John E. C. Brierley

Background

Brierley, John E. C. was born on March 5, 1936 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Education

Bachelor, Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Quebec, 1956. Bachelor of Civil Law, McGill University, 1959. Docteur de l'Universite de Paris, 1964.

Doctor of Laws, Dickinson University, 1985.

Career

Teaching fellow, Faculty of Law, McGill University, Montreal, 1960-1961; assistant professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University, 1964-1968; associate professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University, 1968-1973; professor, Faculty of Law, McGill University, since 1973; Sir William Macdonald professor of law, Faculty of Law, McGill University, 1980-1994; Wainwright professor civil law, since 1994; dean faculty law, Faculty of Law, McGill University, 1974-1984. Visiting professor U. Montreal, 1967-1968, U. Toronto, 1971-1972, U. Paris II. Occasional lecturer McGill Mental Hygiene Institute, McGill School Social Work,1969-1973.

Visiting occasional lecturer Dalhousie U., 1970-1973. Consultant Royal Commision on Status of Women in Canada, 1970. Member Canadian Delegation of Experts, UNIDROIT, Rome, 1971, Conseil des affairs sociales et de la famille, Ministerial Council to minister Social Affairs, Quebec, 1971-1973.

President Sous-comite sur les Politiques et programmes familiaux, 1971-1973. Member Commission des Biens culturels de Quebec, ministerial county to minister Cultural Affairs, Quebec, 1972. Consultant, secretaire-rapporteur various committees Civil Code Revision Office, Quebec, since 1967.

Chairman Committee Canada Law Deans, since 1981.

Achievements

• John E. C. Brierley has been listed as a noteworthy legal educator, university dean by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Felllow Royal Society of Canada, 1995. Member Canadian, Quebec, bar associations. Association des professeurs de droit de Quebec, Association Canadian Law Teachers, John Howard Society Quebec (director 1965-1967), Canadian Society for Legal History (executive committee since 1972), Inter-American Commercial Arbitration Commission (executive committee since 1972), International Academy Comparative Law, International Academy Estate & Trust Law (executive committee).