The Faculty of Law is one of the professional graduate schools of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Students who opt for a minor, major, or honours program generally require 4 years to complete their degree.

[10] The non-thesis Master's of Law option prioritizes course work and can be completed in twelve months.

[14] The institute was founded by John Cobb Cooper, who had served as a senior official in Pan American World Airways, and the International Air Transport Association.

Under the newly revised program, criminal and property law are taught differently; incoming students also undergo two "integration weeks" (one in the fall and winter).

This means that, from the first year, courses now explore civil and common law concepts in close comparison.

Old Chancellor Day Hall was designed by noted architect Bruce Price for businessman James Ross.

In 1892, Canadian civil engineer, businessman, and philanthropist James Ross hired architect Bruce Price (whose other masterworks included Windsor Station and Château Frontenac) to design a château-style mansion in Montreal's Golden Square Mile, on Peel Street.

[26] While the university may have initially planned to use it for a student residence, the Faculty of Law officially moved into the mansion in a ceremony attended by many members of the judiciary and the Montreal Bar on 9 February 1950.

The opening ceremony was held in the students' handsomely furnished common room, a gift from Maurice Pollack.

[27] On 9 July 2014, Old Chancellor Day Hall closed for 14 months for renovations to upgrade the building's heating, electrical systems, plumbing, windows, and more.

Thirty-four staff and faculty members were relocated to New Chancellor Day Hall and to temporary offices on McGill College Avenue.

[29] New Chancellor Day Hall was built in 1967 to address the Faculty of Law's growing program and increased enrolment.

[30] A six-storey precast concrete tower designed by architectural firm Bland, Lemoyne, Edwards, and Shine was erected just west of Chancellor Day Hall and connected to it by a corridor, at the cost of $1.825 million.

[30] This extension was named New Chancellor Day Hall and blended with the adjacent Stewart Biological Sciences Building.

During the bilingual ceremony, the Faculty of Law awarded seven honorary degrees, including degrees to Chief Justice Robert Taschereau of Canada, Chief Justice Earl Warren of the United States, and Lord Denning of Great Britain.

New architectural features included adding a massive skylight above a staircase between the fifth and sixth floors, piercing windows on the sixth floor, and creating partially frosted glass partitions between offices to allow natural light inside interior offices.

The third floor is devoted to student spaces – accommodating a multimedia classroom with movable walls and a seminar room.

The fifth and sixth floors feature a conference room, and house some of the Faculty's research units, as well as offices for professors, staff, graduate students, and visiting scholars.

[33] The Gelber Library is home to the Wainwright Collection, which was established in 1958 with the acquisition of several hundred volumes dedicated to the history of French law.

Today, the collection consists of 800 works comprising 1200 volumes and is conserved in controlled atmospheric conditions in the Peter M. Laing Room, located on the second floor of the Gelber Law Library.

The alumni from McGill University's law school consist of a diverse group of distinguished leaders on a global scale.

[50][51][52] After dissatisfaction with McGill University's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and a continued pattern of overriding or limited Faculty decision-making, the full-time professors at the Faculty of Law formed the Association of McGill Professors of Law (AMPL) and filed for certification with Quebec's Tribunal administratif du travail on November 7, 2021.

[55] The University continued to delay negotiations and failed to advance counterproposals forcing AMPL to call an unlimited strike, which began on April 24, 2024.

[59] On August 30, 2024 the Quebec Labor Tribunal ruled that McGill, Provost Christopher Manfredi, Vice-President Fabrice Labeau, and Dean Robert Leckey had prima facie violated the Quebec Labor Code by writing to union members directly to criticize the union.

While informal classes began earlier, the Faculty of Law was officially established at McGill in 1853, with William Badgley appointed its first dean.

During the school year, the LSA hosts a weekly coffeehouse on Thursday evenings designed to encourage students to network and socialize over food and drink.

Past recipients of the funds include Project Genesis, Head and Hands, and the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal.

[106] The McGill Law Journal (MLJ) was founded by Gerald Le Dain and Jacques-Yvan Morin in 1952.

Since the publication of its first edition in March 1981, Quid Novi has been a forum for both students and faculty to share news and opinions on both legal and non-legal matters.