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Globally, the liberal world order is facing unprecedented challenges driven by a new era of ideological conflict and competition. Illiberal states are developing sustained campaigns to upend once settled norms and values such as democracy and multilateral cooperation. Canada is not immune to this phenomenon.

Samantha Peters, JD ’16, is a proud alumna who lives law differently.

Le 24 septembre 2020, la professeure titulaire Karen Eltis présentait virtuellement – en compagnie de David Kaye, professeur clinique de droit à l’Université de Californie (Irvine) et ex-rapporteur spécial de l’ONU – une série de recommandations pour lutter contre les propos haineux en ligne. Organisé par le Digital Law Centre de l’...

Congratulations to University of Ottawa Common Law alumna Annamie Paul, LLB ’95, who became the leader of the Green Party of Canada on October 3rd, 2020. She is the first Black person and first Jewish woman to be elected as the head of a national political party in Canadian history.

The Common Law Section launched in April 2020 the Summer Student Support Initiative (SSSI). The SSSI is one of the ways that the Faculty responded to the significant negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the availability of the usual summer experiential learning and employment activities for our students, with many jobs and other opportunities cancelled or postponed.

Colleagues: We are very pleased to announce that Samantha Peters (JD 2016) is joining the Faculty of Law on a part-time basis for the 2020-2021 academic year as the Black Legal Mentor-in-Residence. In this role, Samantha (she/her) will provide one-on-one and group academic and career mentorship to Black law students, and will provide expertise in the development of supportive programming and an...

Professor Aimée Craft has been appointed to the newly-created Reference Group for the Appropriate Review of Indigenous Research, an initiative of Canada’s Tri-Council research funding agencies — the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and Canadian Institutes of Health Researc...

Law governs every aspect of our lives. But navigating law’s thousands of norms and millions of documents is challenging – even for lawyers. A new research lab at the University of Ottawa seeks to harness technology in an effort to reduce law's complexity. By treating legal texts as data, thousands of contracts or judgments can be investigated, categori...

Several researchers associated with the Chair will participate in the Entretiens Jacques Cartier on the occasion of a virtual international colloquium on organizational factors and workplace health and safety which will be held on November 6th this year.

Il y a de ces personnes qui font leur marque sur les établissements où elles sont de passage. Sarah Ali, lauréate de la Bourse pour l’implication et la réussite Cain Lamarre 2020, en fait partie.