Honorary doctorates
Charles D. Gonthier
Doctorat honoris causa, Université de Montréal, 2002
Supreme Court of Canada Justice (1989-2003). Recognized by the legal community for being erudite, a philosopher and having an innovative spirit.
Beverly McLachlin
Doctorat honoris causa, Université de Montréal, 2003
Supreme Court of Canada Justice and the first woman to hold this position
Stephen G. Breyer
Doctorat honoris causa, Université de Montréal, 2003
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Mireille Delmas-Marty
Doctorat honoris causa, Université de Montréal, 2003
French university lecturer, President of Observatoire Pharos: Pluralisme culturel et religieux
Philippe Kirsch
Doctorat honoris causa, Université de Montréal, 2003
First President of the International Criminal Court
Abdou Diouf
Doctorat honoris causa, Université de Montréal, 2004
Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (since 2002)
Peter W. Hogg
Doctorat honoris causa, Université de Montréal, 2005
Recognized constitutionalist in Canada and abroad, Professor Emeritus and Dean of the Osgoode Hall Faculty of Law at York University (1998-2003)
Lucien Bouchard
Doctorat honoris causa, Université de Montréal, 2006
Canadian ambassador to France, Canadian Secretary of State, Minister of the Environment, official leader of the Opposition in Ottawa and the Prime Minister of Quebec
Gisèle Halimi
Doctorat honoris causa, Université de Montréal, 2007
French jurist, essayist, Member of Parliament and UNESCO ambassador. She is a champion of human rights and of the physical and moral integrity of individuals.
Simone Veil
Doctorat honoris causa, Université de Montréal, 2007
French jurist, a leading figure in French humanism, whose moral authority has inspired both the intellectual and the political worlds. She has received honorary doctorates from 14 colleges and universities, including Princeton, Cambridge, Georgetown, Urbino and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Marie Deschamps
LL. L., with distinction, 1974
Doctorat honoris causa, Université de Montréal, 2008
Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (2002-2012)
Michel Bastarache
Doctorat honoris causa, Université de Montréal, 2003
Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (1997-2008)
Robert Gratton
Doctorat honoris causa, Université de Montréal, 2009
Executive financial consultant and leading personality in the Quebec business world
Roderick Alexander Macdonald
Doctorat honoris causa, Université de Montréal, 2010
A renowned humanist, President of the Royal Society of Canada, full professor for the F.R. Scott Chair in Public and Constitutional Law at the McGill University Faculty of Law
Jin Huang
Doctorat honoris causa, Université de Montréal, 2011
One of the most respected jurists in China
President of the prestigious China University of Political Science and Law in Beijing; also a professor
Alice Desjardins
Doctorat honoris causa, Université de Montréal, 2012
First woman to become a full-time professor in a Canadian Faculty of Law and the first woman nominated to the Federal Court of Appeal in 1987
Michel Deschamps
Doctorat honoris causa, Université de Montréal, 2013
Associate Professor teaching at the Faculty since 1972
Leading authority on banking law in Canada and abroad
Calin Rovinescu
Doctorat honoris causa, Université de Montréal, 2014
President and C.E.O., Air Canada
Chair of the Board of Governors for Star Alliance
Chair of the Board of Governors for International Air Transport Association (IATA)
Irwin Cotler
Doctorat honoris causa, Université de Montréal, 2017
Expert in international law and human rights
Legal counsel, strong advocate for political prisoners and dissidents