Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly

SJD Candidate

Thesis title:

Whose Justice? A Comparative Approach to Canadian Civil Lay Justice

Office in Falconer Hall
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Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly is a Boulton Junior Fellow and incoming Assistant Professor at McGill University’s Faculty of Law and a doctoral candidate at the University of Toronto. His doctoral research is supported by a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship and a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship.

Passionate about access to justice, he adopts a comparative approach to explore the many facets of that issue. His current projects focus, for example, on the role of public participation in improving access to justice, particularly through lay courts. More broadly, his research extends to various areas of law, including private law, civil procedure, judicial institutions, and constitutional law.

Originally from Québec City, Jérémy completed his bachelor in civil law and common law at McGill University as a Loran Scholar. He then served as a law clerk to Justice Clément Gascon at the Supreme Court of Canada and practised as a lawyer in civil, appellate and constitutional litigation in Montreal. In parallel to his research, he remains actively involved in access to justice initiatives, including as a pro bono lawyer in constitutional cases and as a volunteer for Interligne, a front-line centre providing various services, including legal information, to LGBTQ+ communities across the Province of Quebec and beyond.

Education

Doctor of Juridical Science, University of Toronto, 2019-2023
Visiting Researcher, Harvard Law School, Fall 2022
Bachelor of Civil Law / Bachelor of Laws (Honours), McGill University, 2011-2015

Awards and Distinctions

John W. Durnford Award for Teaching Excellence, McGill University, 2023
Hommage bénévolat-Québec Award / Young Volunteer category (Claude-Masson Award), Government of Québec, 2023
James G. Wright Award, McGill Alumni Association, 2023
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Canada™ in Administrative & Public Law and Corporate & Commercial Litigation, 2023
Finalist, Lawyer of the Year - Pro bono, Young Bar of Montréal, 2021
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, SSHRC, 2020-2023
Doctoral Scholarship, Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, 2020-2023
Mary and Louis Anisman Fellowship in Law and Fairness, University of Toronto, 2020
Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral, SSHRC, 2020 (Declined)
Doctoral Scholarship, Québec Research Fund - Society & Culture, 2020 (Declined)
University of Toronto Fellowship, 2019-2021
Canada Graduate Scholarship to Honour Nelson Mandela - Master's Level, SSHRC, 2019
Aimé Geoffrion Medal, McGill University, 2015
Dean's Honours List, McGill University, 2013-2015
Maxwell Cohen Award (public international law), McGill University, 2015
Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt Prize (corporate and commercial law), McGill University, 2015
Bereskin & Parr Prize (intellectual and industrial property), McGill University, 2014
Patricia Allen Award (involvement in the Faculty), McGill University, 2014
Kark Claxton Jr. Memorial Award, McGill University, 2014
Borden Ladner Gervais Research Fellowship, McGill University, 2012
W. Garfield Weston Loran Award, Loran Scholars Foundation, 2011

Professional Affiliations

Boulton Junior Fellow, McGill University Faculty of Law
Chair, Access to Justice Subcommittee, Canadian Bar Association
Member, CRN04 (Lay participation in law), Law & Society Association
Member, Collectif de l'Observatoire pluridisciplinaire sur le devenir du droit privé
Member, Canadian Association for Legal Ethics
Young Governor, Quebec Bar Foundation
Member of the Quebec Bar (2017)
Vice-President, Interligne (formerly Gai-Écoute)
Board Member, La Clairière - Compagnie de création

Selected Publications

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

“L’Acte de Québec : relique du passé ou charte contemporaine?” (2022) 63 Cahiers de droit 785.

“Actions collectives et tribunaux administratifs : un vide juridictionnel à combler” (2022) 67:4 McGill Law Journal 453.

“Shelters of Justice in Displaced Persons Settlements: A Proposal for Rohingya Camps” (2022) 73 UNBLJ 42 (with Louise Otis).

“Public Access to Online Hearings” (2022) 45:2 Dalhousie Law Journal 303.

Featured by the University of Toronto, the Lawyers’ Daily, and the Law Times.

“In Search of Coherence: Burden and Standard of Proof in International Administrative Law” (2021) 18:3 International Organizations Law Review 507 (with Louise Otis).

Other Journal Articles

"The Hybridization of Lay Courts: From Colombia to England and Wales" (forthcoming, Chicago-Kent Law Review).

“L’affaire Marcotte à l’intersection du fédéralisme, de la protection du consommateur et de l’accès à la justice” (2021) 103 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 103.
- Also published in Jérémy Boulanger-Bonnelly & Joshua Sealy-Harrington, eds, Une force tranquille – The Judicial Legacy of Clément Gascon (Toronto: LexisNexis, 2022).

Peer-Reviewed Chapter

“Inspiring Analogies: From Access to Healthcare to Access to Justice” in Vinícius Alves Barreto da Silva, ed, Access to Justice in the Americas (Rio de Janeiro: Fórum Justiça, 2021) 443.
- Featured in Fórum Justiça’s video series “Intercultural Dialogues”.

Other Chapter

“The Protection of Legitimate Expectations in Global Administrative Law” in George P Politakis, Tomi Kohiyama & Thomas Lieby, eds, ILO 100 – Law for Social Justice (Geneva: ILO, 2019) 395 (with Louise Otis).

Editorial Activities

Une force tranquille – The Judicial Legacy of Clément Gascon (Toronto: LexisNexis, 2022) (co-edited with Joshua Sealy-Harrington).
- Also published as volume 103 of the Supreme Court Law Review (2d) (2021).

Book Review

“Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Shari Seidman Diamond, Valerie P. Hans and Nancy S. Marder, eds. Juries, Lay Judges, and Mixed Courts: A Global Perspective. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2021.” (2022) 37:1 Canadian Journal of Law and Society 179.

SELECTED MEDIA ARTICLES