SEVEN COURSES AVAILABLE THROUGH CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY CONTINUING EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 3 courses on general information regarding Mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution – 2 hours 2 courses for accreditation as Civil and Commercial – 40 hours and/or Family Mediation – 30 hours 2 advanced courses for RMCRC Graduates and all other accredited Mediators in both fields – […]

Richard M. Wise, FCPA, FCA, FCBV, CA•IFA, CFF, C.Arb., Valuation and Litigation Support Partner in MNP’s Montreal office, has received the Thomas R. Porter Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) for demonstrated exemplary character, leadership and professional achievement in the community. As a pioneer in the field of […]

Honoree Irwin Cotler, left, is seen with guest speaker Alan Dershowitz, right, and dinner MC Raphael Schachter Credit : JANICE ARNOLD PHOTO   It would be the crowning achievement of Irwin Cotler’s lifetime of human rights advocacy and the pursuit of justice: the Nobel Peace Prize. The retired member of Parliament and McGill University law […]

UN whistleblower Anders Kompass, who exposed the sexual abuse of children by French and African peacekeepers in Central African Republic, is to resign in protest over what he sees as the organisation’s failure to hold its senior officials to account. “The complete impunity for those who have been found to have, in various degrees, abused […]

The role of tourism in fighting poverty and building peace were the key focus of the First World Conference on Tourism for Development. Opening the conference, Premier Li Keqiang underlined the role of tourism in lifting people out of poverty and the importance of stepping up international cooperation in tourism. The event, organized by UNWTO […]

Lauren Cohen New Study Exposes the Growing Problem of Patent Aggregators and Aggregators’ Negative Impact on Innovation in the United States So-called patent trolls sue firms regardless of actual patent infringement Research to be published in Science on April 29, 2016 shows how cash-hungry patent trolls are squelching innovation when the American economy depends on […]

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Today the International Bar Association (IBA) named Carol Xueref, Secretary-General at Essilor International SA, as winner of the 2016 IBA Outstanding International Woman Lawyer Award. Given biennially, the award recognises professional excellence, women who have influenced other women to pursue careers in law, and women who have advanced opportunities for other women within the legal […]

The International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) welcomes the release of prominent human rights lawyer Intigam Aliyev from prison. The Azerbaijan’s Supreme Court also decided on 28 March 2016, to convert the sentence from seven-and-a-half years’ imprisonment to a five-year suspended sentence. However, the criminal convictions remain, under conditional release. The IBAHRI calls on […]