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 海角精品黑料's Institute of Air & Space Law in 2011-2012, and a Boulton Fellowship at the Faculty of Law in 2012-2013.
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.
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.
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.
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 海角精品黑料 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.
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Daniel Weinstock to the position of Director of the 海角精品黑料 Institute for Health and Social Policy, an interdisciplinary institute housed within the Faculty of Medicine at 海角精品黑料, starting August 1.
On June 27, 2013, the Quebec Bar announced the recipients of the Advocatus Emeritus title for 2013.
The Faculty of Law wishes to congratulate alumni Robert-Jean Ch茅nier (叠颁尝鈥�74); Eric M. Maldoff (BCL鈥�74, LLB鈥�75), a member of the 海角精品黑料 Board of Governors; the Hon. Joseph R. Nuss (叠颁尝鈥�58); Marilyn Ann Piccini-Roy (BCL鈥�83, LLB鈥�82), a Faculty lecturer; and James A. Woods (BCL鈥�73, LLB鈥�74) a Faculty lecturer and former president of the Faculty Advisory Board.
John G. Murphy, managing partner at Borden Ladner Gervais (BLG), is extremely proud of the efforts made by a team headed by H. John Godber (BCL'88, LLB'88) and Neil Hazan (BCL/LLB'02) to support 海角精品黑料 Faculty of Law鈥檚 Paul-Andr茅 Cr茅peau Centre for Private and Comparative Law. The fundraising activity, which brought in $400,000 from BLG鈥檚 lawyers and partners across Canada, ended this month.
The Faculties of Arts and Law are happy to announce that Professor Ronald Niezen, a former Chair of 海角精品黑料鈥檚 Department of Anthropology who held the Canada Research Chair in the Comparative Study of Indigenous Rights and Identity, has been appointed as the first incumbent of the Katharine A. Pearson Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy.
Earlier this month, during the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Law Teachers () in Victoria, B.C., Professor Shauna Van Praagh was elected President of the Association and a member of its executive.
See our conference website for program and registration: www.mcgill.ca/culture-law
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The Faculty is delighted to announce that Professor Andrea K. Bjorklund has been appointed as the first incumbent of the L. Yves Fortier Chair in International Arbitration and International Commercial Law at 海角精品黑料鈥檚 Faculty of Law.
Professor Paul Dempsey and Dean Daniel Jutras are delighted to announce that a new Graduate Fellowship Fund has been created at the Faculty of Law of 海角精品黑料 to celebrate Professor Nicolas Mateesco Matte, OC, OQ, QC, who directed 海角精品黑料鈥檚 Institute of Air and Space Law (IASL) from 1975 to 1989.
The Faculty of Law is delighted to present the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, to Sally Engle Merry, who will deliver the commencement address at the Spring Convocation on Friday, May 31, at 10 a.m.
A professor of Anthropology in the Institute for Law and Society at New York University, Sally Engle Merry is among the most distinguished scholars of law and society in the world today, and the leading legal anthropologist in the United States.
