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CLASS OF ’82 On October 20, 2007, the class of ’82 met at Montreal’s
Fire Grill restaurant for their 25th anniversary celebration. The turnout
was strong, thanks in large part to the enthusiasm of the organizing
committee: Antoinette Bozac, BCL’82, LLB’83, Herbert Brownstein,
BA’79, BCL’82, LLB’83, April Kabbash, BCL’82, BCom’83, LLB’84, Chris
Koressis, BSC’78, BCL’81, LLB’82 and Ann Soden, BCL’81, LLB’82.
LAW AS TRANSFORMATION
Grad students hold first annual conference
CLASS OF ’97 Large numbers of the class of ’97 met again at Bice
Restaurant on October 27, 2007, with many returning to Montreal especially
for the event, which was organized by Adam Atlas, BA’93, BCL/LLB’97,
Alison Breen, BA’93, BCL/LLB’97, Isabelle Gosselin, BCL/LLB’97, Sandra
Nishikawa, BCL/LLB’97, Tania Tretiak, BSc’91, BCL/LLB’97, Lyanne Winikoff,
BCom’93, BCL/LLB’97, and Rachel Young, BA’92, BCL/LLB’97.
I n March 2008, the Graduate Law Students Association (GLSA) held its first annual
conference with great success. The two-day event was a reminder of our transsystemic
Faculty’s enormous influence on graduate legal studies in Canada and internationally.
The theme of the conference, “Law as Transformation,” was meant to highlight
the multiplicity of projects, interests and aspirations each participant would bring.
We wanted graduate students to challenge the way they think about the world and
about themselves — to conceive of law as transformation.
McGill’s increased focus on graduate studies, coupled with graduate students’
enthusiasm, gave the conference a great boost.
Kicking off with a memorable — and musical — keynote address from Professor
Rod Macdonald, the conference was the scene of many stimulating presentations and
a great diversity of submissions. In all, 43 graduate students from McGill and a host of
other North American universities presented papers. Panels explored subjects as diverse
as “Shifting Legal Formations in the Skies,” “Transforming State Power,” and “Human
Relationships in the Legal Imaginary.” The event was also a great opportunity to socialize
and chat about our work and aspirations, and to talk with professors about academic
careers.
We wish to thank Dean Nicholas Kasirer for his moral and financial support, and
Shauna Van Praagh, Associate Dean, Graduate Studies, for her tireless efforts, along with
the institutes, centres, associations and other groups that sponsored panels and events,
and the many professors who acted as panel moderators or provided other support.
Visit http://glsa.mcgill.ca to find out more or to read some of the conference proceedings.
C O N F E R E N C E S A N D E V E N T S
E R I C P O L L A N E N A N D
M O H A M M A D N S O U R
GLSA vice-president Eric
Pollanen (left), BCL/LLB’01,
is an LLM student who
researches property law
theory with Associate
Professor David Lametti.
GLSA president Mohammad
Nsour is a Jordanian lawyer
who is finishing his DCL on
the role of regionalism in
the multilateral trade regime,
under the supervision of
Professor Armand de Mestral.
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