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Professor Yan Campagnolo’s 2020 publication, Le secret ministériel : théorie et pratique (Presses de l’Université Laval) has been named the runner-up for the 2020 Walter Owen Book Prize, awarded by the Canadian Foundation for Legal Research. Le secret ministériel is the first complete examination of the subject of cabinet secr...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on December 21, 2020 the appointment of Faye E. McWatt (LL.B. ‘84) as the new Associate Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario.

Comparution de Katherine Lippel sur invitation et présentation d’un mémoire à la Commission de l’économie et du travail de l’Assemblée nationale du Québec au sujet du projet de loi 59 portant sur la modernisation du régime de santé et de sécurité du travail.

To celebrate Black History Month, meet our students and alumni from the Master's (LLM) and doctoral (PhD) programs at the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa.

The Common Law Section of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa is launching new entrance scholarships for Black law students.

Following the opening of the Indigenous Human Rights free legal clinic in Ottawa in early January, Fallon Benson, a 2L student in the English JD program, and member of Rainy River First Nations, shared with us her experience. Why did you choose to be involved? A dear friend of mine sits on the Advisory Council for the Indigenous Human Rights Pro...

Au-delà de leur formation universitaire, les juristes seront appelés à travailler en interdisciplinarité dans une multitude de sphères, selon l’avenue choisie. Alors pourquoi ne pas permettre à celles et ceux qui le désirent d’entamer une spécialisation dès leurs études de premier cycle en droit?

On January 22nd 2021, Katherine Lippel appeared before the Parliamentary Commission of the Quebec National Assembly studying Bill 59 modernising occupational health and safety and workers’ compensation legislation. memoire-lippel.pdf (pdf, 435.1 KB)

Professor Vivek Krishnamurthy has earned a grant from Global Affairs Canada for a project entitled “Media Freedom in an Algorithmic Age: Perils and Possibilities”, which examines the implications of algorithmic systems and other emerging digital technologies for media freedom. The aim of the project is to foster greater understandi...

On December 21, 2020, The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced the appointment of Darlene Heather Carreau, LLB ‘96, as the Chief Administrator of the Courts Administration Service. She was called to the Ontario Bar in 1998.