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]

In 2009 he was awarded the John W. Durnford Prize for Teaching Excellence and le Prix d'essai juridique for his legal scholarship.[9] 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.[10] In 2015, Leckey became a full professor. In 2016, he was named to the Samuel Gale Chair. On July 1, 2016, he began a five-year term as dean 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.[11]

In 2022, Leckey was strongly criticized in his position as Dean regarding the Faculty of Law's lack of measures to counter the spread of COVID-19.[12][13] He referred to a student strike, initiated by referendum, as a "boycott"[14] and insisted that he cannot mandate measures in classes due to professorial independence.[12] Nonetheless, he has opposed professorial unionization on the grounds that law professors should not form a bargaining unit separate from other professors at McGill.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Robert Leckey". Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  2. ^ "Home | Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation".
  3. ^ "McGill Workshop: Radical Formations — Sex, Race, Trans". Montreal Gazette. April 11, 2013. Archived from the original on June 29, 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". The Globe and 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. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  8. ^ Caroline Rodgers (August 11, 2010). "Work-family obligations of the employer". La Presse. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  9. ^ "Coup double pour le professeur Robert Leckey". Droit-inc.com. May 12, 2009. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  10. ^ "Robert Leckey's book wins Canada Prize". McGill Reporter. August 17, 2010. Retrieved April 19, 2013.
  11. ^ "New McGill law dean to focus on multiple legal traditions". www.canadianlawyermag.com. Archived from the original on 2016-05-02.
  12. ^ a b Genest, Gabrielle (26 January 2022). "Les étudiant·e·s en droit préparent une grève". Le Délit. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  13. ^ Joëlle, Geneviève (31 January 2022). "Faculty of Law on Strike". Twitter.
  14. ^ Thomas, Julia (1 February 2022). "If it were a boycott we would be withholding our tuition. We're withholding our labour at our own financial and professional risk - sounds like a strike!". Twitter. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  15. ^ Legalease (14 January 2022). "For the First Time in 200 Years, McGill Professors of Law are Unionizing (or Attempting to)". SoundCloud. Retrieved 2 February 2022.

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