Robert Leckey

Robert Leckey is the current Dean of the McGill University Faculty of Law where he is also a full professor.

Education

Robert Leckey graduated from Queen's University with a B.A.H. in English literature in 1997 and from McGill Law in 2002, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the McGill Law Journal. After graduation he was a clerk to Justice Michel Bastarache at the Supreme Court of Canada. He then graduated from his S.J.D. from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law,[1] where he was a Trudeau Scholar.[2]

Career

Leckey is known for his work in family law, specifically his work on the subject of same-sex equality under the family law and legal system of Canada.[3][4] He is an active supporter of LGBT rights in Quebec and has made open statements against government policies that affect LGBT communities negatively.[5][6] He has also provided arguments that try to poke holes in modern family law ethics, such as the concept of divorce.[7] Leckey has worked in the field of human rights law[8] as well as religious rights.[9]

In 2009 he was awarded the John W. Durnford Prize for Teaching Excellence and le Prix d'essai juridique for his legal scholarship.[10] In addition to his legal publications he has written for newspapers including the Montreal Gazette[11] and the Globe & Mail.[12][13] In 2010 he was awarded the Canada Prize for his 2008 book Contextual Subjects: Family, State and Relational Theory, a national book award given only once every four years.[14] In 2015, Leckey became a full professor and in 2016 he was named dean designate of the McGill Faculty of Law. From 2014 to 2016, Leckey was the director of the Paul-André Crépeau Centre for Private and Comparative Law. From 2008 to 2011, he chaired the McGill Equity Subcommittee on Queer People.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "Robert Leckey". Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  2. ↑ http://www.fondationtrudeau.ca/en/community/robert-leckey
  3. ↑ "McGill Workshop: Radical Formations — Sex, Race, Trans". Montreal Gazette. April 11, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  4. ↑ "International McGill University conference puts transgender civil rights front and centre". Montreal Gazette. April 10, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  5. ↑ Margaret Sommerville (October 13, 2009). "A simple answer to Quebec's simple adoption question". Globe & Mail. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  6. ↑ Alain Roy (October 28, 2009). "Free opinion - Adoption reform: the interests of the child". Le Devoir. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  7. ↑ Chris Selley (November 24, 2011). "Chris Selley's Full Pundit: Many wives, many problems". National Post. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  8. ↑ Caroline Rodgers (August 11, 2010). "Work-family obligations of the employer". La Presse. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Banning niqab would put Quebec on collision course with human rights groups: Experts". Sify. March 26, 2010. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  10. ↑ "Coup double pour le professeur Robert Leckey". Droit-inc.com. May 12, 2009. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  11. ↑ Robert Leckey (April 10, 2013). "Opinion: More work to do on same-sex marriage issue". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  12. ↑ "Ottawa must now draft an assisted-suicide law. It should look to Quebec". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  13. ↑ Robert Leckey (November 24, 2011). "Polygamy's closer to home than we think". Globe & Mail. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Robert Leckey's book wins Canada Prize". McGill Reporter. August 17, 2010. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  15. ↑ http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/legalfeeds/3232/new-mcgill-law-dean-to-focus-on-multiple-legal-traditions.html

External links

www.mcgill.ca/law/about/profs/leckey-robert

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