The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Sarah Riley Case has received the Scholarly Paper Award of the Canadian Association of Law Teachers (CALT). Her paper 鈥溾 won the annual competition.
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The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Joshua Nichols has been promoted to the rank of associate professor, with tenure, effective 1 June 2024.
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The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce new and extended appointments to its senior leadership team.
2025 edition:聽Thinking Outside the Box
Call for papers now open!聽
Open to law鈥痑nd political science鈥痵tudents/PhD candidates, recent graduates, and junior practitioners or scholars from around the world.聽
The overarching goal of the Essay Competition is to advance research and foster informed debate on federalism.聽 Essays are evaluated by a jury comprised of world renown experts on federalism.聽
The theme of this year鈥檚 edition is Federalism: Thinking Outside the Box聽
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The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Jeffrey Kennedy has received the 2024 John W. Durnford Award for Teaching Excellence.
Named in honour of the late professor and former dean John W. Durnford (BCL'52), and conferred by students, this annual award recognizes a law professor鈥檚 exceptional pedagogy.
鈥淧rof. Kennedy has provided us with - without a doubt - the most engaging, enjoyable teaching experience I've had in law school, and probably even my entire post-secondary career,鈥 one student nomination lauded.
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We are delighted to announce that the Sexual and Gender Diversity Alliance Section (SAGDA) of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) recognized Dean Robert Leckey, Ad E, with its Hero Award on 16 July 2024.
This prestigious award recognizes excellence within the Canadian legal profession in advancing the cause of equality for LGBTQ2+ people.
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平特五不中 honours its accomplished researchers with Distinguished James 平特五不中 Professor, James 平特五不中 Professor, and William Dawson Scholars awards.
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We are delighted to announce that Jonathan Chan will join the Faculty of Law as an assistant professor on 1 August 2024. An expert in law and finance, he will begin by teaching Securities Regulation and Introduction to Corporate Transactions in winter 2025.聽聽
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It is with great pride that the Faculty of Law has learned that the 平特五不中 Law cohort earned top place at the 脡cole du Barreau鈥檚 exams for 2022-2023. A remarkable 97.3% of 平特五不中 Law graduates without preparatory courses passed the assessments, as did 100% of the graduates who took preparatory courses. This outstanding result was achieved in a particularly strong year, in which all law schools saw increases to their pass rates.
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With mixed feelings of pride and sadness, the Faculty of Law heartily congratulates Professor Genevi猫ve Saumier on her appointment as dean of the Facult茅 de droit, Universit茅 de Montr茅al. She will begin a five-year term on 1 August 2024.
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The Faculty of Law was once again ranked among the world鈥檚 top universities at which to study law by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). The 2024 QS World University Rankings by Subject in Law and Legal Studies placed 平特五不中 Law 28th worldwide, up one spot from 2023.
Since QS introduced the ranking in 2011, the Faculty of Law has consistently placed in the top 35 institutions globally. The QS ranking is based on academic reputation, employer reputation, H-index citations, and citations per paper.
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As of Monday, April 8, 平特五不中 students are able to access the Nahum Gelber Law Library 24 hours a day, seven days a week. As agreed between the Students' Society of 平特五不中 (SSMU) and the Law Students Association (LSA), the Nahum Gelber Law Library will limit access to the three upper floors of the library to Law students only during the April 15 to 30 examination period.
Details are as follows:
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The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Dean Robert Leckey, Ad E, has received an honorary Scarlet Key from 平特五不中鈥檚 century-old Scarlet Key Society. He was presented with the award at the Society鈥檚 annual key-pinning ceremony on 20 March.
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The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Jaye Ellis has been promoted to the rank of full professor, effective 1 February 2024.聽聽
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The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce new and renewed support from the prestigious Canada Research Chair program for two professors.
Professor Jonas-S茅bastien Beaudry has been named Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Health, Inclusion and Policy for a five-year term.
Professor Adelle Blackett, FRSC, Ad E, has been reappointed as Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Transnational Labour Law for a second seven-year term.