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Marie-Denise Vane joined the Lavery team as a student in the summer of 2021, and is currently articling with the firm. She graduated in law from McGill University and also obtained a Master in intellectual property law from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
During her law studies, Marie-Denise completed an internship with a judge of the Superior Court of Quebec and with the Montreal | Laval legal aid office in immigration law. She has also worked as a research assistant, notably for the McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism. In addition, she has participated in the International Human Rights Internship Program of her Faculty. She then worked for the Legal Services Board of Nunavut, in family law and child protection, and in criminal law.
On the strength of these experiences, Marie-Denise has a great interest for litigation. She successfully participated in the Laskin moot court competition in administrative and constitutional law. Among others, she won third place as best oralist, as well as best school and best pair of litigants with her teammates. Throughout law school, she has also acted as a mentor for CEGEP students for the CSQ-Juripop moot court competition, in which she had participated herself.
Publications- Alain Y. Dussault and Marie-Denise Vane, ?Grey market in Canada, the Court of Appeal adds a few shades? [title translated from French], in Barreau du Québec, Service de la formation continue, Développements récents en droit de la propriété intellectuelle (2021), vol 501, Montreal (QC), Éditions Yvon Blais, 2021, 205 (also available online through the CAIJ website).
- Pro Bono Students Canada, 2018?present, Volunteer
- Mobile Legal Clinic, 2019?2020, Volunteer
Education
- LL.M., Master of Laws, London School of Economics and Political Science
- B.C.L./J.D., joint degree in Civil Law and Common Law, McGill University