Law students Adela Maciejewski Scheer and Rachel Gotthilf awarded Justice Canada research contracts
Law students Adela Maciejewski Scheer and Rachel Gotthilf have each been awarded a research contract by the Department of Justice as part of its program on Canadian bijuralism.
Adela's research project will examine the nature of oil and gas
interests across Canada, focusing on how specific federal
statutes may be interpreted and adjusted to better reflect
different approaches. In turn, Rachel plans to explore what
drafters and interpreters of federal law relating to the concept of
the "security interest" (garantie) can learn from the 2009
Supreme Court of Canada decision Caisse populaire Desjardins de
l'Est de Drummond v. Canada.
The purpose of the Department of Justice Canada's Program of
Research Contracts on Canadian Bijuralism is to promote, among
law students, the development of expertise pertaining to federal
legislative interpretation regarding questions that arise when
federal law and provincial private law interact in a context of
coexisting civil law, common law and Aboriginal legal rules. The
Program also contributes to the dissemination of knowledge on the
subject. Each research contract is for $5,000.
Adela and Rachel's awards, along with the earlier successes of other McGill students, testifies to the Department of Justice's recognition of the value of McGill legal education program, where students study civil law and common law simultaneously and bilingually.