Law in the Community Outreach Program Brings Law to Life (and Life to Law) Animal Law:Alanna Devine Bites Back Le droit dans la communauté Pleins feux sur les études supérieures Field Notes from Bountiful, B.C. Nicholas Kasirer complète son extraordinaire décanat G R E ’ S E T N Faculty I of Law Fall 2009 S T V E E R Faculté ’ T de Droit C Automne 2009 Rédactrice en chef Our paper. As you read this, the G R E a high-energy drying process. Laurel Baker ’ S E paper under your thumb may T N The weight of the inside pages I Editorial Advisory Board feel a little different. It is. As is the same as the weight of the Daniel Jutras the University enters the third C cover, so that the entire issue T Nicholas Kasirer ’ R Toby Moneit-Hockenstein year of its largest fundraising E can be printed in a single pass S T V E Melissa Poueymirou drive ever – Campaign McGill – on the press – saving half the Jennifer Towell we’ve chosen to make some changes energy of a typical two-stocks print Shauna Van Praagh to better reflect our goals and ambi- run. This issue was printed by Pazazz, Designer tions. This magazine – printed on FSC- the only Quebec-based printer with a Gerry L’Orange certified, 100% processed chlorine 56" KBA six-colour UV press. 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Susan Murley Melissa Poueymirou ® © Geneviève Saumier Collaborateurs Laurel Baker Lainie Basman Sarah Berger Richardson Angela Campbell Maureen Duffy Mahmud Jamal Daniel Jutras Nicholas Kasirer Daniel Jutras named Lysanne Larose Roderick Macdonald Maria Marcheschi Thomas McMorrow Interim Dean of Law Dorian Needham Yaw Nyampong Maria Turner On July 1, Professor Daniel Jutras took up the position Marie-Christine Valois Pascal Zamprelli of Interim Dean of McGill’s Faculty of Law Photographers François Brunelle Claudio Calligaris , Daniel Jutras, a conseiller principal de la juge en chef Marc Cramer In the fall of 1984 Owen Egan young gold medalist in law from the Beverley McLachlin pendant deux ans, Rachel Granofsky University of Montreal, gold medalist alors qu’il occupait le poste d’adjoint Jack Malric, JEM Photography John Morstad at the Quebec Bar Admission course, exécutif juridique. former law clerk to Mr. Justice Antonio Communiquez avec nous Lamer, and holder of the Frank Knox Professor Jutras has participated in Keep in touch Fellowship while pursuing an LLM at many scholarly, bar association and judi- Send your story ideas Harvard, came to McGill on a recruit- cial conferences across Canada and and AlumNotes to ment visit. At his faculty presentation, internationally, always bringing a deep Laurel Baker, inFocus Editor-in-Chief he spoke to his Master’s thesis on crimi- legal culture, acute analysis and wry [email protected] nal law; by the end of the day he had humour to his presentations. The epit- Phone (514) 398-3424 convinced his soon-to-be colleagues not ome of a teacher, scholar and academic Fax (514) 398-4659 only of his brilliance in that field, but of administrator for our collective aspira- Send your change of his potential to excel in the field of civil tions, he is a respected and cherished address to law obligations and private law more colleague who has given of himself Gina Sebastiao, Development Coordinator generally. unstintingly to others. alumnioffi[email protected] Phone (514) 398-3679 Ainsi, depuis 25 ans, Daniel Jutras Nous nous réjouissons de sa nomination Fax (514) 398-4659 enseigne le droit, mène des projets de comme doyen intérimaire et nous som- inFocus is published by recherche et publie dans plusieurs mes convaincus que la Faculté continue- The Faculty of Law’s domaines, tout en passant une année à ra à s’épanouir pendant son décanat. Development Office ] Faculty of Law, la Faculté de droit de l’Université de McGill University Toronto, pilotant le programme trans- Professor Roderick A. Macdonald, 3644 Peel Street systémique vers son adoption par le Montreal QC H3A 1W9 F.R. Scott Professor of Constitutional www.mcgill.ca/law conseil de la Faculté, et agissant comme and Public Law Message from Nicholas Kasirer, Message from Dean of Law from Daniel Jutras, November 2003 Interim Dean to May 2009 For the past two decades, As my term as Dean draws to a pictures of distinguished close, I wish to record that this alumni have hung on the has been the happiest time of my walls of Chancellor Day professional life and to say thank Hall. Lawyers, notaries, you to our great University. I will journalists, judges, profes- miss the wonderful tumult of life sors of law, business people, in the Dean’s o≈ce. But I am full community organizers, of hope for McGill University and philanthropists, human its fabled Faculty of Law as my rights activists, politicians – dear friend and colleague Daniel all of them united by a con- Jutras moves into the Dean’s nection to this great Faculty of Law, of course, but also O≈ce. Known as a pre-eminent scholar in comparative law, by their deep desire to make a diΩerence in the world. Dean Jutras will light up the Faculty with his infectious I remember walking down the hall on my way to class energy, his sharp mind and his delightful demeanour. A true 25 years ago, struggling with my new identity as a McGill citizen, Daniel Jutras has helped the Faculty thrive “professor of law” – both intimidated and inspired by since he began teaching. But as Dean, nothing will please this institution’s long history of civic commitment. him more than to learn more about our “community,” the I imagine that many of you, struggling with your new featured theme of this issue, and in particular the generous identity as law students, also gazed at these pictures graduates of the Faculty who, for me, have turned “commu- on the wall, and wondered: “What about me? Will I nity” into “family.” leave something behind when all is said and done? Will I have made things better around me?” Today, Le groupe des anciens est le coeur même de notre commu- the answer to those questions is obvious. This Faculty nauté. Year after year, promotion après promotion, our grad- and its alumni continue to be agents of change in a uates prove to be community-minded in a range of activities changing world. they take on alongside their professional work. Perhaps no one stands for McGill’s generosity better than Richard The theme for this issue is In the Community. It high- Pound, BCL’67, who, after ten years in o≈ce as our Chancel- lights the Faculty of Law’s persistent and positive lor presided over his last Law convocation in May. Un athlète influence at home and around the world. This influ- remarquable en natation, son sport préféré, Me Pound s’est ence can be seen in the work of our students, graduate impliqué dans la promotion du sport amateur au Canada et studies, faculty and alumni – all four groups that make à l’international. Mais c’est à l’Université McGill que Me up the Faculty of Law’s own community. Together our Pound a fait preuve d’une générosité qui ne peut que servir collective accomplishments are much too numerous to de modèle. list in one issue of our alumni magazine, so we have sought to highlight the great work of a few select indi- It is in this spirit that, years ago, our Faculty Advisory Board viduals in each of these groups, who share a determina- created the James A. Robb Award for Extraordinary Volun- tion to use their legal education to make the world a teer Service to the Faculty of Law. Every year, much like better place. The stories featured here, and the stories McGill’s energetic volunteer Jim Robb, BA’51, BCL’54, of your own lives as leaders in your respective commu- dozens of law graduates step up to oΩer their precious time nities, give meaning to the labours of present-day to endeavours ranging from mooting to career counselling, students and professors who wrestle with beneficial from taking up roles in University governance to helping ownership, interjurisdictional immunity, and forum non McGill raise money for its bilingual, transsystemic mission in conveniens. > law teaching. This year two graduates were so honoured. Brian Pel, LLB’84, has been the go-to person for generations of editorial boards of the McGill Law Journal. Along the > FACULTÉ DE DROIT AUTOMNE 2009 1 Sur les murs de la Faculté, un coin spécial est réservé aux way Brian helped successive deans raise money and raise portraits des anciens doyens. Nous accrocherons bientôt the profile of the Toronto graduate community for which he sur ce mur celui du professeur Nicholas Kasirer, qui a ter- serves as chair of the McGill Toronto Advisory Board. In miné en juin dernier un extraordinaire décanat. Les pages June, James Grant, BA’58, BCL’61, was honoured for his de ce magazine ont attesté au fil des ans du formidable service on the Faculty Advisory Board of which, some 25 leadership qu’il a exercé sur nous tous, et des innom- years ago, he was an original member. At a moving ceremony, brables succès dont il est responsable.