Robert Leckey Explained
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]
Notes and References
- Web site: Robert Leckey . April 19, 2013.
- Web site: Home | Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation.
- News: McGill Workshop: Radical Formations — Sex, Race, Trans . April 11, 2013 . April 19, 2013 . . dead . https://archive.today/20130629215405/http://blogs.montrealgazette.com/2013/04/11/mcgill-workshop-radical-formations-sex-race-trans/ . June 29, 2013 .
- News: . April 19, 2013 . April 10, 2013 . International McGill University conference puts transgender civil rights front and centre .
- News: A simple answer to Quebec's simple adoption question . April 19, 2013 . October 13, 2009 . . Margaret Sommerville.
- News: Free opinion - Adoption reform: the interests of the child . . April 19, 2013 . October 28, 2009 . Alain Roy.
- News: Chris Selley's Full Pundit: Many wives, many problems . November 24, 2011 . April 19, 2013 . Chris Selley . . dead . https://archive.today/20130630000043/http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/11/24/chris-selleys-full-pundit-many-wives-many-problems/ . June 30, 2013 .
- News: Work-family obligations of the employer . August 11, 2010 . April 19, 2013 . . Caroline Rodgers.
- Web site: Coup double pour le professeur Robert Leckey . April 19, 2013 . May 12, 2009 . Droit-inc.com.
- Web site: Robert Leckey's book wins Canada Prize . August 17, 2010 . April 19, 2013 . McGill Reporter.
- Web site: New McGill law dean to focus on multiple legal traditions . www.canadianlawyermag.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160502053730/http://canadianlawyermag.com/legalfeeds/3232/new-mcgill-law-dean-to-focus-on-multiple-legal-traditions.html . 2016-05-02.
- News: Genest . Gabrielle . Les étudiant·e·s en droit préparent une grève . 2 February 2022 . Le Délit . 26 January 2022.
- Web site: Joëlle . Geneviève . Faculty of Law on Strike . Twitter . 31 January 2022.
- Web site: Thomas . Julia . 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 . 2 February 2022 . 1 February 2022.
- Web site: Legalease . For the First Time in 200 Years, McGill Professors of Law are Unionizing (or Attempting to) . SoundCloud . 2 February 2022 . 14 January 2022.