The Faculté de droit de l'Université Laval is the law school of Université Laval. Founded in 1852, it is one of the oldest institutions of its kind in North America. It hosts more than 1,000 students in its curriculum of first, second, and third years, with more than 45 lecturers teaching and supervising research projects in most areas of law. The research activity is particularly intense in the field of human rights and public freedoms in light of legal issues, economic law, environmental law, public law, and private international trade.
Teaching and research are based on a law library with more than 200,000 documents, which receives subscriptions of several hundred legal periodicals from Quebec, Canada, and internationally.
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Specializations
The Laval Faculty of Law allows for specializations in:
Public law
Commercial law
International law
Corporate law (French: droit de l'entreprise)
Tax law
Judicial law
Criminal law
Labour law
Programs of study
Certificate of Law (French: Certificat en droit)
Bachelor of Laws (French: Baccalauréat en droit) (LL. B.)
Doctor of Law (French: Doctorat en droit)
Master of Laws (LL. M.) (French: Maîtrise en droit)
LL. M. in Business Law
LL. M. in Environmental Law, Sustainable Development and Food Security
LL. M. in Fundamental Rights
LL. M. in International and Transnational Law
Master of Notarial Law (LL. M.) (French: Maîtrise en droit notarial)
Alumni
The Laval Law School has educated many prominent Canadians. Many alumni have distinguished themselves in English and French Canada, most notably, in the fields of the civil service, politics, the judiciary, and business.
Numerous public figures, including Prime Ministers of Canada, Premiers of Quebec, Supreme Court Justices, federal Cabinet Ministers, Senators, and Lieutenant-Governors attended the Laval Faculty of Law.
Supreme Court of Canada justices
Henri Elzéar Taschereau — Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Sir Charles Fitzpatrick — Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Arthur Cyrille Albert Malouin — Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Lawrence Arthur Dumoulin Cannon — Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Robert Taschereau — Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Louis-Philippe Pigeon — Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Yves Pratte — Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Julien Chouinard — Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Louis LeBel — Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Claire L'Heureux-Dubé — Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Suzanne Côté — Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
Politicians
Louis St. Laurent — Prime Minister of Canada
Brian Mulroney — Prime Minister of Canada
Jean Chrétien — Prime Minister of Canada
Pierre Duchesne — Lieutenant-Governor of Quebec
Edmund James Flynn — Premier of Quebec 1896-1897
Louis-Alexandre Taschereau — Premier of Quebec 1920-1936
Jean Lesage — Premier of Quebec 1960-1966
René Lévesque — (did not graduate) Premier of Quebec 1976-1985
Lucien Bouchard — Premier of Quebec 1996–2001, Leader of the Bloc Québécois
Michael Meighen — Senator
Michael Fortier — Senator
Raymond C. Setlakwe — Senator
Royalty
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Monarch of Luxembourg from 1964 to 2000
Business
Conrad Black — former media magnate
Peter White
William John Jacques Demers
Entertainment
Ben Mulroney — television presenter