McGill University Faculty of Law

McGill University Faculty of Law
Faculté de droit de l'université McGill (French)
Entrance to Chancellor Day Hall
TypeFaculty (law school)
Established1848; 176 years ago (1848)[1]
Parent institution
McGill University
DeanRobert Leckey
Academic staff
109[2]
Students875[3]
Location
Montreal
,
Quebec
,
Canada
CampusUrban
Languages
  • English
  • French
Websitemcgill.ca/law Edit this at Wikidata
Old Chancellor Day Hall in the foreground (and New Chancellor Day Hall in the background) is one of the buildings which house the Faculty of Law of McGill University.

The Faculty of Law is one of the professional graduate schools of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the oldest law school in Canada. 180 candidates are admitted for any given academic year. For the year 2021 class, the acceptance rate was 10%.[4][5][6]

Notable alumni include Prime Ministers John Abbott and Sir Wilfrid Laurier, thirteen Justices of the Supreme Court (Including the most recent appointments, Mahmud Jamal and Nicholas Kasirer), as well as Members of Parliament. Marc Miller, a member of the current Cabinet of Canada, is a graduate from the Faculty.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference History was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "McGill University Faculty of Law – Faculty". Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Factbook". McGill.ca. Archived from the original on 9 May 2021. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Admissions Profile Fall 2021 Admissions". McGill. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Top Law Schools in 2016". QS World Rankings. 24 March 2016. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  6. ^ QS World University Rankings by Subject 2016 – Law Archived 14 February 2017 at the Wayback Machine QS Top Universities, Retrieved 21 August 2017