Keywords
Legal Education, McGill, Developments, 1970-1980, principal initiatives, chronological order, Institute of Air & Space Law, Institute of Comparative Law
Abstract
In order to trace the developments in legal education at McGill during the last decade, it is first of all necessary to recall the principal initiatives which occurred in the 1950s and 1960s. These were, in chronological order, the creation of the Institute of Air & Space Law in 1951 and the offering of higher degrees in that speciality; the creation of the Institute of Comparative Law in 1965 to give particular focus to graduate work at McGill in fields other than air and space law; and the institution, in 1968, of a programme of undergraduate study leading to the Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), alongside the traditional Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.). Both degrees were, at that time, set within the framework of a National Programme of legal education, that is to say an integrated curriculum in civil law and common law studies at the undergradate level.
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Recommended Citation
J. E. C. Brierley, “Developments in Legal Education at McGill, 1970-1980”, Comment, (1982-1983) 7:2 DLJ 364.
