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Professor Emmanuel Gaillard, one of the world’s leading international arbitration experts, will deliver the John E.C. Brierley Memorial Lecture at the Faculty of Law of Ã山ǿ¼é University on September 24, 2009. This year’s lecture is entitled L’ordre juridique arbitral: réalité, spécificité et utilité.

Emmanuel Gaillard is Professor of Law at Université de Paris XII, Chairman of the International Arbitration Institute (IAI) and head of the international arbitration practice of the law firm of Shearman & Sterling. One of the world’s leading international arbitrators, he is the author of some of the most influential works in the field of international arbitration, including Les aspects philosophiques du droit de l’arbitrage international, published in 2008.

This is a public and free lecture, but space is limited. RSVP to vincent.locas [at] mail.mcgill.ca">Vincent Locas to secure a place. The conference will be followed by a reception offered by the law firm of Woods.

The John E.C. Brierley Memorial Lecture is made possible by a generous gift of Maître L. Yves Fortier, CC, OQ, Qc. LLD, Chairman Emeritus of the law firm of Ogilvy Renault and is presented in collaboration with the Quebec Division of the Canadian Bar Association and Ã山ǿ¼é’s Private Justice and the Rule of Law research team (Fonds québécois de recherche sur la société et la culture).

* This training activity is worth 1.5 hours of Mandatory Continuing Legal Education, as accredited by the Barreau du Québec.