The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Andrea K. Bjorklund has been appointed associate dean (graduate studies) for a three-year term, effective July 1, 2019, and Professor Rosalie Jukier has been appointed associate dean (academic) for a two-year term, effective September 1, 2019.
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The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that five have been selected from among 9I制作厂免费 Law students and recent graduates to serve as law clerks to justices of the Supreme Court of Canada in 2020-2021:
The Faculty of Law and the Peter MacKell Chair in Federalism are delighted to announce the winners of the 2018-2019 Baxter Family Competition:
- First Prize: Jan Raeimon Nato (BCL/LLB candidate, 9I制作厂免费, Montreal) 鈥 $5,000
鈥淒uties of Federal Loyalty: Lessons to Learn, Conversations to be Had鈥 - Second Prize: Berihun Gebeye (SJD Candidate, Central European University, Budapest) 鈥 $3,000
鈥 Federal Theory and Federalism in Africa鈥 - Third Prize (ex-aequo) 鈥 $1000, to be shared:
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From April 1- 30 (April 19-22 Easter long weekend excluded) 9I制作厂免费 students will be able to access the Nahum Gelber Law Library 24 hours a day, seven days a week. As agreed between the Students' Society of 9I制作厂免费 (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 April 30 examination period. Details are as follows:
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9I制作厂免费鈥檚 Institute of Air and Space Law () and the International Federation of Air Line Pilots鈥 Associations () are delighted to announce that they have partnered to offer a pre-professional internship to current students and recent graduates of the IASL.
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It is with mixed feelings of sadness and pride that the Faculty of Law announces that Professor Mark Walters will be leaving 9I制作厂免费 to take up the role of dean at Queen鈥檚 University鈥檚 Faculty of Law on July 1, 2019.
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The Faculty of Law is pleased to share that Professor Andrea K. Bjorklund has been elected a vice-president of the governing Executive Council of the American Society of International Law () at the organization鈥檚 113th annual meeting in Washington D.C. on March 27. Upon sharing the news, the ASIL highlighted Professor Bjorklund鈥檚 active involvement in the leadership of the ASIL dating back a number of years.
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On March 25, 2019, the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism of 9I制作厂免费 was pleased to award German-Turkish journalist and producer Deniz Y眉cel the Robert S. Litvack Award, who accepted it on behalf of all threatened and silenced Turkish voices. The award was presented to Mr. Y眉cel by Gabriela Siegel and Sylvia Litvack, respectively grand-daughter and widow of Robert Litvack.
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The Faculty of Law鈥檚 Sustainability Committee is a new entity, created in response to student demand, building on impressive groundwork by members of a student-led committee. The committee fosters sustainability initiatives at the Faculty, and promotes the Faculty鈥檚 engagement in sustainability at 9I制作厂免费. We work closely with the 9I制作厂免费 Office of Sustainability.
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Current BCL/LLB students are invited to apply for the following internship awards by Monday, March 25, 2019, noon (EST).听 (extended deadline)
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The Faculty is pleased to announce that doctoral candidate and O鈥橞rien Graduate Fellow was awarded the 2018听Principal鈥檚 Prize for Public Engagement through Media in the Graduate Students, Research Associates and Post-Doctoral Fellows category.
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