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How do uOttawa law students respond to a global pandemic? With teamwork!

En mars 2020, lorsque nos vies ont été brutalement chamboulées par le confinement imposé en raison de la pandémie de Covid-19, il a fallu trouver des moyens de poursuivre nos occupations. Nos étudiant.e.s et professeur.e.s ont dû faire preuve d’une grande adaptabilité pour terminer cette année académique sans heurt. Tous et toutes se sont rapidement rendus à l’évidence : on n’enseigne pas et on n...

The Common Law mourns the passing of Allan (“Al”) R. O’Brien LLB 1973. A founding partner of Nelligan O’Brien Payne, Al was a pillar of the Ottawa legal community and a strong supporter of the Common Law Section. He was one a member of the Founders Committee that created the Common Law Honour Society in 2003 and was himself inducted as a...

Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau and Dr. Teresa Scassa have published Artificial Intelligence and the Law in Canada (LexisNexis Canada), which captures the diversity of law and policy challenges facing Canada when it comes to artificial intelligence. Bringing together some of the leading Canadian scholars in the field, the pee...

Professor Aimée Craft has been awarded the University of Ottawa’s 2020 Early Career Researcher of the Year Award in the humanities, social sciences, fine arts and literature category. She is recognized alongside Professor Janet Squires of the Faculty of Health Sciences, who has received the award in the pure and applied science...

Professeure remplaçante ou professeur remplaçant en droit public La Faculté de droit, Section de droit civil de l’Université d’Ottawa, sollicite des candidatures afin de combler un poste de professeure remplaçante ou professeur remplaçant en droit public (droit public fondamental, droit constitutionnel, droits et libertés de la personne et droit ...

Chantal Da Silva, a Civil Law, LLL ’02, and Common Law, LLB ’03, alumna, was recognized by the Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2020 as the Corporate Counsel of the Year – International recipient. Chantal Da Silva is the Vice President, Legal Affairs and a member of the executive management team at Teranga Gold Corporation (now part of Endea...

On March 10th, 2021, the Law Society of Ontario announced its 2021 award recipients. We want to congratulate Janice Payne, LLB ’74, and Laurie E. Joe, LLB ’85, for being amongst this year’s winners for receiving, respectively, the Law Society Medal and the J. Shirley Denison Award.

We are very pleased to announce the creation of the Leadership Academy at the University of Ottawa.

On March 3, 2021, The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced the appointment of Janet E. Mills , LLB ‘91 , as a Judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario. She was called to the Ontario Bar in 1993.From the Department of Justice Canada’s announcement:Justice Janet E. Mills received her J...