Faculté de droit de l'Université Laval

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Laval University Faculty of Law
Faculté de droit de l'université Laval
	Faculté de droit
Motto	Deo favente haud pluribus impar • Avec la grâce de Dieu, à nul autre comparable
Motto in English	With God's help, to no one equal
Type	Public
Established	1852
Parent institution	Université Laval
Dean	Anne-Marie Laflamme
Academic staff	> 45
Students	> 1,000
Address	Pavillon Charles-De Koninck, 1030, avenue des Sciences-Humaines, Quebec City, Quebec, G1V 0A6, Canada; 46°46′53″N 71°16′30″W / 46.78146°N 71.27497°W
Campus	Urban
Language	French
Website	www.fd.ulaval.ca

The Faculté de droit de l'Université Laval is the law school of Université Laval. Founded in 1852, it is one of the oldest institutions of its kind in North America. It hosts more than 1,000 students in its curriculum of first, second, and third years, with more than 45 lecturers teaching and supervising research projects in most areas of law. The research activity is particularly intense in the field of human rights and public freedoms in light of legal issues, economic law, environmental law, public law, and private international trade.

Teaching and research are based on a law library with more than 200,000 documents, which receives subscriptions of several hundred legal periodicals from Quebec, Canada, and internationally.

Specializations

The Laval Faculty of Law allows for specializations in:

Public law
Commercial law
International law
Corporate law (French: droit de l'entreprise)^[1]
Tax law
Judicial law
Criminal law
Labour law

Programs of study

Certificate of Law (French: Certificat en droit)^[2]
Bachelor of Laws (French: Baccalauréat en droit) (LL. B.)^[3]
Doctor of Law (French: Doctorat en droit)^[4]
Master of Laws (LL. M.) (French: Maîtrise en droit)^[5]

LL. M. in Business Law^[6]
LL. M. in Environmental Law, Sustainable Development and Food Security^[6]
LL. M. in Fundamental Rights^[6]
LL. M. in International and Transnational Law^[6]

Master of Notarial Law (LL. M.) (French: Maîtrise en droit notarial)^[7]

Alumni

The Laval Law School has educated many prominent Canadians. Many alumni have distinguished themselves in English and French Canada, most notably, in the fields of the civil service, politics, the judiciary, and business.

Numerous public figures, including Prime Ministers of Canada, Premiers of Quebec, Supreme Court Justices, federal Cabinet Ministers, Senators, and Lieutenant-Governors attended the Laval Faculty of Law.

Supreme Court of Canada justices

Henri Elzéar Taschereau — Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Sir Charles Fitzpatrick — Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin — Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon — Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Robert Taschereau — Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Louis-Philippe Pigeon — Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Yves Pratte — Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Julien Chouinard — Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Louis LeBel — Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Claire L'Heureux-Dubé — Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Suzanne Côté — Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada

Politicians

Louis St. Laurent — Prime Minister of Canada
Brian Mulroney — Prime Minister of Canada
Jean Chrétien — Prime Minister of Canada
Pierre Duchesne — Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec
Edmund James Flynn — Premier of Quebec 1896-1897
Louis-Alexandre Taschereau — Premier of Quebec 1920-1936
Jean Lesage — Premier of Quebec 1960-1966
René Lévesque — (did not graduate) Premier of Quebec 1976-1985
Lucien Bouchard — Premier of Quebec 1996–2001, Leader of the Bloc Québécois
Michael Meighen — Senator
Michael Fortier — Senator
Raymond C. Setlakwe — Senator

Royalty

Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Monarch of Luxembourg from 1964 to 2000

Business

Conrad Black — former media magnate
Peter White
William John Jacques Demers

Entertainment

Ben Mulroney — television presenter

References

^ "Maîtrise avec Essai en Droit de l'Entreprise (Company Law) at Université Laval". LLMStudy.com. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
^ "Certificat en droit : Faculté de droit de l'Université Laval". fd.ulaval.ca (in French). Retrieved 2018-11-14.
^ "Baccalauréat en DROIT (LL. B.) : Faculté de droit de l'Université Laval". fd.ulaval.ca (in French). Retrieved 2018-11-14.
^ "Doctorat en droit : Faculté de droit de l'Université Laval". fd.ulaval.ca (in French). Retrieved 2018-11-14.
^ "Maîtrise en droit - avec mémoire (LL. M.) : Faculté de droit de l'Université Laval". fd.ulaval.ca (in French). Retrieved 2018-11-14.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Université Laval". LLM GUIDE – Master of Laws Programs Worldwide. Pritzwalks GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
^ "Maîtrise en droit notarial (LL. M.) : Faculté de droit de l'Université Laval". fd.ulaval.ca (in French). Retrieved 2018-11-14.

External links

Official website (in French)

[LLMStudy-1] "Maîtrise avec Essai en Droit de l'Entreprise (Company Law) at Université Laval". LLMStudy.com. Retrieved 2018-11-14.

[cert-2] "Certificat en droit : Faculté de droit de l'Université Laval". fd.ulaval.ca (in French). Retrieved 2018-11-14.

[bac-3] "Baccalauréat en DROIT (LL. B.) : Faculté de droit de l'Université Laval". fd.ulaval.ca (in French). Retrieved 2018-11-14.

[doc-4] "Doctorat en droit : Faculté de droit de l'Université Laval". fd.ulaval.ca (in French). Retrieved 2018-11-14.

[5] "Maîtrise en droit - avec mémoire (LL. M.) : Faculté de droit de l'Université Laval". fd.ulaval.ca (in French). Retrieved 2018-11-14.

[LLMguide-6] "Université Laval". LLM GUIDE – Master of Laws Programs Worldwide. Pritzwalks GmbH & Co. KG. Retrieved 2018-11-14.

[notarial-7] "Maîtrise en droit notarial (LL. M.) : Faculté de droit de l'Université Laval". fd.ulaval.ca (in French). Retrieved 2018-11-14.

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