The Faculty of Law believes strongly that one of the most important aspects of the PhD program is to train future members of the academy and, as such, it supports opportunities for PhD candidates to teach law courses. Teaching is an important experience for doctoral students to enable them to hone their teaching skills and to appreciate more fully the broader issues that arise in legal education today.

Students who would like to be included on a roster for teaching opportunities must prepare a package containing the following and email it to [email protected]:

1. a cover letter explaining his or her interest in teaching and how teaching opportunities at the Faculty fit into the candidate’s research/career objectives;

2. a list of subject areas that the student feels he or she is competent to teach and a paragraph outlining related courses and research in these areas;

3. language profile, including facility in listening, reading, oral communication, and writing;

4. a current curriculum vitae, which must include a section containing the details of prior teaching experience at the post-secondary level. Information to be included:

  • institution and faculty at which the course was taught
  • the language of instruction
  • the level (comm. college, undergraduate, graduate)
  • the number of credit hours
  • the approximate number of students
  • the course code and title
  • a brief course description the method of evaluation used;

5. Current contact details: University of Ottawa e-mail (which will be used for all email correspondence), telephone (daytime and evening, if possible) and mailing address. The student must ensure this information is updated as necessary by informing the Graduate Studies in Law office.