/law/articles/rss en /law/article/student-news-nouvelles-etudiantes/mcgill-law-takes-movember-whole-faculty-affair <p>McGill Law students are putting the fun in fundraising for an important cause this Movember! From mustaches to movement goals, students are coming together and rallying to raise awareness and funds for men’s health—focusing on prostate cancer, testicular cancer, mental health, and suicide prevention.</p> <p>The whole faculty is getting involved—from staff, to professors, to students, to alumni. </p> <p><img height="1080" width="1080" style="width: 650px; height: 650px;" class="media-element file-original " src="/law/files/law/untitled_design_25_0.png" alt="" /></p> Wed, 20 Nov 2024 19:48:54 +0000 McGill Law Movember Team 9175 at /law /law/article/faculty-news-nouvelles-de-la-faculte/le-mot-du-doyen <p>As I write, Montreal and the McGill campus are aglow with fall colours. Students finishing our flagship BCL/JD program on the popular 3.5-year timeline are on the home stretch. The energetic first-year cohort is settling into law school. And the upper-year students in between them are running Coffeehouses, journals, and dozens of student clubs – while also, we hope, learning some law.</p> Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:23:34 +0000 Dean Robert Leckey, Ad E 9104 at /law /law/article/la-une/dentrepreneure-insoupconnee-pdg <p><em><strong>Anaïs Lacroix</strong>, BCL/JD'11, cofondatrice et cheffe de la direction de Latitude, s’ouvre sur la genèse de son cabinet spécialisé en prévention du harcèlement, qui a connu une croissance éclatante de plus de 700 % en trois ans.</em></p> <p> </p> <p>Pendant ses études à la Faculté de droit de l’Université McGill, <b>Anaïs Lacroix, </b>BCL/JD’11, aurait été la première surprise d’apprendre qu’elle se lancerait en affaires à 32 ans<b> </b>et qu’elle dirigerait un cabinet de 50 employés actuellement en plein essor. <b> </b></p> Thu, 17 Oct 2024 19:36:04 +0000 Jean-Benoît Nadeau 9097 at /law /law/article/insiders-look-international-court-justice <p><em>Iñaki Navarrete, BCL/JD’16, Associate Legal Officer at the ICJ, shares insights about working at the international tribunal, pursuing an international law career, and the ICJ’s fellowship and legal clerkship programs.</em></p> <p> </p> Wed, 02 Oct 2024 16:08:56 +0000 karell.michaud@mcgill.ca 9076 at /law /law/article/nouvelles-de-la-faculte Prix, promotions et autres bonnes nouvelles - cette année encore, les professeures et professeurs de la Faculté de droit ont rayonné à l'échelle de l'Université et au-delà. Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:32:41 +0000 Communications Staff 9075 at /law /law/article/faculty-news/meet-our-new-professor <p><em>An expert in law and finance, Professor Jonathan Chan joined McGill Law on 1 August, 2024. He served as a lecturer (assistant professor) at University College London (UCL) from 2021 to 2024, and was previously a departmental lecturer at the University of Oxford. His research focuses on corporate law and securities regulation. He holds a Juris Doctor (JD) from the University of Toronto and an MSc in Law & Finance and DPhil in Law from the University of Oxford. Prior to embarking in academia, he practiced in M&A and securities with a large law firm in Toronto.</em></p> Wed, 25 Sep 2024 20:06:36 +0000 Communications Staff 9072 at /law /law/article/alumnotes News, promotions, and awards won by the McGill Law alumni community around the world. Tue, 17 Sep 2024 21:00:44 +0000 Communications Staff 9070 at /law /law/article/memoriam-2023-2024 <p>We salute the memory of the McGill Law community members who have passed away in 2023-2024. </p> <p> </p> <p><b>G. Roger S. Ackman</b>, BCL'63<b> </b></p> <p><b>Irwin Aisen</b>, BA'70, BCL'73, LLB'74<b> </b></p> <p><b>Dogan Davit Akman</b>,<b> </b>LLB'76</p> <p><b>Sol Bierbrier</b>, BCL'55<b> </b></p> <p><b>Neil Lawrence Bindman</b>, BCL'74</p> <p><b>Lionel J. Blanshay</b>, BCL'64</p> <p><b>Timothy Arthur Bloos</b>, BCL'95, LLB'95<b> </b></p> <p><b>Kenneth Andrew Burke</b>, LLB'84, BCL'85<b> </b></p> <p><b>John M. Corrigan</b>, LLB'75, BCL'76, LLM'78<b> </b></p> Tue, 17 Sep 2024 20:52:00 +0000 Communications Staff 9069 at /law /law/article/alumni-spotlight/leadership-lessons-age-disruption <p><em><b>Sarah Qadeer</b>, BCL’96, Chief Legal Officer at Deloitte Canada, shares how her multidisciplinary training prepared her for leading legal teams through major business transformations – a rare skill that earned her the 2024 General Counsel of the Year Award.</em></p> <p> </p> Tue, 15 Oct 2024 20:46:57 +0000 Maeve Haldane 9083 at /law /law/article/practice-law-extraordinary-circumstances <p>Sinha helps organizations navigate new and unexpected scenarios, carving out legal space where there may not be precedents. In 2023, <em>Canadian Lawyer</em> named him one of the top 25 most influential lawyers in the country.</p> <p> </p> Thu, 01 Aug 2024 19:41:24 +0000 Maeve Haldane 9024 at /law