The Wainwright Fund was established under the terms of the will of the late Arnold Wainwright, Q.C. (1879-1967), B.A. (1899), B.C.L. (1902), D.C.L. hon. causa (1963), of the Montreal Bar. Me. Wainwright taught Civil law at McGill University from 1909 to 1934. His merits as a teacher of the Civil Law for over twenty-five years were recognized by the University when it named him Emeritus Professor upon his retirement in 1934. Moreover, in 1963, the degree of Doctor of Civil Law honoris causa was conferred upon him by the University.
Me. Wainwright bequeathed the residue of his estate to McGill University for the use of the Faculty of Law. In so doing, he intended to promote the scholarly study of the Civil Law of Quebec, which had always remained his abiding interest throughout his long and distinguished career.
The 2019 Wainwright Lecture. Back row - Professor Darren Rosenblum, Pace Law School;听Professor Daniel Jutras, Wainwright Chair; Daniel Boyer, Wainwright Librarian; Professor Rosalie Jukier; Justice Yves-Marie Morrissette, Emeritus Wainwright Professor; Madam Justice Manon Savard. Seated - Emerita Wainwright Professor Madeleine Cantin Cumyn; Emeritus Wainwright Professor; Professor Angela Campbell; Dean Robert Leckey.
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The 2015 Wainwright Lecture. Standing - Professor Robert Godin; Provost Anthony Masi; Wainwright Librarian Daniel Boyer; Law student Mireille Fournier; Dean Daniel Jutras, current holder of the Wainwright Chair. Seated - Emerita Wainwright Professor Madeleine Cantin Cumyn; 2015 Wainwright Lecturer, Prof. Giorgio Resta (U. Bari); Professor Nathalie V茅zina (U. Sherbrooke); and Assistant Dean V茅ronique B茅langer. Absent from the photo: Emeritus Wainwright Professor Pierre-Gabriel Jobin.
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