The graduate students of McGill University’s Faculty of Law are pleased to announce their annual graduate law conference, “Governing Our Commons: What Matters to Us Today”. This conference offers an academic forum for graduate students, other scholars, members of the legal profession, government and industry to consider, exchange and develop new ideas, concepts and approaches that bridge the gap between law and other disciplines.

Conference participants will have the opportunity to share in McGill University’s rich intellectual culture, with its vibrant graduate community, and to meet Professors Noah Weisbord (College of Law, Florida International University) and Sajal Lahiri (Department of Economics, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale), our keynote speakers.

The theme for this year’s conference is “Governing Our Commons: What Matters to Us Today”. In the words of the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) “The ‘Global Commons’ refers to resource domains or areas that lie outside of the political reach of any one nation State. International law identifies four global commons namely: the High Seas; the Atmosphere; Antarctica; and, Outer Space.”