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As part of her work for the Law Society of Nunavut, Gloria Song, HRREC student member, helped the Law Society of Nunavut win a Law Foundation of Ontario grant in the amount of $256,475, in partnership with Pauktuutit Inuit Women of Canada. The research study is to examine access to justice issues for Inuit survivors of family viole...

HRREC student member Aboubacar Dakuyo published an article entitled "Insurrection populaire et justice transitionnelle au Burkina Faso : Entre dynamique « révolutionnaire » et réalisme politique" ("Popular insurrection and transitional justice in Burkina Faso: between "revolutionary" dynamics and political realism") in Politique et Société.

Lisez le blogue de Yawo Kpayidra Alou, membre étudiant du CREDP, sur la jurisprudence restrictive de la Cour pénale internationale

Congratulations to University of Ottawa Common Law alumnus Tom E. Ullyett who was appointed Chair of the Board of Governors at Yukon College by the government of Yukon in September 2019 for a three-year term.

Professor Tracey Lindberg, LL.D. 2007, bestselling author, Indigenous advocate, professor of Indigenous law at the University of Ottawa and Research Chair in Indigenous Law and Legal Orders, has been appointed Writer in Residence at the University of British Columbia’s Creative Writing Program beginning November 9, 2019 through November 24, 2019.

I am proud to report on uOttawa's success at the Foreign Direct Moot competition during the November 9 - 10 weekend at the University of Miami! Over 150 teams from universities around the world competed in Regional Rounds and we competed against the best from each of the regional competitions in the Global Round.

Since the 1960s, the University of Ottawa has been building a strong competitive mooting program at the Faculty of Law, Common Law Section. In the 1960-1961 school year, only four years after the Common Law Section’s inception, The Honourable Lee Ferrier (LL.B. 1962) and his partner, the Honourable Roydon Kealey won the Moot Trophy from the Law Society of Upper Canada. The competition took place i...

To celebrate 42 years of excellence in the French Common Law Program at the University of Ottawa, the Souper français was held at the Shaw Centre in Ottawa on November 8. This presented the opportunity to present the Bastarache-Charron Award to Pascale Giguère, General Counsel at the Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages of Canada. This award recognizes the significant contribution to j...

The County of Carleton Law Association has recently renamed its library The Gordon F. Henderson Library. Gordon F. Henderson was an accomplished intellectual property lawyer, as well as a philanthropist, humanitarian and civic leader in Ottawa. He also served on the Board of Governors of the University of Ottawa and as chancellor of the University from 1991-1993.

Pierre Courteau, a newly appointed adjucator by the Ontario Dispute Adjudication for Construction Contracts (“ODACC”), presided on the November 1, 2019 Moot Court, held at the University of Ottawa in the Ian G. Scott Courtroom.