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Les 7 et 8 janvier dernier, près de 250 étudiant.e.s en première année de droit civil et de common law avaient rendez-vous pour une initiation obligatoire au droit autochtone, qui donnait par ailleurs le coup d’envoi au trimestre d’hiver 2021.

We are proud to announce that the 2020-2021 Nicole Senécal Doctoral Scholarship in International Law has been awarded to Loai Eyadat. This scholarship will help support his research project, entitled International Criminal Enforcement against International Competition Violations, which studies how to install an effective system of international governance to combat criminal violations in the field...

La Fondation franco-ontarienne has chosen Common Law’s Anne Levesque as a finalist for a Prix Saphir (PDF, 82.52 KB) in the Community Engagment category.  The Prix Saphir aim to recognize and promote the commitment, excellence and influence of women in the Franco-Ontarian community.Professor Levesque gives countless volunteer h...

Ruth’s deep passion for law has existed for as long as she can remember and is rooted in her personal history. Born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1993, she and her family fled to a Ugandan refugee camp before finally finding refuge in Canada in 2001.

Professor Samuel Singer is the guest editor of a new special issue of the Canadian Journal of Law and Society, entitled On the Margins of Trans Legal Change, with fellow guest editor Ido Katri (University of Toronto). The publication is the continuation of a project seeking to amplify trans legal studies in Canada, which was the foc...

The University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law has earned a prestigious ranking on the Social Science Research Network’s (SSRN) list of the Top 500 International Law Schools.  uOttawa currently ranks 12th on the list of total downloads from international law schools for the last twelve months, and second among Canadian law schools.  This...

Professor John Currie has been named to the Canadian National Group of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), the oldest global institution for the settlement of international disputes. Now boasting over one hundred member states, the PCA is a centre for scholarship and a forum for legal discourse on the rapidly evolving world o...

En décembre 2020, le gouvernement du Québec a annoncé par décret la nomination de nouveaux membres au conseil d’administration de la Société québécoise d’information juridique (SOQUIJ).

We would like to congratulate our alumni, students and Faculty members who have received 2020 CLawbies awards.

We are very pleased to share the new edition of our Annual Bulletin.