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Michael Marin has been appointed Acting Dean of Law at the University of New Brunswick.

The COVID-19 pandemic offers a decisive moment to reflect on environmental issues. The drastic slowdown in economic and industrial activities has given us a glimpse of the impact that our energy consumption can have on water, air and land.

We stand in solidarity with all Black members of our Common Law community – students, faculty, staff and alumni – and with all members of the Black community in denouncing anti-Black racism. Over the past week, outrage over racial discrimination, racial violence and pervasive systemic racism has boiled over across North America. While the situation is particularly acute in the United States, we ...

La Faculté de droit, Section de droit civil est très fière d’annoncer l’embauche d’Emmanuelle Bernheim et de Naivi Chikoc Barreda, qui se joindront à son corps professoral à partir du 1er juillet 2020.

On May 22, The Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, announced a number of judicial appointments, including  the Honourable Audrey Ramsay, LLB ’93, and the Honourable Narissa Somji, LLB ’94, to the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario. Madam Justice Ramsay was called to the Ontario Bar in 199...

During this pandemic, what role should the police play in relation to homeless people, a highly vulnerable group that is subject to punitive and detrimental law enforcement measures? What should now be expected of the police as they adapt to the realities of this unprecedented crisis?

La Faculté de droit, Section de droit civil est heureuse d’accueillir prochainement l’un de ses diplômés à titre d’avocat-cinéaste en résidence et conseiller en plaidoirie visuelle!

Canadian Lawyer has released its list of nominees for the 2020 “Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers in Canada” honours.  Among the nominees is the Common Law Section’s Professor Paul Daly, University Research Chair in Administrative Law and Governance, in the category of “Young Influencers”. Please consider voting!  You may vote for up...

Agata Zwolankiewicz is an international Master’s student in the Faculty of Law and recently completed an internship at the Senate of Canada. Agata was the 2019-2020 recipient of the Edward Barry McDougall Memorial Scholarship for Graduate Studies in Law. A native of the Silesia Province in Poland, Agata started dreaming of becoming a lawyer back ...

We are thrilled to announce that Maureen McTeer is joining the Faculty of Law and the Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics as a Visiting Professor for two years, beginning May 1. Maureen is a graduate of the University of Ottawa ,BA, LLB '77, Dalhousie University, LL.M. health law, and Sheffield University, Masters in biotechnological law & ethics, and has held academic appointments a...