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McGill University Faculty of Law

January 19, 2023

The Faculty of Law is one of the professional graduate schools of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the oldest law school in Canada, and continually ranks among the best law schools in the world. The faculty is known for its holistic approach though highly selective and competitive process for admission. Only 180 candidates are admitted for any given academic year. For the year 2021 class, the acceptance rate was 10%.[4][5][6] McGill Faculty of Law has consistently ranked as the top law school for civil law, a top law school for common law, the most number of Supreme Court clerkships of any law school in Canada,[7][8][9] and consistently outranks Europe, Asia, and Latin America's top civil law schools.[10][11][12]

McGill University Faculty of Law
Faculté de droit de l'université McGill (French)
Entrance to Chancellor Day Hall
TypeFaculty (law school)
Established1848; 175 years ago (1848)[1]
Parent institution
McGill University
DeanRobert Leckey
Academic staff
109[2]
Students875[3]
Location
Montreal
,
Quebec
,
Canada
CampusUrban
Languages
  • English
  • French
Websitemcgill.ca/law
Old Chancellor Day Hall in the foreground (and New Chancellor Day Hall in the background) is one of the buildings which house the Faculty of Law of McGill University.

Notable alumni include Prime Ministers John Abbott and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, thirteen Justices of the Supreme Court (Including the most recent appointments, Mahmud Jamal and Nicholas Kasirer), as well as numerous Members of Parliament. Three members of the current Cabinet of Canada are graduates of the Faculty: Catherine McKenna, David Lametti, and Marc Miller.

Academics

Bachelor of Civil Law and Juris Doctor program

The McGill Faculty of Law offers a combined Bachelor of Civil Law (BCL) and Juris Doctor (JD) program. The BCL/JD program emphasizes a transsystemic and polyjural approach that integrates common law and civil law, sometimes within a single class.[13] More recently, the Faculty has incorporated Indigenous law into its curriculum in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's recommendations for Canadian law schools.[14]

In 2016, the Faculty reviewed its curriculum and added Integration Week: an introductory week of group work and lectures for first-year students.[15] They also added two Focus Weeks—one in fall and one in winter—that allow students to take intensive one-week courses.

The duration of BCL/JD program is somewhat flexible: the program can be completed in 3, 3.5, or 4 years. Students who opt for a minor, major, or honours program generally require 4 years to complete their degree. Majors are offered in International Human Rights and Development and in Commercial Negotiation and Dispute Resolution.[16]

The Faculty of Law, in collaboration with the Desautels Faculty of Management and the Faculty of Art's School of Social Work, offers joint programs that combine the BCL/JD program with either a Master of Business Administration (MBA) or a Master of Social Work (MSW).[15] A joint program takes 4 to 5 years to complete.

The Faculty of Law's Admissions Office has an acceptance rate of 10.1%.[17]

Master of Laws (LLM)

The Faculty offers four LLM programs for students: one general LLM program, and three specialized LLM programs in Air and Space Law, Environment, and Bioethics. Except for the LLM Bioethics program, all programs have thesis and non-thesis options.[18] The non-thesis Master's of Law option prioritizes course work and can be completed in twelve months. The thesis option prioritizes research; it can be completed in sixteen to twenty-four months. Student in the LLM Bioethics program write a thesis.[19]

Doctor of Civil Law (DCL)

The Faculty offers three DCL programs in General Law, Comparative Law, and Air and Space Law.[20] Students generally complete the DCL program in 3 to 4 years.

Graduate Certificates

The Faculty offers graduate certificates in Comparative Law and in Air and Space Law. Graduate certificates are awarded upon completing a set number of credits. Certificates are based on coursework, and no thesis is required.

History

 
Angus McIntyre House

The Faculty of Law was officially created in 1853, after a petition signed by young men studying law in Montreal was made to McGill in 1848.[1] With the incoming class of 1969, the Faculty added a stand-alone common law degree, suitable to the practice of law in other Canadian provinces, which could be taken individually or jointly with the traditional Civil Law curriculum. The joint degree was then referred to as the National Programme, and taught common law and civil law in separate courses, but combined their study in a year-long introductory "Foundations" course and in some upper-year seminars.[21] In 1951, McGill inaugurated its first post-graduate law program with the creation of its Institute of Air & Space Law.[22] The institute was founded by John Cobb Cooper, who had served as a senior official in Pan American World Airways, and the International Air Transport Association.[23] Canada's only United Nations organ, the International Civil Aviation Organization, is also headquartered in Montreal.[24][circular reference]

With the incoming class of 1999, the Faculty eliminated its civil, common, and national programs, and replaced them with a single program, which includes some mandatory first-year courses and some upper-year courses which integrate both common and civil law. This joint and bilingual degree, which all students must take, is now referred to as the transsystemic program.[25] This program underwent slight revisions during a curriculum renewal unrolled in 2016. Under the newly revised program, criminal and property law are taught differently; incoming students also undergo two "integration weeks" (one in the fall and winter).[26]

The Transsystemic program was created under the direction of former Dean Stephen Toope, whereby every student graduates with degrees in both civil law and common law. This means that, from the first year, courses now explore civil and common law concepts in close comparison. Students analyse and critically evaluate the two traditions, their histories, and their social, political, and cultural contexts.[27] Undergraduate students may participate in international exchange programs, and in the International Courts and Tribunals Program, which in 2006 received a Scotiabank-AUCC Award for Excellence in Internationalization.[28]

Since 1976, the Faculty of Law's Institute of Air and Space Law, has annually published the first and only bilingual journal in the field of air and space law, the Annals of Air and Space Law.[29] Other Faculty of Law bilingual publications include the McGill Law Journal and the McGill Journal of Sustainable Development Law.[30]

 
Nahum Gelber Law Library (side profile)

The Buildings

Old Chancellor Day Hall and New Chancellor Day Hall are the names of two joined building at McGill University's downtown campus that house the Faculty of Law. Old Chancellor Day Hall was designed by noted architect Bruce Price for businessman James Ross. New Chancellor Day Hall was completed in 1967 by architecture firm Bland, Lemoyne, Edwards, and Shine. The Old and New Chancellor Day buildings are connected by an underground passage and by an atrium, which also connects to the Nahum Gelber Law Library. Today, Old Chancellor Day Hall is used for administrative and faculty offices. New Chancellor Day Hall includes all classrooms, a moot court room, student spaces, law student services, and administrative and faculty offices.

Old Chancellor Day Hall

In 1892, Canadian civil engineer, businessman, and philanthropist James Ross hired architect Bruce Price (whose other masterworks included Windsor Station and Château Frontenac) to design a château-style mansion in Montreal's Golden Square Mile, on Peel Street.[31] Built largely of yellow sandstone from New Brunswick, the James Ross House was one of the most expensive private homes built in Canada during the nineteenth century. The house was a social centre for the Golden Square Mile.[31]

His son John Kenneth Leveson Ross, a noted bon vivant and sportsman, inherited both the house and the Ross fortune.[32] In the 1919, J.K.L. Ross hired architects Trowbridge and Livingstone to undertake $600,000 of renovations that affected every room in the house.[32] The renovation included adding a private bathroom to each bedroom, covering up a skylight, and putting in windows to create a library/reading room in what is now the Common Room.[33] John Ross declared bankruptcy in 1928, and the James Ross House was sold at auction in 1929 for a mere $51,000. The mansion was subsequently purchased by J.W. McConnell in 1948 as a gift to McGill University.[34]

While the university may have initially planned to use it for a student residence, the Faculty of Law officially moved into the mansion in a ceremony attended by many members of the judiciary and the Montreal Bar on 9 February 1950. At the ceremony, McGill's Chancellor, Orville S. Tyndale, declared on behalf of the Board of Governors that the mansion would be named Chancellor Day Hall in honour of McGill's first Chancellor, Charles Dewey Day. The opening ceremony was held in the students' handsomely furnished common room, a gift from Maurice Pollack.[35]

On 9 July 2014, Old Chancellor Day Hall closed for 14 months for renovations to upgrade the building's heating, electrical systems, plumbing, windows, and more. Thirty-four staff and faculty members were relocated to New Chancellor Day Hall and to temporary offices on McGill College Avenue.[36][33]

In December 2017, representatives of the Clan Ross Association of Canada and members of the Faculty of Law unveiled a plaque commemorating James Ross. The plaque is located near the main entrance.[37]

New Chancellor Day Hall

New Chancellor Day Hall was built in 1967 to address the Faculty of Law's growing program and increased enrolment.[38] A six-storey precast concrete tower designed by architectural firm Bland, Lemoyne, Edwards, and Shine was erected just west of Chancellor Day Hall and connected to it by a corridor, at the cost of $1.825 million.[38] This extension was named New Chancellor Day Hall and blended with the adjacent Stewart Biological Sciences Building. New Chancellor Day Hall included additional classrooms, study spaces, and a moot court. Prior to the construction of the Gelber Law Library, the top floors of New Chancellor Day Hall housed the library.[32][39]

The building was inaugurated on 21 January 1967. During the bilingual ceremony, the Faculty of Law awarded seven honorary degree, including degrees to Chief Justice Robert Taschereau of Canada, Chief Justice Earl Warren of the United States, and Lord Denning of Great Britain.[39] Following the inauguration of the Gelber Law Library in 1998, the empty floors of New Chancellor Day that had previously been used as the library were used by McGill University to house various small research units attached to different faculties.[40] In 2005, all student services at the Faculty of Law were consolidated on the fourth floor of New Chancellor Day Hall.

From 2008 to 2009, New Chancellor Day Hall underwent major renovations. The project overhauled the third, fifth, and sixth floors. New architectural features included adding a massive skylight above a staircase between the fifth and sixth floors, piercing windows on the sixth floor, and creating partially frosted glass partitions between offices to allow natural light inside interior offices. The third floor is devoted to student spaces – accommodating a multimedia classroom with movable walls and a seminar room. The third floor is also home to multiple student clubs, student-run law journals, and the graduate students' lounge. The fifth and sixth floors feature a conference room, and house some of the Faculty's research units, as well as offices for professors, staff, graduate students, and visiting scholars.[40]

Nahum Gelber Law Library

The Nahum Gelber Law Library is one of the 13 branches of the McGill University Library and houses over 220 000 volumes of statutes, regulations, law reports, treatises, books, journals and other legal material. Designed by Dan Hanganu, the Nahum Gelber Law Library was inaugurated September 1998.[32] The building was designed to link to New and Old Chancellor Day Halls via a two-level atrium for socializing and studying.[41]

The Gelber Library is home to the Wainwright Collection, which was established in 1958 with the acquisition of several hundred volumes dedicated to the history of French law.[42] The collection is primarily composed of early French jurists on general civil law before the Codification of 1804 and was the personal library of French legal historian François Olivier-Martin.[43] Over the years, the Wainwright fund has allowed the Library to expand the collection beyond the classic vision of civil law, centred on France, to reflect the global influence of civil law across languages and continents. Today, the collection consists of 800 works comprising 1200 volumes and is conserved in controlled atmospheric conditions in the Peter M. Laing Room, located on the second floor of the Gelber Law Library.[44]

Reputation

Graduates of the Faculty consistently account for one quarter of Canada's Supreme Court clerkships,[45][46][47][48] more than any law school in Canada.[49] One of the small number of elite law schools internationally that may submit International Court of Justice (ICJ) clerkship applications, it also consistently places graduates at the ICJ,[50][51] and has a better placement record than any other Canadian law school.

Its flagship law review, the McGill Law Journal, is the most cited law faculty review by Canada's Supreme Court, and was ranked the best overall student-run law journal in the world outside of the United States. It also publishes the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation, the standard reference work for almost all Canadian law reviews, Canadian law schools, and courts.

The McGill University Faculty of Law has consistently placed as the top ranking law school in Canada and has the highest acceptance requirements. The alumni from McGill University's law school consist of a diverse group of distinguished leaders on a global scale. It has historically placed in the top ~20 law schools globally on multiple ranking systems.[52] It was recently ranked the 22nd best law school worldwide in the 2019 QS World Ranking.[52] It was ranked the 16th best law school in the world in the 2021 Times Higher Education World Rankings, marking consistent showings for McGill in the top 20 worldwide in the ranking.[53] For the 2023 ranking, the Times Higher Education ranked the Faculty the 17th best law school in the world.[54]

University rankings
Global rankings
QS World[55]22
Times World[56]17
Canadian rankings

Controversies

In 2018, the Faculty, along with the McGill Office for Students with Disabilities, were sued by a blind law student who alleged that he was systematically denied access to accommodation measures. His lawsuit was covered by local and national media outlets.[57][58][59]

Notable people

Current faculty members

Past faculty members

Alumni

Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada

Jurists and legal professionals

Political figures

Other alumni

Deans of the Faculty

The study of law at McGill began in 1844 when William Badgley was appointed lecturer in law within the Faculty of Arts. While informal classes began earlier, the Faculty of Law was officially established at McGill in 1853, with William Badgley appointed its first dean. Over the years, the following people have served the Faculty of Law as deans.[79][80][81][82][83]

  • 1853–1855: William Badgley, DCL 1870
  • 1855–1876: John Abbott, BCL 1854, DCL 1867
  • 1876–1888: William Hastings Kerr [fr] (acting dean, 1876–1881), BCL 1872
  • 1888–1896: Norman W. Trenholme, BCL 1865, DCL 1887
  • 1896–1897: Leonidas Davidson, BCL 1864
  • 1897–1914: Frederick Parker Walton, LLD 1915
  • 1914–1915: Sir Charles Peers Davidson (acting dean), BCL 1863, DCL 1875, LLD 1912
  • 1915–1921: Robert Warden Lee, DCL 1877
  • 1921–1928: R. A. E. Greenshields (acting dean, 1921–1923), BCL 1885, LLD 1929
  • 1928–1936: Percy Ellwood Corbett, DCL 1961
  • 1936–1946: C. Stuart Lemesurier, BCL 1912
  • 1946: John P. Humphrey (dean designate), BCL 1929, PhD 1945, LLD 1976
  • 1946–1949: C. Stuart Lemesurier, BCL 1912
  • 1949: Gérald Fauteux, LLD 1955
  • 1950: A. Sydney Bruneau, BCL 1917
  • 1950–1960: W. C. J. Meredith
  • 1960–1961: Maxwell Cohen (acting dean), LLD 1994
  • 1961–1964: F. R. Scott, BCL 1927, LLD 1967
  • 1964–1969: Maxwell Cohen, LLD 1994
  • 1969–1974: John W. Durnford, BCL 1952
  • 1974–1979: John E. C. Brierley, BCL 1959
  • 1979–1980: William Foster (acting dean)
  • 1980–1984: John E. C. Brierley, BCL 1959
  • 1984–1989: Roderick A. Macdonald
  • 1989–1994: Yves-Marie Morissette
  • 1994–1999: Stephen Toope, BCL 1983, LLB 1983, LLD 2017
  • 1999–2003: Peter Leuprecht
  • 2003–2009: Nicholas Kasirer, BCL 1985, LLB 1985
  • 2009: Shauna Van Praagh (acting dean)
  • 2009–2016: Daniel Jutras (acting dean, 2009–2010)
  • 2016–present: Robert Leckey, BCL 2002, LLB 2002

Student life

Law Student Association

The overarching student organization is the Law Student's Association (LSA): an elected group of law students who represent the student body. The LSA was created in 1912 and incorporated in 1992.[84][85] The executives and representatives of the LSA are elected by McGill's law students.

During the school year, the LSA hosts a weekly coffeehouse on Thursday evenings designed to encourage students to network and socialize over food and drink. The coffeehouse tradition was started in 1989 by David Lametti when he was part of the LSA.[86][87] Some coffeehouse events are sponsored by law firms for networking with students, while others are hosted by student associations and clubs.[86]

Christie Bike Ride

The Dugald Christie Memorial Community Bike Ride, also called the Christie Bike Ride, is an annual charity fundraiser organized by McGill Law students. Funds are distributed to local organizations that increase access to justice, especially for marginalized communities. Past recipients of the funds include Project Genesis, Head and Hands, and the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal.[88]

The Christie Bike Ride was started in 2009 in honour of alumnus Dugald Christie.[88] Christie was a Vancouver-based lawyer that championed access to justice for low-income communities. He was killed while cycling from Vancouver to Ottawa to raise awareness about access to justice.[89]

Journals

McGill Law Journal

The McGill Law Journal (MLJ) was founded by Gerald Le Dain and Jacques-Yvan Morin in 1952. The MLJ publishes four volumes a year on general law topics. The MLJ is frequently cited by the Supreme Court of Canada and is the most cited student-run law journal by the Court.[90]

The McGill Law Journal also publishes the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation. The original Guide was published in 1986 and was intended to standardize Canadian legal citations.[91] Today, the Guide is used by most Canadian legal journals.[91] The McGill Law Journal regularly hosts office hours to assist McGill students using the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation.[92]

McGill Journal of Sustainable Development Law

The McGill Journal of Sustainable Development Law (MJSDL) was established in 2004 and focuses on sustainable development and environmental law and policy.[93] It is peer-reviewed and published bi-annually.

McGill Journal of Law and Health

The McGill Journal of Law and Health (MJLH) was established in 2007. It is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal and is published annually.[94] The MJLH focuses on health law and has been cited four times by the Supreme Court of Canada.[95][96][97][98] Most recently, an article from the journal was cited in the Reference Re Assisted Human Reproduction Act.

McGill Journal of Dispute Resolution

The McGill Journal of Dispute Resolution (MJDR) is a bilingual peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to scholarship in the fields of arbitration, mediation, facilitation, negotiation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution.[99][100] The McGill Journal of Dispute Resolution was first published in 2015.[101]

Legal Information Clinic at McGill

The Legal Information Clinic at McGill is a non-profit legal information clinic for McGill students and the Montreal community.[100][102] The Legal Information Clinic is a separate entity from McGill but is run by McGill law students. Originally founded in 1973 by then-law student Michael Bergman, the Clinic works on more than 2,000 cases a year.[102][103]

The Clinic also provides a student advocacy service for McGill students accused of disciplinary offences or looking to resolve disputes with McGill University.[102][103]

Quid Novi

Quid Novi, also known colloquially as the Quid, is the Faculty of Law's student-run newspaper. Since the publication of its first edition in March 1981, Quid Novi has been a forum for both students and faculty to share news and opinions on both legal and non-legal matters.[104][105] Quid Novi is published on a weekly basis during the academic year.

L.E.X. Outreach Program

The Faculty of Law of McGill University founded the Law-Éducation-Connexion Outreach Program, also called the L.E.X. Outreach Program, in 2006.[106] The program has law student volunteers deliver presentations at local schools and answer student questions. The program targets youth in communities that are traditionally underrepresented in the legal field and schools that have high dropout rates, with the goal of encouraging an interest in post-secondary education and legal studies.[107] In 2009, the program was expanded following a donation from the Beaverbrook Canadian Foundation.[108]

See also

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mcgill, university, faculty, faculty, professional, graduate, schools, mcgill, university, montreal, quebec, canada, oldest, school, canada, continually, ranks, among, best, schools, world, faculty, known, holistic, approach, though, highly, selective, competi. The Faculty of Law is one of the professional graduate schools of McGill University in Montreal Quebec Canada It is the oldest law school in Canada and continually ranks among the best law schools in the world The faculty is known for its holistic approach though highly selective and competitive process for admission Only 180 candidates are admitted for any given academic year For the year 2021 class the acceptance rate was 10 4 5 6 McGill Faculty of Law has consistently ranked as the top law school for civil law a top law school for common law the most number of Supreme Court clerkships of any law school in Canada 7 8 9 and consistently outranks Europe Asia and Latin America s top civil law schools 10 11 12 McGill University Faculty of LawFaculte de droit de l universite McGill French Entrance to Chancellor Day HallTypeFaculty law school Established1848 175 years ago 1848 1 Parent institutionMcGill UniversityDeanRobert LeckeyAcademic staff109 2 Students875 3 LocationMontreal Quebec CanadaCampusUrbanLanguagesEnglishFrenchWebsitemcgill wbr ca wbr lawOld Chancellor Day Hall in the foreground and New Chancellor Day Hall in the background is one of the buildings which house the Faculty of Law of McGill University Notable alumni include Prime Ministers John Abbott and Sir Wilfrid Laurier thirteen Justices of the Supreme Court Including the most recent appointments Mahmud Jamal and Nicholas Kasirer as well as numerous Members of Parliament Three members of the current Cabinet of Canada are graduates of the Faculty Catherine McKenna David Lametti and Marc Miller Contents 1 Academics 1 1 Bachelor of Civil Law and Juris Doctor program 1 2 Master of Laws LLM 1 3 Doctor of Civil Law DCL 1 4 Graduate Certificates 2 History 3 The Buildings 3 1 Old Chancellor Day Hall 3 2 New Chancellor Day Hall 3 3 Nahum Gelber Law Library 4 Reputation 5 Controversies 6 Notable people 6 1 Current faculty members 6 2 Past faculty members 6 3 Alumni 6 3 1 Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada 6 3 2 Jurists and legal professionals 6 3 3 Political figures 6 3 4 Other alumni 6 4 Deans of the Faculty 7 Student life 7 1 Law Student Association 7 2 Christie Bike Ride 7 3 Journals 7 3 1 McGill Law Journal 7 3 2 McGill Journal of Sustainable Development Law 7 3 3 McGill Journal of Law and Health 7 3 4 McGill Journal of Dispute Resolution 7 4 Legal Information Clinic at McGill 7 5 Quid Novi 7 6 L E X Outreach Program 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksAcademics EditBachelor of Civil Law and Juris Doctor program Edit The McGill Faculty of Law offers a combined Bachelor of Civil Law BCL and Juris Doctor JD program The BCL JD program emphasizes a transsystemic and polyjural approach that integrates common law and civil law sometimes within a single class 13 More recently the Faculty has incorporated Indigenous law into its curriculum in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission s recommendations for Canadian law schools 14 In 2016 the Faculty reviewed its curriculum and added Integration Week an introductory week of group work and lectures for first year students 15 They also added two Focus Weeks one in fall and one in winter that allow students to take intensive one week courses The duration of BCL JD program is somewhat flexible the program can be completed in 3 3 5 or 4 years Students who opt for a minor major or honours program generally require 4 years to complete their degree Majors are offered in International Human Rights and Development and in Commercial Negotiation and Dispute Resolution 16 The Faculty of Law in collaboration with the Desautels Faculty of Management and the Faculty of Art s School of Social Work offers joint programs that combine the BCL JD program with either a Master of Business Administration MBA or a Master of Social Work MSW 15 A joint program takes 4 to 5 years to complete The Faculty of Law s Admissions Office has an acceptance rate of 10 1 17 Master of Laws LLM Edit The Faculty offers four LLM programs for students one general LLM program and three specialized LLM programs in Air and Space Law Environment and Bioethics Except for the LLM Bioethics program all programs have thesis and non thesis options 18 The non thesis Master s of Law option prioritizes course work and can be completed in twelve months The thesis option prioritizes research it can be completed in sixteen to twenty four months Student in the LLM Bioethics program write a thesis 19 Doctor of Civil Law DCL Edit The Faculty offers three DCL programs in General Law Comparative Law and Air and Space Law 20 Students generally complete the DCL program in 3 to 4 years Graduate Certificates Edit The Faculty offers graduate certificates in Comparative Law and in Air and Space Law Graduate certificates are awarded upon completing a set number of credits Certificates are based on coursework and no thesis is required History Edit Angus McIntyre House The Faculty of Law was officially created in 1853 after a petition signed by young men studying law in Montreal was made to McGill in 1848 1 With the incoming class of 1969 the Faculty added a stand alone common law degree suitable to the practice of law in other Canadian provinces which could be taken individually or jointly with the traditional Civil Law curriculum The joint degree was then referred to as the National Programme and taught common law and civil law in separate courses but combined their study in a year long introductory Foundations course and in some upper year seminars 21 In 1951 McGill inaugurated its first post graduate law program with the creation of its Institute of Air amp Space Law 22 The institute was founded by John Cobb Cooper who had served as a senior official in Pan American World Airways and the International Air Transport Association 23 Canada s only United Nations organ the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered in Montreal 24 circular reference With the incoming class of 1999 the Faculty eliminated its civil common and national programs and replaced them with a single program which includes some mandatory first year courses and some upper year courses which integrate both common and civil law This joint and bilingual degree which all students must take is now referred to as the transsystemic program 25 This program underwent slight revisions during a curriculum renewal unrolled in 2016 Under the newly revised program criminal and property law are taught differently incoming students also undergo two integration weeks one in the fall and winter 26 The Transsystemic program was created under the direction of former Dean Stephen Toope whereby every student graduates with degrees in both civil law and common law This means that from the first year courses now explore civil and common law concepts in close comparison Students analyse and critically evaluate the two traditions their histories and their social political and cultural contexts 27 Undergraduate students may participate in international exchange programs and in the International Courts and Tribunals Program which in 2006 received a Scotiabank AUCC Award for Excellence in Internationalization 28 Since 1976 the Faculty of Law s Institute of Air and Space Law has annually published the first and only bilingual journal in the field of air and space law the Annals of Air and Space Law 29 Other Faculty of Law bilingual publications include the McGill Law Journal and the McGill Journal of Sustainable Development Law 30 Nahum Gelber Law Library side profile The Buildings EditOld Chancellor Day Hall and New Chancellor Day Hall are the names of two joined building at McGill University s downtown campus that house the Faculty of Law Old Chancellor Day Hall was designed by noted architect Bruce Price for businessman James Ross New Chancellor Day Hall was completed in 1967 by architecture firm Bland Lemoyne Edwards and Shine The Old and New Chancellor Day buildings are connected by an underground passage and by an atrium which also connects to the Nahum Gelber Law Library Today Old Chancellor Day Hall is used for administrative and faculty offices New Chancellor Day Hall includes all classrooms a moot court room student spaces law student services and administrative and faculty offices Old Chancellor Day Hall Edit In 1892 Canadian civil engineer businessman and philanthropist James Ross hired architect Bruce Price whose other masterworks included Windsor Station and Chateau Frontenac to design a chateau style mansion in Montreal s Golden Square Mile on Peel Street 31 Built largely of yellow sandstone from New Brunswick the James Ross House was one of the most expensive private homes built in Canada during the nineteenth century The house was a social centre for the Golden Square Mile 31 His son John Kenneth Leveson Ross a noted bon vivant and sportsman inherited both the house and the Ross fortune 32 In the 1919 J K L Ross hired architects Trowbridge and Livingstone to undertake 600 000 of renovations that affected every room in the house 32 The renovation included adding a private bathroom to each bedroom covering up a skylight and putting in windows to create a library reading room in what is now the Common Room 33 John Ross declared bankruptcy in 1928 and the James Ross House was sold at auction in 1929 for a mere 51 000 The mansion was subsequently purchased by J W McConnell in 1948 as a gift to McGill University 34 While the university may have initially planned to use it for a student residence the Faculty of Law officially moved into the mansion in a ceremony attended by many members of the judiciary and the Montreal Bar on 9 February 1950 At the ceremony McGill s Chancellor Orville S Tyndale declared on behalf of the Board of Governors that the mansion would be named Chancellor Day Hall in honour of McGill s first Chancellor Charles Dewey Day The opening ceremony was held in the students handsomely furnished common room a gift from Maurice Pollack 35 On 9 July 2014 Old Chancellor Day Hall closed for 14 months for renovations to upgrade the building s heating electrical systems plumbing windows and more Thirty four staff and faculty members were relocated to New Chancellor Day Hall and to temporary offices on McGill College Avenue 36 33 In December 2017 representatives of the Clan Ross Association of Canada and members of the Faculty of Law unveiled a plaque commemorating James Ross The plaque is located near the main entrance 37 New Chancellor Day Hall Edit New Chancellor Day Hall was built in 1967 to address the Faculty of Law s growing program and increased enrolment 38 A six storey precast concrete tower designed by architectural firm Bland Lemoyne Edwards and Shine was erected just west of Chancellor Day Hall and connected to it by a corridor at the cost of 1 825 million 38 This extension was named New Chancellor Day Hall and blended with the adjacent Stewart Biological Sciences Building New Chancellor Day Hall included additional classrooms study spaces and a moot court Prior to the construction of the Gelber Law Library the top floors of New Chancellor Day Hall housed the library 32 39 The building was inaugurated on 21 January 1967 During the bilingual ceremony the Faculty of Law awarded seven honorary degree including degrees to Chief Justice Robert Taschereau of Canada Chief Justice Earl Warren of the United States and Lord Denning of Great Britain 39 Following the inauguration of the Gelber Law Library in 1998 the empty floors of New Chancellor Day that had previously been used as the library were used by McGill University to house various small research units attached to different faculties 40 In 2005 all student services at the Faculty of Law were consolidated on the fourth floor of New Chancellor Day Hall From 2008 to 2009 New Chancellor Day Hall underwent major renovations The project overhauled the third fifth and sixth floors New architectural features included adding a massive skylight above a staircase between the fifth and sixth floors piercing windows on the sixth floor and creating partially frosted glass partitions between offices to allow natural light inside interior offices The third floor is devoted to student spaces accommodating a multimedia classroom with movable walls and a seminar room The third floor is also home to multiple student clubs student run law journals and the graduate students lounge The fifth and sixth floors feature a conference room and house some of the Faculty s research units as well as offices for professors staff graduate students and visiting scholars 40 Nahum Gelber Law Library Edit The Nahum Gelber Law Library is one of the 13 branches of the McGill University Library and houses over 220 000 volumes of statutes regulations law reports treatises books journals and other legal material Designed by Dan Hanganu the Nahum Gelber Law Library was inaugurated September 1998 32 The building was designed to link to New and Old Chancellor Day Halls via a two level atrium for socializing and studying 41 The Gelber Library is home to the Wainwright Collection which was established in 1958 with the acquisition of several hundred volumes dedicated to the history of French law 42 The collection is primarily composed of early French jurists on general civil law before the Codification of 1804 and was the personal library of French legal historian Francois Olivier Martin 43 Over the years the Wainwright fund has allowed the Library to expand the collection beyond the classic vision of civil law centred on France to reflect the global influence of civil law across languages and continents Today the collection consists of 800 works comprising 1200 volumes and is conserved in controlled atmospheric conditions in the Peter M Laing Room located on the second floor of the Gelber Law Library 44 Reputation EditGraduates of the Faculty consistently account for one quarter of Canada s Supreme Court clerkships 45 46 47 48 more than any law school in Canada 49 One of the small number of elite law schools internationally that may submit International Court of Justice ICJ clerkship applications it also consistently places graduates at the ICJ 50 51 and has a better placement record than any other Canadian law school Its flagship law review the McGill Law Journal is the most cited law faculty review by Canada s Supreme Court and was ranked the best overall student run law journal in the world outside of the United States It also publishes the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation the standard reference work for almost all Canadian law reviews Canadian law schools and courts The McGill University Faculty of Law has consistently placed as the top ranking law school in Canada and has the highest acceptance requirements The alumni from McGill University s law school consist of a diverse group of distinguished leaders on a global scale It has historically placed in the top 20 law schools globally on multiple ranking systems 52 It was recently ranked the 22nd best law school worldwide in the 2019 QS World Ranking 52 It was ranked the 16th best law school in the world in the 2021 Times Higher Education World Rankings marking consistent showings for McGill in the top 20 worldwide in the ranking 53 For the 2023 ranking the Times Higher Education ranked the Faculty the 17th best law school in the world 54 University rankingsGlobal rankingsQS World 55 22Times World 56 17Canadian rankingsControversies EditIn 2018 the Faculty along with the McGill Office for Students with Disabilities were sued by a blind law student who alleged that he was systematically denied access to accommodation measures His lawsuit was covered by local and national media outlets 57 58 59 Notable people EditCurrent faculty members Edit Adelle Blackett holder of the Canada Research Chair in Transnational Labour Law and Development former member of the International Labour Organization Allison Christians holder of the H Heward Stikeman Chair in Tax Law Francois Crepeau former director of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism holder of the Hans and Tamar Oppenheimer Chair in Public International Law and former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Migrants Armand de Mestral Jean Monnet Chair in the Law of International Economic Integration Robert Leckey dean and holder of the Samuel Gale Chair Marc Gold distinguished law professor and politician Stephen Allan Scott professor emeritus and leading scholar on the Canadian Constitution Stephen A Smith scholar of contractual and remedial law Colleen Sheppard professor and expert in human rights and discrimination Daniel Weinstock holder of the Katharine A Pearson Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy Peer Zumbansen Business law professor co founder of the German Law JournalPast faculty members Edit Payam Akhavan former UN prosecutor at The Hague F H Buckley LLB 1974 Foundation Professor at George Mason University School of Law Irwin Cotler BCL 1961 LLD 2019 human rights lawyer former MP for Mount Royal and former Canadian Minister of Justice Julius Grey BCL 1971 Quebec human rights lawyer Ralph Simmonds Justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia Joseph Cohen Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Montreal Saint Laurent John Cobb Cooper LLD 1952 founded the Institute of Air amp Space Law at McGill University in 1951 Paul Andre Crepeau responsible for drafting the new Civil Code of Quebec Herbert Marx Canadian lawyer university law professor politician and judge James Mallory for many years Canada s leading constitutional scholar Christophe Alphonse Geoffrion Canadian lawyer professor and Canadian cabinet member Charles Joseph Doherty BCL 1876 Hon LLD 1913 Minister of Justice and Attorney General 1911 1921 H Patrick Glenn comparative legal scholar and author of Legal Traditions of the World Patrick Healy BCL 1981 judge at the Quebec Court of Appeal John Peters Humphrey BCL 1929 LLB 1976 founding Director of the United Nations Human Rights division and principal drafter of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Daniel Jutras former Dean of McGill Law and current Recteur of Universite de Montreal Marianne Scott first woman to be appointed as National Librarian of Canada David Johnston LLD 2000 fourteenth Principal and Vice Chancellor of McGill University and former Governor General of Canada Pierre Marc Johnson Canadian lawyer physician 24th premier of Quebec Nicholas Kasirer BCL 1985 LLB 1985 scholar of civil law comparative law and law and language Dean of the faculty 2004 2009 Supreme Court of Canada judge Donald James Johnston BCL 1958 LLD 2003 4th Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD and Attorney General of Canada from 1984 to 1988 David Lametti BCL 1989 LLB 1989 MP for LaSalle Emard Verdun Canadian Minister of Justice and former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade Richard Lehun BCL LLB 2005 DCL 2007 German Canadian inter disciplinary visual artist professor of fiduciary law and justice theory W C J Meredith special federal prosecutor at the trial of Fred Rose for whom the Meredith Memorial Lectures are named Roderick A Macdonald Dean of the faculty 1984 1989 influential law reformer scholar teacher mentor and Founding President of the Law Commission of Canada 60 Yves Marie Morissette civil and comparative law scholar Quebec Court of Appeal judge Margaret Somerville ethicist and former Samuel Gale Professor of Law William Tetley maritime law scholar Quebec MNA for Notre Dame de Grace and Cabinet Minister Michael Trebilcock legal scholar in economics Stephen Toope BCL 1983 LLB 1983 LLD 2017 international law scholar vice chancellor of Cambridge University and former President of the University of British Columbia Orville Sievwright Tyndale Canadian judge and Chancellor of McGill University Robert Stanley Weir BCL 1880 DCL 1897 Quebec judge considered one of the leading experts of the day on Quebec s municipal civil lawAlumni Edit Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada Edit Douglas Abbott BCL 1918 puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada appointed to the Court in 1954 previously Minister of National Defence and Minister of Finance 61 Louis Philippe de Grandpre BCL 1938 puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada appointed to the Court in 1974 formerly president of the Canadian Bar Association 62 Marie Deschamps LLM 1983 puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada appointed to the Court in 2002 previously a Judge on the Quebec Court of Appeal 63 Morris Fish BCL 1962 puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada appointed to the Court in 2003 previously a Judge on the Quebec Court of Appeal 64 Clement Gascon BCL 1981 puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada appointed to the Court in 2014 previously a Judge on the Quebec Court of Appeal 65 Desire Girouard BCL 1860 puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada appointed to the Court in 1895 previously member of Parliament 66 Charles D Gonthier BCL 1951 puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada appointed to the Court in 1989 previously a Judge on the Quebec Court of Appeal 67 Mahmud Jamal BCL 93 LLB 93 puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada appointed to the Court in 2021 previously a Judge on the Court of Appeal for Ontario 68 Nicholas Kasirer BCL 1985 LLB 1985 puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada appointed to the Court in 2019 previously a Judge on the Quebec Court of Appeal 69 Gerald Le Dain BCL 1949 puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada appointed to the Court in 1984 previously a Judge on the Federal Court of Appeal 70 Sheilah L Martin BCL 1981 LLB 1981 puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada appointed to the Court in 2017 previously judge of the Court of Appeal of Alberta 71 Pierre Basile Mignault BCL 1878 puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada appointed to the Court in 1918 previously President of the Bar of Montreal 72 Thibaudeau Rinfret BCL 1900 Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada appointed to the Court in 1924 previously a Judge on the Superior Court of Quebec 73 Jurists and legal professionals Edit Jean Louis Baudouin BCL 1958 LLD 2007 Akintola Olufemi Eyiwunmi LLM 1964 justice for the Supreme Court of Nigeria Morag Wise Lady Wise LLM 1994 Senator of the College of Justice a judge of Scotland s Supreme Court Harry Batshaw BCL 1924 justice for the Quebec Superior Court Alanna Devine BCL LLB 2006 former director of Animal Advocacy at the Montreal branch of the Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals John Gomery BCL 1956 former judge of the Quebec Superior Court Benjamin J Greenberg BA 54 BCL 57 judge for the Quebec Superior Court R A E Greenshields BCL 1885 Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Quebec Dean of the McGill University Faculty of Law and 9th Chancellor of Bishop s University Julius Grey BCL 1971 Quebec human rights lawyer Michelle Hanlon LLM 2017 founder and president of For All Moonkind president of the National Space Society co director of the Center for Air and Space Law at the University of Mississippi School of Law Chile Eboe Osuji LLM 1991 Nigerian judge of the International Criminal Court The Hague and former President of the International Criminal Court Alison Harvison Young BCL 1983 LLB 1983 family law expert and judge of the Court of Appeal for Ontario former Dean of Queen s University Faculty of Law James K Hugessen BCL 1957 judge currently serving on the Federal Court of Canada Mahmud Jamal BCL LLB 1993 former judge on the Court of Appeal for Ontario now a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada Glenn Joyal BCL 1986 Chief Justice of the Court of Queen s Bench of Manitoba Richard Lehun BCL LLB 2005 DCL 2007 German Canadian inter disciplinary visual artist professor of fiduciary law and justice theory Allan Lutfy BCL 1968 Justice and former Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada Edward Stuart McDougall judge on the International Military Tribunal for the Far East Siobhan Phelan LLM 1994 judge of the High Court of Ireland Brian Slattery BCL 1968 Professor Emeritus of Law at Osgoode Hall Law School prominent academic in Canadian Constitutional Law and Aboriginal rights discourse George Springate former CFL player for the Grey cup winning Montreal Alouettes politician and Citizenship Judge Max M Teitelbaum BCL 1957 puisne justice of the Federal Court of Canada 74 Riza Turmen LLM 1980 former judge of the European Court of Human Rights former Member of the Turkish Parliament and Turkish Ambassador to Switzerland Richard Warman LLM 2004 renowned Canadian human rights lawyer Ashfaq Khalfan BCL LLB 2002 international jurist in human rights law Director of the Law and Policy Programme at Amnesty International and Chair of the Board of Governors of the Centre for International Sustainable Development LawPolitical figures Edit John Abbott BCL 1854 75 3rd Prime Minister of Canada Warren Allmand BCL 1952 served variously as Solicitor General Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs between 1972 and 1979 Will Amos BCL LLB 2004 Liberal politician MP for the riding of Pontiac W David Angus BCL 1962 former Canadian senator Laetitia Avia LLM 2013 French lawyer and politician of La Republique En Marche LREM who served as the member of the National Assembly for the 8th constituency of Paris from 2017 to 2022 Rachel Bendayan BA 02 BCL LLB 06 Member of Parliament for Outremont Peng Ming min LLM 1953 prominent Taiwanese democracy and independence activist Albert Joseph Brown BCL 1886 Senator for Wellington 1932 1938 Barry Campbell BCL 1971 lawyer lobbyist and former politician Leo Kolber BCL 1952 Canadian businessman philanthropist and Senator serving from 1983 to 2004 Jerome Choquette BCL 1946 prominent lawyer and Quebec politician Michal Cotler Wunsh LLM 2006 Israeli politician member of the Knesset for the Blue and White alliance George Washington Stephens BCL 1863 Canadian businessman lawyer and politician Maurice Alexander BA 1908 BCL 1910 Liberal Member of the House of Commons in the British Parliament for Southwark South East UK Brooke Claxton BCL 1946 Minister of Health 1943 1946 Minister of National Defence 1946 1954 John Joseph Curran LLB 1862 first Solicitor General of Canada Henry Joseph Cloran BCL 1883 Senator for Victoria Quebec 1903 1928 Samuel William Jacobs BCL 1893 Canadian lawyer Member of Parliament and a leader of the Canadian Jewish community Thomas D Arcy McGee BCL 1861 76 Member of Parliament Minister of agriculture immigration and statistics and Father of Canadian Confederation Charles Dewey Day Chancellor of McGill University 1864 1884 political figure in Canada East Charles Drury BCL 1936 Minister of Finance Defence Public Works Industry President of the Treasury Board Ken Dryden LLB 1973 cabinet minister MP for York Centre and Hockey Hall of Fame member six time Stanley Cup Winner Brian Gallant LLM 2011 former Premier of New Brunswick Yoine Goldstein BCL 1958 former Canadian senator Harry Blank BCL 1950 Attorney Liberal politician and seven term member of the National Assembly of Quebec Stanley Hartt BCL 1963 lawyer businessman and chief of staff to Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney Arnold Heeney BCL 1927 ambassador to the United States and NATO Christopher Benfield Carter BCL 1866 Quebec lawyer and politician George Carlyle Marler BCL 1922 Quebec politician notary and philatelist Veronique Hivon BCL 1994 LLB 1994 member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Joliette Balarama Holness JD BCL 2021 rights activist former Canadian Football League CFL player candidate for mayor in the 2021 Montreal municipal elections 77 Anthony Housefather BCL 1993 LLB 1993 Liberal politician MP for the riding of Mount Royal John Peters Humphrey BCom 25 BA 27 BCL 29 PhD 45 LLD 76 first director of the UN s Human Rights Division principal author of the first draft of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights George Gordon Hyde BCL 1908 prominent lawyer and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Westmount Saint Georges Samuel William Jacobs BCL 1893 Member of Parliament for George Etienne Cartier Quebec Kurt Jaeger LLM 1989 current Ambassador of Liechtenstein to the United States Marie Claire Kirkland Casgrain BCL 50 LLD 97 first woman to become a member of the National Assembly of Quebec lawyer and judge Adrian Knatchbull Hugessen BCL 1914 Canadian lawyer and senator Rodolphe Laflamme BCL 1856 DCL 1873 5th Attorney General of Canada Michael Pitfield BCL 1958 former Canadian Senator and senior civil servant David Lametti BCL 1989 LLB 1989 Liberal politician MP for the riding of LaSalle Emard Verdun Canadian Minister of Justice and former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade Sir Wilfrid Laurier BCL 1866 78 7th Prime Minister of Canada Joel Lightbound BCL LLB 2011 Liberal politician MP for the riding of Louis Hebert Hillel Neuer BCL 1997 LLB 1997 international lawyer writer and executive director of UN Watch Peter Samuel George Mackenzie BCL 1883 Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Richmond Alan Macnaughton BCL 1927 former Member of Parliament and Speaker of the House of Commons Joni Madraiwiwi LLM 1989 former acting president and vice president of the Republic of Fiji and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Nauru Marcel Masse BCL 1961 Canadian politician civil servant and Rhodes Scholar Catherine McKenna LLB 1999 Liberal politician MP for the riding of Ottawa Centre and Minister of Infrastructure and Communities Marc Miller BCL LLB 2001 Lawyer and MP for the Liberal current Canadian Minister of Indigenous Services Walter George Mitchell BCL 1901 Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Richmond Elizabeth Monk BCL 1923 Canadian lawyer and Montreal city councillor one of the first two women admitted to the Quebec Bar Frederick Debartzch Monk BCL 1877 Minister of Public Works 1911 1912 Thomas Mulcair BCL 1976 LLB 1977 former leader of the NDP of the Official Opposition MP for Outremont former Quebec MNA for Chomedy and Minister of Environment Joe Oliver BCL 1964 former MP for Eglinton Lawrence Minister of Finance and Minister of Natural Resources Narcisse Perodeau BCL 1876 a Quebec politician and the 14th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec Jim Peterson DCL 1970 Minister of International Trade 2003 2006 Sydney David Pierce BCL 1925 LLD 1956 Olympic hurdler and ambassador to Brazil Belgium Luxembourg Mexico and the OECD Lazarus Phillips BCL 1918 Canadian lawyer and Senator John Rankin LLM 1984 current Governor General of Bermuda Greg Rickford BCL LLB 2005 Minister of Natural Resources 2014 2015 Alexander Cameron Rutherford BCL 1881 first premier of Alberta founder of the University of Alberta Larry W Smith BCL 1976 former Canadian senator nine season running back for Montreal Alouettes and 8th commissioner of the CFL Francis R Scott BCL 1927 LLD 1967 constitutional rights lawyer civil libertarian poet founder of the first social democratic party and the NDP Kathleen Weil BCL 1982 LLB 1982 member of the National Assembly of Quebec for Notre Dame de Grace William Alexander Weir BCL 1881 Quebec judge and politician Nick Whalen LLB 2011 Lawyer and former MP for the LiberalOther alumni Edit Ian DeVere Archer LLM 1968 Secretary of Health and Social Security of Barbados and former chairman of Caribbean Airlines national airline of Barbados Isidore Gordon Ascher BCL 1862 Scottish Canadian novelist and poet David P O Brien BCL 1965 businessman currently as chairman of Royal Bank of Canada Peter Blaikie BCL 1965 Quebec lawyer politician co founder of Heenan Blaikie Lionel Chetwynd BCL 1967 British American screenwriter director and producer Eleanor Clitheroe LLM 1978 former president and CEO of Hydro One Leonard Cohen singer songwriter who only did a year of Law before dropping out Chuck Comeau drummer for Simple Plan studied law but ultimately dropped out James Creighton BCL 1880 father of organized hockey Mary Dawson BCL 1963 civil servant former Conflict of Interest and Ethics Commissioner of Canada James de Beaujeu Domville BCL 1957 theatrical producer and administrator former commissioner of National Film Board of Canada NFB Dennis Draper dropped out before completing his studies Brigadier General Chief Constable of the Toronto Police Department from 1928 to 1946 Yves Fortier BCL 1958 LLD 2005 Canadian Ambassador to the United Nations and President of the United Nations Security Council George Buchanan Foster BCL 1921 First World War flying ace and prominent attorney Michael Goldbloom BCL 1978 LLB 1979 Principal and Vice Chancellor of Bishop s University in Lennoxville Quebec former publisher of the Toronto Star Shaul Gordon BCL JD 2019 LLM 2021 Canadian Israeli award winning fencer Olympic athlete Tokyo 2020 Charles Goren BCL 1922 American bridge player and best selling writer Anne France Goldwater BCL 1980 attorney and television judge personality on L Arbitre A Jean de Grandpre BCL 1943 first chairman and CEO of BCE Inc Roy Heenan BCL 1960 LLD 2008 Labour lawyer academic and co founder of Heenan Blaikie Tasha Kheiriddin BCL LLB 1993 conservative television media personality public policy analyst and commentator Hubert Lacroix BCL 1976 former CEO and President of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation David Lawee BCL 1993 tech executive founder of Google Capital Anthony Lemke BCL LLB television and film actor lawyer and entrepreneur Annie MacDonald Langstaff BCL 1914 the first woman to earn a law degree in Quebec a legal activist supporter of women s suffrage and an early woman aviator William Douw Lighthall BCL 1881 lawyer historian novelist poet and philosopher David Ross McCord BCL 1867 lawyer philanthropist founder of the McCord Museum Hilmi M Zawati LLB 1978 MA 1986 PhD 1994 LLM 1997 DCL 2010 International Criminal Law Jurist and Chair of Centre for International Accountability and Justice CIAJ Don Meehan LLB 1975 founder of Newport Sports agency which represents several hockey players in the NHL Mayo Moran LLB 1990 Dean of University of Toronto Faculty of Law 2006 2014 first female dean Pierre Peladeau BCL 1950 founder of Canadian media company Quebecor Inc Richard Pound BCL 1962 LLD 2009 Canadian swimming champion lawyer and prominent spokesman for ethics in sport Jennifer Stoddart BCL 1980 LLD 2015 civil servant sixth Privacy Commissioner of Canada Frank Shoofey BA 1961 BCL 1964 criminal lawyer Timothy Porteous BA 54 BCL 57 former head of the Canada Council and the Ontario College of Art and Design Paulos Tesfagiorgis LLM Eritrean human rights activist Stephen Toope BCL 1983 LLB 1983 LLD 2017 international legal scholar vice chancellor of Cambridge University and former President of the University of British Columbia Christopher Waters LLM 1998 DCL 2002 Dean of University of Windsor Faculty of Law 2006 Present Robert Stanley Weir BCL 1880 DCL 1897 Quebec judge and poet most famous for writing the English lyrics to O Canada the national anthem of Canada Mortimer Zuckerman BCL 1961 Canadian American billionaire media magnate co founder executive chairman and former CEO of Boston PropertiesDeans of the Faculty Edit The study of law at McGill began in 1844 when William Badgley was appointed lecturer in law within the Faculty of Arts While informal classes began earlier the Faculty of Law was officially established at McGill in 1853 with William Badgley appointed its first dean Over the years the following people have served the Faculty of Law as deans 79 80 81 82 83 1853 1855 William Badgley DCL 1870 1855 1876 John Abbott BCL 1854 DCL 1867 1876 1888 William Hastings Kerr fr acting dean 1876 1881 BCL 1872 1888 1896 Norman W Trenholme BCL 1865 DCL 1887 1896 1897 Leonidas Davidson BCL 1864 1897 1914 Frederick Parker Walton LLD 1915 1914 1915 Sir Charles Peers Davidson acting dean BCL 1863 DCL 1875 LLD 1912 1915 1921 Robert Warden Lee DCL 1877 1921 1928 R A E Greenshields acting dean 1921 1923 BCL 1885 LLD 1929 1928 1936 Percy Ellwood Corbett DCL 1961 1936 1946 C Stuart Lemesurier BCL 1912 1946 John P Humphrey dean designate BCL 1929 PhD 1945 LLD 1976 1946 1949 C Stuart Lemesurier BCL 1912 1949 Gerald Fauteux LLD 1955 1950 A Sydney Bruneau BCL 1917 1950 1960 W C J Meredith 1960 1961 Maxwell Cohen acting dean LLD 1994 1961 1964 F R Scott BCL 1927 LLD 1967 1964 1969 Maxwell Cohen LLD 1994 1969 1974 John W Durnford BCL 1952 1974 1979 John E C Brierley BCL 1959 1979 1980 William Foster acting dean 1980 1984 John E C Brierley BCL 1959 1984 1989 Roderick A Macdonald 1989 1994 Yves Marie Morissette 1994 1999 Stephen Toope BCL 1983 LLB 1983 LLD 2017 1999 2003 Peter Leuprecht 2003 2009 Nicholas Kasirer BCL 1985 LLB 1985 2009 Shauna Van Praagh acting dean 2009 2016 Daniel Jutras acting dean 2009 2010 2016 present Robert Leckey BCL 2002 LLB 2002Student life EditLaw Student Association Edit The overarching student organization is the Law Student s Association LSA an elected group of law students who represent the student body The LSA was created in 1912 and incorporated in 1992 84 85 The executives and representatives of the LSA are elected by McGill s law students During the school year the LSA hosts a weekly coffeehouse on Thursday evenings designed to encourage students to network and socialize over food and drink The coffeehouse tradition was started in 1989 by David Lametti when he was part of the LSA 86 87 Some coffeehouse events are sponsored by law firms for networking with students while others are hosted by student associations and clubs 86 Christie Bike Ride Edit The Dugald Christie Memorial Community Bike Ride also called the Christie Bike Ride is an annual charity fundraiser organized by McGill Law students Funds are distributed to local organizations that increase access to justice especially for marginalized communities Past recipients of the funds include Project Genesis Head and Hands and the Native Women s Shelter of Montreal 88 The Christie Bike Ride was started in 2009 in honour of alumnus Dugald Christie 88 Christie was a Vancouver based lawyer that championed access to justice for low income communities He was killed while cycling from Vancouver to Ottawa to raise awareness about access to justice 89 Journals Edit McGill Law Journal Edit The McGill Law Journal MLJ was founded by Gerald Le Dain and Jacques Yvan Morin in 1952 The MLJ publishes four volumes a year on general law topics The MLJ is frequently cited by the Supreme Court of Canada and is the most cited student run law journal by the Court 90 The McGill Law Journal also publishes the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation The original Guide was published in 1986 and was intended to standardize Canadian legal citations 91 Today the Guide is used by most Canadian legal journals 91 The McGill Law Journal regularly hosts office hours to assist McGill students using the Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation 92 McGill Journal of Sustainable Development Law Edit The McGill Journal of Sustainable Development Law MJSDL was established in 2004 and focuses on sustainable development and environmental law and policy 93 It is peer reviewed and published bi annually McGill Journal of Law and Health Edit The McGill Journal of Law and Health MJLH was established in 2007 It is a peer reviewed open access journal and is published annually 94 The MJLH focuses on health law and has been cited four times by the Supreme Court of Canada 95 96 97 98 Most recently an article from the journal was cited in the Reference Re Assisted Human Reproduction Act McGill Journal of Dispute Resolution Edit The McGill Journal of Dispute Resolution MJDR is a bilingual peer reviewed academic journal dedicated to scholarship in the fields of arbitration mediation facilitation negotiation and other forms of alternative dispute resolution 99 100 The McGill Journal of Dispute Resolution was first published in 2015 101 Legal Information Clinic at McGill Edit The Legal Information Clinic at McGill is a non profit legal information clinic for McGill students and the Montreal community 100 102 The Legal Information Clinic is a separate entity from McGill but is run by McGill law students Originally founded in 1973 by then law student Michael Bergman the Clinic works on more than 2 000 cases a year 102 103 The Clinic also provides a student advocacy service for McGill students accused of disciplinary offences or looking to resolve disputes with McGill University 102 103 Quid Novi Edit Quid Novi also known colloquially as the Quid is the Faculty of Law s student run newspaper Since the publication of its first edition in March 1981 Quid Novi has been a forum for both students and faculty to share news and opinions on both legal and non legal matters 104 105 Quid Novi is published on a weekly basis during the academic year L E X Outreach Program Edit The Faculty of Law of McGill University founded the Law Education Connexion Outreach Program 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