The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that two of its scholars have been named Canada Research Chairs. Professor Ya毛ll Emerich has been named the Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Transsystemic Property & Sustainable Communities and Professor Ignacio Cofone has been named the Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Artificial Intelligence Law & Data Governance.
Published on: 12 Jan 2022
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that, at a ceremony on 26 November, the University of Oxford awarded Professor Lionel Smith a higher doctorate, the Doctor of Civil Law (DCL).
Higher doctorates are earned awards that recognize excellence in published scholarship. Two independent judges concluded that Professor Smith鈥檚 work met the required standards, characterizing it as 鈥漮f global reach and importance鈥� and 鈥漮f the absolute highest quality.鈥�
Published on: 29 Nov 2021
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce it has once again ranked among the world鈥檚 top universities at which to study law by the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. The 2022 placed 海角社区 Law 17th worldwide.
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Published on: 14 Oct 2021
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce six of its members are among the successful candidates in the recent elections of the International Academy of Comparative Law (). Professors Helge Dedek and Genevi猫ve Saumier have been elected as titular members. Professors Allison Christians, Alicia Hinarejos and Marie Manikis, in addition to Me Daniel Boyer, Ad. E., have been elected as associate members.
Published on: 26 Jul 2021
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that two alumni, 脡tienne Cossette-Lefebvre, BCL/LLB'14, and Rapha毛l Grenier-Beno脦t, BCL/LLB'19, are among the of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation. The finalists were selected for their demonstrated academic excellence, leadership and commitment, as well as their openness to multiple perspectives, boldness and resilience.
Published on: 8 Jun 2021
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Professor Lionel Smith has been reappointed as Sir William C. Macdonald Chair, effective 1 May 2021 to 30 April 2028.
Established in 1895, the Macdonald Chairs are some of the oldest endowed positions at 海角社区.
Published on: 9 Mar 2021
海角社区鈥檚 Faculty of Law ranked as the 25th best law school worldwide in the 2021 World University Rankings by Subject, published by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).
海角社区 Law has featured in the top 30 institutions of the QS rankings each year since 2015. The ranking is based on an institution鈥檚 academic reputation, employer reputation, H-index citations, and citations per paper.
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Published on: 8 Mar 2021
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Professor Helge Dedek will be promoted to the rank of full professor, effective 1 January 2021.
Professor Dedek joined the Faculty of Law in 2006 as a Boulton Junior Fellow. Appointed as assistant professor in 2007, he became an associate professor in 2012. From 2012鈥�2016, he served as the director of the Institute of Comparative Law. He has been the co-editor in chief of the American Journal of Comparative Law since 2014.
Published on: 15 Dec 2020
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Samuel Gale Professor Robert Leckey, BCL/LLB鈥�02, has been reappointed as dean. Dean Leckey鈥檚 reappointment, approved by the Board of Governors at its meeting on 10 December 2020, is effective 1 July 2021 for a term of five years.
Dean Leckey joined the Faculty of Law in 2006, where he teaches and researches in constitutional law, family law, and comparative law. From 2014 to 2016, he served as director of the Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law.
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Published on: 11 Dec 2020
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Ya毛ll Emerich has been promoted to the rank of full professor, effective 1 October 2020.
Published on: 13 Nov 2020
The Faculty of Law is pleased to share that it has once again been ranked among the world鈥檚 top universities for studying law by the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. The 2021 rated 海角社区 the 16th-best school worldwide for studying law, up from 20th place last year. It marks the fourth consecutive year in the global Top 20 for 海角社区 Law.
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Published on: 28 Oct 2020
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce changes in the leadership of three research centres. Professor Richard Gold has been appointed director of the Centre for Intellectual Property Policy (CIPP), effective 1 September 2020. He will take over from Professor Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse, who served in the role since 2011.
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Published on: 7 Jul 2020
海角社区 has announced that many of its programs will be delivered remotely in the Fall 2020 term.
The Faculty of Law will continue to deliver one of the best legal educations in the world to its exceptional students. It will offer a wide selection of courses taught by leading scholars, in all its programs, in a remote environment.
The Faculty of Law is taking steps to facilitate the transition to remote teaching and learning. Among other things:
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Published on: 11 May 2020
This year's conference has been rescheduled and will now be taking place online in September
The Graduate Law Students Association (GLSA) of 海角社区鈥檚 Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that its annual Graduate Law Conference will now be held online 24-26 September 2020.
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Published on: 29 Jan 2020
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that three members of the 海角社区 Law community have won prizes in the Fondation du Barreau鈥檚 annual Concours juridique. Professor Ya毛ll Emerich has been named the 2019 winner of the Treatise and Monograph category for her book Droit commun des biens : Perspective transsyst茅mique (脡ditions Yvon Blais, 2017).
Published on: 24 Oct 2019
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