Culmination of the 2009-2010 Blogging Year
I am very please to announce that Legal Frontiers has been awarded the McGill Law Students Association Award for Clubs 2009-2010, for the group’s “outstanding contributions to the Faculty community through the organization of events and activities this year.” Congratulations the all the members of Legal Frontiers who made this year a success at the McGill Faculty of Law. I extend my full gratitude to all the contributors of Legal Frontier, whose writings constantly engaged our public readership: Brett, Daniel Haboucha, Larissa, Lee, Todd, Alexandra, Philip, Avidan, Yeniva, Jenna, Erin, Emily, and Silvia, Daniel King, and Andrew. Further, my gratitude to our coordinators, whose behind the scenes work served as the thread, which facilitated the seamless day-to-day running of the blog: Leo and James.
As the academic year comes to an end, it is time to the pass the reigns onto a new group of students. I am very pleased to announce that the 2010-2011 Contributor-in-Chief will be our own Yeniva Massaquoi. She will be assisted by the incoming Executive Contributor, Martin Hétu, who is newly joining the Legal Frontiers team. I am confident that under their leadership, Legal Frontiers will reach new heights in the coming year.
I also want to assure our valued readers that we will be continuing to blog throughout the summer months (May-August). Since many students have work and travel plans during the summer, our goal will be the post a new entry once or twice each week during these months. The summer month will allow Legal Frontiers to test out different types of entries, such as writings based on the groundwork of some of our faculty’s human rights interns, as well as writings from prominent and emerging scholars from around the world. In this way, we plan to continue augmenting the scholarly level of the writings hosted on this blog.
Finally, on behalf of Legal Frontiers, I thank all our readers, hailing from every continent and spanning diverse ideologies. Your comments provoked thoughtful discussions by supporting and at times criticizing the views put forward by our own writers. Meaningful academic discussions thrive on constructive dialogue and exchange of variegated opinions. It has been a pleasure serving the Legal Frontiers team over the past year and being a part of this overall enriching process.
Sincerely,
Nafay Choudhury
Outgoing Contributor-in-Chief, 2009-2010
Nafay Choudhury is a LL.B./B.C.L. '11 student, with an MA in Economics (Queen’s) and BA in Economics (McGill). His interest in legal pluralism developed after visiting Afghanistan in 2007, where he explored the relationship between Afghan law and marginalized groups. He also enjoys studying the impact of economic policies on the law.
