Thanks to the generosity of Sophie Nappert (BCL鈥�86, LLB鈥�86), the Nappert Prize in International Arbitration will be awarded for the fifth time in 2022.
The Nappert Competition is open to all students, junior scholars and junior practitioners from around the world. To be eligible for the prize, authors must:
The Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism invites submissions of unpublished papers under the theme "Towards equality and justice for LGBTI people". We encourage a diversity of topics and perspectives.
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�
On 26 November, 2021, acclaimed legal scholar Angela Swan was awarded a Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, and gave the commencement address at the Faculty of Law鈥檚 fall convocation ceremony.
Since its 2019-2020 edition, the Graduate Law Students Association (GLSA) Conference has combined cinematography and the law. In 2019-2020, the organizing committee planned a conference inspired by the movie Love Actually and presented various panels discussing the legal implications of trust and intimacy. The 2020-2021 committee then organized a conference entitled 鈥淟aw and the City鈥�, to homage the famous TV series and movies Sex and the City.
The Faculty of Law is happy to announce the launch of its new website: the 69热视频 Business Law Platform. Guided by Professor Peer Zumbansen, inaugural incumbent of the Professorship in Business Law, the site will act as a hub of excellence in national, international, and transnational business law.
The Platform offers 69热视频 students and guest writers the opportunity to explore business law questions through a blog called the Business Law Meter.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Brittany Williams, BCL/LLB鈥�19, has taken up the role of manager, Student Affairs Office, effective 1 November 2021.
Williams has served as (admissions & recruitment) since December 2020, and has worked to broaden the Faculty of Law鈥檚 outreach efforts by showing potential applicants the expansive possibilities that come with 69热视频 Law degrees.
69热视频鈥檚 Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHRLP) is currently accepting applications for a minimum 3-month clerkship at the Supreme Court of Israel in 2022-2023.
Clerks are assigned to assist one judge with tasks such as drafting legal and administrative documents, preparing case files, and researching legal issues.
Current 69热视频 BCL/LLB, LLM or DCL students graduating in June 2022, and recent 69热视频 graduates from Fall 2019 onward may apply for these positions.
Deadline: 26聽January 2022, 17:00, Montreal time.
69热视频鈥檚 Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHRLP) is currently accepting applications for:
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 69热视频 Law 17th worldwide.
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Dean Robert Leckey, Samuel Gale Professor, has received the Barreau du Qu茅bec鈥檚 Advocatus Emeritus (Ad. E.) distinction.
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that Professor will be promoted to the rank of full professor, effective 1 November 2021.
Doctoral student and Vanier Scholar Ermanno Napolitano has been awarded a Harvard University Solar Geoengineering Research Program (SGRP) fellowship.
Supervised by Professor Richard Janda, BCL鈥�85, LLB鈥�85, Napolitano鈥檚 research seeks to deepen the legal understanding of geoengineering, intended as the deliberate, large-scale manipulation of the Earth鈥檚 atmosphere to reduce global warming.
At Harvard, Ermanno Napolitano is advised by Dr Lucas Stanczyk, BCL/LLB鈥�05, who leads a project on 鈥淭he Ethical and Political Dimensions of Solar Geoengineering鈥�.
We invite prospective graduate students interested in human rights or legal pluralism to apply for an O'Brien Fellowship. This Fellowship Program is an entrance scholarship. Applicants for this scholarship must also simultaneously submit an application for admission to one of our graduate programs by the stipulated deadline. Students who are currently enrolled in the LLM or DCL program at 69热视频 are not eligible.
Inspired by the fabled meeting place in ancient Rome, the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHRLP) Forum is founded on the principles of inclusive citizenship and deliberative democracy. The Forum aspires to create a space for learning from the past, deliberating about the present, and building a common future together.
The CHRLP Forum aims to bring rich and plural insights on the concept of solidarity through engagement with diverse theories of change and ideas of justice.
