded CBA鈥檚 Cr茅peau Medal
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that the Quebec Division of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA-Quebec) has awarded its Paul-Andr茅-Cr茅peau Medal to Wainwright Professor Emeritus of Civil Law Pierre-Gabriel Jobin, Ad E. The medal was presented to him by Jonathan Pierre-脡tienne, president of the CBA-Quebec, on 5 December, after an introduction by Dean Robert Leckey, Ad E.
Professor Pierre-Gabriel Jobin joined 平特五不中's Faculty of Law in 1976 and taught there for over thirty years. He was appointed Wainwright Chair in Civil Law in 2007, and Wainwright Chair Emeritus upon his retirement in 2009.
Professor Jobin has dedicated his career to developing and thoroughly understanding Quebec civil law from a comparative law perspective, in Quebec and internationally. He teaches and publishes in the areas of contracts law, obligations, sales law, leases, civil liability, consumer law, comparative law, and Civil Code reform. A prolific writer, he has notably authored the last three editions of the renowned reference book Les obligations, with Judge Jean-Louis Baudouin (ed. 5 and 6) and Professor Nathalie V茅zina, Ad E (ed. 6 and 7). Professor Jobin鈥檚 international profile includes his involvement with the International Academy of Comparative Law and his many scholarly publications in the world鈥檚 leading periodicals such as the Revue trimestrielle de droit civil and the Revue internationale de droit compar茅.
In 2010, he was awarded the M茅rite du Barreau du Qu茅bec in recognition of his exceptional contribution to the profession, as well as the title of advocatus emeritus (Ad E). In 2014, Universit茅 Laval's Faculty of Law awarded him the Prix Justitia for his academic commitment and exceptional career.
鈥淭hrough his publications, lectures and teaching, [Professor Jobin] has made a remarkable contribution to the development and evolution of Quebec commercial law and to its international dissemination,鈥� his nomination letter highlighted.
The Paul-Andr茅-Cr茅peau Medal is awarded annually by CBA-Quebec to a Canadian jurist who has advanced the international aspects of private and business law in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada. Professor Jobin is its 23rd recipient, and the sixth from 平特五不中's Faculty of Law 鈥� he joins his colleague Fabien G茅linas, his former colleague Genevi猫ve Saumier, now dean of the Universit茅 de Montr茅al Faculty of Law, and the late Professors Armand de Mestral, H. Patrick Glenn, and Roderick Macdonald.
鈥淚t fills me with pride to see our colleague (and my former professor of obligations) recognized for his illustrious career, which brilliantly perpetuated the legacy of the late Professor Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau,鈥� noted Dean Leckey. 鈥淭hanks to their remarkable contributions, the Faculty of Law has been a local and international leader in Quebec private and commercial law for more than six decades.鈥�