Robert Leckey

Robert Leckey graduated from Queen's University with a B.A.H. in English literature in 1997 and from McGill Law in 2002, where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the McGill Law Journal. After graduation he was a clerk to Justice Michel Bastarache at the Supreme Court of Canada. He then graduated from his S.J.D. from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law,[1] where he was a Trudeau Scholar.[2]

Leckey is known for his work in family law, specifically his work on the subject of same-sex equality under the family law and legal system of Canada.[3][4] He is an active supporter of LGBT rights in Quebec and has made open statements against government policies that affect LGBT communities negatively.[5][6] He has also provided arguments that try to poke holes in modern family law ethics, such as the concept of divorce.[7] Leckey has worked in the field of human rights law[8]

In 2009 he was awarded the John W. Durnford Prize for Teaching Excellence and le Prix d'essai juridique for his legal scholarship.[9] In 2010 he was awarded the Canada Prize for his 2008 book Contextual Subjects: Family, State and Relational Theory, a national book award given only once every four years.[10] In 2015, Leckey became a full professor. In 2016, he was named to the Samuel Gale Chair. On July 1, 2016, he began a five-year term as dean of the McGill Faculty of Law. From 2014 to 2016, Leckey was the director of the Paul-André Crépeau Centre for Private and Comparative Law. From 2008 to 2011, he chaired the McGill Equity Subcommittee on Queer People.[11]

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