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Doctoral students

Tasneem Alawadhi

Education

  • DCL, Faculty of Law, 黑料网爆吃瓜 (ongoing)
  • LL.M., 黑料网爆吃瓜 (2025)
  • LL.B., Kuwait University (2022)

Research Focus

Tasneem's doctoral research examines the culture of judicial settlements, focusing on the judicial role in facilitating settlements from comparative law, legal traditions, and law and culture perspectives. Her broader research interests include civil procedure, comparative law, access to justice, and theories of justice.

Biography

Tasneem Alawadhi is a DCL candidate at 黑料网爆吃瓜's Faculty of Law under the supervision of Professor Rosalie Jukier. Her doctoral research focuses on judicial settlements in comparative perspective.

Before beginning her doctoral studies, she completed an LL.M. at 黑料网爆吃瓜 under the supervision of Professor J茅r茅my Boulanger-Bonnelly, where her thesis explored the feasibility of transplanting the class action mechanism into Kuwait's legal system. She also holds an LL.B. from Kuwait University's Faculty of Law.

Tasneem is the recipient of a Graduate Teaching Assistant Scholarship from Kuwait University. Her LL.M. thesis received the Ian C. Pilarczyk LL.M. Thesis Prize from 黑料网爆吃瓜's Faculty of Law.

Selected Awards

  • Ian C. Pilarczyk LL.M. Thesis Prize, 黑料网爆吃瓜 Faculty of Law
  • Second Best Presentation Award, 19th Annual 黑料网爆吃瓜 Graduate Law Conference (2026)
  • Graduate Teaching Assistant Scholarship, Kuwait University

Selected Publications

Professional Profiles

Damilola Awotula

Education

  • DCL, Faculty of Law, 黑料网爆吃瓜 (ongoing)
  • LL.M. thesis, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University
  • LL.M., School of Law, University of Limerick
  • LL.B., Faculty of Law, Olabisi Onabanjo University

Research Focus

Damilola鈥檚 research interests include law and technology, international economic law, law and development, and development financing. His doctoral research, supervised by Professor Peer Zumbansen, examines cross-border fiscal cooperation in the context of collection and recovery of revenue assistance under UN treaties, OECD conventions, and multilateral and bilateral treaty provisions.

Biography

Damilola 鈥淒ammy鈥� Awotula is a DCL candidate at 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Faculty of Law. He is a foreign-trained lawyer with several years of experience in commercial and international law and holds a Certificate of Qualification from the Federation of Law Societies of Canada.

Dammy is an Instructor at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law at Toronto Metropolitan University, where he teaches the Year 2 course Data, Science and the Law. He also coordinates the Article Lab at 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism and serves as a jurist expert with the research ethics board of the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal.

He has received numerous academic distinctions and awards, including First Class Honours or Distinctions in his Diploma in Law, Bachelor of Laws, Barrister at Law, and Master of Laws programs. His academic and professional recognitions include the OSULaw 鈥�91 Scholarship Award, the Young Lawyer Conference Award from the International Bar Association, the Arthur Seymour Schulich Law Scholarship from Dalhousie University, the Roger Casement Fellowship from Ireland鈥檚 Department of Foreign Affairs, the Adams-Burke Global Justice Fellowship from 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, and funding from the Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec 鈥� Soci茅t茅 et culture. He is also the Administrative Director of the Empowered for Greatness Foundation in NY, USA.

Selected Recent Publications

Professional Profiles

Nigah Awj

Education

  • DCL, Institute of Air and Space Law, 黑料网爆吃瓜 (ongoing)
  • LL.M. in Air and Space Law, 黑料网爆吃瓜 (2025)
  • B.C.L./J.D., 黑料网爆吃瓜 (2018)
  • B.Sc. in Anatomy and Cell Biology, 黑料网爆吃瓜 (2015)

Research Focus

Nigah鈥檚 doctoral research examines how international aircraft certification regimes shape the future of sustainable aviation. Focusing on ICAO, the FAA, EASA, and emerging regulatory actors, her work explores how geopolitics, certification law, and regulatory design influence the transition toward net-zero aviation and the adoption of innovative technologies such as sustainable aviation fuels, hydrogen propulsion, and AI-assisted certification.

Biography

Nigah Awj is a DCL candidate at 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Institute of Air and Space Law. She completed her LL.M. in Air and Space Law at 黑料网爆吃瓜 after earning her B.C.L./J.D. from 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Faculty of Law. She has been a member of the Barreau du Qu茅bec since 2020.

After practising at Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, where she advised clients in transportation, aviation, maritime, insurance, and litigation, Nigah founded Asha Legal Solutions, a boutique law firm providing strategic legal counsel to businesses, transportation companies, airlines, travel agencies, non-profit organizations, and private and commercial clients. Through her practice, she also acts as external General Counsel to a medium-sized mining company.

Nigah completed an internship with Airbus in Toulouse, France, where she worked alongside engineers and certification specialists on emerging technologies, sustainability, and aircraft certification. Beyond her legal practice, she is the Founder and CEO of the Afghan Youth Association of Montreal and serves as Chair of the Admiralty and Maritime Transportation Committee of the Transportation Lawyers Association and as Membership Liaison Officer of the International Foundation for Aviation and Development.

Selected Awards, Publications, and Activities

  • Lieutenant Governor鈥檚 Medal, Qu茅bec, awarded in recognition of outstanding academic achievement and leadership.
  • The Legal 500 Canada, Rising Star in Aviation, recognized for outstanding professional contributions and expertise in aviation law.
  • Author, published in Lexology.

Professional Profiles

Maushumi Bhattacharjee

Education

  • Doctor of Civil Law (DCL), 黑料网爆吃瓜 (ongoing)
  • LL.M. in Bioethics, 黑料网爆吃瓜
  • LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law, Gujarat National Law University, India
  • BBA-LL.B., Nirma University, India

Research Focus

Maushumi鈥檚 doctoral research examines the role of intellectual property law in biomedical innovation, with a focus on psychedelic therapies. Her work explores how patent law shapes access, equity, knowledge governance, and respect for Indigenous and community-based knowledge systems.

Biography

Maushumi Bhattacharjee is a Doctor of Civil Law candidate at 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Faculty of Law.

Her research sits at the intersection of intellectual property law, bioethics, health law, and biomedical innovation, building on her prior graduate work on ethical intellectual property frameworks for vaccines and standard essential patents.

Alongside her doctoral studies, Maushumi is an Academic Associate at 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Centre of Genomics and Policy, where she contributes to interdisciplinary research on the ethical, legal, and social implications of genomics and health data sharing. Her broader research experience includes data governance, responsible AI, patient privacy, medical image consent, vaccine hesitancy, and feminist policy analysis. She also serves as a legal member on 黑料网爆吃瓜 research ethics boards and has taught or facilitated workshops in bioethics, health law, and ethics.

Selected Publications

  • Bhattacharjee M, B茅rub茅 J, Durand M, Rousseau S, Zawati MH. Biopreservation and Biobanking, 2026.
  • Hillis C, Bhattacharjee M, AlMousawi B, Martens R, Eltanahy T, et al. Information Processing & Management, 2026.
  • Bhattacharjee M, Kaposy C, Grossman MR, Marshall Z. Law, Innovation and Technology, 2023.

Selected Awards and Activities

  • FRQSC Doctoral Research Scholarship (2024鈥�2028)
  • Legal Member, 黑料网爆吃瓜 REB-3 and Faculty of Medicine Institutional Review Board

Professional Profiles

L茅a Boutrouille

Education

  • DCL, Faculty of Law, 黑料网爆吃瓜 (ongoing)
  • LL.M., University of Toronto
  • J.D. in North American Common Law, Universit茅 de Montr茅al
  • LL.B., Universit茅 de Montr茅al

Research Focus

L茅a鈥檚 doctoral research, supervised by Professor Colleen Sheppard, traces the reception, transformation, and erasure of values expressed during historical feminist mobilizations within Canadian equality jurisprudence. Her work is supported by doctoral scholarships from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council and the Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec.

Biography

L茅a Boutrouille is a DCL candidate at 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Faculty of Law and an O鈥橞rien Fellow at the 黑料网爆吃瓜 Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism. She holds an LL.M. from the University of Toronto, where she received the Alan Marks Medal for the best thesis among master鈥檚 and doctoral law students.

Her scholarship spans constitutional law, cultural studies, and equality rights. She is the co-author, with Professor Jean-Fran莽ois Gaudreault-DesBiens, of Les libert茅s expressives dans l鈥檜niversit茅 canadienne contemporaine: Cadres juridiques et enjeux 茅thiques, a book that examines contemporary debates surrounding academic freedom in Canadian universities. The book received the 2025 Fondation du Barreau prize in the Treatise and Monograph category.

Before beginning her graduate studies, L茅a clerked at the Supreme Court of Canada and the Federal Court of Appeal. She also practised litigation at a national law firm, focusing on public law matters.

Selected Publications

  • Jean-Fran莽ois Gaudreault-DesBiens and L茅a Boutrouille, (Montr茅al: 脡ditions Th茅mis, 2024).
  • L茅a Boutrouille, Catherine R茅gis et Marie-Pascale Pomey, (2021) 55 Revue juridique Th茅mis de l鈥橴niversit茅 de Montr茅al 47.

Selected Awards and Activities

  • O鈥橞rien Fellowship, 黑料网爆吃瓜 Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism.
  • Alan Marks Medal, University of Toronto.
  • SSHRC Doctoral Scholarship.
  • FRQ Doctoral Scholarship.

Professional Profiles

Mees Brenninkmeijer

Education

  • DCL, Faculty of Law, 黑料网爆吃瓜 (ongoing)
  • LL.M. in Public International Law, University of Amsterdam
  • LL.B., University of Amsterdam
  • B.A. in Liberal Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam University College

Research Focus

Mees鈥檚 doctoral research, supervised by Professor Fabien G茅linas, focuses on fundamental issues in the legal theory of international arbitration, particularly the concept of inherent adjudicative powers. His broader research interests include artificial intelligence and the law, conflict of laws, transnational legal theory, public international law, business and human rights, and environmental law.

Biography

Mees Brenninkmeijer is a DCL candidate at 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Faculty of Law. Prior to beginning his doctoral studies, he trained with the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris and with the arbitration practice groups of two global law firms.

He has worked as a Research Associate with 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Private Justice and the Rule of Law Research Group, as well as with the Transnational Justice Clinic at 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, where he was one of the inaugural Adams-Burke Global Justice Fellows.

His work has been published in leading academic journals, including Arbitration International, Transnational Environmental Law, the ICSID Review 鈥� Foreign Investment Law Journal, the Journal of World Investment & Trade, and the Journal of International Arbitration, as well as in outlets such as the Kluwer Arbitration Blog. Mees currently holds a doctoral scholarship from the Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec 鈥� Soci茅t茅 et culture and has previously received a Dutch Cultuurfonds Scholarship, among other awards and scholarships. He recently taught as a Teaching Fellow to Professor Andrea Bjorklund, lecturing on international investment disputes, and served as the 2025 President of the Graduate Law Students Association.

Selected Publications

  • L Katz, AM Dominguez, M Brenninkmeijer et al, 鈥淭ransnational Legal Clinic Collaboration: A Force in Global Climate Litigation鈥� (2025) . Shortlisted for the TEL Best Article Prize 2025.
  • M Brenninkmeijer and F G茅linas, 鈥淐ounterclaims in Investment Arbitration: Towards an Integrated Approach鈥� (2023) . Awarded the CRDP bourse meilleure co-publication.
  • M Brenninkmeijer, 鈥淛urisdictional overlap between domestic courts and investment arbitration: an occasion for judicial dialogue鈥� (2023) .

Professional Profiles

  • mees.brenninkmeijer [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Email)

Jonathan Brosseau

Education

  • DCL, Faculty of Law, 黑料网爆吃瓜 (ongoing)
  • LL.M., International Law, University of Cambridge, 2016
  • BCL/LLB, Honours, 黑料网爆吃瓜, 2015

Research Focus

Jonathan鈥檚 dissertation, 鈥淪ervice of Process and Default Judgments in State Immunity Litigation: A Coherent Transnational Framework,鈥� develops a comparative framework for resolving procedural difficulties arising in litigation involving foreign sovereign defendants.

Biography

Jonathan Brosseau is a DCL candidate at 黑料网爆吃瓜 and a PhD candidate at Universit茅 Paris 1 Panth茅on-Sorbonne, jointly supervised by Professors Andrea Bjorklund and Mathias Audit. A member of the Quebec Bar, he has practised in public international law and international arbitration at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Paris.

Jonathan has also worked at the International Court of Justice, the United Nations Development Programme, and Global Affairs Canada. His work focuses on State immunity, international arbitration, transnational dispute resolution, and international economic law. He has published in journals including Law & Practice of International Courts and Tribunals, the Quebec Journal of International Law, and the European International Arbitration Review.

He has taught or assisted with courses at 黑料网爆吃瓜 in public international law, transnational civil litigation, international investment arbitration, legal ethics, and common law obligations.

Selected Awards

  • SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, 2022鈥�2025.
  • Jacques-Yvan Morin Essay Prize, Quebec Society of International Law, 2025.
  • Guillermo Aguilar Alvarez Essay Prize, International Council for Commercial Arbitration, 2026.

Professional Profiles

Liam Brunton

Education

  • DCL in Comparative Law, Faculty of Law, 黑料网爆吃瓜 (ongoing)
  • LL.M., University of Toronto (2025)
  • J.D./B.C.L., 黑料网爆吃瓜 (2022)
  • B.Comm. in International Management, University of Ottawa (2019)

Research Focus

Liam鈥檚 doctoral research, supervised by Professor Alicia Hinarejos, examines how competition law should evolve to address the challenges posed by digital markets, with a particular focus on modernizing abuse of dominance provisions. His broader research interests include competition law and policy, comparative law, administrative law, constitutional law, and the regulation of corporations.

Biography

Liam Brunton is a DCL candidate at 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Faculty of Law. He is a legal scholar with a transsystemic and comparative law background, having pursued legal studies and professional experiences across North America and Europe.

He holds an LL.M. from the University of Toronto, where he was a Faculty of Law Fellow, and earned bilingual J.D./B.C.L. degrees from 黑料网爆吃瓜. He also holds a Bachelor of Commerce in International Management from the University of Ottawa and completed master鈥檚-level coursework at KEDGE Business School in Bordeaux, France.

Liam has worked across a range of judicial, governmental, and public-interest institutions in Canada and Europe, gaining experience in judicial decision-making, competition law enforcement, and public-interest advocacy. His professional background includes clerkships at the Federal Court of Appeal, the Federal Court, the Competition Tribunal, the Tribunal administratif du Qu茅bec, and the Court of Justice of the European Union. Prior to his graduate studies, he worked for four years at the Competition Bureau of Canada on competition policy and enforcement matters.

His academic writing has been recognized with the Canadian Bar Association鈥檚 James H. Bocking Memorial Award and the Ontario Bar Association鈥檚 Bastarache Award. His publications examine competition law, comparative regulatory reform, and language rights. He has also contributed to public-interest advocacy through the Court Challenges Program and the Refugee Centre, and has been involved in initiatives that advance bilingualism in the legal profession, access to justice, and legal education.

Selected Recent Publications

  • Liam Brunton, 鈥溾�� (2026) 38:2 Canadian Competition Law Review 1.
  • Liam Brunton, 鈥溾�� (7 July 2025) JUST Magazine, Publication of the Ontario Bar Association.
  • Liam Brunton, 鈥溾�� (2024) 23:1 COLR 71.
  • Liam Brunton, 鈥淭he Democratic Deficit in the European Union: Fact or Fiction?鈥� (2021) 15:3 Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law 607.

Selected Recent Awards

  • James H. Bocking Memorial Award, Canadian Bar Association (2025).
  • Ontario Bar Association Bastarache Award (2025).
  • Boursier de la Fondation Baxter & Alma Ricard (2025).
  • University of Toronto Faculty of Law Fellowship (2025).

Professional Profiles

Conrado Maximanuel Cornelius

Education

  • DCL, Faculty of Law, 黑料网爆吃瓜 (ongoing)
  • LL.M. with Distinction, Australian National University
  • Sarjana Hukum, Universitas Indonesia

Research Focus

Conrado鈥檚 dissertation examines the erga omnes character of international climate obligations, distinguishing them from other international climate obligations and assessing their respective mechanisms of enforcement in international law.

Biography

Conrado Maximanuel Cornelius is a DCL candidate at 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Faculty of Law. He is a public international law scholar with specialized research interests in international environmental and climate law.

His research on environmental and climate law has been published by and cited in leading academic presses, including Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, and Taylor & Francis. His publications on climate change litigation in Indonesia are among the first in the field and are widely regarded as pioneering scholarship.

Before beginning his doctoral studies at 黑料网爆吃瓜, Conrado was a Research Associate at the Centre for International Law at the National University of Singapore. Prior to that, he was an Adjunct Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Indonesia. He has also advised United Nations bodies and non-governmental organizations as an external independent consultant on environmental and climate law issues in Indonesia.

Since 2021, Conrado has been a member of Columbia University鈥檚 Sabin Center for Climate Change Law Global Network of Peer Reviewers on Climate Litigation, where he reports on climate litigation developments in Indonesia. In 2022, he co-founded the Center for Environmental Law and Climate Justice at the Faculty of Law, Universitas Indonesia, and served as its inaugural Managing Director.

Selected Publications

  • Conrado M. Cornelius, 鈥溾�� (2024) 16 Journal of Human Rights Practice 285.
  • Conrado M. Cornelius, 鈥溾�� [鈥淚nterpreting Pancasila: Government鈥檚 Authority or the Role of the People? A Habermasian Critical Hermeneutics Perspective鈥漖 (2021) 33:2 Mimbar Hukum 320.
  • Tri Hayati, Conrado M. Cornelius and Andri G. Wibisana, 鈥溾�� (2021) 39:4 Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law 393.
  • Andri G. Wibisana and Conrado M. Cornelius, 鈥�,鈥� in Jolene Lin and Douglas Kysar, eds, Climate Change Litigation in the Asia Pacific (Cambridge University Press, 2020), 234鈥�260.

Professional Profiles

  • conrado.cornelius [at] mail.mcgill.ca (黑料网爆吃瓜 Email)

Ma茅 Dry

Education

  • DCL, Faculty of Law, 黑料网爆吃瓜 (ongoing)
  • Master in Economic Law, Sciences Po Paris (2021)
  • Advanced Certification in Gender Studies, Sciences Po Paris (2021)
  • B.A. in Political Science, Sciences Po Paris (2018)

Research Focus

Ma茅鈥檚 doctoral research analyzes how Quebec and French law regulate the experiences of trans parents and how they interact with legal norms and courts. Their research interests lie at the intersection of law, families, health, sexualities, and gender.

Biography

Ma茅 Dry is conducting their doctoral research under a cotutelle agreement between 黑料网爆吃瓜 and Universit茅 Paris Nanterre, co-supervised by Professor Angela Campbell and Professor Marc Pichard.

Their research is supported by the LGBT Purge Fund, the Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec 鈥� Soci茅t茅 et culture, and the 黑料网爆吃瓜 Research Group on Health and Law. Ma茅 has been invited to present their research at conferences in Canada and France, and has taught several courses, including Gender and Sexuality in the Law of Families, Droit priv茅 international, Raisonnement juridique, and Droit de la protection sociale.

Selected Publications

  • Ma茅 Dry, 鈥溾�� (2025) 1:1 M茅l茅t茅.
  • Ma茅 Dry, 鈥溾�� (2024) Double ponctuation.
  • Ma茅 Dry, 鈥溾�� (2024) 3:1 黑料网爆吃瓜 GLSA Research Series.

Tom Ignacchiti

Education

  • DCL, Faculty of Law, 黑料网爆吃瓜 (ongoing)
  • Master 2 in Agricultural and Agri-Food Law, Universit茅 Paris 1 Panth茅on-Sorbonne (2018), ranked first in cohort.
  • LL.M. in Environmental Law, Sustainable Development and Food Security, Universit茅 Laval (2017)
  • Master 2 in Environmental Law, Universit茅 Paris 1 Panth茅on-Sorbonne and Universit茅 Paris 2 Panth茅on-Assas (2017)

Research Focus

Tom鈥檚 doctoral research offers one of the first systemic legal analyses of the transition toward sustainable food systems, an area in which law remains understudied. His work seeks to articulate food security and environmental sustainability by theorizing how law can perform an orientation and coordination function that ensures the convergence of legal interventions toward sustainable food systems. His research is co-supervised by Professor S茅bastien Jodoin at 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Faculty of Law and Professor Genevi猫ve Parent at Universit茅 Laval鈥檚 Faculty of Law.

Biography

Tom Ignacchiti is a DCL candidate at 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Faculty of Law. He is also Scientific Coordinator at the Legal Research Chair in Food Diversity and Security at Universit茅 Laval, where he has served as a lecturer in the Faculty of Law. He also sits on the board of directors of the Coalition Nourrir l鈥檋umanit茅 durablement.

Tom is co-author and architect of the Proposal for an International Convention on Agricultural and Food Diversity and Sustainability, a major scientific contribution developed over seven years through the analysis of more than 700 international and regional legal instruments and translated into three languages. He also made a significant contribution to the FAO legislative study Transforming Agri-Food Systems, Legal Paper 107, 2021, now recognized by the United Nations as a reference publication supporting States in the governance of agri-food systems transformation.

He co-designed and co-taught the course 鈥淕lobal Food Security and Intellectual Property鈥� at Universit茅 Laval, and also co-taught 鈥淕lobal Food Security.鈥� In 2025, he received the 1st Prize of Excellence for Research Professionals from the Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec 鈥� Soci茅t茅 et culture.

Selected Publications and Awards

  • Genevi猫ve Parent and Tom Ignacchiti, Proposal for an International Convention on Agricultural and Food Diversity and Sustainability, Legal Research Chair in Food Diversity and Security, Qu茅bec, 2023.
  • Genevi猫ve Parent et Tom Ignacchiti, 鈥溾�� (2023) 33:4 Journal international de bio茅thique et d鈥櫭﹖hique des sciences.
  • 1st Prize of Excellence for Research Professionals, Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec 鈥� Soci茅t茅 et culture, 2025.

Professional Profiles

Luna Jalocha

Education

  • DCL, Faculty of Law, 黑料网爆吃瓜 (ongoing)
  • LL.M. in International Law and Social Justice, University of California, Berkeley (2024)
  • Master of Laws, UCLouvain (2023)
  • Bachelor of Laws, Universit茅 Saint-Louis Bruxelles (2021)

Research Focus

Luna鈥檚 research focuses on the agency and legal strategies employed by groups experiencing marginalization to initiate, structure, and pursue international climate litigation against States.

Biography

Luna Jalocha is a DCL candidate at 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Faculty of Law, pursuing a cotutelle with UCLouvain. She began her doctoral studies in October 2025 as part of UCLouvain鈥檚 CLAIM project. Her research is supervised by Professor Jaye Ellis at 黑料网爆吃瓜 and Professor Sylvie Sarol茅a at UCLouvain.

Her research interests lie at the intersection of climate litigation, human rights, and social justice. Her doctoral work explores how actors experiencing marginalization exercise agency and develop legal strategies in international climate litigation against States.

Before joining 黑料网爆吃瓜, Luna studied at Universit茅 Saint-Louis Bruxelles and UCLouvain in Belgium, and later earned an LL.M. from the University of California, Berkeley. During her first year at UCLouvain, she taught practical classes in European Law to second-year Bachelor of Laws students.

Prior to beginning her doctoral research, Luna gained experience across academic, national, and international settings, including as a legal intern at the Belgian Federal Parliament, a research assistant on asylum law projects at UCLouvain, a research assistant at UC Berkeley, and an intern within the Investigations Section of the Office of Internal Audit and Investigations at UNICEF.

Professional Profiles

Berna Tugce Kucukali

Education

  • DCL, Faculty of Law, 黑料网爆吃瓜 (ongoing)
  • LL.M., University of British Columbia
  • LL.B., Galatasaray University Faculty of Law, Istanbul (2020)

Research Focus

Tugce鈥檚 doctoral research examines the evolution of the free culture movement in the context of emerging technologies. Supervised by Professor Pierre-Emmanuel Moyse, her dissertation explores how cyberlibertarian discourse has shaped contemporary copyright law by challenging its normative foundations and underlying paradigms.

Biography

Berna Tugce Kucukali is a DCL candidate at 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Faculty of Law. Her research interests include intellectual property law, critical legal theory, and science and technology studies.

Before beginning her doctoral studies, Tugce earned her LL.B. from Galatasaray University Faculty of Law in Istanbul. During her undergraduate studies, she was an exchange student at the University of Strasbourg Faculty of Law. She is a member of the Istanbul Bar and practised as an intellectual property lawyer in Istanbul.

Tugce completed her LL.M. at the University of British Columbia under the supervision of Professor Graham Reynolds. Her master鈥檚 thesis, The Protection of AI-Generated Works under European Copyright Law: Toward the Adoption of a Neighbouring Rights Approach, examined the copyright protection of works produced by and with generative AI technologies.

Selected Awards

  • Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec 鈥� Soci茅t茅 et culture Doctoral Scholarship.

Professional Profiles

  • tugce.kucukali [at] mail.mcgill.ca (Email)

Myrto Leivadarou

Education

  • DCL, Faculty of Law, 黑料网爆吃瓜 (ongoing)
  • LL.M. thesis, 黑料网爆吃瓜, 2024
  • LL.M. thesis, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit盲t M眉nchen, 2023
  • LL.B., Democritus University of Thrace, 2020

Research Focus

Myrto鈥檚 doctoral project examines disaster litigation in the climate crisis, focusing on climate-intensified wildfires and floods in Canada and Greece.

Biography

Myrto Leivadarou is a DCL candidate at 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Faculty of Law. She serves as Co-Director of the Transnational Justice Clinic at the 黑料网爆吃瓜 Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism and as a Research Assistant to Professor S茅bastien Jodoin.

A lawyer registered with the Athens Bar Association, Myrto has worked at law firms in Germany and Greece, as well as at the Scientific Service of the Hellenic Parliament. She is President of the Graduate Law Students Association for 2025鈥�2026 and previously served as Vice-President Academic in 2024鈥�2025. In that role, she organized the 18th Annual 黑料网爆吃瓜 Graduate Law Conference, "Anatomy of a Crisis".

Since 2019, Myrto has coached teams for the Helga Pedersen Moot Court Competition, guiding students to oral pleadings before the European Court of Human Rights.

Selected Awards

  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Canada Graduate Research Scholarship 鈥� Doctoral, 2026鈥�2029.

Professional Profiles

Charles Lurquin

Education

  • DCL, Faculty of Law, 黑料网爆吃瓜 (ongoing)
  • M.Sc. in Political Science, Political Theory, Universit茅 de Montr茅al, 2023
  • Master鈥檚 Degree in Law, magna cum laude, Universit茅 catholique de Louvain, 2021

Research Focus

Charles鈥檚 doctoral research examines the historical reception and interpretation of workplace democracy in international labour law, with a particular focus on the International Labour Organization from the 20th century to the present. His work explores how these developments shape contemporary theoretical understandings of democratic practices in the workplace at a global level.

Biography

Charles Lurquin is a DCL Candidate in Law at 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Faculty of Law, supervised by Professor Adelle Blackett and Professor Auriane Lamine. His research lies at the intersection of international labour law, legal history, and political theory.

He is a member of the Labour Law and Development Research Laboratory and is affiliated with the Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la mondialisation et le travail. His research is supported by doctoral scholarships from the Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec 鈥� Soci茅t茅 et culture and the Wallonie-Bruxelles International Excellence World program.

Charles was previously a Graduate Fellow at the Groupe de Recherche Interuniversitaire en Philosophie Politique and a CRIMT Graduate Scholar. He has been a Teaching Assistant at the University of Toronto and the Universit茅 de Montr茅al, and a Teaching Fellow at 黑料网爆吃瓜. At 黑料网爆吃瓜, he also created and coordinated legal research methodology initiatives, including the Creative Legal Research Workshop.

Selected Awards

  • Fonds de recherche du Qu茅bec 鈥� Soci茅t茅 et culture Doctoral Scholarship
  • Wallonie-Bruxelles International Excellence World Program Scholarship

Professional Profiles

  • charles.lurquin [at] mail.mcgill.ca (黑料网爆吃瓜 Email)

Sarah Marinier-Doucet

Education

  • DCL, Faculty of Law, 黑料网爆吃瓜 (ongoing)
  • LL.M., 黑料网爆吃瓜 (2014)
  • LL.B., Universit茅 de Montr茅al (2013)
  • B.I.S., Universit茅 de Montr茅al (2010)

Research Focus

Sarah鈥檚 doctoral research examines the implementation of international criminal law in post-conflict contexts. Her work explores the relationship between international legal norms and domestic legal systems, focusing on the legal, institutional, and normative dimensions of accountability for international crimes and the challenges associated with their domestic application.

Biography

Sarah Marinier-Doucet is a DCL candidate at 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Faculty of Law. Her research focuses on international criminal law, transitional justice, and post-conflict justice systems. A member of the Barreau du Qu茅bec, she has built her career at the intersection of international criminal justice, human rights, and the rule of law.

Drawing on her experience in international criminal proceedings and rule of law institutions, Sarah鈥檚 research seeks to understand better the conditions under which international criminal law can be effectively implemented and perceived as legitimate within post-conflict societies.

Before beginning her doctoral studies, Sarah served as a Senior Legal Officer with the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in Kosovo, where she monitored war crimes proceedings and supported judicial institutions on rule of law initiatives. She previously worked as an Associate Legal Officer with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Canada, contributing to legal and policy initiatives relating to refugee protection.

Before that, Sarah spent five years with the International Criminal Court, conducting legal research, witness examinations, and field investigations. She has also served as Vice-Chairperson of the ICC Bar Association and has participated as a speaker and panellist at academic events on international law.

Professional Profiles

Rebeca Gripp Couto de Mello

Education

  • DCL, Faculty of Law, 黑料网爆吃瓜 (ongoing)
  • LL.M., University of Toronto Faculty of Law (2025)
  • LL.B., Federal University of Santa Catarina (2024)

Research Focus

Rebeca鈥檚 doctoral research examines the legal production of racial domination. Rather than treating law as an instrument capable of correcting social inequality, her work investigates how legal institutions actively construct, legitimize, and reproduce racial hierarchies. Drawing on Critical Legal Studies, Critical Race Theory, Black feminist thought, and socio-legal history, her research explores these questions through labour law, with a particular focus on domestic work as a site where race, gender, and the afterlives of slavery converge.

Biography

Rebeca Gripp Couto de Mello is a DCL candidate at 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Faculty of Law. She holds an LL.M. from the University of Toronto, where her thesis examined the legal construction of domestic workers鈥� exclusion from labour protections in Brazil, and an LL.B. from the Federal University of Santa Catarina.

Beginning with an undergraduate thesis on the legal regulation of domestic work during the COVID-19 pandemic, Rebeca鈥檚 research has developed into a broader investigation of the historical and legal production of domestic workers鈥� exclusion in Brazil. Her doctoral research at 黑料网爆吃瓜 builds on this trajectory to examine the relationship between law, race, and labour.

Rebeca has published on the Brazilian Black genocide, social movements, technology, and the effectiveness of public housing programs, and has presented work on algorithmic necropolitics and Black resistance. Her academic experience also includes work in a legal aid clinic and participation in research groups focused on Black studies, critical criminology, legal history, and Latin American legal thought. Her graduate studies at the University of Toronto were supported by a Faculty of Law Fellowship and the SGS Inclusive Excellence Admissions Scholarship.

Selected Publications and Activities

  • Rebeca Gripp Couto de Mello, 鈥�,鈥� Bulletin of the Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences (IBCCRIM), 2023.

  • Rebeca Gripp Couto de Mello, 鈥淲ho Can Afford to Dispense with Equality?鈥� Sintrajusc Magazine, 2024.
  • Presenter, VI International Congress Brazil in Cultural Webs: Palestinities, 2025.

Professional Profiles

Chintan Nirala

Education

  • DCL, Faculty of Law, 黑料网爆吃瓜 (ongoing)
  • LL.M. in International Dispute Resolution, King鈥檚 College London
  • B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), University of Allahabad

Research Focus

Chintan鈥檚 doctoral research examines constitutional pluralism at the intersection of international investment law and socio-legal constitutionalism. His broader research interests include international investment law, investor鈥揝tate dispute settlement, international commercial arbitration, societal constitutionalism, and public international law.

Biography

Chintan Nirala is a DCL candidate at 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Faculty of Law. Before joining 黑料网爆吃瓜, he completed an LL.M. in International Dispute Resolution at King鈥檚 College London and earned a B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) from the University of Allahabad.

A qualified advocate in India, Chintan practises in commercial litigation and has acted as counsel and consultant on matters involving international investment law and international commercial arbitration. He has worked with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) at the World Bank, served as a tribunal secretary, and completed judicial internships under judges of the Supreme Court of India and various High Courts.

His publications examine international investment law and its intersections with human rights, intellectual property, constitutional law, and other areas of public international law. Chintan is a Rapporteur for the ICCA Yearbook Commercial Arbitration and has also served as an Assistant Editor of the ICSID Review 鈥� Foreign Investment Law Journal. At 黑料网爆吃瓜, he has held a Teaching Fellowship and has taken on mentoring and research assistantship roles. His international academic engagements include serving as a Recognized Student at the University of Oxford and as a Visiting Student at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law.

Selected Awards and Activities

  • ICCA Inclusion Diversity Award
  • Graduate Mobility Award
  • L. Yves Fortier International Arbitration Award
  • Governor鈥檚 recognition, Uttar Pradesh, India, for pro bono contribution

Professional Profiles

Dimitri Patrinos

Education

  • DCL, Faculty of Law, 黑料网爆吃瓜 (ongoing)
  • LL.M., 黑料网爆吃瓜 (2023)
  • J.D., Universit茅 de Montr茅al (2019)
  • LL.B., Universit茅 de Montr茅al (2018)

Research Focus

Dimitri鈥檚 doctoral research examines the values that inform the adjudication of wrongful birth and wrongful pregnancy claims, and considers how advances in medical and scientific technologies may reshape these claims in the future. His research is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council through a Canada Graduate Scholarship.

Biography

Dimitri Patrinos is a DCL candidate at 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Faculty of Law. He is a member of the Law Society of Ontario and a graduate of 黑料网爆吃瓜, the Universit茅 de Montr茅al, and Concordia University.

His research interests include medical liability issues arising from the use of novel technologies in health care. Dimitri is a Graduate Fellow of the 黑料网爆吃瓜 Research Group on Health and Law and has worked as a teaching assistant for health law and ethics courses in the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.

He has also served as a member of research ethics boards and health research standards development and accreditation bodies.

Selected Publications

  • Dimitri Patrinos, (2024) 62:1 Alberta Law Review 205.
  • Dimitri Patrinos et al, (2023) 31:4 International Journal of Children鈥檚 Rights 865.
  • Dimitri Patrinos et al, (2020) 14:1 黑料网爆吃瓜 Journal of Law and Health 109.

Selected Award

  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada Graduate Scholarship.

Professional Profiles

Charlie Sauvourel

Education

  • DCL, Faculty of Law, 黑料网爆吃瓜 (ongoing)
  • Master en droit, Universit茅 C么te d鈥橝zur (2018)
  • LL.M., University of Nottingham (2017)
  • Licence de droit, Universit茅 de Nantes (2016)

Research Focus

Charlie鈥檚 doctoral research offers a decolonial feminist analysis of protection from suffering in international law. Supervised by Professor Emeritus Fran莽ois Cr茅peau, the project examines how, despite a discourse of protection, international law may justify suffering in ways that continue and reinforce racial, colonial, and gendered structures.

Biography

Charlie Sauvourel is a DCL candidate at 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Faculty of Law. His research builds on his academic and professional background in international law, as well as his personal engagement against systems of domination, particularly imperialist and racist global systems of domination.

Charlie specialized in international law during his Licence de droit, LL.M., and master鈥檚 degree, and followed this with an internship at the French Embassy in Canberra. From 2019 to 2023, he served as a legal adviser at the French Ministry of Defence, where he worked on international frameworks governing the use of force between States, armed conflict, and international weapons law.

In this role, Charlie provided legal counsel on the interpretation and national implementation of international instruments. He also participated in several international negotiations and served on the drafting committee for the French Manual on the Law of Military Operations, published in 2022.

Selected Publications

  • L茅na Boron, 脡tienne Gouin, Charlie Sauvourel, (2023) Revue qu茅b茅coise de droit international, hors-s茅rie, 174.
  • Charlie Sauvourel, (2025) 8:3鈥�4 Humanit盲res V枚lkerrecht 157.

Professional Profiles

Flore Siproudhis

Education

  • DCL, Faculty of Law, 黑料网爆吃瓜 (ongoing)
  • Master 2 in Political Science (Research Program), University Paris II Panth茅on-Assas (2024), Grade: Very Good
  • LL.M., College of Europe (2022), Grade: Very Good
  • Master 2 in European Union Law and Litigation, University Paris II Panth茅on-Assas (2021), Grade: Good

Research Focus

Flore鈥檚 doctoral research examines dehumanization as a strategic infrastructure in contemporary armed conflict, with a focus on the Israel鈥揌amas conflict from the early 2000s to the present. Her work explores how strategic narratives of dehumanization, embedded in military doctrines and informational architectures, reshape perceptions of threat, affect the application of international humanitarian law and international criminal law, and complicate the attribution of responsibility.

Biography

Flore Siproudhis is a DCL candidate at 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Faculty of Law, under the supervision of Professor Noah Weisbord. Her research lies at the intersection of international humanitarian law, international criminal law, cognitive warfare, and the legal regulation of dehumanizing narratives in contemporary armed conflict.

Before joining 黑料网爆吃瓜, she completed a research Master鈥檚 degree in Political Science at University Paris II Panth茅on-Assas, where her thesis examined the language of the Kremlin in the Russia鈥揢kraine War from 2022 to 2024 through the lens of international criminal law. She also holds an LL.M. from the College of Europe and a Master鈥檚 degree in European Union Law and Litigation from University Paris II Panth茅on-Assas.

Professionally, Flore has worked as a legal adviser for the European Court of Justice and at the French National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor鈥檚 Office, within the Crimes Against Humanity Unit. She has also worked with We Are Not Weapons of War on legal analysis and advocacy relating to conflict-related sexual violence.

Selected Awards and Activities

  • Member of the Parcours d鈥橢xcellence at Universit茅 Rennes 1 throughout her undergraduate studies.
  • Recipient of the European Neighbourhood Policy Scholarship, College of Europe.
  • Recipient of the 2026 John Peters Humphrey Fellowship, Canadian Council on International Law.

Professional Profiles

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