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The Common Law Section is pleased to announce the re-appointment of Professor John Packer as the Neuberger-Jesin Professor of International Conflict Resolution for a second four-year term, to June 30, 2025.

Mona Paré, a full professor in the Civil Law Section, is the new vice-dean, graduate studies, of the Faculty of Law. She will begin her three-year term on July 1, succeeding Craig Forcese, a full professor in the Common Law Section (traditionally, this position alternates between the two sections). Forcese leaves her with several recommendations she definitely plans to consider, while implementing...

Un ouvrage codirigé et par la professeure et titulaire de la Chaire de recherche de l’Université d’Ottawa sur l’intelligence artificielle responsable à l’échelle mondiale Céline Castets-Renard, vient de remporter le Prix Recherche Universitaire, l’un des Prix du Livre attribué par le Forum International de la Cybersécurité (FIC).Le FIC se veu...

The Allan Rock Fund will now support Black law students in the Common Law Section.

La place qu’occupe le numérique dans la société, déjà très importante, ne cesse d’accroître. Changement de paradigme fondamental, la numérisation bouscule tout : que ce soient les moyens d’interaction humaine, les pratiques commerciales, les milieux de travail, l’éducation des enfants ou la dispense de soins de santé, la participation des individus, des entreprises et des gouvernements dans le mon...

As Deans of the Civil Law Section and the Common Law Section of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa, we are horrified by the discovery of the remains of 215 children at the site of the former residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia. We find it particularly abhorrent that these deaths were never documented by the authorities and that families and communities were not given the o...

As Deans of the Civil Law Section and the Common Law Section of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa, we are horrified by the discovery of the remains of 215 children at the site of the former residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia. We find it particularly abhorrent that these deaths were never documented by the authorities and that families and communities were not given the o...

Professor François Larocque is one of the 2021 winners of the University of Ottawa’s Knowledge Mobilization Excellence Awards.  He is being honoured for an innovative project that aims to involve the general public in improving the protection of language rights in Canada. As a part of his research program as the holder of the ...

On May 8th, the Black Law Students’ Association (BLSA) University of Ottawa Chapter was awarded the Large Chapter of the Year at the 30th Annual BLSA Canada Conference! As stated in BLSA Canada’s call for nomination: "The COVID-19 crisis has created a lot of uncertainty for Black law students at almost every juncture of their journey throug...

Professor Teresa Scassa has been appointed by the Council of Canadian Academies as Chair of theExpert Panel on AI for Science and Engineering, which will examine a broad range of factors related to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in scientific research and discovery in Canada. The use of artificial intelligence...