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New school year, fresh look! Check out the new website for the Graduate Studies in Law program.

Prof. Jena McGill and Dr. Amy Salyzyn have received the 2021 Martin Felsky Award for excellence in Canadian open legal commentary for their article “Judging by the Numbers: Judicial Analytics, the Justice System and its Stakeholders”.

We are very excited that Professor Frankie (Frances) Young has joined our faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Common Law Section (English Program). Professor Young obtained her JD and LLM from the University of Saskatchewan.

Our law school boasts a thriving research environment, which each year plays host to a diverse group of postdoctoral fellows who bring their expertise on a broad range of fascinating research topics to the research community at Fauteux Hall.

The Research Office of the Faculty of Law annually gives out internal awards to recognize dedicated teaching, sustained and creative research, and generous service to the community.

Professors from the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, Nathalie Chalifour and Lynda Collins as well as PhD candidate Erin Dobbelsteyn will be representing Friends of the Earth Canada, in an important upcoming climate change case!

Professor Jabeur Fathally, who teaches in the Civil Law Section, has been appointed as Director of the Human Rights Research and Education Center (HRREC) beginning July 1, 2022. Professor Fathally is replacing Professor John Packer, who will be on academic leave for one year.

On July 1, 2022, Professor Jennifer Chandler will assume the role of Vice-Dean of Research at the Common Law Section. Professor Chandler follows in the footsteps of Professor Penelope Simons, whose exceptional leadership as Vice-Dean helped steer the Common Law Section through the tumultuous uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau, director of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society, is delighted to announce the appointment of Prof. Marina Pavlović and Dr. Valerie Steeves as interim co-directors of the Centre, effective July 1st, 2022.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a multi-billion dollar industry promising enormous social and economic benefits for people around the world. But while AI is certainly poised to generate innovative solutions to a broad range of complex human problems, it also comes with the potential for significant risks as structural biases and discrimination inherent in our society creep into AI algorith...