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La Section de droit civil de la Faculté de droit de l’Université d’Ottawa souhaite remercier son diplômé Me Keyvan Nassiry, avocat à Nassiry Avocats, pour son engagement à contribuer 25 000 $ pour appuyer la Bourse commémorative Alban-et-Raymonde-Garon, un fonds doté établi en 2007 en mémoire de l’honorable Alban Garon, diplômé de la Faculté de droit de l’Université d’Ottawa et de son épouse Raymo...

It is with great pleasure that we cordially invite you to the 5th Autumn School on the Methodology of Research in Law at the Faculty of Law.

Professor Natasha Bakht is one of 15 new appointees to the Order of Ottawa, a distinction given to outstanding residents who, through their professional achievements, have made an important contribution to life in the City of Ottawa.

Les algorithmes d'IA en exploitation se sont désormais immiscés dans tous les pans de la vie sociale, tant professionnelle que personnelle. Le déploiement exponentiel des systèmes d’intelligence artificielle et de leurs potentialités sur la société génère des bénéfices mais n’est pas dénué de risques. La technologie engendre en effet de profondes restructurations du social et le champ du droi...

While some students are at the halfway mark of their first term, others are putting on their gowns for fall 2022 convocation. On November 6, some 2,000 students will receive their diplomas and celebrate an unforgettable moment. Let’s meet some new graduates and find out about their journeys.

The University of Ottawa invites applications for a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Health Law. Applicants must be full-time tenure-stream Associate or Full Professors at the University of Ottawa. We are looking for an exceptional researcher who leads a globally recognized interdisciplinary research program focused on legal issues arising at the intersection of law, health policy, medicine a...

On the final day of the 4th Autumn School on the Methodology of Research in Law, Professors Suzanne Bouclin and Aimée Craft of the Common Law Section joined with Professor Sarah Berger Richardson of the Civil Law Section to talk about their experiences using creative methods of knowledge mobilization, particularly the use video, to share their research.

While a country’s written constitution is commonly understood as its most important rule book, a close look at many constitutional democracies around the world shows that no constitution has all of its rules written down. The fact that many norms and principles associated with constitutional orders are unwritten is a critical issue for constitutional scholarship, not to mention the courts that are...

How does Quebec law address a claim of ancestral title on private property? To date in Canada, this delicate area of law has primarily been treated in common law provinces. But in Quebec, in the absence of existing remedies, how can Indigenous People request the protection of their territory?

When a doctor makes a medical recommendation to a patient, what does the patient understand? Should a doctor – the medical expert – impose a decision on a patient? Or should a patient – the one who experiences the symptoms and their effects – be the one to choose how they are treated?