Daniel Jutras OC (born 1960) is a Canadian lawyer and academic specializing in civil and comparative law and current rector of the Université de Montréal in Quebec, Canada.
[3][11] Jutras served as executive legal officer for the Chief Justice at the Supreme Court of Canada, the Right Honourable Beverley McLachlin, from 2002 to 2004.
[3] Following a ten-month consultation process, Jutras was selected as successor to Guy Breton as rector of the Université de Montréal.
The letter outlined that while the tuition hike aimed to protect the French language in post-secondary institutions by targeting english dominant schools like McGill and Concordia, it would do little for french speaking institutions like Université de Montréal.
[13] Jutras is married to Manon Savard, Chief Justice of Quebec.