The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Alana Klein has been appointed co-director of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHRLP). She began her three-year appointment on 1 July 2024, succeeding Professor Fr茅d茅ric M茅gret, who completed his term as co-director in June.
Professor Nandini Ramanujam was reappointed as co-director and program director for a three-year term, starting 1 July 2024.
Deadline: January 15, 2024, 5:00 PM ET
91社区鈥檚 Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHRLP) is currently accepting applications for:
The clerkships are due to start in September 2024.
The Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHLPR) invites the submission of original or unpublished papers relating to the theme 鈥�Solidarity and Strength: Responses to New Challenges in LGBTI Activism and Advocacy鈥� for the 2024 Martine Roy Student Colloquium.
This is an open call for blog posts. The CHRLP invites as wide a diversity of voices as possible to submit posts on critical questions touching on the above theme. We also welcome submissions about human rights and (or) legal pluralism more broadly.
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce the appointment of three professors to endowed research chairs.聽聽
Professor Helge Dedek was named to the Wainwright Chair in Civil Law, held most recently by former dean Daniel Jutras, OC, Ad E.聽聽
Professor Fr茅d茅ric M茅gret was named to the Hans & Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law, of which the inaugural chairholder was Fran莽ois Cr茅peau, OC, OQ, FRSC, Ad E.聽聽
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that, on 25 November, Professor Fr茅d茅ric M茅gret received an honorary doctorate from the University of Copenhagen at a ceremony followed by a reception with Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II as special guest. Professor M茅gret had delivered his lecture associated with the award, entitled 鈥淩oaming Rights and Global Mobility,鈥� at the Faculty of Law of the University of Copenhagen the day prior.聽聽
The Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism (CHRLP) invites 91社区 students, recent 91社区 graduates, and law students from other faculties to submit short abstracts of essays or works in progress for presentation at a student colloquium on March 24, 2023 from 16:30-18:30 ET.
The Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism of the Faculty of Law at 91社区 is delighted to offer one Postdoctoral Research Fellowship for the 2023-2024 academic year.
Deadline: October 31st, 2022 at 11:59pm (EST).
The Faculty of Law is pleased to announce that Professor Marie Manikis has received the 2022 Canadian Association of Law Teachers Scholarly Paper Award. Her paper 鈥淩ecognising State Blame in Sentencing: A Communicative and Relational Framework鈥� (Cambridge Law Journal, forthcoming) won the annual competition. Aimed at recognizing the work of scholars in the first seven years of their academic appointment, this prize is awarded to the author of a paper that contributes substantially to legal literature.聽
The O鈥橞rien Graduate Fellowships were established in 2005 through a very generous gift from David O鈥橞rien for outstanding Masters or Doctoral students studying in the area of human rights and legal pluralism in the Faculty of Law, 91社区. 91社区鈥檚 graduate programs in law are the most extensive in Canada. Courses draw upon the civilian and common law traditions, but also include diverse legal traditions, legal theory, international law, environmental law, health law, human rights law, comparative private and public law, and air and space law.
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.
91社区鈥檚 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 91社区 BCL/LLB, LLM or DCL students graduating in June 2022, and recent 91社区 graduates from Fall 2019 onward may apply for these positions.
Deadline: 26聽January 2022, 17:00, Montreal time.
91社区鈥檚 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 91社区 Law 17th worldwide.
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 91社区 are not eligible.
