McGill University Faculty of Law

McGill University Faculty of Law
Faculté de droit de l'université McGill  (French)
Type Public
Established 1848
Dean Robert Leckey
Academic staff
 98
Students 652[1]
Location Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Campus Urban
Languages English, French
Website http://www.mcgill.ca/law

The Faculty of Law is one of the professional graduate schools of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. It is the oldest law school in Canada, and is regarded as one of the most prestigious law schools in North America.

The Faculty offers the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) and Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.) degrees, concurrently, in three to four years, allowing graduates to practice in the Canadian, U.S. and UK common law system as well as Quebec and continental Europe's civil law system.

In part due to this transsystemic approach to legal education, its graduates consistently account for one quarter of Canada's Supreme Court clerkships,[2][3] more than any law school in Canada. 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,[4][5] 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.[6] 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.

History

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The Faculty of Law was officially created in 1848. 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 civilian 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.[7]

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.[8]

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.[9] 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.[10]

Notable previous faculty members

Notable alumni

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See also

References

  1. ↑ LSAC - JD: Canadian Law School Profiles. 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
  2. ↑ "Seven Clerks for Seven Judges". McGill Faculty of Law. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Six Supreme Law Court Clerks". McGill Faculty of Law. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Clerks". McGill Center for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Former Clerks". Center for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
  6. ↑ "McGill Law Journal". Wikipedia. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  7. ↑ R. Macdonald, "The National Law Programme at McGill: Origins, Establishment, Prospects" Dalhousie Law Journal, 1990: 13: 211-363.
  8. ↑ <name="Morissette">Morissette, Yves-Marie, "McGill's Integrated Civil and Common Law Program" J. Legal Educ., 2002: 52: 12-28.
  9. ↑ <name="Strauss">Strauss, Peter, "Transsystemia—Are We Approaching a New Langdellian Moment? Is McGill Leading the Way?" J. Legal Educ., 2006: 56: 161-171.
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  11. ↑ "Bidding farewell to Roderick A. Macdonald (1948-2014)". Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  12. ↑ Federal Court of Canada


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