As part of a bilingual course, entitled Feminist Law Reform/Réforme féministe du droit, taught by Professor Martha Jackman, students must write an op-ed on an issue related to an injustice and calling for an urgent reform of the law.
As part of a bilingual course, entitled Feminist Law Reform/Réforme féministe du droit, taught by Professor Martha Jackman, students must write an op-ed on an issue related to an injustice and calling for an urgent reform of the law.
Professor Constance Backhouse’s recently published edited collection, Royally Wronged: The Royal Society of Canada and Indigenous Peoples (McGill-Queens University Press) and Professor Craig Forcese’s edited collection, Top Secret Canada: Understanding the Canadian Intelligence and National Security Community (University o...
Professor Constance Backhouse’s recently published edited collection, Royally Wronged: The Royal Society of Canada and Indigenous Peoples (McGill-Queens University Press) and Professor Craig Forcese’s edited collection, Top Secre...
Professor Yan Campagnolo’s most recent book, Behind Closed Doors: The Law and Politics of Cabinet Secrecy (UBC Press), has been named to The Hill Times’ 100 Best Books in 2021. The book explores whether or not decision-making at the highest levels of government can maintain a tradition of secrecy in an era when the state executive i...
Professor Yan Campagnolo’s most recent book, Behind Closed Doors: The Law and Politics of Cabinet Secrecy (UBC Press), has been named to The Hill Times’ 100 Best Books in 2021. The book explores whether or not decision-making at the h...
The 14th edition of the annual Nelligan Law First Year Moot Court Competition was held on November 13-15, 2021. Over 140 first-year students in the English Program competed in the preliminary rounds, held on the morning of November 13. The 1L students were divided into hearings with two appellant counsel facing off against two respondent counsel. In a competition first, all hearings were held onli...
The 14th edition of the annual Nelligan Law First Year Moot Court Competition was held on November 13-15, 2021. Over 140 first-year students in the English Program competed in the preliminary rounds, held on the morning of November 13. The 1L students were divided into hearings with two appellant co...
Hats off to these three Common Law alumni, who have recently been named among the 2021 Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers by Canadian Lawyer magazine. Canadian Lawyer describes the winners as possessing the “ability to influence public opinion and to help shape the laws of this country and others, contribute to the strength and quality of legal services, involvement and impact within the justice comm...
Hats off to these three Common Law alumni, who have recently been named among the 2021 Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers by Canadian Lawyer magazine. Canadian Lawyer describes the winners as possessing the “ability to influence public opinion and to help shape the laws of this country and others, cont...
The Honorable R.J. Simpson, Minister of Justice and Government House Leader, announced the judicial appointment of Jeannie Scott, LL.B. ’08, to the Territorial Court of the Northwest Territories, effective October 8, 2021.
The Honorable R.J. Simpson, Minister of Justice and Government House Leader, announced the judicial appointment of Jeannie Scott, LL.B. ’08, to the Territorial Court of the Northwest Territories, effective October 8, 2021.
It is our pleasure to announce the renewal of Professor Natasha Bakht as the Shirley Greenberg Chair for Women in the Legal Profession (2022-2024). Professor Bakht is the sixth Greenberg Chair since its inception in 2002: Professor Elizabeth Sheehy (twice: 2002-05 and 2013-16); Professor Sanda Rodgers (2005-07); Professor Martha Jackman (2007-11); Professor Rosemary Cairns Way (2011-13); and Profe...
It is our pleasure to announce the renewal of Professor Natasha Bakht as the Shirley Greenberg Chair for Women in the Legal Profession (2022-2024). Professor Bakht is the sixth Greenberg Chair since its inception in 2002: Professor Elizabeth Sheehy (twice: 2002-05 and 2013-16); Professor Sanda Rodge...
On November 12, 2021, Mayor Jim Watson revealed this year’s inductees to the Order of Ottawa. Among the 15 names were two proud uOttawa Common Law alumni: Dr. Danielle Lussier, LLB ‘07, LLM ’08, Law PhD ’21 and Daljit S. Nirman, LLM ’02. This award recognizes exceptional residents who have made important contributions that benefit of the citizens of Ottawa. Mayor Watson calls the inductees “remark...
On November 12, 2021, Mayor Jim Watson revealed this year’s inductees to the Order of Ottawa. Among the 15 names were two proud uOttawa Common Law alumni: Dr. Danielle Lussier, LLB ‘07, LLM ’08, Law PhD ’21 and Daljit S. Nirman, LLM ’02. This award recognizes exceptional residents who have made impo...