Faculty of Law | Faculté de droit - McGill

10/13/2026

[CLE event] McGill Law alumni, have you registered for our (free!) Homecoming Continuing Law Education Seminar yet?

🔗 https://www.alumni.mcgill.ca/aoc/events-travel/EventDetails.php?id=NTc3MTM=

Self-Defence Under Pressure: New Debates and Enduring Challenges

📅 Saturday, October 24, 2026, 4:30 PM to 5:30 PM
📍 Chancellor Day Hall, 3644, Peel Street

Join Professor Alana Klein and Professor Noah Weisbord for a continuing legal education session examining recent developments and debates in the law of self-defence - including proposals for a Canadian "castle doctrine" - and the ways that social inequalities can shape the law's judgments about threat, danger, and the reasonable use of defensive force. The session will consider how race, gender, and economic marginalization shape the operation of self-defence law, the challenges involved in identifying and addressing these effects, and the ways in which self-defence law can both mitigate and deepen contemporary social divisions.

Self-Defence Under Pressure: New Debates and Enduring Challenges Join Faculty of Law ...

10/02/2026

McGill Law alumni, see you at Homecoming? 🍂 We're excited to bring back our CLE seminar, offered by two Faculty professors, just before our all-class reunion in Old Chancellor Day Hall.

🗓️ Saturday, October 24
📍 Chancellor Day Hall - 3644, Peel Street

2:30 - 4:00 pm
Restoring Civility in the Public Square Panel: A panel hosted by the Class of 1976 - https://www.alumni.mcgill.ca/aoc/events-travel/EventDetails.php?id=NTc5NTM=

4:30 - 5:30 pm
[CLE] Continuing Law Education Seminar: Self-Defence Under Pressure
https://www.alumni.mcgill.ca/aoc/events-travel/EventDetails.php?id=NTc3MTM=

6:00 - 8:00 pm
An evening at Chancellor Day Hall (All Alumni Reception)
https://www.alumni.mcgill.ca/aoc/events-travel/EventDetails.php?id=NTc2MTg=

Nous avons hâte de vous y voir !

05/20/2026

McGill Law BCL/JD graduates fared outstandingly well in the run for Canada’s most coveted judicial clerkships, securing seven spots! Faites la rencontre de nos sept auxiliaires juridiques qui se dirigeront vers le plus haut tribunal du pays en 2027-2028!

🔗 Faites la lecture de leurs entrevues complètes au lien dans notre profil.

04/30/2026

C’est avec une profonde tristesse que nous apprenons le décès de Me Paul Marchand, BCL’66, LLM’85. Avocat éminent et président de la Doggone Foundation, Me Marchand a profondément marqué la communauté montréalaise par son engagement philanthropique exceptionnel. Il a soutenu de nombreuses causes, notamment dans les domaines de la médecine, des soins infirmiers, de l’éducation et de l’art autochtone.

En 2018, il a rendu possible un don historique et visionnaire de 15 millions de dollars qui a permis la création de l’Initiative interdisciplinaire McGill sur les infections et l’immunité. Cette dernière a joué un rôle de premier plan dans la recherche liée à la COVID‑19.

Nous offrons nos plus sincères condoléances à sa famille, à ses proches, ainsi qu’à toutes celles et ceux qui ont eu le privilège de croiser son parcours. Son influence continuera de résonner au sein de notre Université et bien au-delà.

McGill University mourns the passing of law graduate and longtime volunteer Paul Marchand, BCL’66, LLM’85.

Working as a lawyer in Montreal, Marchand dedicated his life to serving underprivileged communities and establishing philanthropic organizations.

His work as president of the Doggone Foundation helped to transform the arts, education, social welfare and particularly medicine in Montreal and British Columbia. The foundation's crucial support of McGill helped the university, and Canada, combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

You can read more about Marchand's immense impact on McGill and Montreal in our profile from 2024 (link in the comments).

He will be greatly missed by our community.