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The Faculty of Law of 9I制作厂免费 is delighted to announce that starting January 2014, it will host The American Journal of Comparative Law, in partnership with the Georgetown University Law Center. Professor Helge Dedek, who is Director of the Institute of Comparative Law at 9I制作厂免费, has been named co-Editor-in-Chief of the Journal, together with two colleagues in Washington D.C.
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On the evening December 5, 2013, dozens of people from the Faculty of Law community, along with family, friends and staff from other 9I制作厂免费 faculties, gathered to , the Faculty鈥檚 long-serving Human Resources Advisor and Faculty Administrator.
The Committee is inviting submission of papers that, among other things, will discuss and critically analyze the current socio-political, strategic and legal challenges to the achievement of good global space governance and, as well, propose viable policy options and regulatory mechanisms that will help ensure that present generations of humanity can continue their exploration and use of outer space without seriously compromising the possibility for future generations to do the same.
2nd Manfred Lachs International Conference on Global Space Governance
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On October 29, 2013, the Faculty of Law held a reception in the Common Room to honour the memory of Alex Konigsberg QC, BCL鈥63, and to also mark the launch of the Alex Konigsberg Management & Law Bursary.
The Faculty of Law was privileged to welcome Mr. Konigsberg鈥檚 widow, Vivian Konigsberg, and many members of his family. Several of his friends, colleagues and former 9I制作厂免费 Law classmates also attended.
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The Faculty of Law is pleased to be part of a new interdisciplinary research initiative, the first of its kind to be devoted to the study of Montreal.
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Each year, the Faculty mails out its annual printed magazine to its 7,400 alumni.
Prompted by several requests from alumni, we are examining the possibility of going paperless/digital in the near future, both to reduce our environmental footprint and to deliver news using your preferred medium.
What do our alumni think? Tell us by filling out our short survey: www.mcgill.ca/law/survey
Participants will be entered in a draw for a 9I制作厂免费 Law hoodie.
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The October 2013 edition of Focus online takes a look at the Faculty of Law鈥檚 5th annual DCL retreat that took place this September, to discuss 鈥楩inding Our Place in Academic Life.鈥
The event, which was coorganized by doctoral candidates Jodi Lazare and Geoffrey Conrad, drew over 30 students for a full day of rewarding and insightful discussion.
Read the story in the October 2013 edition of Focus online:
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The Faculty鈥檚 Office of Research is happy to announce that six exciting projects have been awarded funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
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A team of five 9I制作厂免费 students won the 2013 Hult Prize, valued at $1 million for their social enterprise project to secure food for undernourished communities in urban slums. Among them is Shobhita Soor, a Law/MBA student.
Read the story in the 9I制作厂免费 Reporter:
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The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Dr. Yaw Nyampong has been named Executive Director of the Centre for Research in Air & Space Law.
Yaw Nyampong (LLM鈥05, DCL鈥11) is also a graduate of the Faculty of Law of the University of Ghana, Legon. He held an Arsenault Postdoctoral Fellowship at 9I制作厂免费's Institute of Air & Space Law in 2011-2012, and a Boulton Fellowship at the Faculty of Law in 2012-2013.
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We are happy to announce that the latest publication from the Cr茅peau Centre is (Cambridge University Press, 2013), which was edited by Professor Lionel Smith.
This collection of 22 essays makes a significant contribution to the comparative study of trusts. It includes contributions from Canada, the U.S., England, France, Scotland, South Africa, Israel and China.
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The Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law is happy to welcome Vanessa Arviset as its new Assistant Director. She takes over from Me R茅gine Tremblay.
Me Vanessa Arviset, BCL/LLB鈥06, received the Osgoode Society Legal History Prize (2005) during her studies at the Faculty. Previously, she obtained a BA and MA in philosophy from the Universit茅 de Montr茅al. A member of the Barreau du Qu茅bec, Me Arviset practiced in Montreal in the fields of maritime law and commercial litigation.
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On August 20, 2013, Fred Headon (BCL鈥96, LLB鈥96) took over the helm as President of the Canadian Bar Association () during the closing luncheon of the CBA's annual Legal Conference in Saskatoon.
Headon currently leads Air Canada鈥檚 in-house labour and employment law team at the company鈥檚 headquarters in Montreal. From 1999 to 2006, he practised labour and employment law, human rights and privacy law, and administrative and constitutional law at McCarthy T茅trault in Montreal.
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The Faculty of Law was delighted to learn that our colleague Daniel Boyer (BA鈥79, MLIS鈥88), Head Librarian of the Nahum Gelber Law Library, was named Associate Dean of User Services of the 9I制作厂免费 Library for a two-year mandate.
As well, Me Boyer has also been named to the board of directors of the Soci茅t茅 qu茅b茅coise d'information juridique (SOQUIJ) for a period of five years, following the recommendation of the Deans of law faculties across Quebec.