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Professor François Larocque has been selected as one of four new Fellows of the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, bringing his knowledge and expertise to the Foundation and its Scholars as they embark upon their 2021-2024 Scientific Cycle on the theme of Language, Culture and Identity. Trudeau Fellows are selected based on their r...

Stateless persons are defined under international law as those who are not recognized as nationals of any country. In the case of stateless communities in Malaysia, the country’s history of British colonial rule has shaped contemporary legal, social and cultural understandings of who are members of the state. Professor Jamie Liew has earned an Insight grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities ...

The R.D.S. case is one of Canada's most significant race cases. It marked the first time in the 122-year history of the Supreme Court that Canada’s top judges had been asked to adjudicate a complaint of racial bias against a judge. Professor Constance Backhouse has earned an Insight Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research ...

Around the world, children and youth are increasingly taking action to seek to enforce their human rights and denounce violations. While Canada has ratified the international Convention on the Rights of the Child, children’s rights violations continue to be widespread with few opportunities for children to claim their rights. Professor Mona P...

La Section de droit civil de la Faculté de droit de l’Université d’Ottawa est heureuse d’annoncer l’embauche d’un nouveau professeur de carrière, Monsieur Pascal McDougall. Les recherches du professeur McDougall portent sur le droit du travail comparé et international, l’analyse économique du droit, la mobilisation du droit syndical comme outil de justice sociale et les liens entre le droit et le ...

The Association of French Speaking Jurists of Ontario (L’Association des juristes d’expression française de l’Ontario) will bestow the Order of Merit on Common Law Part-Time Professor Caroline Thibault. during its 41st annual conference, to be held virtually from June 22 to June 24, 2021.

The ELLA's Accelerator program, Ascend 2021, has selected Erin Cowling, LL.B ’04, based on the success of her recently-founded freelance law firm, Flex Legal, and the leadership she demonstrated as the Common Law Section’s Regional Alumni Advisor in Toronto.

On May 31, 2021, Canadian Lawyer magazine announced the list of nominees for its twelfth annual Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers awards. The Faculty of Law, Common Law Section is proud to congratulate all of our alumni and professors who have been nominated.

David C. Nahwegahbow, IPC, LSM, LLB ’80, of Nahwegahbow, Corbiere Genoodmagejig, is the 2021 recipient of The Advocates’ Society Award of Justice. Nahwegahbow, a member of the Common Law Honour Society, received his award during the virtual End of Term, on June 17, 2021. As stated on The Advocates’ Society’s website: “The Advocates' Society...

Angel Larkman, 2L, and her editor scrambled to get the story out and published in the Huffington Post Canada the day before it was closed. They were able to share Larkman’s personal story titled “It Took The Government 36 Years To Tell Me What I Already Knew: I Am A Status Indian”. Larkman, a second-year Common Law student, felt compelled to...