Chers collègues,
Veuillez vous joindre à moi pour pleurer le décès de Denis Le May le 23 août 2025 à Québec.
Figure éminente du monde juridique québécois, il était également l'un de nos membres de longue durée (c'est le moins qu'on puisse dire), apportant de nombreuses contributions à notre association, dont une partie est capturée dans ce profil:
Denis Le May was a law librarian and a professor at the University of Laval in Quebec.
In 1989, Denis chaired the conference planning committee for that year’s conference in Quebec City.
Denis is well known for authoring published works such as La recherche documentaire en droit, The Civil Code of Québec in Chart Form, and Le code civil du Québec en tableaux synoptiques.
He also wrote in French a definitive treatise on legal research, as well as the chapter on Quebec research in Douglass T. MacEllvan’s Legal Research Handbook.
Together with John Eaton, Denis is the co-author of Essential Sources of Canadian Law / Les références essentielles en droit canadien.
During his presidency of CALL/ACBD, Denis created the executive board manual, signed the first contract to have a national office in Kingston, Ontario, and designed the new logo/letterhead for CALL/ACBD.
In 2003, Denis received the Denis Marshall Award for Excellence in Law Librarianship and, in 2010, he was named an Honoured Member of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries.
[Hilary Stamper, "CALL/ACBD 50th Anniversary: Reflections | A Parade of Past Presidents" (2013) 38:1 RCBD 8 à la p 11]
L'avis de décès peut-être trouvée ici: https://coopfuneraire2rives.com/avis-de-deces/denis-le-may-26129, et un hommage de l'Université de Laval: https://www.fd.ulaval.ca/actualites/deces-de-denis-lemay-bibliothecaire-de-droit-juriste-et-charge-de-cours-a-la-faculte-de-droit-de-luniversite-laval
Jason Wong
Président de CALL/ACBD
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CALLeagues,
Please join me in mourning the passing of Denis Le May on August 23, 2025 in Quebec City.
A distinguished figure in the Quebec legal world, he was also one of our longstanding members (to say the least), making numerous contributions to our association, a portion of which is captured in this profile:
Denis Le May was a law librarian and a professor at the University of Laval in Quebec.
In 1989, Denis chaired the conference planning committee for that year’s conference in Quebec City.
Denis is well known for authoring published works such as La recherche documentaire en droit, The Civil Code of Québec in Chart Form, and Le code civil du Québec en tableaux synoptiques.
He also wrote in French a definitive treatise on legal research, as well as the chapter on Quebec research in Douglass T. MacEllvan’s Legal Research Handbook.
Together with John Eaton, Denis is the co-author of Essential Sources of Canadian Law / Les références essentielles en droit canadien.
During his presidency of CALL/ACBD, Denis created the executive board manual, signed the first contract to have a national office in Kingston, Ontario, and designed the new logo/letterhead for CALL/ACBD.
In 2003, Denis received the Denis Marshall Award for Excellence in Law Librarianship and, in 2010, he was named an Honoured Member of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries.
[Hilary Stamper, "CALL/ACBD 50th Anniversary: Reflections | A Parade of Past Presidents" (2013) 38:1 CLLR 8 at 11]
His obituary can be found here: https://coopfuneraire2rives.com/avis-de-deces/denis-le-may-26129, along with a tribute by the Université Laval: https://www.fd.ulaval.ca/actualites/deces-de-denis-lemay-bibliothecaire-de-droit-juriste-et-charge-de-cours-a-la-faculte-de-droit-de-luniversite-laval
Jason Wong, President
